This article contains some content translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at :jp:enra
Japanese performing arts company enra (stylized in lowercase Latin letters.) combines video art with live performance, synchronizing human body motion with computer graphics. Established March 1, 2012, as of 2019 enra is a collective centered around six performers: Tsuyoshi Kaseda, Maki Yokoyama, Tachun, Kazunori Ishide, Takako Morimoto, and Aoi Nonaka.
Tradition and origin
The Tokyo-based performing arts and production company seeks to create the ultimate union between motion graphics and live performance. The intent is to synchronize on-screen images with dance and other forms of live expression. Made up of eight individual performers, enra incorporates martial arts (especially wushu), rhythmic gymnastics, ballet, animation dance, juggling (especially with the diabolo), and club dance into its performances.
Performances by enra consist of a synchronized fusion of motion graphics (video art) and live performance (contemporary dance in a variety of genres) in front of a screen. The group regularly performs all over the world, and has received high praise not only in its native Japan, but also in Europe, North America, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
In Japan, enra performed as a guest of the prime minister of Japan at the official welcoming dinner for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during its evaluation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics plan, an event that also served to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
FILMS, a homage to movies, was performed by enra to open the award ceremony at the 68th Festival de Cannes, where the group also walked the red carpet.
In March 2016, enra kicked off its 2016 Japan tour with a public performance at Kitazawa Town Hall in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo.
enra walked the red carpet a second time at the Lunas del Auditorio ceremony at the National Auditorium in Mexico City in October 2016, where they performed as a special guest.
Name origin
According to the Mainichi Shimbun, "The group's name is derived from the smoke-like shape-shifting Japanese yōkai spirit, Enenra".【グループ名は、煙のようにさまざまな形に姿を変える日本の妖怪「煙々羅」にちなんだ。】
Performance history
2012
Japan: Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2012 Award Ceremony
Japan: Kiryu Short Film Festival 2012 Opening Act
Japan: Momoiro Clover Z X’mas Eve Live
Japan: Information & Media 10th Anniversary, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Japan: IOC Evaluation Commission Visit - Prime Minister's Tokyo 2020 Dinner
2013
Hong Kong: Citibank ULTIMA Card Presentation
Indonesia: NET. Mediatama Indonesia Launch Event
Romania: Summer Well Music Festival 2013, Bucharest
Japan: Honda Fit & Fit Hybrid Unveiling
Japan: Mori Art Museum 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner
Japan: Sharp “AQUOS XL10” Web Commercial
China: “primitive” Guest Performance at Hermès Forum
2014
Japan: Patek Philippe 175th Anniversary Event
Japan: Bioderma Japan Anniversary Party
Qatar: “Japanese Projection” Show in Doha
France: CB 30th Anniversary - Extreme Event at Le Petit Palais, Paris
France: Performance at Opéra Comique, Paris
Germany: Zeiss AG "ZEISS Forum” Spain: TV “El Hormiguero” Singapore: Samarpana 2014: The Asian Festival of Classical Dance Japan: “→PJ←WONDERLAND~” with →Pia-no-jaC← at Zepp Tokyo Czech Republic: Volkswagen Passat 8 Event Japan: “primitive” Show in Tokyo China: “primitive” Show in Hong Kong Singapore: Morgan Stanley Gala Dinner SK-II Web Commercial
2015
USA: 16th Contemporary Dance Showcase: Japan + East Asia
USA: 31st Space Symposium
China: Hewlett-Packard Event
Turkey: Gala Modern at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Switzerland: IWC Gala Dinner
Costa Rica: TEDxPuraVida
Bahrain: Corporate Event
USA: TV “America’s Got Talent” France: 68th Festival de Cannes - Award Ceremony Singapore: "primitive" Show at Esplanade Presents "Flipside 2015" Switzerland: Red Cross Ball – Gala Dinner, Geneva Taiwan: Performances at Taiwan National Theater Romania: Orange 4U Performance Japan: Lexus 10th Anniversary Event USA Tour 2015 Birmingham, Alabama Memphis, Tennessee Durango, Colorado Detroit, Michigan Knoxville, Tennessee Portugal: Residency at Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon