Hiroichi Tatekata's Danceable LIFE Vol.2

In pursuit of Hiroichi Tatekata's world
Hirokazu Tatekata (Dancer/Choreographer)

Needless to say, I believe my career as a performer began with "dance."
I majored in acting in college, but I was a hopeless underachiever. However, discovering dance lowered the barrier to singing and acting, allowing me to try them without hesitation. I don't know why, but I think it's largely due to the fact that I was able to develop my own sense of "expression" through dance.
Discovering a means of expressing one's true self may be an important process for those who aspire to live in this world. Nowadays, the sense of boundaries between singing and acting has diminished.

This spring I appeared in a "reading (closet) musical." It's a stage where you read and sing while holding a script. Singing alongside actors who are active in musicals was incredibly stressful (laughs). But rather than singing beautifully, the songs were meant to create the world on stage, so it was a worthwhile challenge.
I'm the clumsy type, so it takes me twice as long to do things that others can do in one go. I've managed to get things done by spending more time on them than others. I've been in the entertainment industry for quite a while now (laughs), but unfortunately, that clumsiness remains unchanged.

However, these days, not only my co-stars but also the directors and producers are often younger than me, so I find myself in a position where "failure is not an option, and success is expected." You might think that this is natural when you stand on stage as a professional, but I think it's "boring" to become "safe" out of fear of failure. That's because I think that once you become safe, you stop growing. As a performer, I want to see more and more of "a version of myself that I've never seen before." I want to continue to have that challenging spirit.
When you're young, you have a certain energy and persuasiveness that comes with youth. But as you get older, your potential as a performer should expand. With that in mind, I'm also challenging myself with a series called "TRY OUT," where I dance alone for over an hour.
In 2016, I participated in the Fukushima Biennale "Choyo Art Festival." I had the invaluable experience of performing in a 100-year-old traditional house in the area.

And this fall, I'll be touring the country with "THE CONVOY SHOW." The range of the stages I'm appearing in is so wide, from entertainment to art and stoic works, that it sometimes confuses me (laughs), but Convoy is one of my starting points and a very important stage for me. I feel that by appearing in both avant-garde and mainstream stages, I can continue to grow.
What I'm aiming for is to become an actor whose work strongly reflects the "Hiroichi Tatekata world." Rather than being able to do everything skillfully, I want to become someone who makes people think, "I want this person to play this role," or "This role belongs to Tatekata."