Carlotta Ikeda

Carlotta Ikeda, born Sanae Ikeda (19 February 194124 September 2014), was a Japanese-born butoh dancer. She chose her artist name, Carlotta, after Carlotta Grisi. In the 1980s, she settled in France, first in Paris and later in Bordeaux. In Europe she became well-known after she performed solo Utt.

Choreographies (selection) 1975: Mesu Kasan (re-performed in 2005) 1980: Zarathoustra - at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo 1981: Utt - at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo 1993: Aï-Amour - at Danse Hus in Stockholm, Sweden 1996: Waiting after a text by Marguerite Duras - at Théâtre national de la danse et de l'image 1999: Haru no saïten - Un sacre du printemps - at Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris 2002: Togue - at Vieille Charité, Marseille 2005: Zarathoustra-Variations - at Centre culturel des Carmes, Langon 2008: Uchuu Cabaret - création Les Hivernales - CDC d'Avignon 2010: Chez Ikkyû - création Le Cuvier - CDC d'Aquitaine 2011: Medea - at Théâtre Paris-Villette 2012: Un coup de don - at Festival Automne en Normandie