Chieko Ono

Chieko Ono (born in Chita-shi, Japan) is a specialist in Italian philological research and is the President of the Belreguardo Italian Historical Dance Company and the Director of the Il Convivio Cultural Association, both based in Assisi (PG).

She lives in Assisi (PG) and in Guardea (TR).

After many years of work experience in the import-export business between Italy and Japan, she specialized in philological research and in the study of ancient Italian dances, and contributed to the teaching and dissemination of these at national and international level.

She was awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Personal life

Chieko Ono was born in Chita-shi (Japan). She is a Japanese citizen and has been living in Italy for 40 years.

She graduated in Japan, worked at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo and won a scholarship from the Italian government.

Career

She deals with philological research aimed at the reconstruction of Italian dance of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, starting from the analysis of documents and original manuscripts of the time.

She has held seminars in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, England, USA, Japan and Australia.

Since 1993 she has been the Director of the Italian Historical Dance Company Belreguardo and chairs the Il Convivio Cultural Association, both based in Assisi (PG).

She organized and directed over 20 editions of the XV^th Century Italian dance course, an annual event sponsored by the Municipality of Assisi, the Municipality of Perugia, the Province of Perugia and the Umbria Region, with amateurs and professionals of the sector attending from Italy and from abroad.

She took part in the filming of "La dama con l'ermellino" produced by the Japanese television NHK at the Sforza Castle in Milan.

She held conferences on the comparative study of ancient dance in the East and West.

She translated the book La danza giapponese ("The Japanese Dance") by Tamotsu Watanabe into Italian (co-translation, Ed. Ali & No, 2001).

She produced the CD Gloria et Malum - musiche della danza italiana del Quattrocento" (co-production Micrologus-Belreguardo, 2008).

She writes for the magazine Tohoku Art and Culture Society ("Italian dance and art of the Fifteenth Century: art works in movement, Tohoku Art and Culture Society n. 17, 2012).

Activity

She contributed to unveil part of the mysterious and unknown Italian cultural heritage related to the ancient dance. In particular, she laid the foundations for getting to know the Italian Renaissance through the teaching of dance in vogue at the time in Italian courts ("court dances").

The peculiarity of the courses directed by Chieko Ono consists of the presentation of unpublished dances taken from original texts of the XV^th Century, whose re-presentation represents an absolute novelty in the artistic field. These dances, which are revealed for the first time, are the result of her research and studies of Italian manuscripts preserved in various libraries in the world such as Perugia, Siena, the Vatican, Paris and New York. In the "books of the art of dance" of the XV^th Century technical and practical treatises are preserved with reference to theoretical, choreographic and musical information, codified by the dance masters of the time; from these treatises Chieko Ono managed to rebuild the Italian court dances.

Through her exhibitions performed by the Belreguardo Italian Ancient Dance Company, she managed to combine dance, music and Theatre based on rigid philological research and careful analysis of iconographic sources on Renaissance dance. As stressed several times by her, it is not sufficient to find faithfully reconstructed clothes to maintain and enhance the features of Italian dance of the XV^th Century, but it is essential to understand the profound reasons for each movement, for every glance, for every nod made by Dame and Knights. The Company has exhibited and performed in historical places in Italy and abroad, such as the Elztal Museum and the Trompeteschloss in Germany, the Sforza Castle in Milan, Villa Contarini in Piazzola sul Brenta, Sala dei Notari in Perugia, Palazzo Trinci in Foligno, Sala della Conciliazione and former Municipal Art Gallery of Assisi and in various museums.

Honors and decorations

• Italy Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on June 2, 2019.

External links

• Official Site Chieko Ono - Belreguardo Italian Renaissance Dance Company and Cultural Association https://www.belreguardo.it

References

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