Dance Oral History: Reflections on Fuji Mieko’s “Kakekomi”

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Dance Oral History: Reflections on Fuji Mieko’s “Kakekomi”

Video ID number: V00713
Recording date: 9 January 2026

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An oral history of dance in which participants recount their experiences while viewing archival footage. The speaker in this video, Hikari Baba, studied under Mieko Fuji from a young age, and participated in overseas tours with the Mieko Fuji Dance Company. She later worked in New York, and since returning to Japan has worked on choreography for operas. In 2001, she was taught the choreography for Fuji's solo masterpiece “Kakekomi (Rush)” by Mieko Fuji herself.

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Title: Dance Oral History: Reflections on Fuji Mieko’s “Kakekomi”
Performance creator(s): NPO Dance Archive Network
Performance date(s): 9 January 2026
Performer(s) and staff: Interviewee: Hikari Baba
Interviewer: Toshio Mizohata (Dance Archive Network)
Video Recording: Atiqa Kawakami
Video Editing: Mizuhito Kuroda (Gekko Parade)
English Subtitle Translation: Maï Burns
Genre: Modern、Others