Music & Movement with RYOSUKE KIASO (Japan)

The first session of a monthly series of DROP-IN research labs, designed for dance artists and musicians who have an improvisational practice to share and explore together in a setting other than performance. These are not jam sessions. Each session is facilitated and more or less guided by one or two improvising artists. This session will be led by Japanese drummer Ryosuke Kiyasu.

Ryosuke Kiyasu has been active as a snare drum soloist since 2003 and is also known as the drummer in “SETE STAR SEPT,” “Kiyasu Orchestra,” and Mr. Keiji Haino’s group “Fushitsusha.” He is also recognized as a founding member of the Canadian band The Endless Blockade.

His solo performances have been featured on BBC News (the British national broadcaster) and in VICE magazine. His 2018 performance in Berlin went viral on social media, garnering over 23 million views.

In 2022-2023, he performed at major events such as the world’s largest classical percussion festival “Überschlag Festival,” “Dr. Martens Fest 23,” “Outsider Art Festival” in Finland, and “Alternativa Festival” in the Czech Republic. He continues to travel and perform worldwide in various locations.

In 2023, at the Edinburgh Art Festival in England, a short film of his snare drum performance, directed by a British filmmaker, was screened as part of an exhibition and became a talking point.

He also released a collaborative work with the Swedish clothing brand “Our Legacy.” He has released over 200 albums, both solo and with his bands.