Team Chiipro’s Menstruation Sumo Dance explores the social contexts of menstruation through shiko, the traditional stomping movement in sumo.

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to basic dance practices inspired by shiko and invited to engage in a central part of the work’s creative process: reading diaries documenting personal experiences of menstruation. Drawing from this practice, the facilitators will share their exploration of the weight of encountering another person’s experience. Through layering, shifting, and unsettling movements and images in the body, participants will explore how sensuality emerges through subtle shifts, displacements, and changes in perception.

Nanako Matsumoto 
Co-director of Team Chiipro, Choreographer, Dancer

Kengo Nishimoto
Co-director of Team Chiipro, Dramaturg

Venue: Ruang Latihan Tari Kontemporer, Taman Ismail Marzuki