Labo for Accessibility in Dance – Dance Appreciation with the Visually Impaired
Schedule
Session 1: Friday, December 11, 16:00-19:00
Session 2: Sunday, December 27, 12:00 – 16:00
Session 3: Monday, December 28, 13:00-17:00
Venue] Dance Base Yokohama
Dance Base Yokohama has launched a project “Labo for Dance Accessibility – Dance Appreciation with the Visually Impaired” to explore new ways of appreciating dance with the visually impaired.
While one of the attractions of dance is that it can be viewed in a variety of ways, it is often perceived as “difficult to understand,” and the hurdle to viewing dance is often high. In this project, visually impaired people will watch dance works newly created by choreographers and dancers with narration by critics, poets, aesthetes, and interpreters (interpreters) who are professionals in “communicating with words”. Through the dialogue created here, participants will not only learn “what kind of support is necessary for dance appreciation,” but also discover new possibilities for dance appreciation from the perspective of the visually impaired. Furthermore, we hope that choreographers, dancers, and producers will gain an inclusive perspective, pioneer new dance expression, and expand the possibilities of their works.
The workshop at DaBY will be documented in a documentary film, which is scheduled to be distributed in February 2021 on “THEATRE for ALL,” a barrier-free platform project developed by precog, Inc. as part of the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ “Cultural Arts Profit-Making Power Enhancement Project. Please look forward to it.
Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY) Statements
DaBY opened in June 2020 with the aim of becoming a platform for opening up dance to society. We have launched a variety of activities to increase accessibility to those who have had difficulty accessing dance in the past and to increase the number of dance viewers.
In this project, we feel the possibility of overturning the stereotypes associated with the difficulty of “watching dance” through an attempt to “watch dance” with visually impaired people. We hope that by sharing our experiences with each other, we will be able to notice new sensations and appreciate dance more deeply than ever before.
◆Links to distributed videos and reports
URL to watch the documentary video
https://theatreforall.net/movie/dancebaseyokohama/
■Report Part I
https://theatreforall.net/feature/feature-daby-1/
■Report Part 2
https://theatreforall.net/feature/feature-daby-2-3/
■Two Qs
(Video talk by Ms. Hayashi, facilitator of the study group, and Mr. Fujimoto, monitor for the visually impaired)
https://theatreforall.net/movie/dancebaseyokohama_2q/
■No disc live (“AFTER RUST” short version)
■Disc Live #1: Asa Ito
■Disc Live #2 Kiyonatsu Osaki
■Disc Live #3 Takao Norikoshi
■Disc Live #4 Natsumi Wada
◆Project Members
Eri Karatsu (DaBY Artistic Director, Senior Producer, Aichi Arts Theatre)
Taku Yoshida, Nozomi Tanaka, Marika Futagawa (DaBY)
Mai Hyodo, Moemi Seki (precog, Inc.)
Kenta Hayashi, Morimitsu Urano, Mieko Nakagawa (“Art appreciation workshop for the visually impaired”)
◆Project Partners
●Discrivers
Asa Ito, Associate Professor, Institute for Research and Education in Liberal Arts, Center for Future Humanity, Institute for the Creation of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kiyonatsu Osaki (Poet)
Takao Norikoshi (Writer, Yasagure dance critic)
Natsumi Wada, Interpreter
Guests of Study Group
Shoko Yamagami, Takako Matsuda (Palabra K.K.)
Junji Watanabe (Senior Distinguished Researcher, NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Appearance in films
Udai Shike (cellist)
Ryu Suzuki (Choreography)
Kanade Ikegaya, Kohei Fujimura, Mano Hatanaka, Yuka Kamimura (dancer)
FY2020 Strategic Art & Culture Creation Promotion Project “Cultural and Artistic Profitability Enhancement Project” Barrier-free video distribution platform project
◆Project Member Profile
◆Project Partner Profile
●Discrivers
Guests of Study Group
Appearance in films
Visually impaired monitors
Masayoshi Idomoto
Yoshiko Ina
Masahiro Fujimoto
Akiko Matsumoto
Yasuoki Yamazaki
observer
Kenta Koyurugi (DaBY Dance Evangelist / Dancer, Choreographer)
Saori Harasaori (DaBY Choreographer in Residence / Dancer / Artist)
Nao Yoshikairaki (Filmmaker / Choreographer / Dancer)
record
Photo by Naoshi Hatori
Report Momoko Kono
Performances
AFTER RUST” short version
Direction, choreography, art by Ryu Suzuki
Music J.S. Bach Suite for Unaccompanied Cello
Arranged by Udai Shike
clip
Video Production Director’s Univ.
Video Director Asahihiro Mima
Photo by Asahihiro Mima and Mikio Endo
Planning and production: Dance Base Yokohama, precog Inc.
Organized by Dance Base Yokohama
Co-sponsored by THEATRE for ALL
Agency for Cultural Affairs, FY 2020 Strategic Art and Culture Creation Promotion Project “Cultural and Artistic Profit-Making Power Enhancement Project”.
Barrier-free video distribution platform business
THEATRE for ALL Precog Inc.