HERE NOW (DOUBLE BILL) RYUICHI FUJIMARA

Choreographer, Writer & Performer

Ryuichi Fujimura is an independent dance artist based in Sydney. Since the mid 1990s, he has studied contemporary dance technique as well as improvisation and choreography in Australia and overseas.

Over the last twenty years, Ryuichi has collaborated as a performer with both emerging and established artists/companies in various dance, theatre, opera, site-specific performance and film projects. He has performed for Xavier le Roy, Justin Shoulder, Tino Seghal, Vicki Van Hout, Jim Sharman, Alan Sachacher, Weizen Ho, Cloé Fournier, Force Majeure, De Quincey Co., La Fura dels Baus, Clockfire Theatre Company and The Living Room Theatre amongst others.

Ryuichi began his choreographic practice in 2013. In collaboration with Kate Sherman, he created two site-specific performance works (Under Harry’s Circumstances in 2014 and Under Different Circumstances in 2013). He has also created HERE NOW Trilogy, a collection of three short autobiographic solos (Fall! Falter!! Dance!!! in 2022, How I Practice My Religion in 2017 and How Did I Get Here? in 2014).

In recent years, he has collaborated with visual artists including the ArtHitects (Gary Carsley and Renjie Teoh), Justene Williams and Mel O’Callaghan performing at museum/exhibition spaces. In August 2022, he presented his HERE NOW Trilogy across two venues in Sydney over two weeks. In April 2023, he toured to Melbourne with HERE NOW.