ABOUT CHISATO 
Chisato is a deaf dancer, choreographer and tutor.  She trained at the Laban Centre and Yokohama National University and has created and performed work in 14 countries, including her native Japan.  She was a member of CandoCo Dance Company from 2003-2006, after which she began performing her own choreography.  She presented SCOT for Resolution! at The Place in 2007.

ABOUT THE WORK
The Canon for Duet pursues the question Chisato, as a deaf chroeographer, strives to address in all of her work: What is visual music? and how can it be created through contemporary dance.  Working with film, sound and silence, she explores music both visually and aurally.  Chisato gives important emphasis to two  relationships: the dancer's face to her hand, and the dancer's movement in relation to space and time. Both movement and sound start off simply and then become more complex.  

WHERE YOU'VE SEEN HER
Chisato presented her piece SCOT in Resolution! 2007 at The Place.  She was also a member of CandoCo Dance Company. 

WHERE YOU CAN SEE HER NEXT
The next opportunity to see Chisato's choreography is during The Place Prize.  The Canon for Duet will be featured on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 10 September.