Dates] December 2 (Wed), 3 (Thu), 4 (Fri)
[Venue] Dance Base Yokohama

Guest Lecturer: Yoshio Otani
Participating Artists: Saori Hara, Akane Soeda + Risako Okuizumi, Yuki Kobayashi, Takuya Takemoto, Arata Mino
Takumi-chan (*appeared only on exhibition and day 3)

PORT: Performance or Theory” is a newly launched body expression study group by the participants of the 2019 Festival/Tokyo’s research and development program “Artist Pit,” including DaBY choreographer in residence, Saori Hala. Six professional artists, including DaBY choreographer-in-residence Saori Hara, will work to improve the precision of their own expression from the perspectives of Performance and Theory.

In addition to mutual criticism among artists who work with the body in different ways, such as dance, performance, theater, photography, and architecture, lectures, discussions, and showings will be held in an open format with Yoshio Otani (Criticism/Music) as a guest lecturer.

During the exhibition, archives of last year’s “Artist Pit” and records of each artist’s activities will also be on display.

◆Report (Contributed by Nosei Otani)

PORT: Performance or Theory” First Report (2020)

◆Schedule

*Schedule is subject to change. Please check this page for the latest information before coming to the event.

◆Formats and Fees

3-day pass ticket [free entry/exit]: 2000 yen (tax included)
*Only 3-day pass tickets will be sold for this program. Ticket holders may enter and leave at any time during the three-day period, with no time limit.
When entering DaBY, please be sure to present your Peatix QR screen to the staff and provide your name.

◆Venue

Dance Base Yokohama ( https://dancebase.yokohama/wp )
KITANAKA BRICK&WHITE BRICK North 3F
5-57-2 Kitanaka-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Directly connected to “Yokohama Kitanaka Knot”, exit 2a, Bashamichi station, Minatomirai Line

◆Application Method

Please register through Peatix at https://daby-port.peatix.com/.

*Pre-registration as a DaBY member is required to apply for tickets. Please register here.

◆Creator Profile

Saori Hala
Saori Hala

©︎Kazuhei Kimura


Yoshio Otani
Yoshio Otani



Music and Criticism. As a musician, he has been active in various bands and sessions, mainly in jazz. His many books include “Heisei Nihon no Musical Textbook,” “Jazz and Freedom Go Hand in Hand (to Hell),” “Albert Ayler at Tokyo University” (with Naruyoshi Kikuchi), “The Birth of Japanese Jazz” (with Masahisa Segawa), and “Body and Words” (with Taichi Yamagata).


Akane Soeda + Risako Okuizumi



A platform for art production by Akane Soeda, who is interested in improvised relationships between bodies, theatrical behavior, and space as an extension of these relationships, and Risako Okuizumi, who explores the relationship between light, distance, object form, and human perception, with an emphasis on the body perceiving the various elements that make up space. Major works include “attempt vol.5” (Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2019, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma/2019), “appearance of Interior Room, appearance at Video Meeting” (solo exhibition, in collaboration with Takahiro Omura, Break Station, Ueno Station) Break Station Ki゙ary/2020)


Yuki Kobayashi
Yuki Kobayashi



Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1990, he studied at Kapiolani Community College, Hawaii State University in 2008, and moved to the U.K. in 2010, She completed her master’s degree in 2004. She has exhibited in Japan and abroad, mainly performance works that question gender, disability, and racial stereotypes and explore the meaning of human existence by questioning the uncertain social codes of freedom and equality.
15: Fluxus event scores (White Cube, London), solo exhibition “New Gender Bending Strawberry” (Tokyo, Japan). New Gender Bending Strawberry” (Brussels), Slick Art Fair 2015 (Paris), Dada 100th Anniversary Festival (Spiral, Tokyo), “Acting Together” (ASAKUSA, Tokyo), Perform 2017 ( ArtSonje, Seoul), Yokohama Paratriennale 2017 (ZOU-NO-HANA Terrace, Yokohama), 18 18th Asian Art Biennale 2018 (Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh), Dance New Air 2018 (VACAVT, Tokyo), Marina ABRAMOVIĆ retrospective “The Cleaner” at the Art Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, Germany; since 19 years she has been organizing Stilllive, a performance art platform; in 20 years she has been a member of the Venice International Performance Art Week (European Cultural Centre / Plazzo Mora & Palazzo Michel, Venice). He has participated in numerous art exhibitions, stage and performance festivals, and workshops in Europe and Japan.


Takuya Takemoto
Takuya Takemoto



I am working on a performance with elements such as standing/walking/looking, based on my interest in the presence of people in front of people.
Currently, while working as a project manager at an IT company, I perform this performance almost every day, regardless of whether there is an audience or not.
Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Imaging Arts and Sciences.
Completed the actual work course “Theatre: Similarities and Differences” at Bijutsu Gakko (Art School).
Instructor of the special course “Making a Cane” at Art School of Tokyo.
Recent performances include “Transparent at Noon” (2019 TPAM Fringe) and “Stroking an Elephant” (2018).
In addition to his own work, he has participated in works by Devil’s Sign, Megumi Kamimura, Fumi Momose, and others.
She has participated in various projects regardless of genre, such as theater/dance/ fine arts, and works across domains.
https://www.takemototakuya.com/


Arata Mino
Arata Mino



Born 1987 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Photographer and stage writer. since 2010, he has been working on the theme of “visualizing the anticipation of fear”, exhibiting photography and performance works, and collaborating with other artists, magazines, fashion brands, etc. In 2017, he established the performing arts company “Nikasan”. in 2020, “The Successful Falling Practice” won the 19th AAF Drama Award Special Prize. His major works include “Z/G” (G/P gallery, 2013), “Keep ‘Breathing'” (2019-), and “King-Richard_3.tomb Project” (2020-). He is currently working on “To/from Kuba”, a photography/theater combined art project in collaboration with “Inu no Senakaza”, which is a project for the production of Mino’s photo book. (HP: https://to-from-kuba.com/)
Mino’s new homepage: https://aratamino.com/
Twitter: @aRanmeno


Takumichan
TAKUMICHAN



We want to create a world without division. In the process, he constructs his own unique improvisation. He works across fields such as performing arts, fine arts, and theater, and since 2018 he has organized the “Takumi-chan Cup,” a competition in which he serves as a judge to determine the winner.
Recent appearances and presentations include
[Toyooka Theater Festival 2020 Fringe Program] Takenohama, Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
[In front of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office] SCOOL
[The 3rd Takumichan Cup] FL Tada SH, online distribution, etc. Yokohama Dance Collection 2016 Jury Prize (as Aokid x Takumi Hashimoto). SICF19 PLAY Akane Nakamura Award.
twitter: @takkumichan
website: http: //takumihashimoto.info/

Organized by Harasaori and Dance Base Yokohama

Publicity cooperation Festival/Tokyo

Supported by Arts Commission Yokohama
Agency for Cultural Affairs, FY 2020 “Continuous Support Program for Cultural and Artistic Activities”.