Takuya Takemoto European Tour
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Takuya Takemoto
- subsidy category
- Startup Grant
- Grant Type
- single year individual
Reiwa 5(2023) 4th Startup Grant
Business Overview
A performance titled “See a Porous Stone ” was held by Takuya Takemoto in 5 cities in 3 countries including the US (New York), the UK (Lancaster, Manchester) and Germany (Düsseldorf, Hamburg). The production was tailored to the venue and collaborated with the illuminator Go Kokoma in Dusseldorf and the local musician Tam Thi Pham in Hamburg. In addition, workshops and talks by Takuya Takemoto and lectures by Yurika Kurimiya, the producer, were held in each city in an attempt to share Takuya Takemoto's unique methodology and the historical context of performance in Japan from multiple perspectives.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Thursday, November 7, 2024 - Wednesday, November 27
- Venues
- NYU Tisch School of the Arts (New York/USA); Lancaster University – Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Art (Lancaster/UK); University of Salford – New Adelphi Studio (Manchester/UK); FFT Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf/Germany); Kampnagel – Migrantpolitan (Hamburg/Germany)
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Profile
[Takuya Takemoto]
An arts group whose main activities are performances and workshops by Takuya Takemoto. They explore performance methods based on the question of what it means to have people in front of others in the performing arts. Founded in August 2023. "See a Beetle" will be presented at the YPAM2023 Fringe from December 9th to 17th, 2023. (Venue: Archiship Library & Café)