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"Toky Toki Saru"

Genre:
  • Theater / Dance

Pop. Kitsch. Free. Travel around Tokyo with monkeys!

The Thai dancer and choreographer Pichet Klunchun fuses the philosophy of traditional mask performance with contemporary dance. The opening production of Festival/Tokyo 2017 is the premiere of Klunchun’s outdoor performance inspired by modern-day Tokyo.

Klunchun, who works all over the world, stayed in Tokyo for several weeks while exploring the concepts of body and mind in the city. Release your body and mind cultivated and emasculated by consumer culture through the medium of shrewd and versatile monkeys, and pour the new energy and creativity that emerges from this into the city.

The cast of 40 includes professional dancers from Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Hong Kong and Japan as well as 20 people recruited from the general public. Together they conjure up a vibrant and zestful spectacle of colorful costumes sourced from the landscape of such districts in Tokyo as Ueno and Akihabara. Interweaving elements of hip-hop and street dance, the performance will transform the park venue into a vast space of imagination and feeling.

Running Time: 90 min.

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Dates

Saturday, September 30 2017, 17:00-18:30
Sunday, October 1 2017, 13:00-14:30
Continues in case of rain. Canceled in case of storm.

Cast & Creative

Conceived and Directed by Pichet Klunchun
Choreographers, Performers: Padung Jumpan, Alisa Soelaeman, Wing Yan Janet Wu, Rady Nget　
Performers (Mind): Saki Itoh, Kanoko Iwaki, Kana Ote, Emi Oyama, Tomohiko Kyogoku, Kae Kubo, Yuka Koyama, Ariha Sato, Nana Suzuki, Haruka Suzuki, Kazuhito Tsuruga, Kurumi Toji, Akiko Tomaru, Kota Nagaya, Manami Fukuoka, Nozomi Matsuo
Performers (Body): Mitsuru Akaboshi, Sena Ishihara, Yukari Ishihara, Yoko Izumi, Kiaru Ichikawa, Kotomi Ogawa, Emi Kitahara, Madoka Kuragaki, Yasuyuki Koseki, Daichi Goto, Takenori Goto, Riki Kobayashi, Manami Komatsu, Akio Takahashi, Keisuke Taguchi, Natsumi Tachimoto, Miki Hana, Yuma Hiura, Yugo Masuda, Mahiro, Leon Ko Yonekawa
Musical Director (Composer, DJ) Rory Breaker-Morant
Costumes: Piyaporn Bhongse-Tong
Costume Assistants: Kornkarn Rungsawang, Julaluck Eakwattanapun
Stage Design: Worawan Talodsuk
Lighting: Asako Miura
Sound: Akira Aikawa (Sound Weeds Inc.)
Technical Manager: Eiji Torakawa
Assistant Technical Manager: Chizuru Kouno
Stage Manager: Nahoko Yokokawa
Stage Assistants: Hiroaki Kaneko, Shiori Onodera, Hikari Osanai
Lighting Coordinator: Naoki Kinoshita (Factor Co., Ltd.)
Stage Design Coordinator: Tomomi Nakamura
Props Coordinator: Hikari Osanai
Costume Coordinator: Sakura Fujibayashi
Set: Toho Stage Craft, Co., Ltd.
Set-up: Sanwa Butai
Interpreters, Translators: Takako Iwasawa, Sho Fukutomi
Publicity Design: Tetsuo Suzuki
Photography, Video: Siriwan Pakmei, Takashi Fujikawa, Hibiki Miyazawa
Production Coordinators: Yuko Takeda, Akiko Juman (Festival/Tokyo)
Production Assistants: Aya Comori (TASKO), Niina Sugai
Interns: Hiroomi Asakura, Nagisa Inoue, Hoen Go, Ayano Kobayashi, Hitomi Nomoto

Co-organized by the Japan Foundation Asia Center
In cooperation with The Saison Foundation, Creative Art Executive Committee (Integrated Dance Company Kyo)
130th Anniversary of Japan-Thailand Diplomatic Relations
Presented by Festival/Tokyo

Tickets

Free

Contact

Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee office
4F 5-24-12 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0031 Japan
TEL: 03-5961-5202
E-mail: contact@festival-tokyo.jp

Period

Saturday, September 30 2017, 17:00-18:30
Sunday, October 1 2017, 13:00-14:30

Venues

Minami Ikebukuro Park

Credit

Organized by
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee,
Toshima City, Toshima Future Culture Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan (NPO-ANJ),
Arts Council Tokyo & Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)

Festival/Tokyo 2017 is organized as part of Tokyo Festival 2017.