How Did I Get Here?
​HERE NOW Trilogy Part 1

​How Did I Get Here? is my first solo performance work premiered in 2017. This work investigates how our perception of time changes as we age, and how we recognize and accept our own mortality as we enter the autumn phase of life.

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Duration: 15 minutes

Created and performed by  Ryuichi Fujimura

Mentor:  Kate Champion

Dramaturg:  Carlos Gomes

Video:  Laura Turner

Design consultant:  Tobhiyah Stone Feller

Outside Eye:  Cloé Fournier

lighting design:  Jenny Hector

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Performance History

• November 2025 @Vitalstatistix, Adelaide, Australia for OzAsia festival

• September 2023 @Namsan Gagukdang, Seoul, South Korea for Seoul International Dance Festival

• August 2023 "HERE NOW (double bill) @Sydney Dance Company Neilson Studio, Sydney, Australia for INDance

• August 2022 @the Old Fitz, Sydney, Australia

• March 2022 @QL2 Theatre, Canberra, Australia for BOLD festival

• November 2018 @Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan for Taiwan Dance Platform

• November 2017 @Taidekesus Ahjo, Joensuu, Finland for Lonely in the Rain? (world premiere)

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How did I Get here? has been developed through the support of Force Majeure.

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How did I get here? has been supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body (2022 Sydney presentation and 2018 Taiwan presentation).

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"How did I get here?" has been supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW (2023 Seoul presentation at SIDance,  2022 Sydney presentation and 2017 Finland presentation).

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