Manatsu Tanaka
ID: a monochrome profile image of Manatsu. They are wearing a keffeiyeh and drawing on a rolled canvas/
Contemporary Dancer/Artist
I dance for the heartbeats of our collective liberation.
I dance to the heartbeats of our collective humanity
I believe that the power of art can blossom its fullest potential when artists respond.
わたしたち かいほう みゃくう ため おど
私達の解放が脈打つ為に踊り、
私達の 人道の鼓動の音を踊る。
わたしたち じんどう こどう おと おど
ID: a monochrome portrait of Manatsu. They are in the bathroom with their trans-taped chest. Their hair is down and their body is angled
Manatsu (They/them) is a trans, bicultural, multi-disciplinary artist who grew up and has been performing in Japan and the US.
They believe that it is our bodies that humanity should be able to seek shelter in. As an artist and a contemporary of this ongoing multiple genocides and brutality on humanity, they believe and spends their creative practices, platforms and their trans-taped chest physical canvas for illustrating humanness,
to co-create the tools to dismantle the toxic isms,
to reveal our hidden alliances to the colonial systems,
to question the “that’s the world we live in today”
to be the resistance against any colonial capitalist attempts
to demonstrate that dismantling is possible, that a better world is imaginable, and that liberation is co-created by us.
At the core of their heart, Manatsu is committed to using their creativity and artistry to join the frontline of trans and gender non-conforming artists in the dance and theater world.
Art is for the people, and we are the heartbeats of our liberation.
Liberation before peace.
radical creativity.
ID: an image of a sticker of a bird jumping out of the waters towards the moon with a background with colorful brushstrokes. text reads “stop the genocide”.