Footnote NZ Dance x Yamazaki Kota Collaborative Dance Project Theater Performance and Exchange Program
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Body Arts Laboratory
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2024 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
For this project "Thin paper, autonomous synapses, nomads, Tokyo (do)," in August 2024, Kota Yamazaki stayed in Wellington, New Zealand for 1 month and held a showing after intensive creation. Footnote NZ Dance came to Japan in October and performed in Tokyo after performing in Aichi. Exchange projects such as joint workshops with young Japanese dance artists, exchange meetings and talk events are also held at the same time. Choreography and Performance: Kota Yamasaki Assistant Choreographer: Anita Hunziker Performance: Cecilia Wilcox, Veronica Chang Liu, Jamaima Matsuda, Yoki Matsuda, Levi Xiaoshi Invited Exchange Artists: Chiharu Kuronuma, Kaho Kogure, Kazuhito Tsuruya, Hiroto Mochizuki, Motegimiyu Music: Jesse Austin-Stiart General Manager: Zoe Nicholson Project Coordinator: Mina Nishimura PR: Bryn Tusker Poland
- Period of Activity / Project
- [Work in Progress Showing] Friday, August 30, 2024
[Exchange Program] Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 10th (Thu), 13th (Sun)
[Performance] Saturday, October 12, 2024 - October 14 (Mon/Holiday) - Venues
- New Zealand National Dance School (Wellington/New Zealand) Morishita Studio (Koto-ku, Tokyo) Theatre Tram (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
【 General Incorporated Association Body Arts Laboratory 】
The Body Arts Laboratory (BAL) was established in Tokyo in 2008 as an organization run by artists with a focus on dance performance, and became a general incorporated association in 2021. In addition to dance performances, through symposiums in which artists, critics, and producers from other fields exchange and talk, and through joint productions, the project illuminates the current perspective of dance as a physical art. Held 9 Whenever Wherever Festivals (WWFes) in Tokyo until 2021. With an emphasis on radicality and the introduction of a curator system, it has a unique presence in the field of physical art with the concept of becoming a network that connects artists in the process of creation.