A native of Kobe, Japan, NAOKO MAESHIBA is a dancer/ choreographer/ director based in Baltimore/Washington D.C. She has been creating interdisciplinary works nationally and internationally since 1996. In 2002, She founded a performance lab, Naoko Maeshiba/kibism (www.naokibi.com) in order to explore the depth of the body, enhance the exchange and connection between different disciplines and cultures, and discover and examine various forms of perception.
Maeshiba's solo and ensemble works have been experienced in the North America, Europe, and Japan. She is a recipient of Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in solo dance performance and choreography, Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts Individual Artist Grant, Kennedy Center Local Dance Commissioning Project Award and Individual Artist Fellowship Grant in theatre direction from the D.C. Commissions on the Arts and Humanities and NEA. Paraffin was voted Best of Baltimore by the City Paper in 2009 for Best Dance Movement piece. For more information, go to http://www.naokibi.com/.
Here's the workshop description: Does the body stop at the edge of the body? How does the body’s state change depending on the environment? Is it possible to exist in the immediate environment and the environment in one’s distant memory at the same time? This workshop examines the relationship between body and various environments in time and space. The exercises activate senses and enhance sensitivity to the visual/auditory/kinetic stimuli, excavating body’s primal instinct. Through the synchronicity of body and mind, the potent transparent state of the body emerges, devoid of ego.
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