DaBY Dance Days 2027 (DDD2027)
Fri., February 5 – Sun., February 14, 2027　Dance Base Yokohama
Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2027 (YPAM2027) Joint Project

Since its opening in 2020, Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY) has served as a creative hub for dance, taking on everything from supporting artists’ creative processes to presenting works in Japan and abroad and collaborating with the local community. Today, new creations, residencies, co-productions with cultural institutions in Japan and overseas, and workshops open to the local community are always under way at the facility, which functions as a platform where diverse dance-related activities intersect.

“DaBY Dance Days” is an annual festival that opens up a full year of DaBY’s activities all at once. Its first edition, in 2027, will be held as a Joint Project of the Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2027 (YPAM2027), which brings together performing arts professionals from Japan and around the world.

The program is built around DaBY’s five areas of activity.

Wings / Production


To date, DaBY has produced around 20 works in collaboration with artists.
In 2024, DaBY launched “Wings”: International Dance Project by Dance Base Yokohama for Emerging Creators and is creating new works with six artists and groups. Supported by the Japan Creator Support Fund, the project aims to enhance the international presence of Japanese creators by nurturing leading Japanese artists, producers, dramaturgs and critics, presenting their works overseas, and creating further opportunities for restaging.

Residency

Since its opening, DaBY has supported artists’ and creators’ creative processes by providing studio space free of charge. Since 2024, it has run an annual open-call residency program for artists from Japan and abroad. Placing importance on an environment where artists can devote time to the creative process itself without rushing to finish a work, the program supports two to three weeks of creation. Since 2025, the 1F studio has been added as a venue for the program, allowing activities that are more closely connected with the local community in a space with everyday foot traffic.

Co-production

Dance Base Yokohama has co-produced works with Aichi Prefectural Art Theater through a public-private partnership. Works created at DaBY premiere at Aichi Prefectural Art Theater and are then restaged in partnership with theaters and festivals in Japan and abroad, with the aim of creating a sustainable cycle. In 2024, Constellation ~ Connecting Worlds with Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Dance Project ~ was launched, and four works have been created and performed as DaBY co-productions.

Community

Since a new studio opened on the 1st floor of the same building in August 2025, DaBY has regularly held open classes for the local community. Current classes include “Dance Well,” “Open Dance Salon,” “Kid’s Dance Salon,” “Yurujiwa Exercises,” “Body Research Practice Sessions,” and the reading course “Reading the Tao Te Ching through the Body.” Anyone is welcome to join, regardless of dance experience.

Archive / Networking

The archive area is lined with books on the performing arts. Visitors are welcome to drop in and browse them whenever DaBY is open.
You can also trace DaBY’s history through posters, annual reports and programs from past productions.

Beyond watching the works themselves, visitors can see where these works come from, and what systems and human connections give rise to them. We look forward to welcoming dance professionals and everyone with an interest in dance.

◆Program

Wed., February 10　Wings / Production
[Wings] Conan Amok R/evolution(s)

This program features a performance of R/evolution(s). A contemporary butoh work, R/evolution(s) reimagines butoh for today while carrying its inheritance forward. In 2026, the work had a 12-performance run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it won an award and earned acclaim including five-star reviews.
The program will also look back on the journey of the work so far and present other works from “Wings.”

R/evolution(s)
“Wings”: International Dance Project by Dance Base Yokohama for Emerging Creators website

Thu., February 11 (national holiday)　 Residency
Kyle Yamada & Yoeh Noda  A RIGHT TO ARM BEARS

The premiere of A RIGHT TO ARM BEARS by Kyle Yamada & Yoeh Noda, selected for the 2026 DaBY Open-Call Residency Program.
Following a residency and a work-in-progress showing in December 2026, the work will premiere at YPAM.
The themes the work explores and its creative process will also be shared.

A RIGHT TO ARM BEARS

Fri., February 12　 Co-production
[Constellation] Null WITH LiMBO

After a work-in-progress showing at YPAM in December 2025, a premiere at Aichi Prefectural Art Theater in May 2026 and a restaging in Slovakia in September, the work returns to YPAM one year later. In addition to the performance, the program introduces the public-private partnership between DaBY and Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, as well as other works from Constellation.

Sat., February 13　 Co-production
[Constellation] Yasutake Shimaji Folklores – The Night Spider

An open run-through of the new work, scheduled to premiere in 2027.
In addition to the performance, the choreographer will give a talk about the work afterward. The program will also introduce the public-private partnership between DaBY and Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, as well as their networks in Japan and abroad.

During the festival [dates and times TBD]　Community
Open Workshops [program TBD]
Workshops regularly held at DaBY 1F will be opened to the public during the festival, offering a glimpse of DaBY’s everyday life with the local community.

Throughout the festival　Archive / Networking
Archive Exhibition
Panels and materials introduce each area of activity: Production / Residency / Co-production / Community. Visitors are welcome to read the materials freely at the venue.

*Times and content are subject to change.

◆Dates

Fri., February 5 – Sun., February 14, 2027　10:00–18:00
*Core period: Tue., February 9 – Sat., February 13
*Closed on Mon., February 8
*Performance times will be announced at a later date.

◆Venue

Dance Base Yokohama 1F / 3F
KITANAKA BRICK&WHITE, 5-57-2 Kitanakadori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0003, Japan
https://dancebase.yokohama/access/

◆Tickets

General: 2,000 yen / YPAM registrants: Free　
*Admission to the open run-through of Folklores – The Night Spider on Saturday, February 13 is free (registration required).
*Booking details and dates will be announced later.

◆Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2027 (YPAM2027)

YPAM is a platform where performing arts professionals from Japan and abroad connect through performance programs and meetings, gaining information, inspiration and networks for the creation, dissemination and revitalization of the performing arts.
DaBY Dance Days 2027 is held as a YPAM Joint Program.
YPAM website

◆Contact

Please contact us at the email address below.
contact[at]dancebase.yokohama
*Please replace [at] with @ when sending.

◆Credits

Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2027 (YPAM2027) Joint Project
Organized and produced by: Dance Base Yokohama [SEGA SAMMY ARTS FOUNDATION]
Co-organized by: Aichi Prefectural Art Theater [Aichi Arts Foundation]
Supported by: Japan Creator Support Fund (“Wings”: International Dance Project by Dance Base Yokohama for Emerging Creators)