DaBY 5th Anniversary Anniversary Event
August 23|Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY) held its 5th anniversary event!
New studio on the first floor to connect the community and creation opens on August 1.
On August 23, 2025, Dance Base Yokohama (“DaBY”) will hold an anniversary event to celebrate and thank its 5th anniversary of opening on June 25 this year.
The venue is a new studio on the first floor of DaBY, which will open on August 1.
For more information on the 5th anniversary greetings and the first floor studio concept, please click here.
https://dancebase.yokohama/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250625PERSSRELEASE.pdf
We are pleased to announce the detailed program for August 23.
The daytime and evening sessions will be open to the public as registration-only events.
We look forward to seeing you all at the event.
LUNCH SESSION|13:30-15:30
Crosstalk & Special Performance
Crosstalk “Future Steps for “Opening Dance”|Future with Local Communities” (tentative title)
We will hold a cross-talk session with guest speakers as an opportunity to look back over the past five years of DaBY’s history and to think together about the future prospects of the company.
Speakers
[Facilitator]
・Sae Okami (Dance Critic / Professor, Kyoritsu Women’s University)
[Speakers]
・Ozako Arai (Director, Yokohama Minatomirai Hall / Guest Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts (Inclusive Arts Research))
・Atsuko Kuno (Managing Director, The Saison Foundation)
・Eri Karatsu (Dance Base Yokohama/Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Artistic Director)/photo ©Takayuki Abe
Special Performance
The two artists who are currently creating new works for “Dance Base Yokohama International Dance Project “Wings”: International Dance Project by Dance Base Yokohama for Emerging Creators”, which started in 2024 with the support of “Japan Creator Support Fund” from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, will perform their improvised works. The performance will feature improvisational performances by two artists who are currently creating new works for the “Dance Base Yokohama International Dance Project “Wings” for the next generation of world-class creators.
Dance: Teita Iwabuchi /photo ©Sakiko Nomura
Music: Takashi Sugawa
Night time|18:00-21:00 Dance Night
On the night of the 5th anniversary, DaBY will hold its second “Dance Night” following last year, hoping that DaBY will become a place where a diverse group of people, including neighborhood residents and artists, can gather even more in the future.
As a kick-off for the continuation of “Shimachan Dancin’ Night,” which was very popular last year, the event will create a space where everyone can freely move their bodies and enjoy the night with music by guest dancers and DJs.
DJ: tatsukiamano /photo ©Kohei Fujimura
Guest: Yasutake Shimaji /photo ©ryu endo
How to apply
Please register your attendance at the following:
https://daby-fifth-anniversary.peatix.com
*Please register in advance as a DaBY member (free of charge) at the following:
https://dancebase.yokohama/members
If you are unable to attend the event after registering, please let us know at the contact information below.
Admission Fee
Free
*Drinks on “Dance Night” are cash-only.
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact us at
contact@dancebase.yokohama