Dates] December 10 (Fri.), 11 (Sat.), 12 (Sun.)
KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre (Large Studio)
Application] Ticket Kanagawa ( https://www.kanagawa-arts.or.jp/tc )

 

This is a showcase of seven performances by Japanese dance artists who have been creating at Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY) over the past two years of the Corona Disaster.
DaBY is committed to providing an environment where creation can be concentrated, and furthermore, aims to re-stage the created works in various theaters in Japan and abroad. Six of the works presented at this year’s festival were premiered at the Aichi Arts Center, which is a public-private partnership with DaBY, as two projects, “Genealogy of Dance” and “Suzuki Ryu Triple Bill”.
YPAM will present six works created through these projects, plus a new work by DaBY resident artist Romance Hashimoto, in a triple bill of five showcase-style performances. The unique Japanese dance artists, from veterans who have worked abroad to up-and-coming artists, will be presenting their responses to society through their bodies at the Corona Disaster.

 

◆Schedule

(1) Friday, December 10, 15:00
(2) Friday, December 10, 19:00
Saturday, December 11, 18:00
Sunday, December 12, 12:30
5) Sunday, December 12, 17:30
Doors open 30 minutes before the show.

 

◆Venue

KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre <Large Studio> (https://www.kaat.jp/access)
281 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Arts Theatre is located at Nihon-odori Station and Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Minatomirai Line.
Kannai Station on the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line
JR Negishi Line “Kannai Station” and “Ishikawamachi Station
City Bus “Geijyutu Gekijo/NHK-mae

 

◆Schedule

 

◆ Programs

 

Yoko Ando “MOVING SHADOW” / “The Lost Commission” – Excerpted Solo Version

 

MOVING SHADOW

Choreography/Dance: Yoko Ando
Cast: Nozomi Kinouchi, Yasuyuki Yamaguchi
Music: Naoto Oka
Voice: Marika Futagawa
Costume: Emiko Sato
Cooperation: Mayumikinouchi Ballet Studio, Maie Yokoyama, Tamaki Hata

The Lost Commission – Excerpted Solo Version

Original work Directed and choreographed by William Forsythe
Composition/Editing/Performance: Yoko Ando
Music: Tom Willems
Music Editing: Shuhei Yamamoto
Lighting Design: Nami Nakayama

 

Produced by Eri Karatsu (Aichi Arts Theatre /Dance Base Yokohama)
Production Manager: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Arts Theatre)
Lighting Design: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Sound Design: Norimasa Ushikawa
Production: Maki Miyakubo (Dance New Air), Nozomi Tanaka (Dance Base Yokohama)

Premiere: October 2021 (Aichi Arts Theatre) *in “Genealogy of Dance

Planning and production: Dance Base Yokohama
Co-production: Dance Base Yokohama, Aichi Arts Center

MOVING SHADOW” by Yoko Ando, created with Kenji Miyazawa’s “Spring and Shura” as a motif, is a new work that was born after about a year and a half of creation with two young dancers who were discovered through audition. Along with this work, Ando’s solo, which reconstructs part of Forsythe’s masterpiece “The Lost Commission,” will be performed in succession.

 

William Forsythe.
William Forsythe

©Dominik Mentzos

Born in New York in 1949. After working with the Stuttgart Ballet, he became artistic director of the Frankfurt Ballet in 1984, and has produced many high-profile works, including “Step Texts”. In 2005, he founded The Forsythe Company, which was dissolved in 2003. His works are danced by major companies around the world, and he continues to present shocking works that change the concept of ballet.

 

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Hana Sakai “The Dying Swan” / “The Dying Swan: The True Story of Its Death

The Dying Swan

Mikhail Fokin prototype Sakai Hana Revision
Cast: Hana Sakai
Cello: Udai Shike
Music : “The Swan” from “Carnival of the Animals” by Saint-Saens

Premiere: 1907 (Mariinsky Theatre [St. Petersburg, Russia]) or 1905 (Aristocratic Hall)

The Dying Swan: The Truth Behind Its Death

Directed and choreographed by Toshiki Okada
Cast: Hana Sakai
Arrangement, cello: Udai Shike
Music: Arranged from “The Swan” from Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals

 

Produced by Eri Karatsu (Aichi Arts Theatre /Dance Base Yokohama)
Production Manager: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Arts Theatre)
Lighting Design: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Sound Design: Norimasa Ushikawa
Production: Maki Miyakubo (Dance New Air), Nozomi Tanaka (Dance Base Yokohama)

Premiere: October 2021 (Aichi Arts Theatre) *in “Genealogy of Dance

Planning and production: Dance Base Yokohama
Co-production: Dance Base Yokohama, Aichi Arts Theatre
Cooperation: precog inc.

The Dying Swan” based on Fokin’s original story has been danced by ballet dancers all over the world. In this performance, Hana Sakai, one of Japan’s leading dancers, will perform a newly interpreted version of the play, which she worked on with playwright Toshiki Okada. By approaching the cause of the swan’s death, the ballet style is deconstructed, opening up a new dimension in contemporary performing arts.

 

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Benefit Nakamura, Solo from “BLACK ROOM”/”BLACKBIRD

BLACK ROOM

Choreography and Performances: Benefit Nakamura
Music: Dirk Haubrich
Costume Design: Shinya Kushino
Text by: Yoko Ando, Hana Sakai, Yasutake Shimaji, Shinya Kushino, Udai Shike, Nozomi Kinouchi, Eri Karatsu, Yoshinori Sekoguchi, Masakazu Ito, Norimasa Ushikawa, Akiko Oguro, Maki Miyakubo

Solo from “BLACKBIRD

Choreography, Stage, Costume and Lighting Concept: Ili Kylian
Performer: Benefit Nakamura
Music: Georgian traditional music
Costume Design: York Fisser
Premiere: 2001 (Saitama Arts Theatre, Saitama, Japan), 2001 (Holland Dance Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands)

 

Produced by Eri Karatsu (Aichi Arts Theatre /Dance Base Yokohama)
Production Manager: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Arts Theatre)
Lighting Design: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Sound Design: Norimasa Ushikawa
Production: Maki Miyakubo (Dance New Air), Nozomi Tanaka (Dance Base Yokohama)

Premiere: October 2021 (Aichi Arts Theatre) *in “Genealogy of Dance

Planning and production: Dance Base Yokohama
Co-production: Dance Base Yokohama, Aichi Arts Center

Nakamura’s new work “BLACK ROOM”, in which Nakamura listens carefully to unspoken voices, and a solo scene from “BLACK BIRD”, choreographed by Kilian for Nakamura, will be performed together. Please come and see these two works together, a series that evokes a new life born out of the darkness.

 

Iri Kilian.
Jiří Kylián

©Anton Corbijn

Born in Prague, Czech Republic in 1947. In 1977, he became artistic director and choreographer of the Nederland Dance Theater, and until his retirement in 1999, he created numerous works, including “The Purified Night” and “Nuages”. He has presented many works including “The Night of Purification” and “Nuage” until he retired in 1999.

 

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‘never thought it would’.

 

Direction, Choreography, Performance: Ryu Suzuki (Dance Base Yokohama)
Music: Alva Noto
Music Editing: Naoto Oka
Dramaturg: Aoto Niwa (Dance Base Yokohama)
Stage Design: Kenjiro Miyano
Lighting Design: Ruto Takebe
Costume: Shinya Watanabe

Produced by Eri Karatsu (Aichi Arts Theatre / Dance Base Yokohama)
Production Manager: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Arts Theatre)
Lighting Coordinator: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Sound Design: Norimasa Ushikawa
Production: Nozomi Tanaka (Dance Base Yokohama)

Premiere: December 2021 (Aichi Arts Theatre)* in “Suzuki Ryu Triple Bill

Planning and production: Dance Base Yokohama
Co-production: Dance Base Yokohama, Aichi Arts Center

Pina Bausch said: “Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost. Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost. Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost. But I lost myself a long time ago, and all I have left to do is to keep dancing as hard as I can.

 

 

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When will we ever learn?”

 

Direction and choreography: Ryu Suzuki (Dance Base Yokohama)
Cast: Rinako Iida, Mariko Kakizaki, Ryu Suzuki, Ken Nakagawa
Music: Velvet Underground, Neil Young, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger
Dramaturg: Aoto Niwa (Dance Base Yokohama)
Lighting Design: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Sound Design: Norimasa Ushikawa
Costume: Shinya Watanabe
Under: Kinui Oiwa (DaBY resident dancer)

 

Produced by Eri Karatsu (Aichi Arts Theatre / Dance Base Yokohama)
Production Manager: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Arts Theatre)
Lighting Coordinator: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Sound Design: Norimasa Ushikawa
Production: Nozomi Tanaka (Dance Base Yokohama)

Premiere: December 2021 (Aichi Arts Theatre)* in “Suzuki Ryu Triple Bill

Planning and production: Dance Base Yokohama
Co-production: Dance Base Yokohama, Aichi Arts Center

They and I. How does dance appear as a cry of denunciation in this asymmetrical relationship? In this asymmetrical relationship, how does dance appear as a cry of denunciation?
The challenge of creation is to explore expressions that do not presuppose the interactive expression demanded by reason.

 

 

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Proxy.”

 

Direction and choreography: Ryu Suzuki (Dance Base Yokohama)
Cast: Kotoha Ito, Yura Sugiura, Daisho Suzuki, Himari Soejima, Genki Matsuyama, Reo Yamada
Music: Frank Brettschneider, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Music Editing: Naoto Oka
Dramaturg: Aoto Niwa (Dance Base Yokohama)
Puppet design and production: Odette Pico
Lighting Design: Ruto Takebe
Costume: Kazuki Sugai
Rehearsal Director: Nobuyoshi Asai

Produced by Eri Karatsu (Aichi Arts Theatre / Dance Base Yokohama)
Production Manager: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Arts Theatre)
Lighting Coordinator: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Sound Design: Norimasa Ushikawa
Production: Nozomi Tanaka (Dance Base Yokohama)

Premiere: December 2021 (Aichi Arts Theatre)* in “Suzuki Ryu Triple Bill

Planning and production: Dance Base Yokohama
Co-production: Dance Base Yokohama, Aichi Arts Center

We can finally say what we want to say after losing our bodies.
Perhaps the existence of ghosts is like the irresponsible avatars of modern social networking sites,
Wasn’t he there to hide his existence behind it and vent his envy?

 

 

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Hashimoto Romance × Yae Yamamichi “Etan Guma” (ENIGMA)

 

Direction and Choreography: Hashimoto Romance
Music & Lyrics: Yae Yamamichi
Cast: Moe Abe, Reimi Murai, Marin Yamada,
Yamamichi Taro (joruri), Mochizuki Yoko (musical accompaniment), Fujisha Rochika (musical accompaniment),
Rina Hasegawa (accompaniment), Yuka Geida (flute), Yae Yamamichi (futozao shamisen)
Photography by Yulia Skogoreva
Costume Support: Yuzuka Satomi

Produced by Eri Karatsu (Aichi Arts Theatre / Dance Base Yokohama)
Production Manager: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Arts Theatre)
Lighting Coordinator: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Sound Design: Norimasa Ushikawa
Production: Miyako Miyata (Dance Base Yokohama)

Premiere: December 2021 (KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre)* in “DaBY Performing Arts Selection

Planning and production: Dance Base Yokohama
In cooperation with: The Kuma Foundation

The first collaboration project between Romance Hashimoto, who has attracted attention for his highly contemporary works combining pop culture and contemporary art techniques, and Yae Yamamichi, a composer and futozao shamisen player who collages classical Japanese texts such as waka, noh, and joruri (traditional Japanese puppet theater) in a unique way and revives them in the present as new gidayu-bushi and hogaku-bayashi (traditional Japanese musical instrument) pieces. The first collaboration project by the composer and futozao shamisen player Yae Yamamichi.

 

Performance Film: http: //youtu.be/KbO1qzyT-Vo ( March 20, 2022)

 

◆Tickets

General [audience] ¥4,500 (tax included)
U25 [audience] ¥2,500 (tax included) *Please bring proof of age on the day of the show.
YPAM Registered [Professional] ¥4000 (tax included)
*Wheelchair seating available, please call to reserve.
*Please bring your ticket and proof of YPAM registration to the venue on the day of the performance. More details will be provided when registration opens on November 1.

 

◆Application Method

1) Ticket Kanagawa https://www.kanagawa-arts.or.jp/tc
　0570-015-415 (10:00-18:00)
Please make sure to check the number when you call.

(2) Box office: KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre 2nd floor (10:00-18:00)

*Children under 3 years old are not admitted.
*U25 is for those 25 years old or younger on the performance date. (ID required on the day of performance)
*Admission may be restricted during the performance.
*Content and performers are subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances.
Babysitting service available [12/12(Sun.) 12:30 only / reservation required, fee required].
[Target] 0-12 years old
[Fee] 2,000 yen per person
[Application deadline: December 5 (Sun.)
[Application and Inquiries] Mothers TEL：0120-788-222

 

Related Programs at ◆DaBY

Dance with Sound: New Work in Progress (Planning: Miyuki Tanaka / Performer: Masako Yasumoto and others)
Date: December 13 (Monday)
Venue: Dance Base Yokohama
Event page: https://dancebase.yokohama/event_post/20211213-2

DaBY Choreographer in Residence Saori Harasaori’s new work “P wave
Date: Sunday, December 19, 15:00
Venue: Dance Base Yokohama
Event page: https://dancebase.yokohama/event_post/20211219-2

 

◆Credit

Produced by Eri Karatsu (Aichi Arts Theatre/Dance Base Yokohama)
Production Manager: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Arts Center)
Stage Manager: Aiko Oguro, Ken Mine (Aichi Arts Theatre)
Lighting Design: Masakazu Ito (RYU)
Lighting operators: Akiko Tomita (RYU), Moe Sagara
Sound design and operation: Norimasa Ushikawa
Sound Operator: Miku Fukushima
Production: Kozue Ito, Miki Kanai

Dance Base Yokohama
Managing Director: Hiromitsu Katsumi
Production: Nozomi Tanaka, Miyako Miyata, Aoto Niwa, Yuka Kamimura

Photo by Naoshi Hatori
Documentary Video: Director’s Univ.
Advertising art: Hiromasa Yanaginuma (GOAT)

Organized and planned by Dance Base Yokohama
Co-production: Dance Base Yokohama, Aichi Arts Theatre
Co-sponsored by YPAM2021 Executive Committee, Aichi Arts Center

Projects subsidized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs “ARTS for the future!