About CRAFT

CRAFT is an artist collective led by choreographer Takuya Fujisawa, working in collaboration with a group of artists from different fields.

As the name suggests, the collective’s research process emphasises physical sensation, texture, and the tactile feedback of materials to shift perspectives away from conventional wisdom. This approach incorporates the spirit of handcraft—where creation begins with the direct, tactile engagement of the artist’s own hands—as a vital tool for deepening the dialogue between the body and its environment.

Beyond performance, CRAFT serves as a research platform for sharing creative tools and cultivated ideas. By hosting workshops, dismantling and reconstructing previous works, and regenerating them into new forms, the collective ensures that research and artistry remain in constant circulation.

In recent projects, CRAFT has collaborated with a diverse range of artists, including musicians, textile artists, puppeteers, dancers (Contemporary, Tap, Irish, Krump), cinematographers, and vocalists. This meeting of disparate styles mirrors the complexity of everyday life. By discovering the unique personalities of each collaborator, the collective forges a common language. Ultimately, a CRAFT performance is a distillation of the experiences gained through both the creative process and daily life.

Since 2020, CRAFT has produced 11 original performances, blending multiple art forms into evocative, cohesive wholes.

About Takuya Fujisawa

Takuya Fujisawa is a dancer, choreographer, and scenographer born in Kumamoto City and based in Gothenburg, Sweden, since 2015. A former dancer with the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani who began his European career as a guest artist with The Forsythe Company, Takuya now focuses on connecting artists across disciplines to refine and share innovative ideas.

His research into physical language focuses on the theme of "connection and continuity," exploring movement through imagination, anatomical precision, and improvisation. By blending his personal experience as an immigrant with a cultural-anthropological lens, he visualizes relationships through the bodies of dancers and physical materials. Rather than directly criticizing social issues, he chooses to explore and reframe them through these multifaceted perspectives.

“All of my work explores relationship and necessity. I don’t believe in the existence of absolute mutual understanding. However, drawing from my experience as an immigrant - and recognizing the inherent difficulties of communication even among those who share the same language and culture - I believe that the true essence lies in the constant effort and desire to bridge those gaps. This is true of my collaborators as well our daily relationship is a cycle of misunderstanding, realization, and correction, and we grow through these minor mistakes. Visualizing this relationship through the bodies of dancers is the core of my creative process.”

While Takuya identifies primarily as a choreographer, he is a multidisciplinary artist who writes, directs, designs costumes and lighting, builds scenography, and performs as a dancer. Despite his hands-on involvement in every aesthetic detail, his primary focus remains the collective creative power of the ensemble.