We will hold a special Street Artist Academy workshop program and lecture. The aim of this program is to create street performers who will delight passers-by and transform the atmosphere of each district. In addition, it aims to support performers who want to take their performance skills to a new level.
The special workshop program comprises four consecutive days of workshops with our guest instructor, leading performer of contemporary circus from France, Johan Swartvagher. Over four valuable days, attendees will learn how to create emotion and feeling in their performance, and how to tackle different places and spaces.
In addition, the lecture will feature special workshop instructor Johan Swartvagher and contemporary circus researcher Agathe Dumont, who will discuss trends and networks in contemporary circus in Europe, and the current state of educational programs there.
*With Japanese interpreting/translation
Date/Time
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 — Saturday, 24
10:00 — 16:30 each day (with interpreting and breaks)
Lecturer
Johan Swartvagher
Venue
Rehearsal room L (B2F), Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
Eligibility
Fee
10,000 yen
Payable on the first day
Capacity
30
Application deadline
Friday, October 26, 2018 Extended to Wednesday, November 14 2018
Details
(1) Making the most of each of their skills and individuality, participants will learn how to create the emotions and feelings required to give performances that interest and resonate with audiences.
(2) Participants will learn approaches to creation, and how to work their own desires/ideas into the process of producing a piece.
(3) In addition participants will learn ways to conduct site-specific performances through walking and looking around the streets.
*On the last day there will be trial performances in front of an invited audience.
How to apply
Please send an e-mail with the subject line “SAA Special WS /Application for participation” to saa@geigeki.jp, and include in the main body the following information:
(1) Name
(2) Gender
(3) Age
(4) E-mail address
(5) Telephone number
(6) Brief summary of your background including activities and experience in years
(7) What you want to learn in this workshop program
*If you have previously attended a Street Artist Academy lecture or workshop you only need to include (1), (4), (5) and (7).
*In the case of over-subscription, places will be chosen according to application contents.
*We will notify all applicants whether or not they can participate by Friday, November 2.
*Personal information submitted in the application process will only be used for the purposes of this workshop program.
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Date/time
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 from 19:00 (doors open 18:30)
Speakers
Johan Swartvagher, Agathe Dumont
Moderator
Takao Norikoshi (writer and dance critic)
Venue
Espace Images, Institut français du Japon – Tokyo
Fee
1,000 yen for adults (students and Institute members free)
Pay on the day
Capacity
100
How to apply
First-come-first-served basis
Please send an e-mail with the subject line “SAA Symposium /Application for participation” to saa@geigeki.jp, and include in the main body the following information:
(1) Name
(2) Affiliation (company, school, etc. Please indicate if you are a member of the Institut français du Japon – Tokyo)
(3) E-mail address
(4) Telephone number
*Personal information submitted in the application process will only be used for the purposes of this symposium.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
TEL: 03-5391-2116