Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer

1985

1h 47m

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“I have three tasks in my life: to dance, to teach dance, and to create dance,” says the pioneering Japanese performer Akiko Kanda in this intimate portrait of creativity and individuality, After seeing a Martha Graham performance in college, Kanda left her family behind in Japan and arrived in New York City, where she studied under the legendary Graham and became a principal dancer with the troupe. Following the wiry artist as she moves from practice floor to performance hall, and from the cramped single-room apartment she lives in to a trip home to see her aging mother, director Sumiko Haneda reveals a woman who has rebelled against traditional ideals of marriage and motherhood, and who nearly single-handedly brought modern dance to Japan-and kept it alive. “When I die,” Kanda tells the director, “I will be content if I can just say, ‘I danced.'”

Status: Released

Language: JA

Production Information

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title	AKIKO あるダンサーの肖像
Release Date	June 29, 1985
Status	Released
Language	JA

Cast

Akiko Kanda

Key Crew

Mitsuru Kudo

Producer

Sumiko Haneda

Director

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