Updated Monday, June 29, 2026: We have published information on the related project, “What Happened After the Feedback.”Click here for information on related events

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Yurika Toyota will be in residence at Dance Base Yokohama from Thursday, July 2, 2026, through Sunday, July 26, 2026, to continue creating *Organized Play*: Table Tennis Edition.In this showing, she will present the results of approximately one month of creation and experimentation in the form of a “match” as a work-in-progress.

◆Outline

“Organized Play: Table Tennis Edition” is a spectator-style dance performance in which Dance Base Yokohama is transformed into a table tennis court, and dancers stage matches that mimic table tennis.Audience members use the “Spacha” (instruction button) to intervene in the match, becoming “managers” who influence its outcome. Your choices will alter the relationships and structure, driving the performance itself.This production is a presentation of the results from a residency research project based on the 2025 soccer edition. After a month of creation and testing in July, we will reveal what kind of match ultimately emerges. How will the dancers/players respond to the impossible challenge of “playing table tennis while dancing”?! Witness the birth of this unknown sport.

◆Showing

▪︎Participation fee

free

▪︎Date and Time

Sunday, July 26, 2026
Doors open at 1:30 PM / Performance starts at 2:00 PM
Running time: Main performance approx. 30 minutes + Post-show talk approx. 30 minutes(Total: approx. 1 hour)
*Post-show talk included (featuring invited guests)
*As this event will be streamed, the faces of some audience members in the venue may appear on camera.

▪︎Sign Up

Please sign up via the reservation page below:
Reservation Page

*Please note that once purchased, tickets cannot be canceled, refunded, or changed for any reason. If you need to cancel due to unavoidable circumstances, please contact 必ずcontact@dancebase.yokohamaまでご連絡ください.

◆Related Projects

A Talk Event with Artists:
“What Happens After Feedback”
— After presenting our work, what do we keep and what do we discard? —

As part of the “Organized Play” table tennis series, we will be hosting a talk event titled “What Happened After the Feedback.”

When you share your work, you receive a variety of reactions and critiques. Sometimes it’s encouraging, but other times you might feel hurt or confused, wondering, “Why did they say that?” Feedback brings creators many insights, but it also stirs up a range of emotions.

At this event, artists will share their perspectives on the feedback they’ve received over the years and how they’ve dealt with it. “What was the point of that criticism back then?” “I’m still haunted by that comment.” If you’ve had experiences like these, please feel free to bring them up here.

No specific genre or experience is required. Whether you’ve had the opportunity to receive feedback on your work or creative activities, have struggled with how to handle criticism or advice, are in a position where you teach or evaluate others, or simply want to understand how artists perceive feedback and criticism—I hope this will be a time for us to reflect together on how to approach feedback, drawing on our real-life experiences.
(Yurika Toyota)

▪︎Date and Time

Monday, July 6, 2026, 1:00–3:00 p.m.

▪︎Venue

Dance Base Yokohama, 3rd Floor
KITANAKA BRICK&WHITE North, 3rd Floor
5-57-2 Kitanaka-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Directly connected to Exit 2a of Bashamichi Station on the Minatomirai Line via “Yokohama Kitanaka Knot”

▪︎Participation fee

free

▪︎Participating Artists

Yurika Toyota (Organizer/Planner) / Tomoka Ishihara (Actress) / Ayako Kato (Violinist) / Otooto Sugimoto (Dancer) / Takuya Takemoto (Artist)

▪︎Sign Up

Please register via Google Forms.

◆Work Credits

Written by: Yurika Toyoda
Dancers/Performers: Kohei Fujimura, Kei Asanuma
Manager/Creative Assistant: Oto Sugimoto
Commentator: Seitaro Hamada
Technical Director: Tamaki Hayashi
Production: Nagisa Shirahama
Advisor/Creative Assistant:Natsuki Iwata
Video: Chisa Takami, Rin Shimamura
Equipment Support: Yohei Moriwaki
Visual Design: Nanami Araki
Video Editing: Taku Utsumi

◆Venue

Dance Base Yokohama 3F
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5-57-2 Kitanaka-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture KITANAKA BRICK&WHITE BRICK North, 3rd Floor
Minatomirai Line, Bashamichi Station, Exit 2a (directly connected to “Yokohama Kitanaka Knot”)

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 assistance for visitors using wheelchairs or those who require accessibility support. If you need assistance, please contact us at the email address below: contact@dancebase.yokohama

◆Profile

Yurika Toyoda Born in 1999. Began studying classical ballet at the age of four. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Advanced Artistic Expression at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts (Min Nishihara Laboratory). Graduated from the Department of Moving Image and Body, School of Contemporary Psychology, Rikkyo University in 2021 (Osamu Sunareo Laboratory).Studied abroad at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 2023 to 2024. Received the Encouragement Award at the KYOTO CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD in February 2025. Received the Partner Award (WPÜ Award) in the Game & Interaction category at the New Young Artist Award in February 2026.

Kouhei Fujimura I work as a dancer. What exactly is dance? It’s not simply about moving. Just because you jump or spin doesn’t necessarily mean it’s dance. Yet sometimes, even standing still and doing nothing can be dance. By discovering dance in the smallest of things and incorporating non-dance elements into dance, I explore the relationship between the body and society.

Kei Asanuma Former member of the Japanese national rhythmic gymnastics team. After competing at the highest level, she moved to the UK to explore physical expression. She currently works as a dancer across various genres—including stage performance, theater, circus, and film—both in Japan and abroad. Known for her unique physicality, which blends exceptional athleticism with delicate emotional expression, she is active in a wide range of fields, including choreography, directing, and education.

© Masahiro Sekiya

Neon Sugimoto Dancer, choreographer, and rhythmic gymnastics instructor. Graduated from the Department of Moving Image and Body in the School of Contemporary Psychology at Rikkyo University. Has appeared in works by Kaori Seki, GRINDER-MAN, Mari Fukutome, Rena Kimura, and Jeong Yeon-du, among others.Member of the “6steps” project, a dance piece that uses stairs as choreography (concept and founder: Reina Kimura). Formed the unit “Ne Na lab” in 2020 and presented works and projects centered on the theme of “eating” in 2023.In 2024, she presented *UzumekuAru*—a work created following her own hospitalization—as an independent project in Tokyo that alternated between choreography exhibitions and live performances.In addition, she engages in planning, choreography, performance, and production through collaborations with other fields such as music, photography, textiles, and video. Aiming to weave and think through the body, she searches daily for “today’s dance.”

Seitaro Hamada Born in 1996. Actor and theater scholar. Representative of Yasumi. Currently a doctoral candidate in the Representation and Media Studies program at the Graduate School of Letters, Waseda University. His research focuses on 20th-century Russian theater practices and their intellectual-historical context.He has been a member of the Production Department at Dorama-kan since 2019. His other activities include planning and organizing book clubs and workshops. He is currently exploring, through trial and error, “how peaceful communication between people with different ideas and values can be made possible.”

◆Credit

Organized by: Yurika Toyota
Funding and Residency Support: Dance Base Yokohama