The Belgian poet Jan Lauwereyns, who is also a scientist who studies brain neurology, will be joined by six leading poets from Japan for a symposium and reading performance to explore the possibilities of the poetic brain... or brainy poetry.

●Date: March 5th [Thu] 18:30
●Venue: Theater Daikanyama (2-12-12 Ebisu-nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
* Seven-minute walk from Ebisu Sta. on the JR Yamanote Line or Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.
●Running Time: 120min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 2,700 JPY / At door 3,000 JPY / Student 2,000 JPY
●Contact: 03-5376-8260 / info@elsur.co.jp (Atelier El Sur)

Organization: Atelier El Sur S.A.
Representative: Ms. NOMURA Mariko (President)
Contact: Ms. NOMURA Mariko (Producer) / Mr. NOMURA Kiwao (Director) / Ms. KANEKO Yuka (Assistant)
Website：http://www.elsur.co.jp

Seeking new stimulation, dance company BATIK leader Ikuyo Kuroda has requested legendary Butoh dancer Akira Kasai to choreograph the company's new work. "another BATIK"(will be premiered 26-29 in March 2009, at Setagaya Public Theatre) is a work where the BATIK dancers, already familiar with Kuroda's extreme use of the body, challenges the unknown world of Kasai. He will in particular choreograph Kuroda for a part performing on Ravel's Bolero.

●Date: March 5th [Thu] 20:00
●Venue: Studio A, Setagaya Public Theatre (4-1-1-5F Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
* 3-minute walk from Sangen-jaya Sta. on the Tokyu Denentoshi Line or Setagaya Line.
●Running Time: 40min.
●Entry: Free

Organization: HIWOOD
Representative: Mr. TAKAGI Koichiro (Producer)
Contact: Mr. TAKAGI Koichiro (Producer) / Ms. TSUCHIYA Ayako (Production Manager, HIWOOD) / Ms. TAKEUCHI Mikiko (Art Administrator, HIWOOD)
Website: http://batik.jp

Three pieces of dance will be performed by three Independent choreographers who have each unique method. OGAWA Suiso seeks for a new common body language by collaborating with various dancers from different backgrounds. code20xx (NOSHIRO Naoko) pursues the original dramaturgy named "word association game of body" which is developed with the key word "trans-mission". SUZUKI Ikko investigates the root of the dance beyond tradition and history while practicing the Kagura, one of the oldest forms of dance in Japan. Here gathers truly individual originalities. Authentic "present moment" and "universal truth" are there.

●Date: March 5th [Thu] 17:00, 19:30
●Venue: BOX ISLAND (Rumon Hiroo 10F-No.1001, 1-16-3 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
* Five-minute walk from Ebisu sta. on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (use exit No.1).
●Running Time: 60min.
●Entry: 1,000 JPY (Free for TPAM Participant)
●Contact: 090-1262-3586 (ICiT) / no-sense@post.email.ne.jp

Organization: ICiT -Independent Choreographers in Tokyo-
Representative: Ms. NOSHIRO Naoko (Choreographer/Dancer)
Contact: Ms. NOSHIRO Naoko (Choreographer/Dancer, code20xx) / Ms. OGAWA Suiso (Choreographer/Dancer) / Mr. SUZUKI Ikko (Choreographer/Dancer)
Website：http://www.ne.jp/asahi/no/sense/icit.html

Acclaimed works by KENTARO!!, Sennichimae Blue Sky Dance Club and Natural Dance Theatre will be presented. KENTARO!!, a rising young choreographer who bases on hiphop techniques, presents his solo and company works. Sennichimae Blue Sky Dance Club, based in Osaka, performs “End of Water”, which has been presented in and out of the country. Natural Dance Theatre led by NAKAMURA Shinji and KAWANO Mako performs a new work as well as “Circus”, which was premiered in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2005 and also at the New National Theater.

●Date: March 5th [Thu] 15:00, 19:00 / 6th [Fri] 14:00, 18:00
●Venue: EBISU Theater ECHO (3-18-3, Higashi Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
* Five-minute walk from Ebisu Sta. on the JR Yamanote Line or Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (use exit No.1 or 2).
●Running Time: 80min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 3,500 JPY / At door 4,000 JPY
●Contact: 03-5458-0548 / office@ancreative.net (An Creative)

Organization: An Creative
Representative: Ms. NAGATOSHI Mayumi (Producer)
Contact: Ms. TAKIMOTO Marie / Mr. OTANI Iku (Choreographer / Director, Sennichimae Aozora Dance Club) / Ms. KIKUMARU Kimiko (Producer, CAN)
Website：http://www.ancreative.net

After her funeral. Man. By his way. Kinshi-cho.
NAGATANI Aki began classical ballet at the age of four and later studied contemporary dance. She started choreographing her own works in 1990, and formed her company aki nagatani & danscapes in 1999. In 1998, she was invited to "re:orient" dance festival held by The Place Theatre in London, and hailed by The Times (England) as “the air round her really seemed to gather power, to push and swirl.”

●Date: March 5th [Thu], 6th [Fri] 19:30 / 7th [Sat] 15:00, 19:30 / 8th [Sun] 15:00
●Venue: Komaba Agora Theater (1-11-13 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo)
* Three-minute walk from Komaba-todaimae Sta. on the Inokashira Line (use East exit).
●Running Time: 70min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 3,000 JPY / At door 3,300 JPY
●Contact: 0422-20-8999 / nap_ticket@ybb.ne.jp (N.A.P.)

Organization: aki nagatani & danscapes
Representative: Ms. NAGATANI Aki (Choreographer / Dancer)
Contact: Ms. NAGATANI Aki (Choreographer / Dancer)
Website: -

"We're Gonna Go Dancing!!" has been JCDN's main project since its inception in 2000. In May and June, we select the artists, and from October through December performance events are held aprrox. 20 cities across the country, with four to five groups performing at each venue. Then the most well-received or talked about will perform in the final performance "Special in Itami" and "Special in Tokyo" in February and March. This year's selection for "Special in Tokyo" is Shigemi Kitamura (Osaka), j.a.m.Dance Theatre (Osaka), Yukio Suzuki [KINGYO] × Yasutaka Hemmi (Tokyo, Shimane), Jung Young-doo (Korea) and yummydance × takeo toyama band (Matsuyama, Osaka).

●Date: March 6th [Fri] 19:30 / 7th [Sat] 14:00
●Venue: KICHIJOJI THEATRE (1-33-22 Kichijoji-honmachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo)
* Five-minute walk from Kichijyoji Sta. on the JR Chuo Line and Keio Inokashira Line (use exit North).
●Running Time：150min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 3,000 JPY (Student 2,500 JPY) / At door 3,500 JPY
●Contact: 075-361-4685 / jcdn@jcdn.org (JCDN)

Organization: Japan Contemporary Dance Network
Representative: Mr. SATO Norikazu (Executive Director)
Contact: Mr. SATO Norikazu (Executive Director) / Ms. MIZUNO Ritsuko (Artistic Director) / Ms. HASEGAWA Ayaka
Website：http://www.jcdn.org

Ask anyone who has seen her perform and chances are, they will remember Shukuka Chikanari in all of her jaw-dropping instensity. Working with microphone feedback, extended vocal techniques, clanging cymbals, multi-effectors, and erotic elements of modern dance, Shukuka's performances are at once sensual and dark, challenging and captivating.A one-man show a visual, a performance and a sound become the one, and to challenge the ultimate. Friday, March 6.

●Date: March 6th [Fri] 20:00
●Venue: LIVE HOUSE shibuya KABUTO (Nagashima Building B1, 1-22-12 Dougenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
* Six-minute walk on Dogenzaka Street from Shibuya Sta. on the JR Yamanote Line (Hachiko exit). On the left side of the street.
●Running Time：60min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 2,000 JPY + 1drink 500 JPY / At door 2,500 JPY + 1drink 500 JPY
●Contact: 03-3463-6699 (LIVE HOUSE shibuya KABUTO) / solo@shukuka.org (Chikanari Shukuka)

Organization: Chikanari Shukuka
Representative: Ms. CHIKANARI Shukuka (Dancer)
Contact: Ms. CHIKANARI Shukuka (Dancer)
Website：http://www.shukuka.org

World Premiere. A new production of Leni-Basso, an internationally well known dance company for the performances "Finks" and "Ghostly Round". Choreographed by KITAMURA Akiko, Composed by AWAZU Yusuke. This piece is planned to tour in Europe and North America in 2010.

●Date: March 6th [Fri], 7th [Sat] 19:30 / March 8th [Sun] 16:00
●Venue: Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Hall (Ichi-go-kan, 1-1-1 Shinminato, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa)
* Six-minute walk from Bashamichi Sta. on the Minatomirai Line.
●Running Time: 70min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 3,000 JPY / At door 3,500 JPY
●Contact: 03-5347-2144 / info@leni-basso.com (Leni-Basso)

Organization: Leni-Basso
Representative: Mr. FUSE Ryuichi (General manager)
Contact: Mr. FUSE Ryuichi (General Manager) / Ms. NAGATSUMA Ayako (Assistant Manager) / Ms. KITAMURA Akiko (Artistic Director)
Website：http://www.leni-basso.com

“Flower’s memory” is the key word of this dance piece, where women of our times are traveling between memory and oblivion. There is the white flower, which was buried under glass in the ground during a childhood game. There is the red canna, which bloomed like being ablaze in a summer’s sunshine. The dance story swifts through time, awaiting the season of flowers each year in the daily life of people, where nothing is sure or promised.

●Date: March 7th [Sat] 20:00 / 8th [Sun] 15:00, 19:00
!! IMPORTANT NOTICE !!
Curtain time of the matinee on March 8th [Sun] has been changed to 15:00!
●Venue: Session House (Session House,158 Yaraicho, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo)
* One-minute walk from Kagurazaka Sta. on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line (use exit No.1).
●Running Time: 70min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 2,800 JPY / Student 2,300 JPY / At door 3,000 JPY
●Contact: 03-3266-0461 / mail@session-house.net

Organization: Mademoiselle Cinema
Representative: Ms. ITO Naoko (Artistic Director)
Contact: Ms. ITO Naoko (Artistic Director / Choreographer) / Mr. ITO Takashi (Producer)
Website：http://www.session-house.net

Amarillo is a place of the edge in our border(s) line(s), it is a place always in problems, because nobody understand that who has it.

Organization: theater linea de sombra (Mexico)
Representative: Mr. Jorge A. VARGAS (Director)
Contact: Mr. Jorge A. VARGAS (Director) / Mr. Espartaco MARTINEZ (Assistant Producer)
Website：http://www.teatrolineadesombra.org

The main title of the show “KOUSKY” means “PIECES” in Czech language. The Japanese puppetry artist living in Prague, Noriyuki SAWA and The Jazz-Pops violinist in Tokyo, Toshihiro NAKANISHI collaborate and product a brilliant collection of short performances. Each piece is small, funny and shining, like different kinds of jewels in a forest night. The wonders will shake your heart gently.

●Date: February 27th [Fri] 19:00 / 28th [Sat] 14:00, 19:00 / March 1st [Sun] 14:00
●Venue: Aoyama Round Theatre (5-53-1 Jingumae Shibuyaku Tokyo)
* 10-minute walk from Shibuya station / 8-minute walk from Omote-Sando subway station B2 exit
●Running Time: 100min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 4,000 JPY / At door 4,500 JPY
●Contact: 03-3797-5678 / yarinome@pb.highway.ne.jp (Aoyama Round Theatre)

Organization: Aoyama Theatre/Aoyama Round Theatre
Representative: Mr. YOSHITAKE Tamiki (President)
Contact: Mr. ONO Shinji (Producer, Aoyama Theatre/Aoyama Round Theatre) / Mr. YARINOME Nobuo (Managing Director, Aoyama Theatre/Aoyama Round Theatre)
Website：http://www.aoyama.org

NOA'S TOYBOX announces the work characterized by dramatic space expression as "chapter" series, and this performance is one of the series of that. TERADO Takayuki, the director, was invited to 2007 and 2008 The Toga Director Contest for two consecutive years, and he received high evaluation, saying "Multistory space composition gives existence of ." By this performance, we tell the floating feeling that a modern Japanese has with six rooms as a motif.

●Date: February 28th [Sat], March 1st [Sun] 15:00, 19:00 / 2nd [Mon] 19:30 / 3rd [Tue] 19:00
!! IMPORTANT NOTICE !!
Curtain time of the show on March 3rd [Tue] has been changed to 19:00!
●Venue: THEATER GREEN BASE THEATER (2-20-4 Minami-ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo)
* Six-minute walk from Ikebukuro Sta. on the JR Yamanote Line (use East exit).
●Running Time: 80min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 2,500 JPY / At door 2,800 JPY
●Contact: 090-9109-9209 / info@noa-toybox.com (NOA'S TOYBOX)

Organization: NOA'S TOYBOX
Representative: Mr. TERADO Takayuki (Director)
Contact: Ms. MATSUKURA Kaori (Producer) / Mr. TERADO Takayuki (Director)
Website：http://www.noa-toybox.com

Our performance has the style that emphasizes the explosion of energy spread out of actors’ body trying up to their limitation with much of body liquid. As a new type of performance uniting with Japanese animated cartoon culture and Japanese physical characteristics of low center of gravity due to bandy-legs or short foot, the actors express "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare with using their body in theatre.

●Date: March 3rd [Tue] 19:00
●Venue: Yu-Ku-Kan Gazavie (Sora-No-Ue, 5-9-12, Nishiogi-kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo)
* Eight-minute walk from Nishiogikubo Sta. on the JR Chuo Line and Sobu Line.
●Running Time: 70min.
●Entry: 2,500 JPY
●Contact: 070-6475-0631 / info@kaimakup.com (Kaimaku Pennant race)

Organization: Kaimaku Pennant race
Representative: Mr. MURAI Yu (Leader / Director)
Contact: Mr. MURAI Yu (Leader / Director) / Mr. TAKASAKI Takuro (Actor)
Website：http://www.kaimakup.com

(story) In the Showa era in Doutonbori, Osaka, Japan, there is a unusual couple who eloped. In their house, always strange people come over. Today is just like any other day. An ugly girl who wants to commit suicide, a narcissist, a god of poverty, an useless god from the hereafter, and the dead drop by. This is the remake of the musical "The House of Choko and Kichijirou - The Pure Heart of a good of poverty" The Gokuraku Company was invited and performed at The 26th KOREA THEATRE FESTIVAL in 2008. Finally you will see the last moving scene.

●Date: March 4th [Wed] 16:00, 19:30
●Venue: Kitazawa Town Hall (Kitazawa Town Hall 2F, 2-8-18 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
* Four-minute walk from Shimo-kitazawa Sta. on the Odakyu Line or Inokashira Line (use South exit).
●Running Time: Approx. 90min.
●Entry: ＜matinee＞ Adult 3,000 JPY, Child 2,000 JPY /
＜Soiree＞ Adult 3,500 JPY, Child 2,500 JPY
●Contact: 072-982-3533 / info@jiraiya.co.jp (JIRAIYA)

Organization: JIRAIYA co.,ltd
Representative: Mr. ISAYA Mondori (Representative / Artistic Director / Choreographer / Dancer)
Contact: Mr. WATANABE Kengo (Manager) / Ms. HASHIMOT Yukuko (Manager) / Ms. NAKATSUJI Madoka (Manager)
Website：http://www.jiraiya.co.jp

Fanfares ring out loudly in the absence of bride and groom at weddings.
There are we who look like some archaeologists peek into the footprints that left on the virgin road.
There are we, who are here to dig up the graves.
There are we, who are here being buried in the graves.
There are we, who are here to see it.
Our eyes are repeated back and forth.
“WE” need to be buried again.

●Date: March 4th [Wed] - 7th [Sat] 19:30 / 8th [Sun] 15:00 / 9th [Mon], 10th [Tue] 19:30
●Venue: Ekoda Store House (Dai5 Tokyo Building 4/5F, 1-76-8 Asahigaka, Nerima-ku, Tokyo)
* In front of Ekoda Sta. on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line (South exit).
●Running Time: 80min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 3,500 JPY / At door 4,000 JPY
●Contact: 03-3954-7246 / info@storehousecompany.com

Organization: STORE HOUSE COMPANY
Representative: Mr. KIMURA Shingo (President)
Contact: Mr. KIMURA Shingo (President) / Ms. KIMURA Noriko (Production Manager)
Website：http://www.storehousecompany.com

Dreams, truths, and fantasies, looming over the nights of a roaring city… The magician’s last show is about to begin. A newly written work by Gu Lei, a Chinese independent artist born in 1978, is a joint Sino-Japanese fable created in collaboration with Japanese actors and staff. A nocturnal tale of a modern city X… What is taking place in the two gigantic Asian cities of Tokyo and Beijing? What are the people in these cities feeling? These times when the relationship between Japan and China is being questioned presents the potential for exchanges of feelings through performing arts.

●Date: March 1st [Sun] 14:00 (preview) / March 4th [Wed] - 6th [Fri] 19:30 /
7th [Sat] 14:00 / 8th [Sun] 14:00, 18:30
●Venue: Morishita Studio, C studio (3-5-6 Morishita, Koto-ku, Tokyo)
* Five-minute walk from Morishita Sta. on the Toei Oedo Line or Toei Shinjuku Line (use exit A6).
●Running Time: Approx. 90min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 2,500 JPY / At door 3,000 JPY (Studen’s advance ticket 1,500JPY / At door 2,000 JPY
●Contact: 050-5539-5159 / jny2009@rproduction.com (R PRODUCTION)

Organization: R PRODUCTION
Representative: Ms. KIKUCHI Ryoko (President / Producer)
Contact: Ms. KIKUCHI Ryoko (President, Producer) / Mr. TERADA Toru (Vice President)
Website：http://www.rproduction.com

'chori/doji' is an up-and-coming performance unit featuring Okura Kyogen School actor Doji Shigeyama and a poet chori. 'chori/doji' was founded in 2006 and since then, they have been performing mainly in Kyoto. In 2008, a unit challenged their first Europe tour in Paris, Rome, Firenze and Brescia and represented new style of performance. Chori creates vibrant and vivid series of words and Doji flows through them to panctuates one scenery. This is a must see performance.

●Date: March 5th [Thu] 19:00
●Venue: SPAZIO 2 (CIX Bldg., 2-20-7 Ebisu-Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
* 5-minute walk from Ebisu Sta. on the JR Yamanote Line (use west exit)
●Running Time: 60min.
●Entry: 2,500 JPY
●Contact: 075-417-4870 / yu-an1@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp (mihoproject)

Organization: mihoproject
Representative: Ms. TAKECHI Miho (Art producer)
Contact: Ms. TAKECHI Miho (Art producer) / Ms. MIKA Sato (Assistant Manager) / Ms. KUWABARA yuuki (Assistant Manager)
Website：http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/yu-an1

INORGANIC - or From each condition of subordination in their own accord - We wish just Zoe can regain the thought as human.

●Date: March 5th [Thu] - 7th [Sat] 20:00
●Venue: FreeSpace CANVAS (B1F, 2-4-8 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku,Tokyo)
* Five-minute walk from Ochanomizu Sta. on the JR Chuo Line, JR Sobu Line or Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.
●Running Time: 60min.
●Entry: 2,000 JPY
●Contact: 03-5802-5387 / gekidan@kaitaisha.com (Gekidan Kaitaisha Office)

Organization: Gekidan Kaitaisha
Representative: Mr. SHIMIZU Shinjin (Artistic Director)
Contact: Ms. HINO Hiruko (Performer / Producer) / Mr. SHIMIZU Shinjin (Artistic Director)
Website：http://www.kaitaisha.com

A novel "L'Arret de mort" written by Maurice Blanchot tells a story about the woman who came back to life again for called by a man, and made an exchange with the man, and finally died again. However, after I finished reading it, I felt both awful desolation, and ununderstandable quiet relief that transcend finiteness of human beings. Because of this strangeness I made this quite difficult challenge of making play from this novel. - the president OKAMURA Yojiro who studied under famous Noh actor KANZE Hideo for 8 years.

●Date: March 5th [Thu] - 7th [Sat] 20:00 / 8th [Sun] 15:00
●Venue: theatre Tokyo Babylon (7-26-19 Toshima, Kita-ku, Tokyo)
* Twelve-minute walk from Oji-kamiya Sta. on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (use exit No.3).
●Running Time: 70min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 2,500 JPY / At door 3,000 JPY / Pair Tickets 4,000 JPY (by reservation only)
●Contact: 03-3927-5482 / t.babylon@r5.dion.ne.jp

Organization: AMI
Representative: Mr. OKAMURA Youjiro (Representative, Tokyo Babylon)
Contact: Mr. OKAMURA Youjiro (Representative, Tokyo Babylon) / Mr. SAKAMOTO Yasuo (Creative Staff, Tokyo Babylon)
Website：http://www.k5.dion.ne.jp/~ami

“Kazemachi - Town of the wind” is an original work produced by Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center for developing and delivering the theater work that is linked to Kitakyushu using local actors and staffs. Kazemachi is written and directed by a Fukuoka-born director, HIGASHI Kenji, who has lead a Tokyo-based company Gekidan Sajiki Doji since 1999. This new drama piece captures the lives of people living in an imaginary city in Northern Kyushu. Fourteen local actors selected by the audition and three members of Gekidan Sajiki Douji, SUZUKI Megumi, TOYAMA Hiromi, and MORI Chie, will be performing together.

●Date: March 6th [Fri] 19:00 / 7th[Sat], 8th [Sun] 14:00
●Venue: OWL SPOT (Rise Arena Building 2F/3F, 4-5-2 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku,Tokyo)
* Exit No.6 or 7 at Higashi-ikebukuro Sta. on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line.
●Running Time: 120min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 3,000 JPY / At door 3,500 JPY (Student’s advance ticket 2,500 JPY / At door 3,000 JPY)
●Contact: 093-562-2655(Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center)

Organization: Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center
Representative: Mr. TSUMURA Takashi (Director / Chief Producer)
Contact: Mr. NOUSO Masao (Producer) / Ms. KUNIYOSHI Mizuki (Assistant)
Website：http://www.kitakyushu-performingartscenter.or.jp

Using the problems each of us & the society carries as main motif, tries to reach the "core." "Living", as those who try to live their lives true to themselves. OM-2 has always been experimental, avant-garde, and has been highly acclaimed overseas, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. All methods, themes and concepts based on text & words are removed, production is based on rehearsing repetition of improvisation, created not for multiple performances.

●Date: March 6th [Fri], 7th [Sat] 19:30 / 8th [Sun] 18:00 / 9th [Mon] 19:30
●Venue: d-soko (2F, 6-19-7 Higashi-Nipori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo)
* Seven-minute walk from Nippori Sta. on the JR Yamanote Line, JR Keihin-Tohoku Line or Keisei Line (use South exit).
●Running Time: 75min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 2,800 JPY / At door 3,300 JPY (-500 JPY for Student)
●Contact: 03-3235-7990 die pratze (12:30-17:30 except Tue.) / info@om-2.net (OM-2)

Organization: OM-2
Representative: Mr. MAKABE Shigeo (Director)
Contact: Ms. MURAOKA Shoko (Production Manager)
Website：http://www.om-2.net

On April 1st in 2008, Koyubichi had changed its name to faifai. faifai will re-create the Koyubichi's second main production, "My Name is I Love You" for its second live. There will be a little bonus performance, and faifai food will be on sale after the performance. faifai will present this production at Szkene Theatre Budapest ( Budapest , Hungary ) in early August of 2009. Dress rehearsal is open for invited guests at 5pm on March 6th. There are some seats available for TPAM guests, so please don't hesitate to ask at the desk.

●Date: March 7th [Sat], 8th [Sun] 13:30, 18:30
* Dress rehearsal: March 6th [Fri] 17:00 (Only for presenters)
●Venue: GOTANDA SONIC (Machihara Building1F, 3-8-3 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo)
* Seven-minute walk from Gotanda Sta. on the JR Yamanote Line or Tokyu Ikegami Line.
●Running Time: 90min.
●Entry: Advance ticket 2,500 JPY / At door 2,800 JPY
●Contact: 090-1209-5816 / info@faifai.tv

Organization: faifai
Representative: Ms. KITAGAWA Yoko (Writer / Directer)
Contact: Ms. FUJITANI Kyoko (Costume Designer) / Ms. NOGAMI Kinuyo (Actress)
Website：http://www.faifai.tv

A wadaiko (Japanese drum) team Dadadadan, which never stops growing. They mix the styles of musical, drama, and humor playing some larger or smaller forty wadaikos, the shamisen and the flute, and they've been revolutionizing on Wadaiko in Japan. The mission they've got is to bring thrills and suspense into Wadaiko. Is it ever possible for such a dynamite instrument Wadaiko to describe mysterious human affair? This is the beautiful yet dangerous mission they must carry out.

●Date: March 5th [Thu] 19:30 / 6th [Fri] 19:00
●Venue: Kitazawa Town Hall (Kitazawa Town Hall 2F, 2-8-18 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
* Four-minute walk from Shimo-kitazawa Sta. on the Odakyu Line or the Inokashira Line (use South exit).
●Running Time: Approx. 90min.
●Entry: Adult 4,000 JPY / Child 2,000 JPY
●Contact: 072-982-3533 / info@jiraiya.co.jp (JIRAIYA)

Organization: JIRAIYA co.,ltd
Representative: Mr. ISAYA Mondori (Representative / Artistic Director / Choreographer / Dancer)
Contact: Mr. WATANABE Kengo (Manager)
Website：http://www.jiraiya.co.jp

Sound to which no one has listened. The taiko come across marimba, GONNA. The sound of the marimba rides on the wave of taiko, and the taiko accents the melody of the marimba. We believe that music has the power to encourage people and to make our lives enriched. We hope our music may be a means of touching people’s hearts. The main performance schedule tune, Minoru MIKI: Marimba Spiritual, N.J. Zivkovic: Trio per Uno.

●Date: March 6th [Fri] 17:00, 20:00
●Venue: Theater Daikanyama (2-12-12 Ebisu-nisi, Sibuya-ku, Tokyo)
* Seven-minute walk from Ebisu Sta. on the JR Yamanote Line or Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, or Four-minute walk from Daikan-yama Sta. on the Tokyu Toyoko Line.
●Running Time: 60min.
●Entry: Ticket: 2,500 JPY / Student: 1,500 JPY
●Contact: 052-506-8955 / otosouko@gonna.org (GONNA)

Organization: GONNA
Representative: Mr. KAWADA Sadaichi (Captain)
Contact: Mr. KANEKO Neko (Producer) / Ms. KOJIMA Akiko / Ms. MATUKADO Saori
Website：http://www.gonna.org

In concert, Kotist MIYANISHI Nozomi uses the koto, a traditional Japanese musical instrument, to perform her own unique interpretation of popular music in addition to original pieces, blending traditional and contemporary sounds. At this concert, a special part of the program includes requests from the audience. She arranges and plays the requested songs on the spot. Her solo performance, but will also be able to see her perform with a number of other musicians including a pianist, a wood bassist, an acoustic guitarist and others. (DRINK CHARGE from 500 JPY)

●March 6th [Fri] 19:00, 20:15
●Venue: Ebisu Tenmado .switch (ATO building B1F, Ebisu-minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
* Three-minute walk from Ebisu Garden Place.
●Running Time: 45min./each
●Entry: Advance ticket 3,000 JPY/At door 3,500 JPY / Free for TPAM pass holders (drink order required)
●Contact: 0467-31-1521 (Jellyfish Productions), On the day 03-5895-1887 (.switch) / info@jellyfish-music.jp (Jellyfish Productions)

Organization: Jellyfish Productions. Inc.
Representative: Mr. UENO Masahiro (Chief Director)
Contact: Mr. UENO Masahiro (Chief Director)
Website：http://jellyfish-music.jp