ACC Japan held a fellowship report session at Morishita Studio with Anna Kuroda, who completed a two-month fellowship based in New York beginning in January this year.
During her fellowship, Kuroda visited the Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC), with whom she collaborated on a workshop in Japan in 2024, and learned choreography from a range of TBDC’s works. She also attended numerous dance and movement classes and workshops, and participated in rehearsals for TBDC’s Set and Reset and Merce Cunningham’s Travelogue, both presented as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of Robert Rauschenberg’s birth. The conversations she had with company members and staff between rehearsals were also a valuable part of her experience. Kuroda also conducted archival research at various institutions and learned from TBDC’s archivist about the preservation and use of video documentation. Compared to her visit nearly 20 years ago, Kuroda reflected that her stronger English skills and experience as a dancer and choreographer made this stay in New York far more rewarding.