Schedule] December 13 (Sun.)
Venue] Dance Base Yokohama
Registration] “Dance with Sound” Peatix page (https://otodemiru.peatix.com/ )
The “Work in Progress: Watching Dance with Sound” is a project to share various perspectives on dance by having visually impaired and sighted people watch dance together using texts inspired by “audio guides” that use sound to assist visually impaired people with visual information. The project was implemented with KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre for three years from 2017 to 2007. As a development of this project, we will welcome Masako Yasumoto as a new dancer and hold a preview performance and talk about her new work, which will be presented at Kinosaki International Art Center in March 2022.

In the development version, artist Yumitsu Araki will join the artist for sound and writer Junko Gosho for text, approaching dance from the perspectives of both sound and words. This work questions the various ways of texture, presence, and touch. The program will attempt to see how the image of the work can be formed from multiple perspectives by bringing together the perspectives of those who can see and those who cannot see. In the talk after the performance, visitors will have time to share their impressions and impressions of how they saw the work.

◆Schedule

Monday, December 13, 19:00-21:00

◆Venue

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

◆Application Method

Please register through the “Dance with Sound” Peatix page.
(https://otodemiru.peatix.com/)

◆Artist Profile

Masako Yasumoto
Dancer and choreographer. Type O, roughly in the year of the tiger, Pisces. He has choreographed for stage, video, and advertisements, and has held many workshops at elementary and junior high schools. In addition, he is also starting a “serious sex education Majika”.

Masamitsu Araki
Artist. He constructs unique sound spaces based on sound experiences and fieldwork. Recent works include “Soundtrack for Midnight Ton” (KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2021), “Public Address – Sound Field” (Kunsten Festival des Arts 2021), and “Me and Zombie” (The Triangle, Kyoto Kyocera Museum of Art, 2020). He is also a member of the music group NEW MANUKE.

Junko Gojyo
Writer. Born in Usa City, Oita Prefecture. She is the author of “Yaku-sukunu Onna-tachi (Women Who Eat Medicine)” (published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha). Co-author of “Slaughter Song Book remix” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), “1990s Theory” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), “Movies to Watch When Your Heart is Tired” (Rittosha), and many other books mainly on movies and literature.

Miyuki Tanaka
Producer. He has planned projects that defy categorization under the theme of “Disability is a point of view from which we can redefine the world. He rethinks the way of seeing and perceiving expression together with the viewers, including people with disabilities. Recent works include “Rules? Exhibition” (21_21 DESIGN SIGHT), and the exhibition “Plurality of Narrative” (Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Tokyo).

◆Credit

Choreography and Performer: Masako Yasumoto
Cast: Misaki
Sound: Yuko Araki
Text and reading: Junko Gosho
Costume Design: Kako Fujitani
Stage Manager: Yuya Itoh
Production: Naumugi Kato
Planned and produced by: Miyuki Tanaka
Production: Kinosaki International Art Center (Toyooka, Japan)
Co-sponsored by Dance Base Yokohama
Supported by: The Saison Foundation