Yumi Umiumare – Japan/Australia: Yumi Umiumare is a dancer, choreographer and the creator of Butoh Cabaret and visceral dance theatre works. Born in Hyogo, Japan and originally a member of the seminal Butoh Company DaiRakudakan in Tokyo, she came to Australia in 1991 to appear in the Melbourne Festival, and has lived in Melbourne since 1993. Over the last 20 years she has provoked audiences with the startling visual and physical power of her work, using her body, gesture and costume to undermine existing ideas of harmony, beauty and nature. Visit the artist's
official website.