𝙏𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙏𝘼𝙋
Born from the tension between rhythm and stillness, Twilight Tap is the solo performance of Japanese artist and tap dancer Masaki Murata, also known as @muratap . Murata’s practice explores how tap can become powerful, yet restrained, and emotionally charged. Through silence, repetition, and the subtle weight of gesture, his performance evokes the in-between states: dusk and dawn, memory and presence, movement and pause.
Awarded Best Dance at the 2024 Adelaide Fringe Festival, Twilight Tap has since toured internationally and will now land in Helsinki for one intimate showing only. For the can’t miss show we’ve curated a full program of complimentary experiences!
Full program:
14:00-14:15 Entrance & Welcome tea
14:15-14:45 Opening – Traditional Rakugo(English) by Takahiro Okabe
14:45-15:15 Garden Tea time
15:15-16:00 Dance Performance
Twilight Tap is an event organised by Nari Tea in collaboration with Villa Eläintarha.
𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙞 𝙈𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙖
He began street dancing in high school. At the age of 24, he encountered tap dance in his hometown of Sendai and began training under Masaru Sato. He later moved to Tokyo to study with Kazunori Kumagai. From 2006 to 2017, he was an active member of Kaz Tap Company. Since then, he has been performing as a solo tap dancer.
Currently, he collaborates with artists from various genres, including contemporary dance, theater, and visual arts. At the same time, he continues to develop solo works rooted in tap dance, drawing inspiration from fragments of daily life.
He received the Award for Excellence in the Solo Category at the SAI Dance Festival 2019 and has been invited multiple times to perform internationally through the Fukuoka Dance Fringe Festival. He is also a certified artist of the 19th “Heaven Artist” program by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
In 2024, he won the Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award – Best Dance at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and received the Best Show 2024 award at the Newcastle Fringe Festival.
https://www.muratamasaki.com
