Maiko Yamamoto is an Artistic Director and member of the Theatre Replacement theatre company in Vancouver, Canada. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, with a specialization in Theatre, along with a Masters of Applied Arts in visual arts.
Part of the mission of Maiko and her theatre company is to “build performances that react to contemporary existence.”
This mission was clearly manifested in a recent ASMR-inspired experimental dance work.
The ASMR-inspired show was, “The Sensationalists”. The world premiere was held May 12 – 16, 2015, at The Cultch Historic Theatre in Vancouver.
The show was created by 605 Collective, a Vancouver-based dance company, who commissioned Maiko to direct the work.
These two companies describe their final product as “an immersive performance experience that pushes both companies into new territories, exploring concepts surrounding various sensory phenomena.”
Maiko shares the first time she experienced ASMR, her favorite ASMR video, her goals of the show (which truly embody ASMR), and how the dancers used movements and words to express ASMR.
Below are my questions in bold followed by her replies in italics.
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