This is a showcase of selected performing arts works by Japanese dance artists who have been creating at Dance Base Yokohama (DaBY), a rare dance house in Japan that opened last June in the Corona Disaster. DaBY strives to provide an environment where people can concentrate on their creations, and also aims to re-stage their works in various theaters in Japan and abroad.

YPAM – Yokohama Performing Arts Meeting 2021,” one of the world’s leading performing arts platforms, will present a triple bill of seven works by artists in residence at DaBY, from veterans who have worked abroad to up-and-coming artists, who have been creating their own works with ingenuity and persistence at the Corona Disaster. The seven works, which have been created with perseverance and ingenuity, will be presented in a triple bill format.

Please watch for the expression of “response to society through the body” that these unique Japanese dance artists have tackled at the Corona Disaster.

During YPAM, DaBY, located in Bashamichi, Yokohama, will host a work-in-progress performance by dance artists associated with DaBY.

 

■Outline

Dates: 12/10 (Fri.) 15:00/19:00, 12/11 (Sat.) 18:00, 12/12 (Sun.) 12:30/17:30 Total 5 performances
Venue: KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre (Large Studio) (281 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0023)
Fees: $0.00 General (audience) 4,500 yen / U25 (audience) 2,500 yen / YPAM registrants (professionals) 4,000 yen
TICKETS:. Monday, November 1, 3:00 p.m. – On sale at Ticket Kanagawa https://www.kaat.jp / 0570-015-415 (10:00-18:00)
　　　　　Counter: KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre 2nd floor (10:00-18:00)
Organized by: Dance Base Yokohama
Co-sponsored by YPAM2021 Executive Committee, Aichi Arts Center
Residency Cooperation:. Dance House Koganei 4422
Cooperation: precog Inc.

 

Timetable

*”Ryu Suzuki Triple Bill” features three new works by DaBY associate choreographer Ryu Suzuki, who has been working on the Corona Disaster. With the underlying theme of “Is my body mine?”, the premiere will be held on December 3 at Aichi Arts Theatre.

*”Dance Genealogy” is a project in which three dance artists, Yoko Ando, Hana Sakai, and Benei Nakamura, who have inherited the philosophy of master choreographers Fokin, Kylian, and Forsythe, who have renewed the history of ballet, and at times inspired them, will perform their original works, the origins of which they have inherited and reconstruct today. The first performance was held at Aichi Arts Theatre on October 1.

 

■Tickets
On sale: Monday, November 1, 2021
Available at: Ticket Kanagawa https://www.kaat.jp
　　　　　0570-015-415 (10:00-18:00) *Please check the number and make sure it is the correct one.
　　　　　Counter: 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.

 

Ticket prices

General [audience] : 4,500 yen
U25 [audience] : ¥2,500 *Please bring proof of age on the day of the performance.
YPAM registrants [Professional] : 4000 yen *Please bring your ticket and proof of YPAM registration to the venue on the day of the performance. Details will be announced when registration opens on November 1.

 

■ Programs

MOVING SHADOW

Choreographed and performed by Yoko Ando
Performed by Nozomi Kinouchi, Yasuyu Yamaguchi / Music by Naoto Oka

 

Solo from “The Lost Commission
Choreography: William Forsythe
Performed by Yoko Ando

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.

 

The Dying Swan
Mikhail Fokin original, revised by Hana Sakai
Cello: Udai Shike

 

The Dying Swan: The Truth Behind Its Death
Direction and Choreography: Toshiki Okada
Arrangement, cello: Udai Shike

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.

Solo from “BLACK BIRD
Choreography: Ily Kylian

 

BLACK ROOM
Choreography and Performer: Nakamura Benefit
Costume: Shinya Kushino

Nakamura’s new work “BLACK ROOM” and Kilian’s choreography for Nakamura. Nakamura’s new work “BLACK ROOM” and a solo scene from “BLACK BIRD” choreographed by Kilian for Nakamura. The solo scene from “BLACK BIRD” choreographed by Kilian for Nakamura will be performed. Please come and see these two works together, a series that evokes a new life born from the darkness.

 

NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD
Choreographed and performed by Ryu Suzuki
Dramaturg: Aoto Niwa / Production Design: Kenjiro Miyano / Lighting: Ruto Takebe / Costume Design: Shinya Watanabe

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.

When will we ever learn?”

Choreography and Performer: Ryu Suzuki
Cast: Rinako Iida, Mariko Kakizaki, Ken Nakagawa

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.

Proxy
Choreography: Ryu Suzuki
Cast: Kotoha Ito, Yura Sugiura, Daisho Suzuki, Himari Soejima, Genki Matsuyama, Reo Yamada
Doll design and production: Odette Picaud

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?

Hashimoto Romance x Yae Yamamichi “Etan Guma” (ENIGMA)
Direction and choreography: Romance Hashimoto
Words and music by Yae Yamamichi
Performers: Moe Abe, Reimi Murai (OrganWorks), Marin Yamada, Taro Yamamichi (Joruri), Yoko Mochizuki (musical accompaniment), Rochika Tosha (musical accompaniment), Rina Hasegawa (musical accompaniment), Yuka Geida (flute), Yae Yamamichi (futozao shamisen)
Recorded by Yulia Skogoreva
Costume Support: Yuzuka Satomi

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.

 

■Staff
Producer: Eri Karatsu (Aichi Arts Theatre/Dance Base Yokohama)
Production Manager: Yoshinori Sekoguchi (Aichi Arts Center)
Stage Manager: Aiko Oguro
Lighting: Masakazu Ito
Sound: Norimasa Ushikawa
Managing Director: Hiromitsu Katsumi (Dance Base Yokohama)
Production: Nozomi Tanaka (Dance Base Yokohama)

 

Related Programs at DaBY *Details will be announced at a later date.

Dance with Sound: New Work in Progress (Planning: Miyuki Tanaka / Performer: Masako Yasumoto and others)
Date: Monday, December 13
Venue: Dance Base Yokohama

The project is a development of “Work in Progress of Dance Seen through Sound,” a project by curator Miyuki Tanaka that aims to dissolve the boundary between the visible and invisible, and to question the meaning of watching dance with others. The work-in-progress will be presented.
Work in Progress” is a project that was developed with KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre over three years from 2017 to 2019, in which visually impaired people and sighted people can watch dance together using text inspired by “audio guides,” which use sound to assist visually impaired people with visual information. The project was developed with the Kanagawa Arts Theatre over three years from 2019 to 2019.

DaBY Choreographer in Residence Saori Haras New work “P wave
Date: December 19 (Sun) 15:00
Venue: Dance Base Yokohama

Saori Harasaori has been creating works from a cognitive psychology perspective, which examines how humans read information from the environment and objects to determine their own behavior. This work on the theme of perception and cognition focuses on human social behavior under emergency conditions. The work is a further development of the work-in-progress performance “Zekkei” that was staged at the same venue in November 2020. The work will be performed as

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