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    <title><![CDATA[&quot;A Tribute to Pina Bausch - The World of Dance in Word and Image&quot;]]></title>
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    <published>2010-04-15T03:17:45Z</published>
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    <summary>Special event illustrating the history a...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<b>Special event illustrating the history and fascination of dance in conversations and rare footage of Pina Bausch</b><br />
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This special program consists of three documentary films and a talk event recapitulating the achievements of the world-renowned choreographer who suddenly passed away in June 2009. In various rare footage, and a conversation with her former manager and supporter for 16 years, the event portrays a unique artist whose continuous impact exceeded by far the boundaries of dance, theatre and art, since the 1970s, and even after her death. While looking back on the transition of performing arts from modern to contemporary, visitors will be invited to surrender to the irresistible charm of Pina Bausch as a choreographer and as a person, and explore the possibilities of the human body as captured on video.<br />
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<b>[Screening title]<br />
"Auf der Suche nach Tanz"<br /></b>
<font style="font-size: 0.8em;">1991 / Director: パトリツィア・コルブード / 29min / DVD<br />
※ドイツ語音声（音声ガイドによる日本語通訳）translation: Ayako Kuwabara<br /></font>
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<b>"One Day Pina Bausch has asked"<br /></b>
<font style="font-size: 0.8em;">1983 / Director: シャンテル・アカーマン / オリジナル58分の抜粋版／DVD<br />
※ドイツ語音声（音声ガイドによる日本語通訳）translation: Ayako Kuwabara<br /></font>
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<b>"Pina Bausch"<br />
<font style="font-size: 0.8em;">2006/ Director: アンネ・リンゼル / オリジナル43分の抜粋版／DVD<br />
※ドイツ語音声（音声ガイドによる日本語通訳） translation: Akiko Yamashita<br /></font>
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<b>applications and inquiries:</b><br />
Please Send email entitled "A Tribute to Pina Bausch: Application" with
i) Name in full<br />
ii) Address; with telephone number, e-mail address.<br />
deadline: April 11 (sun)<br />
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7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, 753-0075 JAPAN<br />
Attn: Performing arts staff "A Tribute to Pina Bausch"<br />
TEL: +81-83-901-2222/FAX: +81-83-901-2216<br />
e-mail: pina@ycam.jp<br />
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<b>Related event<br /></b>
<b>"ELA NAVE VA"</b><font style="font-size: 0.8em;">（1983 / Director: Federico Ferrini / 127min / DVD）</font><br />
April 18 (sun)13:30, April 19 (mun)14:00<br />
Venue: Studio C  Admission free<br />
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    <title><![CDATA[YCAM Performance Lounge #5  faifai &quot;A Story of Y O'Clock&quot;+ contact Gonzo's Performance]]></title>
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    <published>2010-04-14T13:39:40Z</published>
    <updated>2010-05-17T06:45:46Z</updated>

    <summary>&quot;YCAM Performance Lounge&quot; is a series of...</summary>
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        <![CDATA["YCAM Performance Lounge" is a series of events designed to convey the fun and fascination of a stage production, allowing the audience to experience dancers and actors up close. Held every year in the spring, the program aims at once to function as a stimulator encouraging people to come back and watch dance and theatre performances at YCAM, and to communicate in a direct manner the power of an up-and-coming new type of physical expression. As an additional gateway enhancing the enjoyment of performing arts, a temporary café invites visitors to exchange with the artists after the performances. <br />
<b>(faifai "A Story of Y O'Clock": Performed in Japanese with English supertitles. )</b><br />
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<b><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">Theatre company "faifai"</font></b><br />
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<font style="font-size: 0.8em;">faifai "A Story of Y O'Clock" (2010, Tokyo)  photo: Kazuya Kato</font><br />
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The company consists of members from various backgrounds and nationalities, most of them in their late 20s. Filling each of their shows with lots of ideas borrowed from the fields of dance, video, music, party and even catering, faifai operate far outside the ready-made concept of theatre, and always make sure to offer their audiences an explosive mixture of fun and amazement.<br />
Generally performed in a freely experimenting manner, their portraits of multilayered identities using cell phones or blogs, and cool parodies of mass consumer society, result from the members' sharp observations of contemporary society. Looking at reality from a unique standpoint, faifai focus on the positive side of things, and suggest through their works to simply enjoy each moment in life. This approach reflects intensely the body sensation and sprachgefuhl of this new generation of artists that are gaining popularity among a broad audience in the realm of theatre and beyond.<br />
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<b><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">Performance group  "contact Gonzo"</font></b><br />
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<font style="font-size: 0.8em;">contact Gonzo photo: Toda Yoichi</font><br />
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Based on "contact improvisation", an improvisational dance method focusing on the direct mutual transfer of body weight and power through body contact, the group has developed an original style incorporating forms of "contact" known from the realm of martial arts, such as punching, kicking, timing and defense.
The group's sudden appearances at museums and public spaces that are securely maintained for whatever purpose cause instant transformations of the respective setting, that stimulate the senses of those who witness these performances. The four artists' almost excessive looking bodily encounters propose a new form of communication that reactivates our senses as we are entombed in the safe and sound environments of daily life.<br />
The show this time features special guest Tetsuya Umeda, an artist known for sound installations and live concerts utilizing objects found in his direct environment. <br />
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<br /><b><u><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">performance piece　faifai "A Story of Y O'Clock"</font><br /></u>
The fantastic melodrama situated in an after-school daycare center generated a strong response. When it was first shown in Japan two years ago. The play now comes back in a longer remastered version! <br />
Children's interests never meet adults'convenience, but they meet at Y o'clock.</b>
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<font style="font-size: 0.8em;">faifai "A Story of R O'Clock" (2007)  photo: kazuya Kato</font><br />
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A Story of R O'Clock, a fantastic melodrama set in a daycare center that generated a strong response when first staged in 2007, returns in a longer, upgraded version. The piece incorporates elements of puppet theatre, anime, computer games and other formats, to illustrate an entanglement of childlike worlds and adult rules. The contrast of a child's half-dreamed, half-imagined reality, and the adult sphere surrounding it, will refresh every grown-up viewer's childhood memories, while arrangements and gimmicks that everyone of us has surely dreamt up once or twice make this performance highly enjoyable for young and old alike. <br />
<b>(Performed in Japanese with English supertitles. )</b><br />
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<b><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">"Performance + Theatre + Cafe"</font><br />
The fascination of performing arts condensed in an annual spectacle!</b><br />
Prior to the opening of the "faifai" performance group's latest production, A Story of Y O'Clock, there will be a performance by Contact Gonzo. In addition, the "After Hour Cafe" that opens temporarily after the show at the same venue provides visitors with a place to meet and exchange views with each other and the performers. The Cafe will also host special events for the ultimate one-day experience of performing arts and all the fun around. <br />
Special events this time will be a laptop live performance by Shuta Hasunuma, who is responsible for the music in A Story of Y O'Clock (on 5/15), and "Let's play with faifai!", an occasion to join the faifai members and play around with the various stage props used in their performance (on 5/16).<br />
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<b><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">Schedule</font></b><br />
<hr><br /><b>May 15 (sat)</b><br />
<u>18:30 start<br /></u>
<b>contact Gonzo's performance</b><br />
Venue: Hoyer etc    Admission free<br />
↓<br />
<u>19:00 start<br /></u>
<b>faifai "A Story of Y O'Clock"</b><br />
Venue: Studio B    * Entry with performance ticket<br />
↓<br />
<u>play through<br /></u>
<b>"After Hour Cafe"</b><br />
Venue: in front of Studio B   * Separate ticket required<br />
<b>Special event<br /></b>
laptop live performance by Shuta Hasunuma<br />
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<u>Close　16:30<br /></u>
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<b>May 16 (sun) </b><br />
<u>13:30 start<br /></u>
<b>contact Gonzo's performance</b><br />
Venue: Hoyer etc    Admission free<br />
↓<br />
<u>14:00 start<br /></u>
<b>faifai "A Story of Y O'Clock"</b><br />
Venue: Studio B    * Entry with performance ticket<br />
↓<br />
<u>play through<br /></u>
<b>"After Hour Cafe"</b><br />
Venue: in front of Studio B   * Separate ticket required<br />
<b>Special event<br /></b>
"Let's play with faifai!" by faifai members<br />
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<u>Close　16:30<br /></u>
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<font style="font-size: 0.8em;"><b>faifai "A Story of Y O'Clock"</b><br />
Text: Yoko Kitagawa<br />
Direction: Chiharu Shinoda<br />
Cast: Mai Nakabayashi, Kouji Yamamoto, Yasushi Takeda, Shiro Amano<br />
Stage management: Megumi Sato<br />
Stage design: Ayami Sasaki<br />
Lighting / Object design: Goh Ueda<br />
Video: Shiro Amano, Ayami Sasaki<br />
Sound: Daisuke Hoshino<br />
Music: Shuta Hasunuma<br />
Costume / Puppet design: Kyoko Fujitani<br />
Diorama：Yui Yamamoto<br />
Flyer design: Kensaku Kato (TOKYO PISTOL)<br />
Photo: Kazuya Kato<br />
Character design: Naoko Shinpou<br />
Managed by: Mihoko Kawamura<br />
Special thanks to: HEADZ<br />
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<b>contact Gonzo's performance<br /></b>
Cast: Yuya Tsukahara, Keigo Mikajiri, Itaru Kato, Yu Kanai<br />
Guest: Tetsuya Umeda<br />
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Organized by: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion<br />
In association with: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education<br />
Agency for Cultural Affair<br />
Produced by: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]<br /></font>]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hofesh Shechter &quot;Political Mother&quot;]]></title>
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    <published>2010-04-14T13:00:24Z</published>
    <updated>2010-06-20T12:21:06Z</updated>

    <summary> Up-and-coming UK company visits Japan t...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[ <b>Up-and-coming UK company visits Japan to show a captivating mix of energetic dance and reverberating percussion</b><br />
This performance series was installed with the aim to showcase next-generation performing arts as represented by specially invited budding young artists from all corners of the globe. This year, we are happy to introduce Hofesh Shechter, a choreographer who relocated to the UK after working with Israel's own Batsheva Dance Company, and in recent years has won high acclaim as an internationally awarded choreographer and creator of pieces commissioned by leading theatres around the world. Also outside the realm of dance, Shechter has been attracting attention for his choreographies for popular TV plays among other things. On his visit to Japan, Shechter will unveil his latest production that is set to define a new set of values in contemporary dance through a compelling mixture of amazing high-tension dance and groovy live percussion.<br />]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[2010 Theatre & Dance Family Program &quot;Naso Rosso&quot;]]></title>
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    <published>2010-04-14T12:59:35Z</published>
    <updated>2010-06-06T12:06:10Z</updated>

    <summary> An opportunity to encounter performing ...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<b> An opportunity to encounter performing arts for children aged 2 and up</b>

<br /><br />This dance/theatre program is designed for children at pre-school age and their parents. Instead of difficult lines telling a complex story, the piece created in Italy immediately communicates the fun of performing arts through music, dance, and various gimmicks that appear as the story unfolds. Built with elements of contemporary dance and theatre, and a little box that keeps spitting out all kinds of colorful gadgets, this performance is sure to fascinate young and old alike.<br />
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    <title><![CDATA[2010 Theatre & Dance Family Program &quot;Dallae's Story&quot;]]></title>
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    <published>2010-04-14T12:58:57Z</published>
    <updated>2010-06-06T12:07:24Z</updated>

    <summary>Precious moments to focus on family ties...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<b>Precious moments to focus on family ties and human love</b><br />
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Based on the story of the Korean War in the 1950s, this piece is not directly about the war itself, but illustrates the earnest attempts of a family to overcome all kinds of hardships. Korean traditional music, glamorous sets, and a uniquely vivid combination of human performers and puppets make for an exciting performance that appeals to both children and their parents. Look forward to a topical piece that graphically conveys the magnificence and importance of love between human individuals and family members. <br />
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    <title>Megumi Nakamura &amp; Yasuyuki Shuto dance performance</title>
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    <published>2010-04-14T12:57:36Z</published>
    <updated>2010-04-26T07:40:48Z</updated>

    <summary>Artistically and technically distinguish...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<b>Artistically and technically distinguished dancers from Japan and abroad provide hints for defining contemporary dance and its fascination</b><br />
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This performance focuses on the technically advanced and artistically diverse skills of physical expression of dancer/choreographer Megumi Nakamura and dancer Yasuyuki Shuto. Building their careers on a solid foundation of Classical ballet under such internationally renowned masters of choreographers as Jirí Kylián and Maurice Béjart respectively, both Nakamura and Shuto have vaulted their acquired techniques into spheres of truly unique art. Their works highlight the beauty of dance itself while hinting at the diversity and potential of artistic expression, inviting the viewer to explore the creative nature of studying and experiencing dance and other forms of body expression, and ponder the meaning of originality, stringency and reality in the realm of dance. Here are two artists who have come to make something as seemingly unintelligible as contemporary dance accessible to a broad audience.<br />
* A talk session with the performers is planned as related event. <br />
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    <title><![CDATA[Marebito-no-Kai &quot;PARK CITY&quot; (new piece)]]></title>
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    <published>2009-06-27T09:25:11Z</published>
    <updated>2009-08-30T13:05:30Z</updated>

    <summary> The first full-fledged theatre producti...</summary>
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<b>The first full-fledged theatre production realized at YCAM<br/>
A new experience that defies the conventional idea of "theatre"<br /></b>
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Masataka Matsuda (playwright/director, Marebito-no-Kai) and photographer Keiko Sasaoka (photographers' gallery) unveil their new theatre piece "PARK CITY" at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media. This YCAM original production is a result of
Matsuda's stay in Yamaguchi as part of the "Work-in-residence" program exploring the possibilities of artistic expression together with the Center's expert staff -YCAM InterLab-. "PARK CITY" experiments with temporal, spatial and physical sensation
by combining stage art with photography and media technology.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ycam.jp/en/special/marebito-no-kai_park_city/"><u>"PARK CITY"website</u></a><br />
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<font style="font-size: 0.8em;">Left: "Voiceprints City - Letter to FATHER" (FESTIVAL/TOKYO 2009) photo: Tsukasa Aoki<br />
Right: Keiko Sasaoka "PARK CITY" (2007)</font><br />
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<b>"PARK CITY" Hiroshima portrayed in words and photographs remote seats equipped with individual video screens<br /></b>
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Masataka Matsuda, a leading Japanese playwright/director since the 1990s, has received numerous awards for his experimental work exploring the possibilities of stage arts with
the theatre company Marebito-no-Kai. In his newest creation, he captures scenes of the city with the help of Keiko Sasaoka, a young photographer regarded for her original approach. The two artists illustrate through texts and photographs the latent
memories of the city of Hiroshima as it was re-erected around a "monument" in the form of a park after the war. <br/>
Seats in the theatre are deliberately placed at a distance from the stage, and equipped with individual video screens. This alternative viewing style enables the audience to enjoy a new form of theatre with text, photography, sound and imagery transcending the boundaries of time and space. Look forward to a radically new type of stage production that incorporates Masataka Matsuda's script and direction, Sasaoka's photographs, and YCAM's own cutting-edge media technology.<br />
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<font style="font-size: 0.8em;">Written and directed by: Masataka Matsuda<br/>
Photography by: Keiko Sasaoka (photographers' gallery)<br/>
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Cast: Chise Ushio, F. Japan, Chiaki Kirisawa, Goma-no-hae, Takashi Shima, Aki Takeda,
Maki Nishiyama, Yuichiro Masuya, Norifumi Miyamoto, Harumi Yamaguchi<br/>
Stage manager: Takuro Iwata (YCAM InterLab)<br/>
Stage Technicians: Mitsuo Uno (YCAM InterLab), Takuro Iwata (YCAM InterLab), Clarence Ng (Esplanade)<br/>
Sound: Takayuki Ito (YCAM InterLab)<br/>
Recording: Masamitsu Araki<br/>
Lighting: Fumie Takahara (YCAM InterLab)<br/>
Video: Richi Owaki (YCAM InterLab)<br/>
Costume Design: Kyoko Domoto<br/>
Monitor system: Takayuki Ito (YCAM InterLab)<br/>
Programming: Satoshi Hama (YCAM InterLab)<br/>
Dramaturg: Tsuyoshi Tanabe<br/>
Assistant director: Yuriko Maiya<br/>
Technical support: YCAM InterLab<br/>
Produced by: Akiko Tkeshita (YCAM), Naoko Shiomi (YCAM), Mariko Mori (Marebito-no-Kai), Mao Nishimura (Marebito-no-Kai)<br/>
Advertising design: Isao Tanaka (photographers' gallery)<br/>
Cooperated by: Gyoto, Eisei, Knit Cap Theater<br/>
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Produced by Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Biwako Hall,  Marebito-no-Kai, photographers' gallery<br />
Organized by Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion, Biwako Hall Foundation, Marebito-no-Kai, photographers' gallery<br />
Supported by Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education, The Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2009, Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities (JAFRA), The Asahi Beer Arts Foundation, The SAISON Foundation
Sponsored by AVOX<br />
Kyoto Art Center support project<br />
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    <title><![CDATA[&quot;The Traveling Companion&quot;]]></title>
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    <published>2009-06-27T05:39:11Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-28T11:08:19Z</updated>

    <summary> A very special, colorfully dream-like s...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<b> A very special, colorfully dream-like story for Japanese children</b><br/>
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Italian stage director Teresa Ludovico creates highly ingenious pieces with simple stage sets and rich colors. Her newest production tells the story of a boy who falls in love with a girl that appears in his dreams, and embarks on a journey with the aim to find her. The piece was made in collaboration with a variety of performers, including actors, dancers and musicians. The boy in his fantastic adventure symbolizes human love, and inspires our courage to face life.
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    <title><![CDATA[Grupo de Rua &quot;H3&quot;]]></title>
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    <published>2009-06-27T04:36:25Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-14T11:34:32Z</updated>

    <summary> Next-generation Hip Hop Dance from Braz...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[ <b>Next-generation Hip Hop Dance from Brazil<br />
Highlighting the overwhelming energy and tension of the human body<br /></b>
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Taking hip hop, a movement that keeps affecting dance, music, art, fashion and other aspects of cultural and social life, and catapulting it to the level of performing arts, "H3" is an ambitious piece that introduces a fresh current to the realm of dance.  <br />
Witness nine trained street dancers as they knock down stylistic stereotypes with breathtaking speed and energy, to make way for novel forms of expression that unfold in an impressive demonstration of flexibility and potential. <br />
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<strong><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">&quot;H3&quot;</font></strong><br />
<strong>Hip hop's high-flying crusade from the street into the theatre</strong><br />
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<font style="font-size: 0.6em;">© Grupo de Rua</font><br /><br />
Since emerging in New York in the early 1970s, hip hop culture has been exerting a strong influence on dance, music, art, fashion, and other cultural and social aspects. Dance as one facet of the hip hop phenomenon has been conquering the world while leaving its marks on several other dance styles, and has evolved into an art form in its own right that enjoys popularity on various levels today, with professional dancers participating in contests, and countless young people practicing and performing on the street also here in Japan. <br />
"H3", an attempt to bring innovation to hip hop as a contemporary performing art, has been presented to great acclaim at festivals and theatres. The ambitious idea to elevate hip hop to the level of performing arts resulted in a display of overwhelmingly energetic physical power.<br /><br />
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<font style="font-size: 0.6em;">© Bruno Beltrão</font><br /><br />
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<b>Highlights</b><br />
<u><strong>Trained bodies in simple settings</strong></u><br />
The simple stage set includes not much more than lighting to add subtle nuances to the dancers' movements against the acoustic backdrop of environmental noises and silence replacing the original hip hop and R&B music. The additional sounds of the nine street-trained dancers' steps add to an atmosphere that is pregnant with a sense of tension that both street and theatre settings share. A delicately sophisticated choreography, made possible thanks to the performers' physical abilities and characteristic features, is one of the attractions of this spectacle highlighting the explosive energy set free in the generation of truly innovative physical expression.<br />
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<u><strong>Thought-out overall composition over individual skills</strong></u><br />
The rules of hip hop, originally a competitive "dance battle" format, include a display of personal skills while avoiding body contact with the opponents as a stylistic element. Rather than focusing on individual performing skills, this piece follows a general concept and composition that demands from the dancers to move constantly on the brink of collision in a rather aggressive approach to contact that ultimately never happens. Speed, dynamism and speculation are the pillars of a construction that aims to explore the uncharted territory between the street and the theatre.  <br />
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<u><strong>A new art form born on suburban streets</strong></u><br />
Hip hop has grown into a global cultural movement. The style that once was a communication tool - not excluding elements of protest - for young people living in the downtown areas of big cities has matured into a means of self-expression for suburban youths. The Grupo de Rua, a company based in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, seek to demolish stereotypes in artistic expression in order to establish their own original methods, suggesting an analytical approach to the obliterating flow of mainstream trends.<br />
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<img src="http://www.ycam.jp/theater/photo/h3_2_w.jpg" /><br />
<font style="font-size: 0.6em;">© Bruno Beltrão</font><br /><br />
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<strong>Bruno Beltrão (Choreographer, dancer)</strong><br />
<strong>A choreographer and his revolution of hip hop 30 years after zero hour</strong><br />
Born and raised in the outskirts of a Brazilian town, Bruno Beltrão first encountered street dance as a teenager. After enrolling at the university of Rio de Janeiro to study dance and philosophy, he began to produce works that gradually liberated him from the rules and conventions of hip hop, and eventually unveiled the piece "H3" at the Kunsten Festival des Arts in Belgium in 2008. Following its predecessor, "H2", it is on a continuously successful tour around major festivals around the world. 30 years young, Beltrão is definitely one choreographer to watch when it comes to breathing new life into the current hip hop and performing arts scenes. <br />
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<br /><br /><font style="font-size: 0.8em;">Direction, Choreography: Bruno Beltrão<br />
With: Grupo de Rua<br />
Co-production: Grupo de Rua, Festival d'automne à Paris, La Ferme du Buisson - Scène nationale de Marne-la-Vallée, Le Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, International Arts Festival/Salamanca 2008 - Junta de Castilla y León, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Hebbel am Ufer<br />
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Art Direction & Design: Ryo Sugi (scenery of design)<br />
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Produced by: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]<br />
Organized by: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion, Agency for Cultural Affairs<br />
Supported by: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education, Embassy of Brazil<br />
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<entry>
    <title><![CDATA[&quot;On the Planet&quot; Pre-event]]></title>
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    <published>2009-06-27T04:22:21Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-05T11:19:24Z</updated>

    <summary> Prior to the performance, stage directo...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[ Prior to the performance, stage director Hatsumi Abe and other guests will reveal some details about the piece in a talk event.<br/>
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Support: the Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2009<br/>
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    <title><![CDATA[&quot;On the Planet&quot; (working title)]]></title>
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    <published>2009-06-27T02:23:17Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-20T07:25:45Z</updated>

    <summary>Observing mankind in the present age fro...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<b>Observing mankind in the present age from a hypothetical future world</b><br />
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Inspired by completely artificial confined spaces that exist in reality, this piece dealing with such actual environmental issues as global warming, atmospheric and radioactive pollution depicts a future scenario of the world based on a "global environment, man, nature and civilization" theme. Different from the usual method, where a director would adapt a finished script written by a playwright for the stage, this piece is the result of a new type of collaboration, created by the director together with his staff and cast from the playwright's incomplete, fragmentary texts.<br />
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Support: the Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2009<br/>
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    <title><![CDATA[Keiko Sasaoka &quot;PARK CITY&quot; Photo Exhibition]]></title>
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    <published>2009-06-26T07:33:39Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-10T02:31:49Z</updated>

    <summary> Keiko Sasaoka presents a selection of p...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[ Keiko Sasaoka presents a selection of photographs used in "PARK CITY" in a photo
exhibition of the same title. Enjoy the photographer's original prints up close, and in a
different setting and atmosphere from the stage performance.<br/>
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<entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Yoko Kemumaki dance session &quot;ALL LOVES YOU!&quot;]]></title>
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    <published>2009-06-12T02:39:10Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-28T00:30:05Z</updated>

    <summary>Experience an ad-lib dance battle when Y...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<strong>Experience an ad-lib dance battle when YCAM turns into a club for one night only! </strong><br />
Yoko Higashino is a dancer/choreographer who usually takes charge of everything from direction to scenic art and costumes, to charge each of her pieces with a unique world-view. Together with world renowned DJs and musicians, this time she presents a special club event style performance under the alias of Yoko Kemumaki. Look forward to a stage spectacle with artists from various fields beyond the realm of dance, aiming to carve out fascinating new aspects of physical expression.<br />
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Support: the Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2009<br/>
Sponsorship: Toyota Motor Corporation<br />]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Strange Kinoko Dance Company × plaplax &quot;The Rainy Table&quot;]]></title>
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    <published>2009-02-07T09:03:09Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-02T11:10:35Z</updated>

    <summary>Dance and media art meet to produce a wo...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<b>Dance and media art meet to produce a wonderful world of cute pop</b>
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The performance of <em>The Rainy Table</em> is the final event held in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM].<br />
This new performance piece is the result of the first ever collaboration between Strange Kinoko Dance Company and media are unit plaplax (Motoshi Chikamori, Kyoko Kunoh, Yasuaki Kakehi), created over the period of approximately one month during the artists' residency at YCAM.<br />
The fruit of the challenging endeavor of Strange Kinoko Dance Company and plaplax to create a full-fledged piece of dance performance piece, <em>The Rainy Table</em> announces an intriguingly new work in YCAM's continuing exploration of new territories in art, media and physical expression.<br />
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<b>A journey that departs from the memorable scene of a "table in the rain"<br />
Embark on an exciting adventure through cute and exciting adventure.</b>
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Strange Kinoko Dance Company are renowned for translating casual everyday sensations and emotions into a cute dance style, while plaplax combine daily goods and media technology to create works of art that excite the senses and spark the imagination. What these two collectives share is the ability to locate the most surprising and fantastic occurrences in "daily routine", and illustrate these in a playful manner. This co-production revolves around the theme of a "journey" that expands from a small gap in everyday life. Surrounded by various imagery and visual art, the dancers' movements lure the viewer into a wonderful adventure. Catch this titillating new piece and enjoy the novel kind of sensation it will evoke.<br />
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Strange Kinoko Dance Company has gained popularity with their realistic portraits of "girls" in our time, cleverly illustrated by capturing the dance elements in daily life. At YCAM, they collaborate for the first time with plaplax, a group of artists who have received international recognition for their interactive art incorporating such elements as shadows and flavors. Also participating is Yumiko Ohno (Buffalo Daughter), AOMI for costume who make new works exclusively for this piece. Look forward to experiencing a magical journey initiated by the various interactions of an attractive array of artists from the realms of dance, media technology and music.
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<b><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">Strange Kinoko Dance Company</font></b><br /><br />
<img src="http://www.ycam.jp/theater/photo/3mm_0607s.jpg" /><br />
<font style="font-size: 0.8em;"><em>not quite right</em>(2006) photo: Yohta Kataoka</font><br /><br />
<b>Turning the everyday into a cute dance spectacle</b><br />
Launched in 1990, Strange Kinoko Dance Company has cultivated a remarkable dance style that connects directly to everyday life. Rather than simply presenting the habitual gestures of daily life in a stage setting, their dance expresses even sensations and emotions in a natural way that has been bringing pleasant experiences to large audiences. The key of this success lies in the girls' alluring way of displaying the technical skills they honed in their experience with modern dance and ballet in extremely light movements. The pieces of Strange Kinoko Dance Company are distinctive also in terms of creating a new kind of relationship between performers and audience. Not limited to conventional theatre stages, their performances take place at museums, coffee shops, offices and other places, enfolding in close contact with visitors and while reverberating with the respective venue's atmosphere and spatial characteristics. Another highly entertaining aspect of their performances is the insertion of talk and song blocks between dance parts. <br />
Come and let a unique dream world surprise you as it is shaped by the artists' sensitive response to their environment, and a festive sense of community with the audience. <br />
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<b><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">plaplax</font></b><br /><br />
<img src="http://www.ycam.jp/theater/photo/toolslife-p_s.jpg" /><br />
<font style="font-size: 0.8em;"><em>Tool's Life</em>(2001)</font><br /><br />
<b>Fantastic media art connecting image and reality</b><br />
plaplax is a collective of artists comprised of media artist group minim++, who have shown such poetic installations as objects made from various commodities, the shadows of which turn into animated images of animals or airplanes, and central member Yasuaki Kakehi, who has been exploring innovative media technology that stimulates interaction and communication to expand the natures and functions of objects and the human body, producing, among others, works in which viewers/users play hockey against their own mirror images. The group creates works based on immediate yet intangible elements such as shadows, smells, footprints or voices, or constructed on such themes as evidence of existence". While utilizing digital technology, the artists place importance on the aspect of touching and holding things, which has made them popular around the world among children and adults alike. plaplax create new sensory and spatial experiences born out of seemingly magical interconnections between reality and the world of images. For their newest piece they challenged the real, physical bodies of dancers, the result of which promises to turn the stage into a previously unseen scenery.
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<br /><br /><font style="font-size: 0.8em;">Concept, direction, choreography: Chie Ito(Strange Kinoko Dance Company)<br />
Stage design, projection, media technology: plaplax(Motoshi Chikamori + Kyoko Kunoh + Yasuaki Kakehi)<br />
Music: Yumiko Ohno(Buffaro Daughter)<br />
Costume: AOMI<br />
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Assistant direction: Yoko Koyama<br />
Choreography co-operation: Strange Kinoko Dance Company<br />
With: Masako Ide, Satomi Yamada, Memi Shinozaki, Mayumi Chaki, Mao Nakagawa, Chie Ito<br />
Stage manager: Michiko Yasuda<br />
Animation: Ai Ohara(plaplax)<br />
Programming co-operation: Daisuke Akatsuka<br />
Lighting: Fumie Takahara(YCAM InterLab) <br />
Sound: Takayuki Ito(YCAM InterLab) <br />
Video system design: Richi Owaki(YCAM InterLab) <br />
Technology co-operaion: YCAM InterLab<br />
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Advertising design, copy: Gabin Ito(NNNNY)＋Yotsubakakou<br />
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<em>The Rainy Table</em> Musicians<br />
Sunshine Love Steel Orchestra<br />
(Tennor: TICO / Low Tennor: Gen Tamura / Triple Cello: Yumiko Ohno)<br />
Guitar & Pedal Steel: Gen Tamura<br />
Drums & Percussion: Yasuhiro Yoshigaki<br />
Recorded and Mixed: ZAK at st-robo<br />
All songs written: Yumiko Ohno<br />
All songs produced: Yumiko Ohno & ZAK<br />
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Organized by Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion, Setagaya Arts Foundation, Strange Kinoko Dance Company, plaplax<br />
Co-sponsor: Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities<br />
Sponsor: Shiseido Co., Ltd<br />
Produced by Strange Kinoko Dance Company, plaplax, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media[YCAM], Setagaya Public Theatre<br />
Support: Yamaguchi City, The Board of Education of Yamaguchi City<br /></font>]]>
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    <title>YUDA ART PROJECT Opening special performance &quot;lost&quot;</title>
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    <published>2008-11-14T03:41:54Z</published>
    <updated>2008-11-26T11:29:28Z</updated>

    <summary>YUDA ART PROJECT Opening Events- Lightin...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<br /><br />- Opening Event <br />November 21 (Fri), 2008<br />Place: Chuya Nakahara Memorial Museum&nbsp; <br />Admission free<br />
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17:30-18:00<br />- Lighting ceremony for <i>Array</i><br />
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18:00-18:30<br />- Opening special performance "lost"<br />solo dance performance with twelve LED lighting equipments<br />Performer: Yuko Mori<br />Choreography: Kosei Sakamoto<br />Direction / Lighting design: Takayuki Fujimoto (Dumb Type)<br />Sound design: Daito Manabe<br />]]>
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