About the logotype of MIYAGI Dance

The shape is based on a dancing form and three colors to express people's various individuality and diversity. These characteristics connect and make harmony.

About Us

Our catchphrase is "Live and dance, the way you are," which means, we live together, embracing the differences and respecting one another. And we often use the word "Inclusive" here, which means, we are open to everyone. We want to transcend barriers of physical, social, cultural and experiential differences through dance.

We believe we can realize such "inclusive" way of life through our dance and we want to present it to the public widely.

The words above are the key phrases and the aims of MIYAGI Dance. MIYAGI Dance was approved as one of the Specified Non-Profit Corporation on April 1st in 2005. Before that, we had started our activities as a volunteer group "MIYAGI Shintai-hyogen-no-kai" (which means, the group where people express their feelings using their bodies) in 1998. Since then, we have developed our inclusive dance performances as stage art and also given various workshops.

The History of MIYAGI Dance

April 1998:MIYAGI Shintai-hyogen-no-kai was founded. Since then we have run workshops once a month.
August 1998:Workshops by Wolfgang Stange( the artistic director of AMICI dance theatre company in London)
August 1990:Workshops by Wolfgang Stange
August 2000:Workshops by Wolfgang Stange
September 2001:Took part in the "Jozen-ji Jazz Festival" with African dance group TERANGA
September 2002:Performed in the "Totte-oki no Ongaku-sai"(Special Music Festival) The title was "Hana"(flower, or graceful beauty )
June 2003:Performed in the Special Music Festival. The title was "Yakudo"(dynamic movements)
August 2003:Performed our first major production "Snow in the Mid-summer"
February 2004:Performed the second production "Shadow of Heart, Fragments of Light"
March 2004:Performed in Tokyo "Shadow of Heart, Fragments of Light"
June 2004:Took part in the Special Music Festival
September 2004:Members of the Care Class (the class for the people who care for challenged family members) took part in the Jazz Festival.
October 2004:Performed "Shadow of Heart, Fragments of Light" in the National Cultural Festival in Fukuoka.
March 2005:Performed the third production "Asterisk a polygon of sense"
April 2005:MIYAGI Dance was approved as Specified Non-Profit Corporation
June 2005:Took part in the World Dance Festival in London. Performed "Asterisk a polygon of sense"
August 2005:Performed "Asterisk a polygon of sense" in the Big Summer Festival in Osaka.
October 2005:Took part in the Sendai-city Art Festival. Performed "Asterisk a polygon of sense"
December 2005:Took part in the National Disabled Art Festival in Yamagata. Performed our Company Class work "Birth"
February 2006:Performed in Yamagata "Asterisk a polygon of sense" and "Birth"
August 2006:Performed the fourth production "p" and "Keep On"