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Festival Fukushima! @Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park

Genre:
  • Theater / Dance ,
  • Art Project
(c)Ryosuke Kikuchi

Music and dance weaving new connections from Fukushima

Following its triumph in Tokyo as the opening work of Festival/Tokyo 2014, “Festival Fukushima! @Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park” returns to the city with its unique dose of free folk culture, music, and dance. From the giant and colorful sheet laid out on the ground of the park, made from materials collected all over Japan, to the team of special Bon dancers wearing vibrant costumes and a Bon dance song created out of Ikebukuro-inspired lyrics, this is an energetic celebration of local culture and accessibility through music and dance. PROJECT FUKUSHIMA! started in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami with the aim of bringing a more positive image to Fukushima again. Its festival events have since spread throughout Japan, creating new connections, encounters, and possibilities everywhere they appear.

Cast & Creative Team

Direction: PROJECT FUKUSHIMA! + Seinoshin Yamagishi
PROJECT FUKUSHIMA! Design Department: Tohru Nakazaki, Cohta Asano, Chiaki Sakaguchi, Akiko Koike
PROJECT FUKUSHIMA! Office: Akiko Tomiyama, Shoichiro Mori, Yuki Numata
Participating Artists: Otomo Yoshihide, Michiro Endo, Jun Nagami, Akihiro Okachi, Strange Kinoko Dance Company, others
Sound: Yoshiaki Kondoh (GOK Sound)
Lighting: LEVEL☆G CO., Ltd
Electrical Power: R. Biru Maintenance
Stall Co-ordination: Office Tanaka
Construction: Duskin Rent-All Shinjukutoshin Event Center
Set: torawork
Operation, Production (Stage): infusiondesign
Stage Manager: Yo Takano
Photography: Ryosuke Kikuchi
Production Support: Keizo Maeda
Bon Dance Team Support: Owlspot (Toshima Future Culture Foundation), Sumida River Art Project Executive Committee, Sugamojizou-dori Shopping Center Promotion Association, Ohtsuka Awa Odori Executive Committee
Happi-Makers Support: Coudre
Production Co-ordination: Mayuko Arakawa, Yumiko Okazaki, Takako Yokoi, Orie Kiyuna

Admission

Free

Contact

Festival/Tokyo
Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory
4-9-1 Nishi-Sugamo, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0001 Japan
TEL:03-5961-5202
FAX:03-5961-5207
E-mail:contact@festival-tokyo.jp

Period

Saturday, October 31 2015, 15:00-20:00
Sunday, November 1 2015, 13:00-18:00
*Continues in case of rain. Cancelled in case of storm.

Venues

Ikebukuro Nishiguchi 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)