Yumi Umiumare

Born in Hyogo, Japan, Yumi is trained in classical ballet and modern dance and has a degree in Physical Education from Kobe University. Yumi is the only Japanese Butoh Dancer in Australia and the creator of original Butoh Cabaret works. Originally a member of the seminal Butoh Company DaiRakudakan in Tokyo, she came to Australia to perform at the Melbourne International Festival in 1991. She has appeared in numerous dance, theatre and film productions in Australia, Japan, Europe, and south-east Asia.

Her unique Butoh Cabaret series, DasSHOKU Productions, features Yumi in Tokyo DasSHOKU Girl (winner of Green Room and Fringe Awards),at the Melbourne Fringe in 1999 and toured around Australia. DasSHOKU Cultivations!!, had a sell-out season in Osaka in 2003 and new work DasSHOKU Hora!! was premiered in Melbourne in November 2005.

Her other major dance theatre productions are Fleeting Moments, (two Green Room Awards, 1998), How could you even begin to understand? (collaboration with Tony Yap, Green Room Award 2001) , in-compatibility (Melbourne International Festival 2003), INORI-in-visible (Toured Japan and Denmark) The Burlesque Hour (Sydney Opera House, Adelaide, Edinburgh Fringe festival 2004-2006)

 

  

 

 

Artists website:
yumi.com.au