scop;e Naoyuki Sakai, Taku Yoshida
Photo right credit ©Chiharu Saito
Dance Base Yokohama is pleased to present two showings by Naoyuki Sakai and Taku Yoshida, both of whom have been active in the past DaBY publicly solicited residency programs. What kind of time has passed since their last residency, and how has it led to their current activities? This is an opportunity to experience their respective practices. We look forward to your participation.
◆Planning Background
Since its establishment in 2020, Dance Base Yokohama has supported the activities of artists in various ways, including an open call for residency programs. Since its establishment, Dance Base Yokohama has repeatedly asked itself the questions of “how to open dance to society” and “how to have long-lasting relationships with artists.
We have been exploring avenues for continued engagement with artists who have gone through the public call for residencies, even after their stay. Concrete steps have been taken since August 2025, when the first floor space will be newly available for use.
The first floor space is located directly facing the bustling Kitanaka Brick & White. We are starting a new project with Naoyuki Sakai and Taku Yoshida in the hope of utilizing this environment itself, which is adjacent to the city, as a place for artists to practice. Both artists have been practicing dance in different ways to open dance to society, and both have been active in DaBY’s public residency programs in the past.
You can see our past efforts in DaBY from the pages of Naoyuki Sakai’s previous stay (2024 ) and Taku Yoshida’s previous stay (2025 ). We look forward to seeing you there.
◆Showing
Date & Time
Saturday, June 20, 2026, 14:00 Concert begins
*Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance.
Running time: approx. 50 minutes (tentative)
*There will be a general talk session after the main program.
Participation Fee
free
◆Outline of work
Naoyuki Sakai Film work “The Orbit of Spirits”
Video screening + public filming
Filming, editing, and performance by Naoyuki Sakai
Running time: 20 min.
The Orbit of Spirits” uses a 360-degree camera that is integrated with the dancers’ bodies, allowing them to move through the city as they film.
As the camera amplifies the motion of the dance, the space and the body are extended and stretched in an animated way, rising up as motion with a scale that is impossible in reality.
In this project, the video “The Orbit of Spirits” will be screened and actually filmed in the venue while dancing using a 360-degree camera, which will be viewed again.
It is an attempt to disturb the norms of the body in a defined urban space by inserting different motions into the actual space.
Taku Yoshida work “Water Organ”
Choreographed and performed by Taku Yoshida
Duration: 30 min.
Water Organ” was created and presented during my residency as an artist and researcher community “PITO” from February to March 2026.
The work is based on an everyday act and uses physical effects to launch a physical expression. It was born out of my thinking about dance expression that does not represent an image through movement.
I am taking this opportunity to dig deeper and brush up.
◆Registration for Showing
Please register through Peatix
*Registration for DaBY members (free of charge) is required to register. Please register here in advance
*Please note that once tickets have been purchased, they cannot be cancelled, refunded, or changed by the customer.
In case of cancellation due to unavoidable circumstances, please contact 必ずcontact@dancebase.yokohamaまでご連絡ください.
◆Venue
Dance Base Yokohama 1F
Access here
KITANAKA BRICK&WHITE BRICK North 1F, 5-57-2 Kitanaka-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Bashamichi Station, Minatomirai Line Exit 2a “Yokohama Kitanaka Knot” direct connection
Venue Facilities
- All-gender toilets: There are all-gender toilets on the third floor that anyone can use.
- Multipurpose Restroom: There is a wheelchair accessible multipurpose restroom next to the supermarket across from the venue.
*We also provide support for visitors in wheelchairs and those who need information security.
If you need assistance, please contact us at the following e-mail address:
contact@dancebase.yokohama
◆Profile
Dancer and filmmaker.
Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Department of Inter Media Art. She went to Italy as a trainee under the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Overseas Study Program for Emerging Artists. Instructor of “Dance Well”, an artistic activity in Italy mainly for people living with Parkinson’s disease. With contemporary dance as her core, she focuses on the body in relation to objects, nature, and others, and plans and produces stage and video works that highlight the circle of relationships. He has appeared in numerous stage performances in Japan, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has choreographed and performed in video works, plays, and music videos. He has planned, produced videos, and held workshops in Kasukabe City, aiming to create a community through the arts. Won an award at the Geidai Art Fest for “Okaeri Kasukabe Ondo” (Welcome Back Kasukabe Ondo).
He has been developing various physical practices such as dance, performance, and participatory works across the board. In recent years, in addition to focusing on the physical “experience” itself in his creations, he has been promoting the practice of “social choreography” in Japan, which focuses on the dynamism of relationships. His recent major activities include the participatory walking performance “Henro” (co-created with Marika Futagawa, 2025).
◆Credit
Organized by: Dance Base Yokohama
Production Support: Naoyuki Sakai, Taku Yoshida
