Ken Nakajima
Movement Director Theatre Director Visual ArtistKen Nakajima is a movement artist, director and theatre designer. Incorporating aspects of dance, theatre and visual arts, his practice engages in the primacy of imagery and movement as a form of language to communicate the tragic beauty of human existence. Often referencing archetypes of Western/Eastern mythology and existential themes within his work.
Credits
Movement Director , Johanna Parv, London Fashion Week 2023Movement Director, ILS/YLS, London Performance Studios 2023
Movement Director, Word-Play, Royal Court Theatre 2023
Direction + Scenography, I'm Going Away Now, Theatre Koper 2023
Movement Director, GUIDELINES, Camden Peoples Theatre 2023
Movement Director, Word-Play, Royal Court, Postponed 2022
Movement Director, PORE, Colour Factory 1 week 2022
Performer, A Retreat from the Aria, Kopple Project, 2 weeks 2022
Performer, Antigone Again, Central Saint Martins, 1 week 2022
Director, ARCHIPELAGO, Platform Theatre, 3 days 2022
Director, If I Ever Get Around to Living, CSM, 3 days 2022
Performer, Gilgamesh, Omnibus Theatre, 1 week 2021
Performer, How to Build a City, Omnibus Theatre, 1 week 2021
Lighting Designer, Evergreen, Arcola, 1 week 2021
Lighting Designer, Try Harder, The Space, 1 week 2021
Director, SEMPRE, Ravensfield Theatre, 1 day 2020
Director, An Odyssey, National Theatre Rome, 1 week 2019
Performer, Gilgamesh, National Theatre Rome, 1 week 2018
Training
MA Performance Design & Practice at Central Saint MartinsBA Theatre Arts at Middlesex University
Location
LondonExperience
2-5 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Dance
- Fashion
- Live art
- Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
- Theatre / Live perfomance
What I do
- Choreography
- Devising
- Directing
- Languages
- Movement Direction
- Performance Art
- Physical Theatre / Mime
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Teaching / Coaching
- Theatre making
- Working with young people
- Workshopping & Development
Additional Languages
Japanese
