about
Sho Ikushima is an actor/contemporary dancer/art producer, basing in Tokyo and works worldwide.
At the age of 15, Sho moved to California to study dance at Idyllwild Arts Academy. He continued his dance study at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He worked with choreographers such as Pavel Zustiak (2015 Bessie Award recipient), Brian Brooks, and Gerald Casel among others in New York. Sho has received ImpulsTanz danceWEB Scholarship in 2009 at ImpulsTanz Festival, one of the biggest dance festival in the world. After the scholarship program, he signed a contract as a soloist with the State Theater Kassel in Germany. After returning to Japan, Sho started to work as an actor with directors like Yukihiko Tsutsumi and Masato Harada. In 2018, Sho made his Hollywood debut in action film, “Darc”, as Shigeru Kageyama, a leading role.
Sho started his own production company, 034productions, in 2019. He produced, choreographed, and performed in a dance film, Trinity, and it has won 6 awards at SFAAF (South Film and Arts Academy Festival) in Chile including winning Best Art Direction himself.
Sho also expanded his exploration and joined Kyoto University as a researcher in 2022, studying urban management through arts and culture.
At the age of 15, Sho moved to California to study dance at Idyllwild Arts Academy. He continued his dance study at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He worked with choreographers such as Pavel Zustiak (2015 Bessie Award recipient), Brian Brooks, and Gerald Casel among others in New York. Sho has received ImpulsTanz danceWEB Scholarship in 2009 at ImpulsTanz Festival, one of the biggest dance festival in the world. After the scholarship program, he signed a contract as a soloist with the State Theater Kassel in Germany. After returning to Japan, Sho started to work as an actor with directors like Yukihiko Tsutsumi and Masato Harada. In 2018, Sho made his Hollywood debut in action film, “Darc”, as Shigeru Kageyama, a leading role.
Sho started his own production company, 034productions, in 2019. He produced, choreographed, and performed in a dance film, Trinity, and it has won 6 awards at SFAAF (South Film and Arts Academy Festival) in Chile including winning Best Art Direction himself.
Sho also expanded his exploration and joined Kyoto University as a researcher in 2022, studying urban management through arts and culture.
- 生島翔は東京在住のコンテンポラリーダンサー/俳優である。
15歳の時にアメリカ・カリフォルニア州にあるIdyllwild Arts Academyに単身留学、ダンスを始める。NYU Tisch School of the Artsのダンス科を3年で卒業し、O-1アーティストビザを取得、その後NYにてベッシー賞受賞歴のあるPavel Zustiakを始め、Brian Brooks、Gerald Caselなどの振付家の作品に出演。2009年にオーストリアで開催される世界最大級のダンスフェスティバルであるImpulsTanz FestivalにてdanceWEB Scholarshipに選出される。その後ドイツ・カッセル州立劇場とソリストとして契約。Johannes Wieland、Yossi Berg、Oded Grafの作品に出演。帰国後はダンスや振付だけではなく、テレビ、映画、ラジオなど幅広く活動。出演作としては映画『関ヶ原』、『悼む人』、『闇金ウシジマくん Part2』他、TV『犯罪症候群』、『きみはペット』、『35歳の高校生』他、舞台『十二夜』(ジョン・ケアード演出)、『ヴェローナの二紳士』(宮本亜門演出)他、MV『BIRDY』(堂珍嘉邦)等。
コンテンポラリーダンサーや俳優という肩書きに縛られず、多方面に渡る表現方法を追求しながら活動中。