Kana Kitty
カナキティ
- ART EXHIBITION
무도가. 스승 없이 춤을 추기 시작해, 옛날의 샤머니즘과 현대의 걸 문화를 융합시킨 독자적인 신체 표현 「갤셔맨 무도」를 확립. 개를 넘은 감각지식을 춤의 회로에 접속해, 「신체=매개」로서 타자나 차원을 연결한다. 장르나 문맥을 횡단하면서, 무도를 갱신 가능한 포맷으로서 제시한다. 유럽을 중심으로 국내외 예술제에 초빙되어 세계 각지에서 무도 작품을 발표. 2023년, 영상 작가 타니구치 맹과 크리에이티브 프로덕션 『사라쿠 거리 -Sharaku Town-』을 설립하여 「무도로 춤추어 보았다」시리즈를 비롯해 POP 문화와 무도를 연결하는 작품을 전개. 2024년에는 활동 15주년 솔로 공연 '갸루샤만'을 개최. 영화 '블루 마침표'(2024), 연속 TV 소설 '앙팡'(2025), DIR EN GREY와 키타니 타츠야의 뮤직비디오 출연 등 예술과 엔터테인먼트를 가로질러 현대의 무도의 새로운 가능성을 탐구하고 있다.
프로필 이미지 : 촬영 Solène Ballesta
Kana Kitty is a Tokyo-based Japanese Butoh artist and the creator of Gal Shaman Butoh, a contemporary practice that fuses ancient shamanic traditions with contemporary Japanese gyaru culture. After encountering Butoh while studying Fine Arts College, she began dancing independently with out a master, developing a distinctive artistic language rooted in ritual, transformation, and embodied perception.
Her work positions the body as a medium between visible and invisible worlds, where memory, perception, and embodied knowledge intersect through movement. Crossing the boundaries of contemporary art, performance, popular culture, and entertainment, she reimagines connect different disciplines, audiences, and ways of knowing.
Kana has been invited to perform at international festivals across Europe and Asia, including FRESH WIND S Art Biennale (Iceland), Go.Elans Festival (France), and MUTEK Tokyo (2021, 2022), the internationally acclaimed festival of electronic music- digital3. Sharaku Town with filmmaker Takeru Taniguchi, launching the BUT OH × POPS series, which brings Butoh into dialogue with contemporary popular music. In December 2024, she presented her 15th-anniversary solo production Gal Shaman.
Her interdisciplinary practice also spans film, music, and fashion, with appearances in Blue Period (2024), NHK's morning drama Anpan (2025), and music videos for DIR EN GREY and Tatsuya Kitani. Through these diverse collaborations, she continues exding while bridging art, ritual, and popular culture.
Profile Credit: Photo by Solène Ballesta
https://www.kanakitty.com/
프로필 이미지 : 촬영 Solène Ballesta
Kana Kitty is a Tokyo-based Japanese Butoh artist and the creator of Gal Shaman Butoh, a contemporary practice that fuses ancient shamanic traditions with contemporary Japanese gyaru culture. After encountering Butoh while studying Fine Arts College, she began dancing independently with out a master, developing a distinctive artistic language rooted in ritual, transformation, and embodied perception.
Her work positions the body as a medium between visible and invisible worlds, where memory, perception, and embodied knowledge intersect through movement. Crossing the boundaries of contemporary art, performance, popular culture, and entertainment, she reimagines connect different disciplines, audiences, and ways of knowing.
Kana has been invited to perform at international festivals across Europe and Asia, including FRESH WIND S Art Biennale (Iceland), Go.Elans Festival (France), and MUTEK Tokyo (2021, 2022), the internationally acclaimed festival of electronic music- digital3. Sharaku Town with filmmaker Takeru Taniguchi, launching the BUT OH × POPS series, which brings Butoh into dialogue with contemporary popular music. In December 2024, she presented her 15th-anniversary solo production Gal Shaman.
Her interdisciplinary practice also spans film, music, and fashion, with appearances in Blue Period (2024), NHK's morning drama Anpan (2025), and music videos for DIR EN GREY and Tatsuya Kitani. Through these diverse collaborations, she continues exding while bridging art, ritual, and popular culture.
Profile Credit: Photo by Solène Ballesta
https://www.kanakitty.com/
