Nextream21 Smoke Rising to Call Yourself Dance Freer Than Ever
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- General Incorporated Foundation Rokugyokai
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- long-term
Reiwa 5(2023) Creation Grant Category III Projects that contribute to the improvement of the artistic creative environment [Long-term grant] [Single-year grant 1st term]
Business Overview
This project invites participants from a variety of artistic fields and develops artists who challenge the possibilities of new expression that breaks with the conventional concept of dance.
In the first year, an event was held in which six groups of participants were invited from the public to present their dance concept. Yuya Tsukahara (artist and contact Gonzo member), Yantu (artist), and Rieko Shiga (photographer) selected three groups of directors.
In the second year, three selected groups took WS in parallel with their own creations. Repeated discussions with the direction team and presentation of results. In response, one pair was selected.
In the third year, one selected group will create a performance at Rokugyokai Hall. Create while discussing with the direction team, and promote and develop strategies and production ideas as an artist.
[First Year Project Overview]
(1)Open presentation project of participants by open invitation
Content: Open call for participants
Application period: October to December 2023
Proposals were invited under the theme of "What kind of "dance" can be made in Rokugyokai Hall?."
First Selection < Director Team Interview with Applicants Regarding Proposals >
Second Selection (Public Presentation Event)
Presentation by 6 participants "JACKAON Kaki" [New Dance Study Group] "Tomohito Wakui," "Nagara Wada," "Takutaka Yamamoto x Yuta Hagiwara" and "Yurika Toyota"
・Mini Live
Cast: Tennis Courts
・exhibition performance
Cast: Yuya Tsukahara
・Opinion exchange and exchange meeting between director and participants (separate venue)
Date: Sunday, May 5, 2024 Start at 16:00
Venue: Rokugyokai Hall (Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo)
[2nd Year Project Overview]
(1)Creation and Public Work in Progress Announced
Content: Participants redraft and create a performance plan for the work
Period: September 11, 2024 to April 20, 2025
・Mentorship by the direction team
Period: September 11, 2024 to April 2025
Number of times: 4 times in total
Venue: Ekawa Club, Zoom, Rokugyokai Hall
Lecturers: Yuya Tsukahara, Yantu, Rieko Shiga
① September 2024 Face-to-Face Lecture (Tsukahara) History and Current Status of Contemporary Venue: Ekawa Club
② October 2024 - April 2025 Online individual Zoom meetings
Number of sessions: 3 individual sessions per pair
In addition, individual dialogues are held as needed in the online tool Discode.
Interim Announcement < Closed >
Work-in-Progress presentations by three groups of participants (closed)
Date: December 25, 2024
Venue: Rokugyokai Hall
Public Work in Progress Announcement Event
Event to announce the progress of the creation
・Presentation by participants
・Mini Live
Cast: Tennis Courts
・Opening act "Freestyle Rakugo"
Cast: Miku Kakura
・Talk discussion with director team and participants
*Following this presentation event, the Director team will discuss and select 1 pair to participate in Year 3 of the Program
Date: April 20, 2025
Venue: Rokugyokai Hall
[Third Year Project Overview]
(1)Creation Business
・Participants redraft the performance plan for the work and the creation is accompanied by the direction team.
Period: August 2025 -
・Work-In-Progress (WIP) Interim Presentation by 3 Groups of Participants (closed to the public)
Date: Around 11, 2025 (planned)
Venue: Rokugyokai Hall
(2)public performance business
*paid public performance
・performance of works by participants
・documentary screening of the program
・opening act
Performance: TBD Project
Date: Around May 2026 (planned)
Venue: Rokugyokai Hall
Profile
[General Incorporated Foundation Rokugyokai]
Around the end of the Edo period, 'Rokugyokai' started when they started a reserve fund to cope with bad years and unforeseen disasters in Tokaido Minami Shinagawa.
The government started to subsidize the education system that started in the Meiji period, and continued to support the local community and the government by opening the "Egawa Town Library" that became the basis of the current Shinagawa Ward Library.
It has inherited the free and open history and culture of the private sector of the post town, operates a library and theater as public facilities rooted in the community, and contributes to the local community with the aim of educating, fostering, and supporting young people.