© Miyauchi Katsu
ARICA
The company ARICA has performed in many theaters as well as in unusual performance spaces for site-specific works such as art galleries, abandoned factories etc. The company’s work focuses on objects and movement in space and its creative process is similar to that of art installations in which space, spatial relationships, and physical movement are intricately integrated to create new possibilities in artistic expression. Artistic director: FUJITA Yasuki, Actor: ANDO Tomoko, Text: KURAISHI Shino, Producer: MAEDA Keizo.
Organization: ARICARepresentative: Mr. FUJITA Yasuki (Artistic Director)
Contact: Mr. FUJITA Yasuki (Artistic Director) / Ms. ANDO Tomoko (Performer)
Website：http://www.aricatheatercompany.com
© Mikalai Khalezin
Belarus Free Theatre (Belarus)
Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) was founded in March 2005. It holds the annual International Competition of Contemporary Drama. Performances are held secretly due to the dictatorial regime in Belarus and the risk of persecution. BFT has produced 11 performances and performed in 14 countries. BFT is supported by Vaclav Havel, Mick Jagger, Harold Pinter, Mark Ravenhill, Tom Stoppard and Ariane Mnouchkine. BFT is a full member of ETC, IETM, and TEH. In 2007, BFT received French Republic Human Rights Prize. In 2008 it was awarded with Europe Theatre Prize/Special Mention after having been nominated for it by its patrons.
Organization: Belarus Free Theatre (Belarus)Representative: Ms. VAVOKHINA Maryia (International Manager)
Contact: Ms. Volha TSIASHKEVICH (Translator)
Website：http://dramaturg.org
FUKAIPRODUCEhagoromo
FUKAIPRODUCEhagoromo was established by actress FUKAI Junko in 2004. This is the company performing "Myosical" - the one and the only "odd musical". ITOI Yukinosuke, the creator of "Myosical" is in charge of the scenario, stage direction and music. Hagoromo's aim is to create the stage filled with the world of "odd" and "supremely beautiful". Hagoromo took part in "the winter summit" sponsored by Komaba Agora Theatre in 2006, 2007. Hagoromo will give performance at Theatre Tram in January, 2010.
Organization: FUKAIPRODUCEhagoromoRepresentative: Ms. FUKAI Junko (Producer/Actress)
Contact: Ms. FUKAI Junko (Producer/Actress) / Mr. OOISHI Jotarou (Producer)
Website：http://www.geocities.jp/hagoromo_hukai
JAPANESE THEATRE OF THE DEAF
The year 1981 was designated by the United Nations “International Year of the Handicapped.” We take the purpose of this designation to be a deepening of understanding and concern for the handicapped people of the world, and a furthering of the movement to insure that all time and space in the world be shared equally by handicapped and non-handicapped alike. We believe that this movement includes the joint participation of handicapped and non-handicapped people in the creation of objects and activities of high cultural value, and we affirm the necessity of this.
Organization: JAPANESE THEATRE OF THE DEAFRepresentative: Mr. YONAIYAMA Akihiro (President)
Contact: Mr. IZAKI Tetsuya (Acting Leader / Actor) / Ms. HIROKAWA Asako (Actress / Company Maneger)
Website: http://www.totto.or.jp/jtdtop.html
© Shimizu Toshihiro
Kabenohana-Dan
Kabenohana-Dan was originally formed by MIZUNUMA Takeshi in 2004 and is based in Kyoto. Since 2004 we have produced four theatre works written and directed by Mizunuma.
Organization: Kabenohana-DanRepresentative: Mr. MIZUNUMA Takeshi (playwright, director)
Contact: Mr. MIZUNUMA Takeshi (playwright, director) / Ms. KAKIWAKI Junko (Producer)
Website: http://kabenohanadan.com
© Moriya Taizo
KADEN Theater Company
Our company’s core upon expression is the typical and original “Japanese aesthetics” that the Japanese culture withholds, and we pursue the “Aesthetics in stylization” in each and every element concerning the stage. Our expression is based on the traditional Japanese theater methods which are deeply related to the “respect to the floor”, and by sprinkling Western style expression in our works, we pursue to create our original course of expression. In the theater with unlimited possibilities as the “Synthetic arts” through assimilating different elements with “Japan” as our absolute base, the creation of an original genre of the theater arts is our aim upon pursuing the “Japanese aesthetics”.
Organization: KADEN Theater CompanyRepresentative: Mr. OKADA Madoka (Director)
Contact: Mr. OKADA Madoka (Director) / Ms. ABE Takako (Producer)
Website: http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~kaden
Kaimaku Pennant race
“Kaimaku Pennant race” has acted in Tokyo since 2006 under the style of “Destructed power.” The idea behind this style is that the actor’s body is overworked to the point of exhaustion. At the level of breakdown, the body exhibits a stronger and more powerful energy than from the start. As a new style of Japanese theatre, we reinterpret classical drama of both Eastern and Western, and we create new types of drama stories by performing with body expression. We hope this will create a chance for everybody outside of Japan to see a new type of Japanese performance.
Organization: Kaimaku Pennant raceRepresentative: Mr. MURAI Yu (Leader / Director)
Contact: Mr. MURAI Yu (Leader / Director) / Mr. TAKASAKI Takuro (Actor)
Website: http://www.kaimakup.com
Mixedmedia Product
Mixedmedia Product (MMP) is a label for creative work. MMP invites artists and specialists to each project to develop new ways of expression. Their main project, "Series Complex Seeing," explores a combination of documentary and theatre, examining possible ways for different points of view, opinions and thoughts to coexist on stage. The project’s main work, "Atomic Survivor - Vanya's Children," depicts issues of nuclear energy in Japan combined with scenes from Chekhov's play. Their other projects include "Mame (or Micro) PDF Theatre," which presents classic plays as micro-sized PDF files, and "Text Dub" that investigates ways of cutting and remixing text.
Organization: Mixedmedia ProductRepresentative: Ms. ABE Hatsumi (Representative / Director)
Contact: Ms. ABE Hatsumi (Representative / Director) / Mr. NAGASHIMA Kaku (Dramaturg)
Website: http://mmps.jp
© Nishikawa Chisato
Science Project
I founded Science Project in 1999 to create an investigative, scientific theater. Since then, I've made collaborative works in many countries. These works (reviewed in TDR, Time Out New York, etc.) have been called "uncanny", "beautiful monsters", "forceful", and "ever-radical". I make performances to examine basic human structures, but the subject of my work is always theater itself. I love actors, and auditions, and audiences. I am taken with backstage. Using theater as both model and phenomenon, I make site-specific work which is always, in part, about the theater itself, and in essence, about the foundations of reality.
Organization: Science ProjectRepresentative: Ms. Yelena GLUZMAN (Director)
Contact: Ms. Yelena GLUZMAN (Director)
Website: http://www.thisisaScienceProject.com
