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Fumihiro Kikuchi is a Pacific Northwest based interdisciplinary dance artist from Japan, exploring space and time to create layered, transformed and living space for investigating philosophical questions. He thrives in collaborative partnerships with artists in other disciplines as his own artistic practice is interdisciplinary in nature. His works have been shown at various festivals and venues including Lake Studios Berlin in Germany, Marble House Project in Vermont, Pinea-Linea de Costa in Spain, Chez Bushwick, Center for Performance Research, Flux Factory in NYC, Tempe Center for the Arts, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Center for the Arts in Arizona to name a few. Kikuchi was invited as a guest artist at Sichuan Arts Festival - Contemporary Arts Performance Season in China (2019) and as a guest choreographer at California State University, Fresno in 2016 and 2018. He was selected as a presenting artist at Performática in Mexico (2020) and as an artist-in-residence at Marble House Project in Vermont, Lake Studios Berlin in Germany (2019), Pinea-Linea de Costa in Spain, Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation in New York (2018) and [nueBOX] in Arizona (2016). As a dancer, he has worked with Barkin/Selissen Project and Valerie Green Dance Entropy, Megan Bascom and Dancers, Regina Nejman & Company, Gina Bashour, CONDER/Dance among others. In addition to being a dancer and a choreographer, he has extensive experience in theatre production at various organizations. Kikuchi has created costumes for performing artists and his lighting designs symbiotically support the development of his own work as well as his collaborations. He holds his MFA in Dance from Arizona State University and his BA in Theatre Arts and Dance from California State University, Fresno.