THEATER/DANCE
TACT/FESTIVAL TOKYO
Synopsys
The theater arts festival for children will be organized at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space. Five topflight overseas theater companies, including Studio ORKA from Belgium, are invited to give stage performances and participatory workshops.
Venue
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Small Hall 1, Small Hall 2, and other facilities
Schedule
August 6 (Fri) – August 15 (Sun), 2010 (No show scheduled for the 9th)
Organizers
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture / Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Granted by
Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities
Outline
“TACT” consists of the initial letters of “Theatre Arts for Children and Teens.”
“TACT” conveys three meanings:
1. Adroitness (to gain the audience’s attention), resourcefulness, and (performance with) quick wit!
2. Touch and feel (bringing the audience closer to the stage)!
3. Perceptiveness to determine suitability, and (performance with) aesthetic beauty!
These three meanings are projected through the superb stage production brought to you from abroad. This is why this festival is named “TACT.”
The stage performance will be presented at 5 locations around Japan, including Biwako, Osaka, Matsumoto, and Tokyo. The Tokyo performance will take place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space.
The participating theater companies, among of the world’s best, are invited to give performances at festivals around the world. In this summer festival, children, together with their parents, will enjoy both the stage performances and workshops given by the performers.
Feel the very breath of the artists as they perform right before your eyes their imaginative, expressionistic plays, dance, and live music.
“TACT” conveys three meanings:
1. Adroitness (to gain the audience’s attention), resourcefulness, and (performance with) quick wit!
2. Touch and feel (bringing the audience closer to the stage)!
3. Perceptiveness to determine suitability, and (performance with) aesthetic beauty!
These three meanings are projected through the superb stage production brought to you from abroad. This is why this festival is named “TACT.”
The stage performance will be presented at 5 locations around Japan, including Biwako, Osaka, Matsumoto, and Tokyo. The Tokyo performance will take place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space.
The participating theater companies, among of the world’s best, are invited to give performances at festivals around the world. In this summer festival, children, together with their parents, will enjoy both the stage performances and workshops given by the performers.
Feel the very breath of the artists as they perform right before your eyes their imaginative, expressionistic plays, dance, and live music.
Contact
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
1-8-1 Nishi-ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0021
Phone: 03-5391-2111
1-8-1 Nishi-ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0021
Phone: 03-5391-2111
Program
“ECHOA”
Compagnie ARCOSM [France / Music and Dance]
The brand - new sensational performance presented by two percussionists and two dancers.
How can the sounds of percussion dance? What is it like to hear the sound of dancing? It has given birth to the new sensational dance you can feel with ears by establishing an equal relationship between percussion and dance in which the dancers develop their own sense of music and the music emphasizes their own movement. It whispers gently sometimes and it sounds quite loud from time to time, and it is like a carnival once in a while, but still it remains in the dreamy world.
Schedule: August 6 (Fri) 19:00; August 7 (Sat) 11:00/15:00; and August 8 (Sun) 15:00, 2010
Doors open 20 minutes before each show. Show time: Approximately 50 minutes
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Small Hall 1
Target audience: Age 4 and older
Admission fee: Please check the “Ticket” information below.
[Dance and music workshop by Compagnie ARCOSM]
“What is the sound of a dancer’s body? How does a percussionist dance?”
August 8 (Sun) 11:00-12:00 Location: Small Hall 1
Capacity: 20
Target audience: Age 8 and older (This workshop is also open to adults.)
The brand - new sensational performance presented by two percussionists and two dancers.
How can the sounds of percussion dance? What is it like to hear the sound of dancing? It has given birth to the new sensational dance you can feel with ears by establishing an equal relationship between percussion and dance in which the dancers develop their own sense of music and the music emphasizes their own movement. It whispers gently sometimes and it sounds quite loud from time to time, and it is like a carnival once in a while, but still it remains in the dreamy world.
Schedule: August 6 (Fri) 19:00; August 7 (Sat) 11:00/15:00; and August 8 (Sun) 15:00, 2010
Doors open 20 minutes before each show. Show time: Approximately 50 minutes
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Small Hall 1
Target audience: Age 4 and older
Admission fee: Please check the “Ticket” information below.
[Dance and music workshop by Compagnie ARCOSM]
“What is the sound of a dancer’s body? How does a percussionist dance?”
August 8 (Sun) 11:00-12:00 Location: Small Hall 1
Capacity: 20
Target audience: Age 8 and older (This workshop is also open to adults.)
“Niemand heißt Elise”
Theater Metronom [Germany / Play]
At a station on a border, a heart - warming story of Elise and a signalman.
Elise finds grand mothers diary. It tells the wartime story of when her grandmother was young. While trying to escape from the war, she meets Lucas, a signalman at a small, sleepy, border railway station. She is homeless, has no passport or job. She is almost NAMELESS. It is a story filled with hope in which this“Nobody called Elise”gives us a sort of connection between the past and now. The story depicts Elise's delight in being alive.
Schedule: August 10 (Tue) 11:00; August 11 (Wed) 11:00/15:00; and August 12 (Thu) 11:00, 2010
Doors open 20 minutes before each show. Show time: Approximately 55 minutes
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Small Hall 2
Target audience: Age 4 and older
Admission fee: Please check the “Ticket” information below.
At a station on a border, a heart - warming story of Elise and a signalman.
Elise finds grand mothers diary. It tells the wartime story of when her grandmother was young. While trying to escape from the war, she meets Lucas, a signalman at a small, sleepy, border railway station. She is homeless, has no passport or job. She is almost NAMELESS. It is a story filled with hope in which this“Nobody called Elise”gives us a sort of connection between the past and now. The story depicts Elise's delight in being alive.
Schedule: August 10 (Tue) 11:00; August 11 (Wed) 11:00/15:00; and August 12 (Thu) 11:00, 2010
Doors open 20 minutes before each show. Show time: Approximately 55 minutes
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Small Hall 2
Target audience: Age 4 and older
Admission fee: Please check the “Ticket” information below.
“Robinson & Crusoe”
Meridiano Theatre [Denmark / Play]
A survival drama of two foreigners who don't understand each other's language.
Here on the roof of a house surrounded by the oceans, two guys meet each other after a huge natural disaster. One speaks a lot of European languages, and the other speaks gibberish. While the oceans are beside them watching how they are getting along, they try to find a mutual language to survive under the harsh conditions. As time passes, they gradually start to understand each other and talk about their dreams. Then finally they become determined to make decisions for their future.
Schedule: August 13 (Fri) 15:00/19:00; August 14 (Sat) 11:00/16:30; and August 15 (Sun) 13:00/16:30, 2010
Doors open 20 minutes before each show. Show time: Approximately 70 minutes
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Small Hall 2
Target audience: Age 4 and older
Admission fee: Please check the “Ticket” information below.
A survival drama of two foreigners who don't understand each other's language.
Here on the roof of a house surrounded by the oceans, two guys meet each other after a huge natural disaster. One speaks a lot of European languages, and the other speaks gibberish. While the oceans are beside them watching how they are getting along, they try to find a mutual language to survive under the harsh conditions. As time passes, they gradually start to understand each other and talk about their dreams. Then finally they become determined to make decisions for their future.
Schedule: August 13 (Fri) 15:00/19:00; August 14 (Sat) 11:00/16:30; and August 15 (Sun) 13:00/16:30, 2010
Doors open 20 minutes before each show. Show time: Approximately 70 minutes
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Small Hall 2
Target audience: Age 4 and older
Admission fee: Please check the “Ticket” information below.
“LAVA”*This program has been canceled.
Contact:
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
TEL:03-5391-2111 FAX:03-5391-2215
Studio ORKA [Belgium / Play]
A mysterious play to enjoy in a special tent with the capacity of 30 people maximum.
Two soil investigators happen to discover something very special during the construction of a basement car park. They eventually find that something is living 15 meters under the ground. They investigate by following the sound of screeches, whispers, and piano lighting up the hole with the mini camera flash lamp. Our little audience will be witnesses to the basement mystery. It reveals the sweet memory that you dreamt of once long time ago.
Schedule: August 10 (Tue) 18:00; August 11 (Wed) 13:30/15:30/17:30; No show on August 12 (Thu); August 13 (Fri) 13:30/15:30/17:30; August 14 (Sat) 13:30/16:30/18:30; and August 15 (Sun) 11:00/13:00/15:00, 2010
Show time: Approximately 60 minutes
Venue: Special tent in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Atrium
Target audience: Age 4 and older
Admission fee: Please see the “Ticket” information below.
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
TEL:03-5391-2111 FAX:03-5391-2215
Studio ORKA [Belgium / Play]
A mysterious play to enjoy in a special tent with the capacity of 30 people maximum.
Two soil investigators happen to discover something very special during the construction of a basement car park. They eventually find that something is living 15 meters under the ground. They investigate by following the sound of screeches, whispers, and piano lighting up the hole with the mini camera flash lamp. Our little audience will be witnesses to the basement mystery. It reveals the sweet memory that you dreamt of once long time ago.
Schedule: August 10 (Tue) 18:00; August 11 (Wed) 13:30/15:30/17:30; No show on August 12 (Thu); August 13 (Fri) 13:30/15:30/17:30; August 14 (Sat) 13:30/16:30/18:30; and August 15 (Sun) 11:00/13:00/15:00, 2010
Show time: Approximately 60 minutes
Venue: Special tent in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Atrium
Target audience: Age 4 and older
Admission fee: Please see the “Ticket” information below.
“Les moutons”
CORPUS [Canada / Play and Mime]
Welcome to the sheep stock farm!! We shall show you the habits of SHEEP.
It is a unique live installation where reality and fantasy meet. We create a countryside space in the centre on the city. CORPUS will take you to a mysterious and exciting world by showing you some features of the sheep he has been researching.
Schedule: August 11 (Wed) 12:45/16:30; August 12 (Thu) 12:15; August 13 (Fri) 12:45/16:30; August 14 (Sat) 12:45/17:45; and August 15 (Sun) 14:15/17:45, 2010
Show time: Approximately 30 minutes
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Atrium, Lower Plaza
Admission fee: Free
[Workshop by CORPUS]
“The Arts of being Sheep”
Schedule: August 14 (Sat) 15:00-, 2010 Location: Large Rehearsal Room
Capacity: 30
Target audience: Age 6 and older (This workshop is also open to adults.)
Welcome to the sheep stock farm!! We shall show you the habits of SHEEP.
It is a unique live installation where reality and fantasy meet. We create a countryside space in the centre on the city. CORPUS will take you to a mysterious and exciting world by showing you some features of the sheep he has been researching.
Schedule: August 11 (Wed) 12:45/16:30; August 12 (Thu) 12:15; August 13 (Fri) 12:45/16:30; August 14 (Sat) 12:45/17:45; and August 15 (Sun) 14:15/17:45, 2010
Show time: Approximately 30 minutes
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Atrium, Lower Plaza
Admission fee: Free
[Workshop by CORPUS]
“The Arts of being Sheep”
Schedule: August 14 (Sat) 15:00-, 2010 Location: Large Rehearsal Room
Capacity: 30
Target audience: Age 6 and older (This workshop is also open to adults.)
Ticket
Admission fees for “ECHOA,” “Niemand heiβt Elise,” and “Robinson & Crusoe” are as follows.
All seats are general seating.
Regular fee: Adult 2,000 yen / Child (4 year-old to junior high school student) 1,000 yen
Set price:
・Parent-child pair ticket (1 adult and 1 child) 2,500 yen
・Ticket for 2 shows: Adult 3,000 yen / Child 1,500 yen
・Ticket for 3 shows: Adult 4,000 yen / Child 2,000 yen
*Notes for set price
・The set price applies only to “ECHOA,” “Niemand heiβt Elise,” and “Robinson & Crusoe.”
・The set priced tickets are available only at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Ticket Service
General advanced ticket release begins on Sunday, June 27
Tickets are available through the following locations:
・Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Ticket Service 03-5985-1707
・E Ticket Pia (P code: 404-581) 0570-02-9999
・e+ (ePlus): http://eplus.jp
・Lawson Ticket: 0570-000-407
All seats are general seating.
Regular fee: Adult 2,000 yen / Child (4 year-old to junior high school student) 1,000 yen
Set price:
・Parent-child pair ticket (1 adult and 1 child) 2,500 yen
・Ticket for 2 shows: Adult 3,000 yen / Child 1,500 yen
・Ticket for 3 shows: Adult 4,000 yen / Child 2,000 yen
*Notes for set price
・The set price applies only to “ECHOA,” “Niemand heiβt Elise,” and “Robinson & Crusoe.”
・The set priced tickets are available only at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Ticket Service
General advanced ticket release begins on Sunday, June 27
Tickets are available through the following locations:
・Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Ticket Service 03-5985-1707
・E Ticket Pia (P code: 404-581) 0570-02-9999
・e+ (ePlus): http://eplus.jp
・Lawson Ticket: 0570-000-407
