Performance Kids Tokyo
You play the lead! Children will create a stage with professional artists.
cRyouhei Tomita
Synopsis
Professional artists in dance or theater will provide workshops at schools and in public auditoriums. Together, elementary school and junior high school students will create an original stage play in which children will play the leading characters.
Schedule
July, 2009 -March, 2010
Venue
Public halls and elementary schools in Tokyo
Organizers
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Culture Creation Project (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), and NPO Children Meet Artists
Outline
Through the creation of stage play, children working in teams will be encouraged to exercise their initiative and creativity as well as communication skills. By working closely with professional artists away from normal class activities, children will be able to learn about the characters and way of life of those artists, and this could lead to a career education for them. Our goal is to help incorporate these skills into school education, and help children utilize them at school plays and show-and-tells, and ultimately improve their presentation skills. For public auditoriums, with support from local residents, we invite local children to create stage plays together to strive for regional revitalization.
Workshop
cRyouhei Tomita
Contact
NPO Children Meet Artists
Phone: 03-5961-5737
Programs
Hoya Komorebi Hall
“A story from the body or a body from a story? Story telling through the body”
A workshop where dancer/choreographer Tatsuya Kusuhara will create a dance piece with children.
Venue: Hoya Komorebi Hall (Nishitokyo-shi) http://www.komorebi-hall.jp/
<Workshops>
Feb. 7(Sun), 20(Sat); Mar. 7(Sun), 14(Sun), 20(Sat), 22(Mon, /N.H.), 25(Thu), 27(Sat), 29(Mon), 2010
Application deadline: Sunday, December 20, 2009
<Performance>
Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 18:00 starting schedule
How to apply：Participation fee: Free, advanced bookings required
* For details, please contact the NPO Children Meet Artists.
Fax: 03-5961-5738; e-mail: mail@children-art.net
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space *This Performance has ended.
A workshop where dancer/choreographer Takiko Iwabuchi will create a dance piece with children.
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space http://www.geigeki.jp/
<Workshops>
Feb.13(Sat), 14(Sun), 20(Sat), 21(Sun), 27(Sat), 28(Sun); Mar. 5(Fri), 6(Sat), 2010
Application deadline: Sunday, December 20, 2009
<Performance>
Sunday, March 7, 2010, starting at 15:00
How to apply：Participation fee: Free, advanced bookings required
* For details, please contact the NPO Children Meet Artists.
Fax: 03-5961-5738; e-mail: mail@children-art.net
Parthenon Tama *This Performance has ended.
“Parthenon Debutant” - Outdoor Series -
Play using your whole body! Find interesting movements and poses and create your original dance! A choreographer and a dancer Maki Morishita from the previous series returns for a new series of workshops and creates an original dance with children.
Venue：Parthenon Tama http://www.parthenon.or.jp/
workshops: Saturday, September 12; Wednesday (National Holiday), September 23; Saturday, September 26; Sunday, September 27; Sunday, October 4; Saturday, October 10; and Sunday, October 11, 2009
Application deadline: Thursday, August 20, 2009
performance: Monday (National Holiday), October 12, 2009, from 15:00
How to apply：Participation fee: Free, advanced bookings required
* For details, please contact the NPO Children Meet Artists.
Fax: 03-5961-5738; e-mail: mail＠children-art.net
Kichijoji Theatre <Performance> *This Performance has ended.
“Kara-kara Dan-dara Karada-yama”
Children, together with an artist, have fun and create an original dance using their whole body, for example by paying attention to different body parts which they normally use subconsciously, and finding funny movements by twisting or relaxing their body. The original dance will then be performed at the rehearsal room of the Kichijoji Theatre.
Director: Mari Fukutome (dancer/choreographer)
Music/Performers: Sokkyo Karameru-dan (music unit)
Performers: Third to sixth graders in elementary school who participated in the workshops
* The application period for participating in the workshops ended.
Performance: Friday, August 21, 2009, (1) Starting at 16:30 (2) Starting at 18:30 (the performance will be held twice)
The acceptance is started 30 minutes before starting. An unreserved seat.
Venue: Kichijoji Theatre Rehearsal hall http://www.musashino-culture.or.jp
Participation fee: Free, advanced bookings required (in order of receipt of applications)
Koshinkan <Performance> *This Performance has ended.
“Round and Round, Summer Night’s Dream” - Voice of the Wind, Colors of Grass -
Children will make revolving lanterns, compose music and create a play utilizing their imagination with a music and theater art group, Seminko Orchestra, through a series of workshops. The play will culminate in a stage performance at the Multi-purpose Main Hall of Koshinkan.
Artists: Seminko Orchestra (music / theater art group)
Performers: Third to sixth graders in elementary school who participated in the workshops
* The application period for participating in the workshops ended.
Performance: Wendesday, August 19, 2009, Starting at 18:00
The acceptance is started 30 minutes before starting. An unreserved seat.
Venue: Koshinkan (Mizuho-machi) http://www.koshinkan.jp/
Participation fee: Free, advanced bookings required
Dai-Ichi Seimei Hall *This Performance has ended.
“THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN”
Ohiro Minato (a composer) and Maki Morishita (a choreographer and a dancer) create a stage play by discussing ideas with children in a series of workshops. The original stage play will then be performed in the Dai-ichi Seimei Hall Open House 2009.
Directors: Ohiro Minato (composer), Maki Morishita (choreographer/dancer)
Performers: Third to sixth graders in elementary school who participated in the workshops
* The application period for participating in the workshops ended.
Performance: Saturday, July 25, 2009, from 12:10 (Door opens at 12:00)
Venue: Dai-Ichi Seimei Hall (located in the Harumi Triton Square) http://www.dai-ichi-seimei-hall.jp/
Participation fee: Free (Seats taken in order of arrival)
