ABOUT
JAPANESE / ENGLISH
design by Ryu MIENO
MuDA
An art group formed in Kyoto in 2010 by QUICK ∀ Takahiko Fukui (dancer, choreographer, artist, bodywork therapist) and Haruka Akiyama (an artist). They are dedicated to researching and practising dance, making things and body-mind techniques based on the principles of '肚-HARA, 無-MU, 全-ZEN, 脱-DATSU, 極-KYOKU'. They pursue "form without form" and "the ultimate dance and creation that returns to nothingness". Opened "MuDA SEITAI" in 2018. Opened "MuDA SHOP" in 2019. Past works are "munikisuru" (Kyoto, Nara, Kochi, 2021-2022) , "Ultimate Dance" (Japan, 2020-), "Recall, Perceive" (Kyoto, 2019), "Keep on rising" (Kyoto,Sweden, 2018-2019), "Trash falls from the sky" (Kyoto, 2018), "SEMEGIAI Random" (Taichung, Jakarta, Yogjakarta, Hokkaido, Kyoto, 2015 - 2018), "MuDA IRON" (Setouchi Triennale 2016 Inujima Performing Arts Program), and so on.
MuDA
An art group formed in Kyoto in 2010 by QUICK ∀ Takahiko Fukui (dancer, choreographer, artist, bodywork therapist) and Haruka Akiyama (an artist). They are dedicated to researching and practising dance, making things and body-mind techniques based on the principles of ''肚-HARA, 無-MU, 全-ZEN, 脱-DATSU, 極-KYOKU'. They pursue "form without form" and "the ultimate dance and creation that returns to nothingness". Opened "MuDA SEITAI" in 2018. Opened "MuDA SHOP" in 2019. Past works are "munikisuru" (Kyoto, Nara, Kochi, 2021-2022) , "Ultimate Dance" (Japan, 2020-), "Recall, Perceive" (Kyoto, 2019), "Keep on rising" (Kyoto,Sweden, 2018-2019), "Trash falls from the sky" (Kyoto, 2018), "SEMEGIAI Random" (Taichung, Jakarta, Yogjakarta, Hokkaido, Kyoto, 2015 - 2018), "MuDA IRON" (Setouchi Triennale 2016 Inujima Performing Arts Program), and so on.
QUICK ∀ Takahiko Fukui
Dancer, choreographer, artist and bodywork therapist, born 1982 in Kyoto, Japan; started dancing based on breakdance in 1996; formed dance crew ICHIGEKI in 1999. In 2007, formed the performance group e-dance. Presented stage productions in Japan and abroad. In 2010, founded the art group MuDA. She is in charge of direction, dance, art and bodywork. Father of two boys and a girl.
QUICK ∀ Takahiko Fukui
Dancer, choreographer, artist and bodywork therapist, born 1982 in Kyoto, Japan; started dancing based on breakdance in 1996; formed dance crew ICHIGEKI in 1999. In 2007, formed the performance group e-dance. Presented stage productions in Japan and abroad. In 2010, founded the art group MuDA. She is in charge of direction, dance, art and bodywork. Father of two boys and a girl.
photo by TAIDO
Haruka Akiyama
Artist, born 1986, Kochi, Japan, graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2011 with a postgraduate degree in ceramics. She has been creating ceramic works on the theme of 'overlapping time'. She has exhibited her works in Japan and abroad, including in Kansai, Shikoku, Hokkaido, South Korea and China. Mother of three.
Haruka Akiyama
Artist, born 1986, Kochi, Japan, graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2011 with a postgraduate degree in ceramics. She has been creating ceramic works on the theme of 'overlapping time'. She has exhibited her works in Japan and abroad, including in Kansai, Shikoku, Hokkaido, South Korea and China. Mother of three.