open a place for bodily dialogue
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- AAPA
- subsidy category
- Social Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 5(2023) 1st Term Social Grant
Business Overview
This project is an attempt to open a “body dialogue ” for people who have problems or interests in“ touching/being touched ” through the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting from the work applying Contact Improvisation, which is an impromptu dance while contacting others, we confirm “what the body is feeling ” that is difficult to grasp alone. Monthly workshops and talk meetings were attended by participants from the public and creative members of the project. Referring to the various experiences and words exchanged on the occasion, the stage performance and art exhibition for June were created, and an opportunity to experience "touching/being touched" work with audience members was provided, as well as an audio exhibition titled "touching/being touched/not being touched" quoting the words of workshop participants. In addition, after the performance, philosophical dialogues were held in which only the audience participated, and symposiums were held in which guests were invited, in order to coexist between a place for creation and presentation and a place for drawing out the initiative of the general participants and the audience.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
- Venues
- Ryogoku Monten Hall (Sumida Ward, Tokyo) Geto Studio (Sumida Ward, Tokyo) Hinodemachi Danchi Studio (Adachi Ward, Tokyo) BUoY (Adachi Ward, Tokyo) Nakamachi no Ie (Adachi Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
【AAPA】
Started in 2004 as a project to make everyday life and stage connected, and performed dance works in various spaces. In 2013, he opened the Hinodecho Danchi Studio in Kitasenju (Adachi Ward, Tokyo), which offers classes on contact improvement and body work to promote awareness of the body. They also hold workshops in various places, aiming to open up opportunities for people to become aware of the "body" and interact through things that are not usually spoken.