Kenichi Ebina & Company is an exciting new dance group that fuses Freestyle Hip Hop with Poppin’, Lockin’, Mime, House, Jazz, Contemporary and Ethnic dance styles, as well as martial arts, comedy and visual illusion. Kenichi & Company’s unique dance show, “New Moves,” is complete with sound and lighting effects, and successfully entertains many people who are not often interested in the performing arts.
Kenichi as a solo dance artist or with his troupe of three performers have performed at live events and on television shows throughout the United States, Europe, China and Japan including an engagement at the Japan! Culture + HyperCulture Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Kenichi has also performed, directed and choreographed for numerous dance and theater companies, including Ajkun Ballet Theatre and Cornerstone Productions.
In 2001, Kenichi founded a dance group Bi-Triangle Performance (or BiTriP) with all Japanese dancers. That same year, BiTriP won First Place in the final Grand Championship at the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, making them the first and only Japanese Grand Champion performers. In 2007, Kenichi again appeared as a contestant on the televised version of “Showtime at the Apollo,” this time as a solo performer, and became the Grand Champion of the 2007 season after winning seven consecutive times. Kenichi is the only two-time Grand Champion in
Apollo Theater history.
In addition to performances as a solo artist and with his company, Kenichi is active as a dance instructor for young people of all ages, from elementary through high school, and teaches at the university level as well. He has been recognized with The Award for Excellence and Leadership in the Performing Arts by the State of Connecticut.
Residencies and workshops with and for young people of all ages are also available.
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