Selected projects (6 groups in total)

New Dance Technologies

Organization New Dance Research Group

Nanako Matsumoto, Kengo Nishimoto / Team Chipro + Keisuke Sakurai + Pijin Neji

“New Dance Technologies” is a project launched in 2023 by the performance unit Team Chiipro and dance critic Keisuke Sakurai. The project involves collecting, reconstructing, and archiving “movements” that are flourishing in a certain location, with the aim of eventually creating and presenting dance works based on those movements.The ultimate goal of this project is to create an archive of new contemporary dance techniques—on par with William Forsythe’s Improvisation Technologies—which will be published online and made accessible to dancers and people around the world.The definition of the “certain location”, where the movements are being collected, will be revealed after the project’s final presentation. At this stage, it is expected that approximately 1,000 distinct movements will be archived within the “New Dance Technologies” framework.As part of this ongoing process, this edition welcomes dancer and choreographer Pijin Neji to participate in the collection, reconstruction, and creation of the archive, as well as a trial performance based on the materials. Moving forward, the project will gradually expand its team and continue working toward the final presentation and public release of the archive.

Time to Stop

Priyakshi Agarwal

Through embodied reality, this project aims to shed light on sexual and racial violence in public space faced by marginalized individuals—particularly women and people of color. At its core, this performance examines what it means to occupy public space as a racialized body, carrying the weight of both historical and contemporary violence.
By weaving together individual and collective narratives, the project aims to disrupt the cycle of violence, reaffirm our right to safety and dignity, to address the specific challenges of living in a racialized body, and emphasizes solidarity as a powerful form of resistance.

RUN BABY RUN

Nadine Fuchs + Marco Delgado + Lili-Marlo Delgado Fuchs

RUN BABY RUN explores the concept of family through a transgenerational lens. This choreographic research embodies the process of transmission through dance, bringing together two generations of dancers who are also building a family. Nadine, Lili-Marlo, and Marco are all dancers—two have been dancing for thirty years, while one is still in training.

“We question the invisible bonds that unite us, the heritage passed down, and the bodily memories that transcend generations.

Our focus is on gestures, postures, and expressions transmitted over time, the ancestral knowledge embedded in our bodies, and the emotions that resonate from one generation to the next. What does it mean to belong to a lineage, to be part of a family beyond biological ties, in a society where forms of parenthood and kinship are constantly evolving?

For the past 20 years, our work has been shaped by collaborations. In this project, we explore a new form of collaboration—our daughter.

This work is not about a self-indulgent glorification of our family but rather about staging the body—our bodies—using local materials as a means of expression.”

Endometrial Chocolate

Kyoko Takenaka + Shingo Ota + Kazuhisa Uchihashi

Endometriosis is a common gynecological condition, currently affecting approximately 1 in 10 women. Major symptoms include severe menstrual pain, pain during intercourse, and infertility. However, it remains relatively unknown, especially among men. One reason for delayed diagnosis is that many women become so accustomed to “pain” that they treat it as a default state, dismissing it until it worsens.
This project is based on texts written from research and seeks to use the power of “imagination” to allow a male performer to envision the body of someone with endometriosis.
While theatre often focuses on imagining a character’s emotional state, this performance attempts to imagine a character’s physical experience—their bodily sensations and circumstances.
The ultimate aim is to create a state in which the performer’s body is choreographed by the very images necessary to articulate the text. Through this, the performance questions the possibility of “sharing” pain between bodies.

Remediation of the Present-Spirit Body (working title)

Organization pito

Miina Yamaguchi + Nao Usami + Ryo Oe + Tomomi Onuki + Takumi Tsuji + Shin Hanagata + Taku Yoshida
Collaborative Researcher: Yutaro Hirao

In an era defined by rapid digitalization and post-truth, the relationships between self and other, and between reality and fiction, have become increasingly precarious. This project addresses the unresolved question: do we truly exist as real beings in the present, or are we merely simulations—fictional entities defined by computability?
Through a creative process that fuses performing arts, visual arts, and technology, we will explore the boundaries between self and other, reality and fiction, presence and absence. The outcomes of this research will be shared in a trial presentation.
The term Genyūtai (present-spirit body) refers to a body that traverses both the tangible world and the spiritual realm—one that drifts between reality and illusion, truth and falsehood. We define such a body as a “medium,” in which the five senses perceived through neural transmission and images predicted through experience are simultaneously integrated.
“Remediation” refers to the process of dismantling existing media and creatively reconstructing them by integrating disparate elements. In a capitalist system where the body is submerged as part of a vast machine, it is expected to labor for economic cycles and remain bound to patterns of consumption and desire. With the advancement of digital technologies such as AI and VR, the line between truth and fiction becomes increasingly blurred. Our bodies are transforming into entities that are integrated with digital media, encompassing both the real and the fictional.

In this project titled with the concept of “remediation,” artists will explore a new horizon of the “present-spirit body” by utilizing technologies like AI and VR while centering on corporeality, ultimately seeking to deconstruct the disciplined body.

SLOOOOOOW

Parini Secondo + Bienoise + Rino Daidoji

SLOOOOOOW is the second chapter of the choreographic and musical project created by Parini Secondo and Alberto Ricca/Bienoise, inspired by Para Para dance and Eurobeat music, born in the 90s in Tokyo clubs. SLOOOOOOW takes shape by adapting choreographic sequences of the time to the
drastically slowed down original music written by Bienoise. It brings to life the paradoxical time of the slowed-down YouTube video, turning a caffeine dance into a meditative pretext and questioning the relationship between hyper-productivity time and performance time. SLOOOOOOW is aimed to be a
performative device in which paralists from Parini Secondo meet paralists from the area through a workshop that culminates in a final performance. The result is an intercultural group of super slow Para Para lovers.