Born 1983 in Japan. Shumpei Nemoto received his training from Toyoshige Nemoto and Ikuko Nemoto in Japan, 1989-1999, and at the English National Ballet School 1999-2000. He has danced professionally with the Royal Ballet, the Deutsche Oper Am Rhein and Cullberg Ballet. Shumpei was awarded the Espoir Prix de Lausanne in 1999 and he received 2nd place at the Choreographic Capture Competition 2009 in Munich for his work in film. He choreographed and performed fex. a duet for Whenever Wherever Festival 2010 in Tokyo, Japan and – invited by Tok’Art, a solo for their 2010 creation. He also choreographed Ugoku at International Choreographic Competition No Ballet 2011 in Ludwigshafen and was awarded 2nd place. As a teacher he has been working with several different schools including The Royal Swedish Ballet School, University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm, The National Conservatory Dance School in Lisbon and University for Music and Dance Cologne (CCD) Cologne. In addition to this, Shumpei has worked in Japan, Sweden and Portugal coaching Improvisation and teaching Repertoire.
Shumpei Nemoto worked with students of the Zentrum für Zeitgenössischen Tanz on 4×4: a choreography created with the intention to explore ways in which the music of Steve Reich can be transcribed into dance choreography. The work intensely focuses on the relationship between movement and phrasing in regards to visual aesthetics and is constructed through the use of repetition and various canonic patterns.