Photo by Hideto Maezawa
Group Meeting
- 2.14 Tue10:00–15:30
- 2.15 Wed10:00–15:30
- RequirementTPAM registration
- Host registration (Table) ¥6,000
- Host registration (Room)¥17,000
- Guest participation¥0
TPAM registrants can propose a theme and host an informal meeting with other participants of TPAM. Diverse themes ranging from the promotion of one’s own productions and projects to discussion on issues around performing arts have been proposed. An additional registration fee is required to host a meeting. Participation in the meetings as a guest is free of charge and doesn’t require reservation.
- “Table” is for a small, intimate meeting and discussion with up to 12 hosts and guests.
- “Room” is with video equipment and a Japanese – English interpreter. For presentation to up to 30 people.
- Host registration deadline: January 20 (Fri), 2017
Group Meeting Themes
*Host registration closed. Information being edited and translated.
Tuesday, February 14
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Kuro Tanino Talks about the Creation Process of DARK MASTER 2016 | Kuro Tanino (Director, Niwa Gekidan Penino) |
| [Table] Dance in Asia: Our Common Philosophy | Anand Bhatt (Producer, Aakash Odedra Company and Aditi Mangaldas) |
| [Table] Meets Asia – Dance and Outreach Program | Xi Zhao (Choreographer / Dancer), Vanessa Maria Mirza (Director, Dance Bridges Festival), Phanthamith Phommachanh (WeDance Studio) |
| [Table] Centre 42: Opportunities for Transnational Collaboration | Daniel Teo (Research & Documentation Executive, Centre 42) |
| [Table] Meeting Proposals by ON-PAM Members | Kenta Fujwiara (Arts Manager / Board Member, Open Network for Performing Arts Management / Vice Director, Explat) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Impulse Theater Festival (Germany) | Florian Malzacher (Artistic director, Impulse Theater Festival) |
| [Table] Fostering Powerful Cross-Cultural Collaboration – an Australian Perspective | Katherine Lyall-Watson, Caroline Dunphy (Belloo Creative), Sean Walsh (The Last Great Hunt) |
| [Table] For Young Artists, Company, Administrators: Make the Most of the International Festivals! | Maki Miyakubo (Chief Producer, Dance New Air / Dance Nippon Associates) |
| [Table] Meets Asia – Theatre Performances in Chinese Spoken Countries | Loh Kok Man (Artistic Director, Pentas Project), Yuan Zhang (Curator / Director) |
| [Table] Street Meets Contemporary Dance | Aeksaluck Oudomsouk (Choreographer, Fanglao Dance Company), Wataru Kitao (Leader, Baobab) |
| [Table] From Europe to Asia, Collaboration of Performing Arts Connected Like Silk Road, and the Possibility of a New Performing arts Born from the Collaboration. | Jinya Imai (Director, Silkroad Noh Musical Theatre / Producer, International Folk Art Projects) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Introduction of Chinese Contemporary Dance Market and Shanghai Dance Festival | Frank Fu [Fu Ning] (Director, DANCE STAGES SHANGHAI DANCE FESTIVAL) |
| [Table] Regional Approaches to the Arts and Culture of Yokohama | Mami Tanaka (Executive Director, ST Spot Yokohama) |
| [Table] WASHI × PERFORMING ARTS? PROJECT | Ayumi Hamada (Producer, Futarikko Produce) |
| [Table] From Earth to Cloud — Interdisciplinary and Experimental Diversity of Indigenous and Digital Performing Arts in Taiwan | Wen Huang (Project Manager, Fly Global) |
| [Table] Collaborating through DANCE DANCE ASIA | Yutaka Nakajima (Arts, Culture and Exchange Section I, The Japan Foundation Asia Center), Sachiko Nakanishi (Producer, DANCE DANCE ASIA / PARCO Co., Ltd. Entertainment Department) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] The Japan Foundation’s Grant and Fellowship Programs | Koji Sato, Seiya Shimada (The Japan Foundation) |
| [Table] Toward the Opening of Kokuban Gekijo (Blackboard Theatre) in Naha, Okinawa | Tomohiko Awa (Director, Okinawa Art Culture Theater) |
| [Table] Imagining Public Cultural Facilities in 2037 | Torao Ohsawa (Cultural Ecology Observer) |
| [Table] A Table for Young Artists, Companies and Arts Managers | International Co-Production of HANCHU-YUEI «Beginners» | Momo Sakamoto (Producer, Theater Collective HANCHU-YUEI) |
| [Table] PAMS 2017 / Journey to Korea Music / Connection Project | Michelle Lee (Korea Arts Management Service / KAMS) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Scotland: Current Performing Arts, International Programmes and Collaborative Opportunities | Lorna Duguid (Creative Scotland), Norah Campbell (British Council), Manami Yuasa (British Council) |
| [Table] Imagining Public Cultural Facilities in 2037 | Torao Ohsawa (Cultural Ecology Observer) |
| [Table] Introduction to “Arts Council Tokyo Grant Program” | Michimoto Satoh (Chief Manager / Senior Program Officer, Arts Council Tokyo) |
| [Table] International Co-Production of HANCHU-YUEI «Advanced» | Momo Sakamoto (Producer, Theater Collective HANCHU-YUEI) |
| [Table] Networking with Vietnam and Southeast Asia | Tri Minh (Artistic Director, Hanoi SOUND STUFF festival), Le Vu Long (Artistic Director, Together Higher Dance Company) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Social Entrepreneurship in the Arts — A Lesson from Phare The Cambodian Circus | Dara Huot, Momoko Ikeuchi (Chief Executive and Sales Account Manager, Phare The Cambodian Circus / Phare Performing Social Enterprise) |
| [Table] Interdisciplinary Collaboration Focus 2018 – 2019 – Bangkok | Wasurat Unaprom (Artistic director and curator of Thong Lor Art Space Bangkok, Festival director of International Low Fat Art Fest) |
| [Table] Introduction to Our “Social Grant Program” | Shoko Sano (Senior Program Officer, Arts Council Tokyo) |
| [Table] Possibilities for Training and Outreach Projects at a Festival | Takako Yokoi, Chika Kawai (Festival/Tokyo) |
| [Table] The Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, New Delhi | Anurupa Roy (Founder and Manager, The Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Japanese-French Collaboration Projects | Aymar Crosnier, Tatsuya Suzuki and Aya Soejima (Deputy Director, Program director and Performing Arts Adviser, Centre national de la danse and Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris) |
| [Table] Introduction to Our “Cultural Program Grant Program” | Haruhisa Sunami (Olympic and Paralympic Cultural Strategy Manager, Arts Council Tokyo) |
| [Table] NPNVAN US-Japan Connection and the Asia Exchange | Kyoko Yoshida (National Performance Network and Visual Artists Network) |
| [Table] Scotland: Collaborative Opportunities in Dance and Choreography | Jenny Langlands (Dance Base), Robbie Synge (Independent Artist) |
| [Table] Scotland: Collaborative Opportunities in Arts and Ageing | Anne Gallacher (Luminate), Fiona Miller (Tricky Hat Productions) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Introducing Buoy Arts Center Tokyo | Kako Kishimoto (Artistic Director, Buoy Arts Center Tokyo) |
| [Table] Yokohama Dance Collection & East Asia Dance Platform | Shinji Ono, Katsuhiro Nakatomi (Yokohama Dance Collection), Karen Cheung (City Contemporary Dance Festival) |
| [Table] Journalists for Performing Arts in Asia | Samantha Lee (Multimedia Editor, CNN Philippines Life), Seno Joko Suyono (Journalist, Tempo Magazine), Chikara Fujiwara (Director, BricolaQ / Editor / Critic) |
| [Table] Scotland: Collaborative Opportunities in Developing Theatre and Dance for Children and Intergenerational Performance Projects | Belinda McElhinney (Barrowland Ballet), Paul Fitzpatrick (Imaginate) |
| [Table] Scotland: Collaborative Opportunities in Multimedia and Cross-Artform Projects | Cathie Boyd (Cryptic), Jill Smith (Feral) |
Wednesday, February 15
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Temps d’images: a Festival that Reflects the New Romanian Independent Artists | Miki Braniste (President, Colectiv A) |
| [Table] About “Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People” | Kenta Hayashi (Representative, Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People) |
| [Table] Cooperation with Asian Networks / Platforms | Kei Saito (Performing Arts Administrator / Producer / Board Member, Open Network for Performing Arts Management) |
| [Table] Artist Exchange, Networking and Collectivism in Interdisciplinary Works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Wok The Rock (Artist / Co-director, Yes No Klub, Indonesian Netaudio Festival, MES 56) |
| [Table] The importance of being vulnerable – How to restore humanity through performing arts | Michele Chung (Artistic Team Leader, la la team) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Brief Introduction of Independent Theatre in Beijing | Lin Wang (Director, Inside-out Theatre) | [Table] About “Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People” | Kenta Hayashi (Representative, Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People) |
| [Table] Saison Artist in Residence, Visiting Fellows | Taro Inamura (Program Officer, The Saison Foundation) |
| [Table] Independent Contemporary Dance Scene of Aichi Prefecture — the Cases of office cassini and Nagokon | Kazuki Sugai (Producer, office cassini) |
| [Table] Neither This Nor That — Growing the Arts in Johor Bahru, Malaysia | Chloe Yap (Festival Administrator, Johor Bahru: International Festival City [JB:IFC]) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] Artist in Residence for Performing Arts at Kinosaki International Arts Center (KIAC) | Yuichiro Yoshida (Program Director, Kinosaki International Arts Center) |
| [Table] Toward the Opening of Kokuban Gekijo (Blackboard Theatre) in Naha, Okinawa | Tomohiko Awa (Director, Okinawa Art Culture Theater) |
| [Table] From Earth to Cloud — Interdisciplinary and Experimental Diversity of Indigenous and Digital Performing Arts in Taiwan | Wen Huang (Project Manager, Fly Global) |
| [Table] Efforts of Public Theaters and Disability Organizations for Theater Accessibility | Masashi Kishimoto (Producer, Owl Spot Theater), Asako Hirokawa (President, NPO Theater Accessibility Network) |
| [Table] A Glimpse into the Landscape of Philippine Theatre: A Bird’s Eye View with Focus on our National Theatre, Tanghalang Pilipino and Mindanao Theatre Experience | Liesl Catherine H. Batucan (Associate Artistic Director, Tanghalang Pilipino), Hobart P Savior (Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts, Xavier University) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room] New Projects and Visions of Arts Commons Tokyo in 2017-2018 | Chiaki Soma (Representative Director, Arts Commons Tokyo) |
| [Table] The Activity of Setagaya-Silk | Honoh Horikawa (Director / Writer / Choreographer, Setagaya-Silk) |
| [Table] Sited Art: Extraordinary Places for Extraordinary Outcomes | Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey (Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey), Xan Coleman (A is for Atlas) |
| [Table] Meet the Most Marginal Point of View: Seoul Marginal Theater Festival | Kyung-sung Lee (Artistic Director, Seoul Marginal Theater Festival) |
| [Table] Presentation of the Theatre Work of Ahmed El Attar and the D-CAF Festival | Ahmed El Attar (Founder and Artistic Director, D-CAF Festival – Temple Independent Theatre Company) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room & Table] Artists’ Salon: Contemporary Artists from France, Greece, Poland & Catalonia | Onda – French Office for Performing Arts Circulation (Paris), Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), National Stary Teatr (Krakow), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona) |
| [Table] Introducing Buoy Arts Center Tokyo | Kako Kishimoto (Artistic Director, Buoy Arts Center Tokyo) |
| [Table] The Future Vision for Kyoto Experiment | Yusuke Hashimoto (Program Director, Kyoto Experiment) |
| [Table] Independent Producers and International Markets | Alasdair Campbell (Creative Producer / Director, AC Projects/Alternative Currents & Counterflows Festival) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room & Table] Artists’ Salon: Contemporary Artists from France, Greece, Poland & Catalonia | Onda – French Office for Performing Arts Circulation (Paris), Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), National Stary Teatr (Krakow), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona) |
| [Table] Collaborating with Cambodia and Phare The Cambodian Circus | Dara Huot, Momoko Ikeuchi (Chief Executive and Sales Account Manager, Phare The Cambodian Circus / Phare Performing Social Enterprise) |
| [Table] Creative Environment Innovation Program | Junko Okamoto (Program Officer, The Saison Foundation) |
| [Table] ADAM – Asia Discovers Asia Meeting 2017 + Taipei Performing Arts Center | YingLv WANG (Manager, Production & Marketing Department, Taipei Performing Arts Center) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room & Table] Artists’ Salon: Contemporary Artists from France, Greece, Poland & Catalonia | Onda – French Office for Performing Arts Circulation (Paris), Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), National Stary Teatr (Krakow), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona) |
| [Table] Offense/Defense of Memory: The Moment When Dance Invokes Unrecognized Memory of a City | Tell-Kaz Dambala (Producer, “Tatsumi Hijikata 1960 a silent house”) |
| [Table] Introducing «Octopus is octopus, but it is ‘ ’.» | Riki Takeda (Fellow Artist, Yokohama Arts Foundation [Arts Commission Yokohama]) |
| [Table] Circus and Multimedia from Quebec and France | John Lambert (President, John Lambert and Assoc. Inc) |
| Theme | Host |
|---|---|
| [Room & Table] Artists’ Salon: Contemporary Artists from France, Greece, Poland & Catalonia | Onda – French Office for Performing Arts Circulation (Paris), Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), National Stary Teatr (Krakow), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona) |
| [Table] Introduction to “Remapping History: The Unwanted Population” | Tiffany Chung (Artist) |
| [Table] World Theatre Festival Shizuoka | Tanji Haru (Vice Production Director, Shizuoka Performing Arts Center [SPAC]) |
Tuesday, February 14
10:00-10:30
Kuro Tanino Talks about the Creation Process of DARK MASTER 2016
Room
Language: Japanese, English
Host: Kuro Tanino (Director, Niwa Gekidan Penino)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, Community
DARK MASTER of Niwa Gekidan Penino, which will have been presented in TPAM Fringe, was created three years ago together with local people in Tennoji, Osaka, in response to the proposal “Let’s do something together” from Oval Theater in the city. Why, and how, was the Tennoji version of the piece that was originally presented in 2003 and 2006 created? The internationally-renowned director Kuro Tanino tells the story of the process and also talks about his idea of “community” work.
Photo by Shinya YamauchiDance in Asia: Our Common Philosophy
Table
Language: English
Host: Anand Bhatt (Producer, Aakash Odedra Company and Aditi Mangaldas)
Topics: International Exchange
Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and India and more — the history of dance has ancient roots. Dance was a form of devotion, of spirituality, of telling stories of Gods. This philosophy, this intention of why we move is common throughout Asia. Just like the idea of Buddha links South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, the philosophy of dance links us. I want to tell you about award winning Indian dancers I work with. Aakash Odedra (UK) and Aditi Mangaldas (India) practice Kathak and contemporary dance. Their projects and ideas are interested in exploring ancient links and re-connecting our great civilisations.
Meets Asia – Dance and Outreach Program
Table
Language: English
Host: Xi Zhao (Choreographer / Dancer), Vanessa Maria Mirza (Director, Dance Bridges Festival), Phanthamith Phommachanh (WeDance Studio)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Collaboration, International Exchange
As times gone by, build up next generation audience become an important mission as the audience of dance started aging. In Asia, more and more dance and outreach program was designed to reach not only school students but also nearby communities directly. In this section, 3 artists from China, India and Laos will introduce some contemporary performance around the Asia region and share their experiences of outreach program. This would be the opportunity to lead the participant to meet Asia in dance and proposals for future collaborations as well.
Centre 42: Opportunities for Transnational Collaboration
Table
Language: English
Host: Daniel Teo (Research & Documentation Executive, Centre 42)
Topics: Venue, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
Centre 42 is a non-profit arts organisation in Singapore. Established in 2014 to support Singapore’s theatre industry, the Centre believes for the arts to thrive and grow, connections should be formed not just within a country, but across transnational boundaries as well. We wish to facilitate the exchange of ideas, knowledge and skills among performing arts practitioners, local and overseas. In this meeting, we will introduce several programmes and projects that may be opportunities for the Centre to collaborate with artmakers from around the world.
Meeting Proposals by ON-PAM Members
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Language: Japanese
Host: Kenta Fujwiara (Arts Manager / Board Member, Open Network for Performing Arts Management / Vice Director, Explat)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Career Path of Arts Managers, Networking, Cultural Policy
ON-PAM is an international network that has been formed by individuals who engage in performing arts management. Meetings that we hold in response to proposals by members are as important as our official committees and symposia. We consider these meetings, which involve information and issues that each member has been confronted with, potentially responsive to the diverse realities of society that are constantly renewed. We would like to introduce what can be done through this framework and hear your ideas.
10:40-11:10
Impulse Theater Festival (Germany)
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Florian Malzacher (Artistic director, Impulse Theater Festival)
Topics: Festival, Networking, International Exchange
Florian Malzacher (artistic director of Impulse Theater Festival) introduces the festival that has presented the most important independent theatre productions in Austria, Germany and Switzerland for the last 25 years. It is considered to be the most significant platform for independent theatre in this area, showing works that are not only produced outside the communal theatre system but also push experimental, interdisciplinary approaches. Artists like Rimini Protokoll or René Pollesch were here first introduced to a wider audience. In recent years the festival has focussed on contemporary forms of political theatre as well as the relation between art and politics – a topic Florian Malzacher has widely published on.
(c) tomislav medakFostering Powerful Cross-Cultural Collaboration – an Australian Perspective
Table
Language: English
Host: Katherine Lyall-Watson, Caroline Dunphy (Belloo Creative), Sean Walsh (The Last Great Hunt)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, International Exchange
Join some of Australia’s leading creative companies including Belloo Creative and The Last Great Hunt as they share an Australian perspective on contemporary cross-cultural and interdisciplinary performance practice. Seeking out powerful collaborations by producing contemporary performance works that intersect body, text and culture, this session will probe how Belloo’s newest work HANAKO negotiated complex interdisciplinary dramaturgical processes to produce a contemporary work exploring cultural identity, youth and desire, and how The Last Great Hunt is using non-verbal theatre to create work that crosses language and cultural boundaries, as well as exploring new possibilities for international exchange. We welcome producers, presenters and artists to join this dialogue on how contemporary artists from the Asia-Pacific region are honing and redefining their artistic practice through international collaborations.
For Young Artists, Company, Administrators: Make the Most of the International Festivals!
Table
Language: Japanese
Host: Maki Miyakubo (Chief Producer, Dance New Air / Dance Nippon Associates)
Topics: Career Path of Arts Managers
Many performing arts guests come to TPAM and other performing arts festival in Japan. Not limiting yourself to fringeprograms and attending such festivals will help you boost your career. Based on my experience at many performing arts festival and platform outside of Japan, here are some suggestions on promoting and marketing your work and make the most of this opportunity.
Meets Asia – Theatre Performances in Chinese Spoken Countries
Table
Language: English
Host: Loh Kok Man (Artistic Director, Pentas Project), Yuan Zhang (Curator / Director)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Collaboration, International Exchange
From 20th century, contemporary Chinese spoken drama and theater have taken their inspirations from a wide range of sources and contributed to a broad array of interests. This is a meeting to introduce the performing arts scene of the region of Chinese spoken countries in Asia. Loh Kok Man and Yuan Zhang will share their works and experience in Malaysia and China. Also, it would be the opportunity to lead the participant to meet Asia in theatre and proposals for future collaborations as well.
Street Meets Contemporary Dance
Table
Language: English
Host: Aeksaluck Oudomsouk (Choreographer, Fanglao Dance Company), Wataru Kitao (Leader, Baobab)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, International Exchange
With the introduction of movies and music videos in the 1980s, rap and street dance began finding their way into Asia. In recent years, as street dance became popular among teenagers, dance companies, studios, and societies in universities and colleges have also been created. At the same time, more and more collaborations between street dance and contemporary dance are rising. Aeksaluck Oudomsouk from Fanglao Dance Company and Kitao Wataru, the leader of dance company Baobab will share their experience of how to keep an open mind to new dance possibilities and to cultivate a healthy curiosity about dance.
(c)金子愛帆From Europe to Asia, Collaboration of Performing Arts Connected Like Silk Road, and the Possibility of a New Performing arts Born from the Collaboration.
Table
Language: Japanese, English
Host: Jinya Imai (Director, Silkroad Noh Musical Theatre / Producer, International Folk Art Projects)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
“Choja Studio” in the vicinity of BankART Studio NYK is a rental space that anyone can use as a place for practicing and presenting music, dance, theater, etc. as well as domestic and overseas artists’ accommodation and staying places. We will introduce concrete examples of East-West Performing Arts Exchange Festival held every year around the studio, focusing on the new performing arts born from there, “Silkroad Noh,” and seeking ideas and projects from domestic and overseas for the festival to be held in 2017 and 18.
11:20-11:50
Introduction of Chinese Contemporary Dance Market and Shanghai Dance Festival
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Language: Mandarin, English
Host: Frank Fu [Fu Ning] (Director, DANCE STAGES SHANGHAI DANCE FESTIVAL)
Topics: Festival, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Open Call
Contemporary dance is a main stream performing art form in the world. Although many leading Chinese contemporary dance organizations and artists are very active internationally, the contemporary dance market of China is still in the emerging stage. The mission of our festival is to promote contemporary collaboration and integration with the world. The 1st Shanghai Dance Festival was successfully held in late July, 2016 in Shanghai. In 2018, we will present 2nd Shanghai Dance Festival. We’d love to share our past experience, draw valuable suggestions and build network with international expert practitioners.
Regional Approaches to the Arts and Culture of Yokohama
Table
Language: Japanese
Host: Mami Tanaka (Executive Director, ST Spot Yokohama)
Topics: Community
The mission of ST Spot Yokohama is to render the power of art to the contemporary society. Through the management of a little theatre “ST Spot” and the activity of our division for regional projects, we aim to develop the environment of the arts, culture and regional society. In this meeting, we would like to introduce the projects of the division for regional projects that involve such themes as school, locality and disabilities and to think together with the participants about how to improve the relationship of the arts and culture to local society.
WASHI × PERFORMING ARTS? PROJECT
Table
Language: Japanese, English
Host: Ayumi Hamada (Producer, Futarikko Produce)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity
We will introduce our artist-in-residence project in Kochi Prefecture that Futarikko Produce has been working on since August 2015, as well as our 2017 activity.
From Earth to Cloud — Interdisciplinary and Experimental Diversity of Indigenous and Digital Performing Arts in Taiwan
Table
Language: Japanese, English
Host: Wen Huang (Project Manager, Fly Global)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Networking
Indigenous and digital performing arts are two vibrant kinds developing in Taiwan for industrial historical backgrounds. Be it projecting via digital media the subtle transformation between the virtual and reality of modern society, or contemplating through tribe culture on one’s returning to innocence. These two creative pathways that seem to be sitting on two side of the spectrum, are coincidentally reflecting the openness, innovation and diversity of the Arts scene in Taiwan. In this session there are artists, producers and arts managers, sharing their arts concepts, production practice, the supporting system in Taiwan concerning these two kinds of performing arts, and opportunities for international connections and collaborations.
Collaborating through DANCE DANCE ASIA
Table
Language: English
Host: Yutaka Nakajima (Arts, Culture and Exchange Section I, The Japan Foundation Asia Center), Sachiko Nakanishi (Producer, DANCE DANCE ASIA / PARCO Co., Ltd. Entertainment Department)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Co-Production, Collaboration
DANCE DANCE ASIA (DDA) encourages and supports collaboration among artists in Asia by coproducing stage performances of street dance. We will expand our horizons to collaborations among those in other genres such as contemporary dance, theater, music, film, visual arts, and more. In this group meeting, we will introduce DDA’s evolution since its inception in 2014, and share with you our visions for the project for the coming years.
12:00-12:30
The Japan Foundation’s Grant and Fellowship Programs
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Koji Sato, Seiya Shimada (The Japan Foundation)
Topics: Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Support Program, Open Call
Among the various grant programs the Japan Foundation offers, we would like to introduce specific programs offered to the field of performing arts. We will explain the features of our Grant program for Dispatching Artists and Cultural Specialists and Performing Arts Japan, as well as programs designed for projects involving ASEAN and Japan, such as Grant Program for Promotion of Cultural Collaboration and The Asia Center Fellowship Program.
Toward the Opening of Kokuban Gekijo (Blackboard Theatre) in Naha, Okinawa
Table
Language: Japanese
Host: Tomohiko Awa (Director, Okinawa Art Culture Theater)
Topics: Venue
Okinawa Art Culture Theater will establish an 80-seat privately-run venue “Blackboard Theatre” in Naha, Okinawa, in July 2017. We have been accumulating know-hows and researching aiming to make the theatre an artistic and cultural base that local people feel familiar with and other regions see as an intersection of Okinawa and them. At this table we would like to talk about what we have done and discuss future possibilities and issues. We look forward to think together and collaborate with you.
Imagining Public Cultural Facilities in 2037
Table
Language: Japanese
Host: Torao Ohsawa (Cultural Ecology Observer)
Topics: Venue, Cultural Policy
*Continues to the Table meeting from 12:40
Around 20 years ago, public theaters and halls rapidly increased across Japan. Their environments have changed since then, and they are now confronted with such issues as the low birthrate, increase of the aged population, tight budgets of local governments and aging of the architectures and equipment. Then, in what kind of situation will the public cultural facilities be 20 years later? This table is for analyzing the middle/long-term change in the environments of public cultural facilities in Japan and sharing an imaginary drawing of the facilities in 2037.
A Table for Young Artists, Companies and Arts Managers | International Co-Production of HANCHU-YUEI «Beginners»
Table
Language: Japanese, English text
Host: Momo Sakamoto (Producer, Theater Collective HANCHU-YUEI)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Career Path of Arts Managers, Co-Production, Collaboration, International Exchange
Since our participation in TPAM2014, HANCHU-YUEI has visited six countries in three years, working on ten international co-productions and overseas performances. I would like to share my experience as the producer in these countries, because in the unexpected and sudden change of the environment I strongly feel that our creations overseas have been in continuation of what we had done in Japan. Young companies might feel that international touring is like a dream, but I hope they will realize that it is more feasible than they think and just do it like we did.
*I’ll talk more concretely in the Table from 12:40.
PAMS 2017 / Journey to Korea Music / Connection Project
Table
Language: English
Host: Michelle Lee (Korea Arts Management Service / KAMS)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Networking, International Exchange
Established in 2006 as a non-profit, public foundation for the development of Korean performing arts, KAMS aims to be the channel to Korea’s performing arts and be a springboard for art management in Korea. Among various projects related to international exchange, introduce what’s new in PAMS 2017 and prospective partners for JKM and the Connection project.
12:40-13:10
Scotland: Current Performing Arts, International Programmes and Collaborative Opportunities
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Language: English, Japanese
Host: Lorna Duguid (Creative Scotland), Norah Campbell (British Council), Manami Yuasa (British Council)
Topics: Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
*Reception at 15:10
Creative Scotland and British Council, hosting a delegation of Scottish performing arts professionals at TPAM2017, will give an introduction to the current performing arts scene in Scotland and the organisations’ international programmes including Edinburgh Showcase, Momentum and Made in Scotland.
Imagining Public Cultural Facilities in 2037
Table
Language: Japanese
Host: Torao Ohsawa (Cultural Ecology Observer)
Topics: Venue, Cultural Policy
*Following the Table meeting from 12:00
Around 20 years ago, public theaters and halls rapidly increased across Japan. Their environments have changed since then, and they are now confronted with such issues as the low birthrate, increase of the aged population, tight budgets of local governments and aging of the architectures and equipment. Then, in what kind of situation will the public cultural facilities be 20 years later? This table is for analyzing the middle/long-term change in the environments of public cultural facilities in Japan and sharing an imaginary drawing of the facilities in 2037.
Introduction to “Arts Council Tokyo Grant Program”
Table
Language: Japanese
Host: Michimoto Satoh (Chief Manager / Senior Program Officer, Arts Council Tokyo)
Topics: Networking, Support Program, Open Call
We would like to introduce our “Arts Council Tokyo Grant Program” for music, theatre, dance, visual and video arts and traditional performing arts that consists of annual “Single Grants” and “Long Term Grants” for up to three years. We look forward to participation of people who are interested in applying for this grant program and/or Arts Council Tokyo as an organization.
International Co-Production of HANCHU-YUEI «Advanced»
Table
Language: Japanese, English text
Host: Momo Sakamoto (Producer, Theater Collective HANCHU-YUEI)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Career Path of Arts Managers, Co-Production, Collaboration, International Exchange
Since our participation in TPAM2014, HANCHU-YUEI has visited six countries in three years, working on ten international co-productions and overseas performances. The frameworks and contents of these projects differed, so each time we flexibly built the program, negotiated on the conditions, and communicated carefully to carry out the project. I would like to introduce these programs and share my experience overseas.
*I also talk for younger artists, companies and arts managers in the Table from 12:00.
Networking with Vietnam and Southeast Asia
Table
Language: English
Host: Tri Minh (Artistic Director, Hanoi SOUND STUFF festival), Le Vu Long (Artistic Director, Together Higher Dance Company)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community
We are as artists and artistic directors of each company, would very much like to network and finding some good opportunities for us and you to get to know each other and create some really interesting arts. We can also help you to connect to communities in Hanoi and also others city in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
13:20-13:50
Social Entrepreneurship in the Arts — A Lesson from Phare The Cambodian Circus
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Language: English, Japanese
Host: Dara Huot, Momoko Ikeuchi (Chief Executive and Sales Account Manager, Phare The Cambodian Circus / Phare Performing Social Enterprise)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Career Path of Arts Managers, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community
Uniquely Cambodian. Daringly Modern. More than just a circus, Phare, the Cambodian Circus performers use theater, music, dance and modern circus arts to tell uniquely Cambodian stories; historical, folk and modern. Phare artists perform every day in their own Siem Reap’s bigtop. Phare uses innovations to provide jobs to artists and generate revenue and profit to finance their own mother NGO school who provides free-of-charge training in visual and performing arts, academic education and social supports to 1,200 at-risk youth. Phare’s CEO, Mr. Dara, and Ms. Momoko will be sharing with you in person this model.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Focus 2018 – 2019 – Bangkok
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Language: English
Host: Wasurat Unaprom (Artistic director and curator of Thong Lor Art Space Bangkok, Festival director of International Low Fat Art Fest)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Open Call
Thong Lor Art Space is centrally-located in a 5 stories shophouse building in vibrant Bangkok, which has been producing and hosting hand-picked artistic activities since 2014, including theatre, performance art, gallery, film screenings, concerts and workshops. We host Low Fat Art Fest is an annual international art festival that focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration between Thai and international artists, aiming for knowledge and creativity exchange between art societies.Now we open for the idea, project, and residency programs from international that will be held in 2018 – 2019.
Introduction to Our “Social Grant Program”
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Language: Japanese
Host: Shoko Sano (Senior Program Officer, Arts Council Tokyo)
Topics: Networking, Grant Program, Open Call, Disability & Art
Arts Council Tokyo supports active involvement of people with disabilities, the elderly and children, and people from other countries in artistic activities and innovative artistic activities that tackle social and urban issues. We would like to introduce our “Social Grant Program” and meet artists and arts managers who are interested in this type of activity whether they have a concrete plan or not yet.
Possibilities for Training and Outreach Projects at a Festival
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Language: Japanese
Host: Takako Yokoi, Chika Kawai (Festival/Tokyo)
Topics: Festival, Career Path of Arts Managers, Networking, Community
Launched in 2009, Festival/Tokyo is an international performing arts festival held annually for around one month. In addition to organizing a program of performances, the festival also runs training and outreach projects that expand the scope of the performing arts and connect with a younger generation of talent. In order to think about possibilities for these activities as ways to cultivate the future of the industry, this meeting introduces examples from the festival’s projects such as F/T Campus, a training workshop program for students, and the festival’s opportunities for internships and volunteers.
Photo: Kazuya KatoThe Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, New Delhi
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Language: English
Host: Anurupa Roy (Founder and Manager, The Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, International Exchange, Community
Since 1998 Katkatha’s artistic journey has been in experimenting with puppetry to retell the oral narratives of India and deconstructing the traditional form of puppetry and dance to reinvent as a new visual form. This journey has led to Katkatha’s community Puppet Theatre centre built for exchanges with artists across art forms and cultures, making new work in puppet theatre and bringing children and young people closer to puppet theatre especially in the local communities.
14:00-14:30
Japanese-French Collaboration Projects
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Language: Japanese, English, French
Host: Aymar Crosnier, Tatsuya Suzuki and Aya Soejima (Deputy Director, Program director and Performing Arts Adviser, Centre national de la danse and Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
The CND Centre national de la danse and the MJCP Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris will present their artistic pedagogical projects and residencies through examples. We will focus on joined projects and French Japanese collaborations. We will also present Camping, a unique international festival taking place in Paris and proposing workshops, performances, conferences and professional meetings. Camping is a unique gathering for artists, professionals and for a large audience. The CND Centre national de la danse will also present a new project called Caravane. Caravane is a mobile CND, a choreographic pop up that travels around the world. Come and discover us.
Introduction to Our “Cultural Program Grant Program”
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Haruhisa Sunami (Olympic and Paralympic Cultural Strategy Manager, Arts Council Tokyo)
Topics: Co-Production, International Exchange, Support Program, Open Call
Arts Council Tokyo started the “Cultural Program Grant Program” in 2016 to increase awareness of the artistic and cultural activities in Tokyo in expectation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2017, the program is going to start supporting projects where foreign artists create and present new works in Tokyo. We would like to introduce this program and offer consultation about application.
NPNVAN US-Japan Connection and the Asia Exchange
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Kyoko Yoshida (National Performance Network and Visual Artists Network)
Topics: Venue, Festival, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community, Support Program, Cultural Policy
National Performance Network and Visual Artists Network’s International Program, including the U.S.-Japan Connection and Asia Exchange, is committed to equitable exchange and mutual respect with a focus on building knowledge and collaborative relationships that emphasize geographical, ethnic, and cultural diversity. Meet in person with the new U.S. curators; representatives from Intermedia Arts (Minneapolis, MN); Maui Arts & Cultural Center (Kahului, HI); and P.S. 122 (New York, NY). Founded in 1985, NPN/VAN is currently comprised of 64 Performing Arts Partners and 20 Visual Artists Partners across 31 states and 49 communities in the U.S.
Scotland: Collaborative Opportunities in Dance and Choreography
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Language: English, Japanese
Host: Jenny Langlands (Dance Base), Robbie Synge (Independent Artist)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
*Reception at 15:10
Dance Base is the national centre for dance in Scotland, established in 1994 and recognised globally as a powerhouse for dance and movement. Robbie Synge is an independent artist based in the rural Scottish Highlands and working on projects based around choreography and thinking about the physical body. The hosts will introduce their organisations and activities, and discuss international collaborative opportunities available in dance and choreography.
Scotland: Collaborative Opportunities in Arts and Ageing
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Language: English, Japanese
Host: Anne Gallacher (Luminate), Fiona Miller (Tricky Hat Productions)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
*Reception at 15:10
Luminate is Scotland’s annual creative ageing festival, which celebrates our creativity as we age through both professional artistic work and community projects. Tricky Hat Productions is a theatre company that creates new multi-media performances and theatre events with non-professional performers and theatre artists. They recently launched “The Flames”, a company for over 50’s from across Scotland. The hosts will introduce their organisations and activities, and discuss international collaborative opportunities available in the area of arts and ageing.
14:40-15:10
Introducing Buoy Arts Center Tokyo
Room
Language: Japanese, English
Host: Kako Kishimoto (Artistic Director, Buoy Arts Center Tokyo)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community, Cultural Policy
An introduction to “Buoy Arts Center Tokyo” that will open in July 2017. A building with a unique historical background, of which second floor was a bowling alley and basement a public bath, will be renovated into an art center with a hall, event space, studio, gallery and cafe. Buoy will try to offer good programs throughout the year by having diverse dramaturges whose expertise differ work collectively. It also aims to become a place where people can encounter “otherness” through performances and exhibitions by young artists as well as monthly collaborative events by artists from different backgrounds including contemporary art, theatre, dance, contemporary music, sculpture and poetry.
Yokohama Dance Collection & East Asia Dance Platform
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Shinji Ono, Katsuhiro Nakatomi (Yokohama Dance Collection), Karen Cheung (City Contemporary Dance Festival)
Topics: Venue, Festival, Networking, International Exchange
Yokohama Dance Collection (Japan – Yokohama), City Contemporary Dance Festival (China – Hong Kong), SIDance (Korea – Seoul), which hold a dance festival every year for the purpose of cultivate young choreographers of each country, will launch East Asia Dance Platform in autumn 2017. We plan to organize the first edition in November this year in Hong Kong, and develop our project by taking turn each year to host a place in the East Asian member cities: Seoul in 2018, Yokohama in 2019. Hence, we would like to share our project and its concept with international dance presenters.
Journalists for Performing Arts in Asia
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Language: English
Host: Samantha Lee (Multimedia Editor, CNN Philippines Life), Seno Joko Suyono (Journalist, Tempo Magazine), Chikara Fujiwara (Director, BricolaQ / Editor / Critic)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, International Exchange
As the borders of artistic nationality are erased by the globalization trend, audience are able to find more international art works, and artists can have more media exposure channels. Similarly, media practitioners have become new partners to encourage audience participation. In this group meeting, Samantha Lee, Pattareeya Puapongsakorn and Chikara Fujiwara will talk about the responsibility and influence as a journalists for performing arts in Asia.
Scotland: Collaborative Opportunities in Developing Theatre and Dance for Children and Intergenerational Performance Projects
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Language: English, Japanese
Host: Belinda McElhinney (Barrowland Ballet), Paul Fitzpatrick (Imaginate)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
*Reception at 15:10
Barrowland Ballet is a contemporary dance theatre company built around the artistic work of choreographer Natasha Gilmore. In addition to touring productions nationally and internationally for adults and children we create intergenerational participatory performance projects. Imaginate is the national organisation in Scotland, which promotes, develops and celebrates theatre and dance for children and young people and produces the annual Edinburgh International Children’s Festival. The hosts will introduce their organisations and activities, and discuss international collaborative opportunities available in work for children and intergenerational projects.
Scotland: Collaborative Opportunities in Multimedia and Cross-Artform Projects
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Language: English, Japanese
Host: Cathie Boyd (Cryptic), Jill Smith (Feral)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
*Reception at 15:10
Cryptic is a Glasgow based internationally-renowned producing art house, presenting today’s most imaginative, innovative artists whilst also nurturing the creative talent of tomorrow. Cryptic also produce the biennale visual sonic arts festival, Sonica. Feral supports artists making cross artform work and champion makers who explore new performance languages through their practice. They produce a dynamic portfolio of award winning artists who make work rooted in visual theatre and performance art. The hosts will introduce their organisations and activities, and discuss international collaborative opportunities available in multimedia and cross-artform projects.
Wednesday, February 15
10:00-10:30
Temps d’images: a Festival that Reflects the New Romanian Independent Artists
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Miki Braniste (President, Colectiv A)
Topics: Festival, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community
Inspired by the big subjects of contemporary society, the festival Temps d’Images from Romania is a host for artists that bring a new dimension to the understanding of our world. In the last 5 years the Romanian independent scene developed and started to be known in Europe for its freshness and preoccupation for giving voice to socially and politically unrepresented people. We encourage the artists to be the fine observers of the transformations of the society and to translate them in an artistic language that can be followed by a large audience. The presentation will include several names as Farid Fairuz, Gianina Cărbunariu, Radu Apostol, Alexandra Pirici, Manuel Pelmuș, David Schwartz, Ioana Păun etc.
About “Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People”
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Kenta Hayashi (Representative, Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity
“Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People” is a workshop where seeing people and visually impaired people appreciate art through words together. We have organized the workshop at museums and schools across Japan to create an opportunity for reflecting on relationship with the others, how to look at things and how to understand the reality in daily life through appreciating art. We would like to explore what this opportunity can mean together with people from diverse backgrounds and positions.
Cooperation with Asian Networks / Platforms
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Language: Japanese
Host: Kei Saito (Performing Arts Administrator / Producer / Board Member, Open Network for Performing Arts Management)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Career Path of Arts Managers, Networking, International Exchange,
ON-PAM is an international network that has been formed by individuals who engage in performing arts management. Its international activities include the first Asian conference in Gwangju, Korea in September 2015, and the second is planned to be held in Singapore in 2017. We have also taken part in the Asian Producers’ Platform (APP) as one of its organizers and hosted its holding in Japan in 2016. We would like to introduce these projects and discuss the possibility of collaborating with performing arts networks in Asia.
Artist Exchange, Networking and Collectivism in Interdisciplinary Works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Language: English
Host: Wok The Rock (Artist / Co-director, Yes No Klub, Indonesian Netaudio Festival, MES 56)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community
I’m an artist and cultural activist interested in developing an experimentation of collectivism, interdisciplinary works, cultural intervention using curatorial aesthetic and speculative approach as my artistic practice. Through these interests, I co-founded art/music collectives/initiatives (MES 56, Punkasila, Indonesian Netaudio Forum, tuhantu, Video Battle, We Need More Stages), co-producing music with local artists (Senyawa, Frau, Dialita), curating experimental music gig (Yes No Klub, Indonesian Netaudio Festival), distributing music for free-legal download (Yes No Wave Music) and I was the curator of Biennale Jogja XIII 2015. I would like to engage these collectives with international artists/institutions who have similar interests.
The importance of being vulnerable – How to restore humanity through performing arts
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Language: English
Host: Michele Chung (Artistic Team Leader, la la team)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community, Support Program,
Inspired by people with different ways to relate to their environment, I being to explore form that invites audience to experience vulnerability in an intimate theatre experience, searching for the key to opener hearts. All the world needs nowise love. And I believe performing arts is the way to involve the love we need.
10:40-11:10
Brief Introduction of Independent Theatre in Beijing
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Lin Wang (Director, Inside-out Theatre)
Topics: Venue, Co-Production, International Exchange
Introduce the basic information and differences between different independent theatre. How it works to manage a theatre in Beijing, and share some experience which is quite unique here if you want to make an international cooperation production.
About “Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People”
Table
Language: Japanese, English
Host: Kenta Hayashi (Representative, Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity
“Verbal Imaging Museum Tour with Visually Impaired People” is a workshop where seeing people and visually impaired people appreciate art through words together. We have organized the workshop at museums and schools across Japan to create an opportunity for reflecting on relationship with the others, how to look at things and how to understand the reality in daily life through appreciating art. We would like to explore what this opportunity can mean together with people from diverse backgrounds and positions.
Saison Artist in Residence, Visiting Fellows
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Language: English
Host: Taro Inamura (Program Officer, The Saison Foundation)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Collaboration, Networking, Support Program, Open Call
Visiting Fellows gives opportunities for artists and arts managers to research the contemporary performing arts scene in Japan. At the table, we will explain the detail of the program. Not to be missed for those having interests in artist-in-residence programs, as well as international programs.
Independent Contemporary Dance Scene of Aichi Prefecture — the Cases of office cassini and Nagokon
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Language: Japanese
Host: Kazuki Sugai (Producer, office cassini)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Open Call
The performing arts scene in Aichi Prefecture has recently been active, stimulated by such events as Aichi Triennale, which has been encouraging artists and arts managers based in Aichi to develop independent activities. At this table we would like to introduce the projects of office cassini and Nagokon as well as the current situation of the performing arts scene in Aichi.
Neither This Nor That — Growing the Arts in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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Language: English
Host: Chloe Yap (Festival Administrator, Johor Bahru: International Festival City [JB:IFC])
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community
JB:IFC is an arts initiative which aims to enrich the cultural fabric of Johor Bahru (JB) and cultivate the local arts scene. However, it’s not a simple task, considering JB has for many years been seen as a ‘border town’ overshadowed by Singapore in the South and Kuala Lumpur in the North. But as the city currently undergoes rapid infrastructural development, JB is definitely ripe with creative potential, as it gradually establishes its own voice and identity. This meeting aims to introduce JB:IFC, as well as discuss strategies for the arts to grow, in a city that’s also growing up.
11:20-11:50
Artist in Residence for Performing Arts at Kinosaki International Arts Center (KIAC)
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Yuichiro Yoshida (Program Director, Kinosaki International Arts Center)
Topics: Venue, Open Call, Artist in Residence
Kinosaki International Arts Center (KIAC) is an artist-in-residence facility specifically for performing arts located in a hot-spring town in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture. One of the largest creation bases in Japan that comprises one hall, six studios and residencies for up to 22 people, the Center has been acknowledged since its establishment in 2014 as a place that lets artists detach themselves from routines and concentrate on their creations. We would like to talk about our 2018 program for which we plan to invite applications in 2017.
Toward the Opening of Kokuban Gekijo (Blackboard Theatre) in Naha, Okinawa
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Language: Japanese
Host: Tomohiko Awa (Director, Okinawa Art Culture Theater)
Topics: Venue
Okinawa Art Culture Theater will establish an 80-seat privately-run venue “Blackboard Theatre” in Naha, Okinawa, in July 2017. We have been accumulating know-hows and researching aiming to make the theatre an artistic and cultural base that local people feel familiar with and other regions see as an intersection of Okinawa and them. At this table we would like to talk about what we have done and discuss future possibilities and issues. We look forward to think together and collaborate with you.
From Earth to Cloud — Interdisciplinary and Experimental Diversity of Indigenous and Digital Performing Arts in Taiwan
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Wen Huang (Project Manager, Fly Global)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Networking
Indigenous and digital performing arts are two vibrant kinds developing in Taiwan for industrial historical backgrounds. Be it projecting via digital media the subtle transformation between the virtual and reality of modern society, or contemplating through tribe culture on one’s returning to innocence. These two creative pathways that seem to be sitting on two side of the spectrum, are coincidentally reflecting the openness, innovation and diversity of the Arts scene in Taiwan. In this session there are artists, producers and arts managers, sharing their arts concepts, production practice, the supporting system in Taiwan concerning these two kinds of performing arts, and opportunities for international connections and collaborations.
Efforts of Public Theaters and Disability Organizations for Theater Accessibility
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Masashi Kishimoto (Producer, Owl Spot Theater), Asako Hirokawa (President, NPO Theater Accessibility Network)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity
We would like to introduce joint activities of “Owlspot,” a theater in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, and “TA-net” (Theatre Accessibility Network), an organization where disabled people promote support for the improvement of accessibility to theatre performance: lectures for delivering voices of visually- or hearing-impaired people and introducing methodologies for overcoming the barriers as well as the overall activities of TA-net. We also look forward to hearing from you about what you expect theaters to do in the future about this issue.
A Glimpse into the Landscape of Philippine Theatre: A Bird’s Eye View with Focus on our National Theatre, Tanghalang Pilipino and Mindanao Theatre Experience
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Language: English
Host: Liesl Catherine H. Batucan (Associate Artistic Director, Tanghalang Pilipino), Hobart P Savior (Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts, Xavier University)
Topics: Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking
In this meeting, we would like to share our perspective of the current landscape of Philippine Theatre, giving a bird’s-eye view of the thriving theatre world here, with special focus on our national theatre, Tanghalang Pilipino and Mindanao theatre experience. While continuing to nurture our uniquely Filipino spirit, identity, and artistry, we are eager to create new linkages with Asia and we look forward to opportunities to foster intercultural synergy and collaboration with our Asian family. This meeting also shares the rich theater and performing arts initiatives and experiences in Mindanao whose aesthetics is variably shared through the praxes of the various cultural communities’ (Christians, Lumads and the Muslims) traditions, customs, experiences, folkways and narratives. Please join us and let’s exchange ideas on how we can further deepen our sense of community through the power of Theatre.
12:00-12:30
New Projects and Visions of Arts Commons Tokyo in 2017-2018
Room
Language: Japanese, English
Host: Chiaki Soma (Representative Director, Arts Commons Tokyo)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking
In January 2017, Arts Commons has launched a new project Theater Commons Tokyo, with the concept of “Using theater / Making a theater”, a series of lecture performances, workshops and talks harnessing the imagination of theater to create a new concept of “commons.” Scene/Asia, organized also by Arts Commons Tokyo will organize an annual symposium in Hong-Kong in March 2017 inviting some artists and curators from all over Asia. In this presentation, Chiaki Soma, Director and Producer of Arts Commons Tokyo will talk about these two projects, and share her thoughts and visions on the current Asian society and the contemporary arts scene.
The Activity of Setagaya-Silk
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Honoh Horikawa (Director / Writer / Choreographer, Setagaya-Silk)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity
Setagaya-Silk is a Japanese physical theatre company since 2009 that creates “art that offers a short smile.” Our creations often involve dance and pantomime, and we have recently been working also on children’s theatre. Our recent and future international activities include a performance in a square in the Festival OFF Avignon in 2016 and a co-production tour with a Swedish puppet theatre company in 2017-2018. We would like to have this meeting to introduce our past works, exchange information and build network.
Sited Art: Extraordinary Places for Extraordinary Outcomes
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey (Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey), Xan Coleman (A is for Atlas)
Topics: Co-Production, Collaboration, Community
Scene: a public plaza, twenty-five striking red megaphones of different shapes and sizes. Scene: a suburban house, dinner table set for twenty guests. Scene: a city street, a solo stationary marathon runner and choreographed dancers. Encountering artworks in everyday spaces — public and private — that we share with others, prompts a very different engagement — both with the art and with the other people participating — than we experience in formal art spaces. Australian artists walking these paths invite you to a conversation about process and potential in working “beyond the walls”. Discussing works by Madeleine Flynn & Tim Humphrey’s The Megaphone Project, A is for Atlas (Dining Room Tales) and All The Queens Men (Fun Run)
Meet the Most Marginal Point of View: Seoul Marginal Theater Festival
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Language: English
Host: Kyung-sung Lee (Artistic Director, Seoul Marginal Theater Festival)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community
The annual theater festival was launched in 1999 under the motto “Free Challenging and Experimenting Spirit.” Since then, the festival has established itself as a collection of experimental theater put on by young stage performers who have striven for various aspects of aesthetics in the performing arts. Kyung-sung Lee, newly appointed artistic director of the festival, will share about this year’s festival and his works.
Presentation of the Theatre Work of Ahmed El Attar and the D-CAF Festival
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Language: English
Host: Ahmed El Attar (Founder and Artistic Director, D-CAF Festival – Temple Independent Theatre Company)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Festival
Ahmed El Attar, a theatre director, playwright and cultural operator, will present his internationally acclaimed work and his future projects as well as the yearly multidisciplinary international D-CAF Festival within the context of performing arts in Egypt and the Arab world.
12:40-13:10
Artists’ Salon: Contemporary Artists from France, Greece, Poland & Catalonia
Room & Table
Language: English, Japanese
Host: Onda – French Office for Performing Arts Circulation (Paris), Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), National Stary Teatr (Krakow), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Networking, International Exchange
*Reception at 15:10
An opportunity to meet and discover a diverse group of 11 ground-breaking European artists and network with programmers and curators supporting their work. With: Quim Bigas (dance), Argyro Chioti (theatre), Jozef Frucek (dance), Krzysztof Garbaczewski (theatre), Erwan Keravec (music), Lena Kitsopoulou (theatre), Jan Klata (theatre), Latifa Laâbissi (dance), Raül Peix (music), Carla Rovira (performance), Samuel Hercule & Métilde Weyergans (theatre).
Introducing Buoy Arts Center Tokyo
Table
Language: Japanese, English
Host: Kako Kishimoto (Artistic Director, Buoy Arts Center Tokyo)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community, Cultural Policy
An introduction to “Buoy Arts Center Tokyo” that will open in July 2017. A building with a unique historical background, of which second floor was a bowling alley and basement a public bath, will be renovated into an art center with a hall, event space, studio, gallery and cafe. Buoy will try to offer good programs throughout the year by having diverse dramaturges whose expertise differ work collectively. It also aims to become a place where people can encounter “otherness” through performances and exhibitions by young artists as well as monthly collaborative events by artists from different backgrounds including contemporary art, theatre, dance, contemporary music, sculpture and poetry.
The Future Vision for Kyoto Experiment
Table
Language: Japanese
Host: Yusuke Hashimoto (Program Director, Kyoto Experiment)
Topics: Festival, Career Path of Arts Managers, International Exchange, Cultural Policy
Kyoto Experiment, launched in 2010, is Kyoto’s first international performing arts festival. Kyoto Experiment has always been very conscious of creating new initiatives within the contexts that performing arts are presented. After seven seasons we can say that the way we run the festival is becoming more and more established. However, on the other hand, it is clear that ‘familiarity’ is taking root and in order to realize truly new approaches I believe it will soon be necessary to consider restructuring our team. We are looking forward to seeing someone who is interested in the job at Kyoto Experiment.
Independent Producers and International Markets
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Language: English
Host: Alasdair Campbell (Creative Producer / Director, AC Projects/Alternative Currents & Counterflows Festival)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Career Path of Arts Managers, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
AC Projects’ director, Alasdair Campbell will host this meeting looking at how independent producers sometimes with much smaller resources than bigger institutions can establish networks and developed projects internationally. Sharing knowledge, skills and ideas across networks to try and make things happen. Currently AC Projects works with partners in India, Brazil, Japan and across Europe. Why is it important to look across the world to work culturally? What are the challenges? What are the benefits?
13:20-13:50
Artists’ Salon: Contemporary Artists from France, Greece, Poland & Catalonia
Room & Table
Language: English, Japanese
Host: Onda – French Office for Performing Arts Circulation (Paris), Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), National Stary Teatr (Krakow), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Networking, International Exchange
*Reception at 15:10
An opportunity to meet and discover a diverse group of 11 ground-breaking European artists and network with programmers and curators supporting their work. With: Quim Bigas (dance), Argyro Chioti (theatre), Jozef Frucek (dance), Krzysztof Garbaczewski (theatre), Erwan Keravec (music), Lena Kitsopoulou (theatre), Jan Klata (theatre), Latifa Laâbissi (dance), Raül Peix (music), Carla Rovira (performance), Samuel Hercule & Métilde Weyergans (theatre).
Collaborating with Cambodia and Phare The Cambodian Circus
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Language: English, Japanese
Host: Dara Huot, Momoko Ikeuchi (Chief Executive and Sales Account Manager, Phare The Cambodian Circus / Phare Performing Social Enterprise)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange, Community, Support Program
Collaborate with Siem Reap’s most authentic top rated (TripAdvisor & Lonely Planet) performing arts company. Phare’s CEO and Sales Manager would like to meet you to explore collaborations with you. Phare works with 50 performing artists and 10 graphic designers and animation artists. Phare operates a daily show in Siem Reap, goes on international tours and organizes circus festival. More than just a circus, Phare performers use theater, music, dance and modern circus arts to tell uniquely Cambodian stories; historical, folk and modern. The young circus artists will astonish you with their energy, emotion, enthusiasm and talent.
Creative Environment Innovation Program
Table
Language: Japanese
Host: Junko Okamoto (Program Officer, The Saison Foundation)
Topics: Venue, Networking, Community, Support Program, Open Call, Cultural Policy
The “Creative Environment Innovation Program” of The Saison Foundation is for projects that aim to reveal issues of contemporary theatre and dance and to find creative solutions to these issues. We would like to introduce the program and the projects that the program has supported, and to hear what you find problematic now. We look forward to meeting people who are critical of the current performing arts sector, who want to change it and who have ideas for that.
ADAM – Asia Discovers Asia Meeting 2017 + Taipei Performing Arts Center
Table
Language: English
Host: YingLv WANG (Manager, Production & Marketing Department, Taipei Performing Arts Center)
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, Co-Production, Collaboration, Networking, International Exchange
Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is a new theatre devoted to contemporary art and performance that will soon open in Taipei, Taiwan. Since 2014, TPAC has launched several performance events, international symposiums and workshops for drawing its artistic vision. ADAM – Asia Discovers Asia Meeting, the forthcoming new project curated by TPAC this August, welcomes artists and presenters across Asia and beyond to Taipei for its first encounter. With the desire of forming Asian network for contemporary performance, and creating new partnerships beyond market practice, ADAM will be a laboratory for Asian artists to collaborate, and for international presenters to do exchange and research on the Asian culture scene. Save the date: 24-27 August.
14:00-14:30
Artists’ Salon: Contemporary Artists from France, Greece, Poland & Catalonia
Room & Table
Language: English, Japanese
Host: Onda – French Office for Performing Arts Circulation (Paris), Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), National Stary Teatr (Krakow), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Networking, International Exchange
*Reception at 15:10
An opportunity to meet and discover a diverse group of 11 ground-breaking European artists and network with programmers and curators supporting their work. With: Quim Bigas (dance), Argyro Chioti (theatre), Jozef Frucek (dance), Krzysztof Garbaczewski (theatre), Erwan Keravec (music), Lena Kitsopoulou (theatre), Jan Klata (theatre), Latifa Laâbissi (dance), Raül Peix (music), Carla Rovira (performance), Samuel Hercule & Métilde Weyergans (theatre).
Offense/Defense of Memory: The Moment When Dance Invokes Unrecognized Memory of a City
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Language: English
Host: Tell-Kaz Dambala (Producer, “Tatsumi Hijikata 1960 a silent house”)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Festival
“Tatsumi Hijikata 1960: Quiet House” is a regional art project that has been carried out twice since 2014, which is based on the historical fact that Hijikata lived in Koganecho, Yokohama, in 1960: one year after the premiere of Kinjiki (Forbidden Colors), the piece that is said to be the first butoh performance. When the project consisting of documentary, dance and symposia brings in, in the name of art, unknown history that has not been recognized even by the residents, how does the community react?
Introducing «Octopus is octopus, but it is ‘ ’.»
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Language: Japanese, English
Host: Riki Takeda (Fellow Artist, Yokohama Arts Foundation [Arts Commission Yokohama])
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity
A meeting for introducing a new work that I have been working on since 2015 and is planned to be presented at the ‘Karnabal’ festival in the Philippines next spring. Tako-yaki, a Japanese snack filled with diced octopus, is the motif of this piece. While it is popular also in the Philippines, octopus symbolizes the invasion by the Japanese army there. A number of Japanese military ships that sank are still under their seas. This interactive theatre try to eat “war” together with each audience member, using tako-yaki as the medium.
Circus and Multimedia from Quebec and France
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Language: English
Host: John Lambert (President, John Lambert and Assoc. Inc)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Co-Production, Collaboration
This presentation will introduce 2 circus (or cirque nouveau) companies, one from France and one from Quebec both with very different styles. Why this difference? We shall also look at two multi-media and multi-disciplinary companies from Quebec that employ and integrate multi-media in very different ways, one using cutting edge virtual reality imagery and the other less elaborate technology that conjures a magic of its own.
14:40-15:10
Artists’ Salon: Contemporary Artists from France, Greece, Poland & Catalonia
Room & Table
Language: English, Japanese
Host: Onda – French Office for Performing Arts Circulation (Paris), Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), National Stary Teatr (Krakow), Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona)
Topics: Artist / Production / Activity, Networking, International Exchange
*Reception at 15:10
An opportunity to meet and discover a diverse group of 11 ground-breaking European artists and network with programmers and curators supporting their work. With: Quim Bigas (dance), Argyro Chioti (theatre), Jozef Frucek (dance), Krzysztof Garbaczewski (theatre), Erwan Keravec (music), Lena Kitsopoulou (theatre), Jan Klata (theatre), Latifa Laâbissi (dance), Raül Peix (music), Carla Rovira (performance), Samuel Hercule & Métilde Weyergans (theatre).
Introduction to “Remapping History: The Unwanted Population”
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Language: English
Host: Tiffany Chung (Artist)
Topics: VArtist / Production / Activity, Co-Production
This meeting intends to introduce the ideas and background of Tiffany Chung’s new creation. The production will be a lecture performance that examines the intersection of Tiffany Chung’s artistic practice and academic discourse, which is situated between aesthetics and archives, poetry and statistics, lived experiences and top-down policies, national narratives and micro histories, political imagination and participation. She revisits history and confronts current conflicts through issues of migration, displacement, spatial and socio-political transformations – and the slippages between past colonial rhetoric with the present moment’s neo-liberal reforms in the traumatized continents of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Photo: artwork by Tiffany Chung – HKSAR statistics on yearly arrivals and departures of V-refugees from 1975-1997 (2016)World Theatre Festival Shizuoka
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Language: Japanese
Host: Tanji Haru (Vice Production Director, Shizuoka Performing Arts Center [SPAC])
Topics: Venue, Artist / Production / Activity, Festival, International Exchange, Community
We would like to introduce the World Theatre Festival Shizuoka that Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) organizes annually and talk about the meaning of the fact that it is a festival organized by a theatre company and that it is a regional festival in Shizuoka, as well as the issues we are confronted with. Then we would like to discuss and explore with you how to involve diverse people in this activity called theatre.
