The female body in dance epitomizes the concept of peace. The dichotomy of peace, which calls for the negation of the opposite idea such as conflict or war, is the perfect analogy of what dance is considered to be. In this lecture performance, we attempt to show how Peace is described in artistic performances, intertwined with the femininity and the national/cultural/bodily boundaries.
As a dialogue between Nanako and artists, the audience will see how the concept of peace dances and/or how dance conceptualizes peace. The invited artists will be luciana achugar (NY/Uruguay) and Kei Takemura (Berlin/Japan).

Nanako Nakajima was born and raised in Tokyo. Her master's degrees are from Seijo University and from NYU Performance Studies. She is a traditional Japanese dance teacher, a Jacobs Pillow 2006 Research Fellow, a visiting scholar at Tisch School NYU 06, and has published articles on dance in both English and Japanese journals. She has worked as a dance dramaturg with NY downtown artists and Nanako's dramaturgical work with luciana achugar, 'Exhausting Love at Danspace
Project', was awarded 06-07 New York Dance and Performance Awards ('The Bessies'). She is currently working on her dissertation on the aging body in dance at FU-Berlin as a DAAD scholar.