THEATER/DANCE
Festival/Tokyo11
Performing Arts Festival launching from Tokyo
Outlines
“Festival/Tokyo” is an International Festival of Performing Arts to be held in various cultural locations around Ikebukuro including the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space. Through international coproduction, the leading-edge creation is introduced to Japan in real time, and the works of the artists who attract people’s attention domestically are produced and presented to the world. The festival will also expand the outreach projects, including the programs in which the citizens can actively participate.
Period
September 16(Fri.) － November 13(Sun.), 2011
Venues
Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory
Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan
Owlspot Theater (Toshima Ward Performing Arts Exchange Center)
Theater Green
Saitama Arts Theater and others
Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan
Owlspot Theater (Toshima Ward Performing Arts Exchange Center)
Theater Green
Saitama Arts Theater and others
Organizers
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Culture Creation Project (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee
※ Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee affiliated bodies: Toshima Ward, Toshima Future Culture Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee
※ Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee affiliated bodies: Toshima Ward, Toshima Future Culture Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan
Contact
Festival/Tokyo Office,
c/o NPO Arts Network Japan (ANJ)
Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory, Nishi-Sugamo 4-9-1, Toshima-ku, 170-0001 Tokyo,
Tel: 03-5961-5202 Fax: 03-5961-5207
Mail: toiawase@anj.or.jp
http://festival-tokyo.jp/en/
c/o NPO Arts Network Japan (ANJ)
Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory, Nishi-Sugamo 4-9-1, Toshima-ku, 170-0001 Tokyo,
Tel: 03-5961-5202 Fax: 03-5961-5207
Mail: toiawase@anj.or.jp
http://festival-tokyo.jp/en/
F/T Emerging Artists Program
The F/T Emerging Artists Program supports young artists/companies in presenting their independent performances. From autumn 2011 the program exceeds its frame providing a platform not only for works from Japan but also other from Asian countries.
Among the works presented in the F/T 11 Emerging Artists Program the most challenging performance will win the F/T Award.
Date: Oct. 17(Mon.) - Nov. 8(Tue.), 2011
Venues: Theater Green and others
Among the works presented in the F/T 11 Emerging Artists Program the most challenging performance will win the F/T Award.
Date: Oct. 17(Mon.) - Nov. 8(Tue.), 2011
Venues: Theater Green and others
Selected Companies
KUNIO
Bird Park
Pijin Neji
Pure BANANA girls class
Peachum Company
Takuya Murakawa
lolo
and other 4 companies come from Asian region
Bird Park
Pijin Neji
Pure BANANA girls class
Peachum Company
Takuya Murakawa
lolo
and other 4 companies come from Asian region
F/T Award
The five jury members named below will view all performances of the "F/T 11 Emerging Artists Program" and award a prize to the outstanding work/artist. The award winner will be invited to present his/her work - the award winning performance or another work - after the F/T 12.
Jury members of the F/T Award:
Tadashi Uchino (Theatre critic), Hidenaga Otori (Theatre critic), Hans-Thies Lehmann (Theater theorist, Theater critic), Masataka Matsuda (Playwright, director), Chiaki Soma (F/T Program director).
Jury members of the F/T Award:
Tadashi Uchino (Theatre critic), Hidenaga Otori (Theatre critic), Hans-Thies Lehmann (Theater theorist, Theater critic), Masataka Matsuda (Playwright, director), Chiaki Soma (F/T Program director).
F/T Ticket Information
An advance ticket is release in the end of August.
