START FROM BABY Social Inclusion System Linked by Art
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Japan Children and Youth Theater Association
- subsidy category
- Social Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
2019 2nd term Social Grant
Business Overview
This project aims to create a system of social inclusion utilizing the power of art. Artists of various genres worked on performing baby mini theaters (directed by Jackie e Chan) for parents and children of 0 ~ 24 months old at 5 locations in Tokyo. Through art experiences, parents and children who are isolated in the local community are able to release and fulfill their minds, engage in non-verbal exchange, cultivate the ground to live together with others, and create opportunities to relieve their concerns about child-rearing. With a view to preventing abuse, the project is an attempt to create a system that supports child-rearing by the community as a whole by finding organizations and human resources to cooperate with, expanding the usefulness of activities and the circle of empathy. Performances (performers) include (Noriko MATSUDA, Kiyo HAMAGIISHI, Hiroko MOCHIZUKI (Gekidan Himawari)), "Hibikinari" (Chihiro Oyoku (It's For Lees), Rinko YAMAZAKI (Gekidan Haikyo)), "Al" (Maho NAKAICHI), "Ma punyu Nka!" (Pintaro), and "Karada Uta Shizuku no Hi" (Maho HARADA).
- Period of Activity / Project
- Monday, June 1, 2020 - Monday, June 28, 2021
- Venues
- Hikari-no-ko Nursery (Machida City, Tokyo)
Chaperukafue (Naruse Church) (Machida City, Tokyo)
Mirai no Tree Nursery (Ota Ward, Tokyo)
Karasuyama Tsubasa Nursery (Setagaya Ward, Tokyo)
Flying Tricycle Nursery (Higashimurayama City, Tokyo)
Profile
[Japan Children and Youth Theater Company Cooperative]
A cooperative of professional theater companies whose audiences are children and youth.
We aim to improve the quality of children's theater in Japan by cooperating and improving each other in order to deliver better performing arts to children.
The association was established in 1975 with the three goals of "establishing a professional foundation for children and youth theater," "protecting the health and livelihood of children and youth theater performers," and "realizing national issues related to children and youth theater." It became a cooperative in 2001.
The member companies have a wide range of genres, including stage plays, puppet plays, shadow plays, and performances.