Perfume and Gen Hoshino’s choreographer MIKIKO to feature in May edition of Gen Hoshino’s serialisation “Futarikiri de Hanasou” in AERA
Famous choreographer MIKIKO has been announced as the next guest talker to appear in Gen Hoshino’s magazine feature “Futarikiri de Hanasou” which is serialised in the weekly magazine AERA (published by Asahi Shinbun). The next edition will go on sale on May 8th where MIKIKO will feature across 4 weeks.
Gen Hoshino has been writing “Futarikiri de Hanasou” for AERA since April this year, which translates to “let’s talk together, just the two of us.” Just as the title suggests, Gen himself talks together with his guests with no one else in the room – no staff, no cameramen, no managers. There is no theme for any of the talks, instead taking the form of a free conversation where they can chat to their heart’s content. Gen and the guests don’t even turn up with their hair and make-up done by a stylist, and they even take the photos that are featured in the articles by themselves. The only one listening to the conversation is the recorded in the middle of the table. This is (probably) the first project of its kind in the publication industry.
星野源 Official site：http://www.hoshinogen.com/
MIKIKO Official site：http://www.mikiko0811.net/
The next edition’s guest is MIKIKO who runs the dance company “ELEVENPLAY” as a performance choreographer. She has created choreography for numerous music videos, commercials and stage performances, not to mention for the famous J-pop group Perfume, in addition to choreography for other live performances. She is also responsible for having been in charge of the choreography for Gen Hoshino’s music videos “SUN,” “Toki yo,” and the hit “Koi” which took Japan by storm. The new publication of “Futarikiri de Hanasou” is an amazing opportunity to hear both Gen and MIKIKO talk about an abundance of topics, such as dance as an expressive form, moving one’s body, their thoughts of on work production, what they’ve been up to recently and more. Don’t miss out!
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AERA
Price: ￥390 (tax included)
On Sale May 8th, 2017
※Please note that the release date for the magazine may vary from location to location.
Gen Hoshino Official Site: http://www.hoshinogen.com/
MIKIKO Official Site: http://www.mikiko0811.net/
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