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Kaoru Chiiriko works at the intersection of postdramatic theatre,
site-specific performance, and process-based creation.
Her practice focuses on the moment before language emerges—
the subtle shifts in body, sound, breath, and spatial tension
that eventually give rise to words.

Rather than starting from a script,
she builds performances from the phenomena that arise in each place:
the air of a café, the reverberation of a former vault,
the quiet density of a bookshop, or the presence of the people gathered there.

Kiriko collaborates across disciplines—
with dancers, performers, musicians, and visual artists—
to explore how theatre can be generated from the living
conditions of a space and the relationships formed within it.
Her work often blurs the line between performance and community practice,
connecting everyday environments with performative experience.

She also develops workshops with children and local communities,
treating them not as separate activities but as another site
where language, body, and shared attention can be generated.