¡°Tokyo, my brother, my protector¡± was the tweet posted by Belgian-born Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui ¡ª often dubbed ¡°the busiest choreographer in the world¡± ¡ª straight after he arrived here two months ago.
Explaining in a recent interview with this writer what had prompted so fulsome a gush, the globe-trotting 38-year-old set off at a gallop, explaining, ¡°I find Tokyo a very reassuring place. I also grew up with a lot of anime and manga, which, in terms of cultural influences,such as cartoons, is the same as many people here.
¡°So I think it¡¯s not to be underestimated that a part of my education was Japanese culture ¡ª and in the last 15 years I¡¯ve also been coming regularly and building up a personal relationship with this country.
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