Ballet Chambre West "Luna Tsuki no Monogatari Kaguyahime"
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- B. ChambleWest Co., Ltd.
- subsidy category
- Grant for Artistic City
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2022 2nd Term Grant for Artistic City
Business Overview
Ballet Chambre West “Luna Tsuki no Monogatari Kaguyahime ” was inspired by Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo (Nishikawa Furuyanagi Theater) ’ s national designation as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2022, and seeing her performing from her hometown to the world. Based on the relationship of trust between the two, who have shared the same goal of artistic improvement and cultural inheritance since their collaboration in 2004, planned a re-performance and held a creative ballet with the goal of contributing to the improvement and development of local culture even more than the previous performance. Based on Taketori Monogatari, the theme is a love story that connects the moon (LUNA) and the earth, and the story continues where a daughter KAGUYA, who repeats folly in the moon world, sends her to the earth to study the mind of the human world, and Kuruma puppets play important roles as an old man and a wife who welcome KAGUYA on the earth. The work, which was first performed in 2008, was revived with a view to the maturity of the work, enrichment of the succession activities, and revitalization of the region. In order to continue the honor of receiving the Excellence Award of the Arts Festival by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2011, the music, art, costumes, and choreography were revised and performed with the aim of artistic improvement.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Sunday, May 28, 2023
- Venues
- J: COM Hall Hachioji (Hachioji, Tokyo)
Profile
[B. ChambleWest Co., Ltd.]
It was established by Hiroaki Imamura and Yuriko Kawaguchi in 1989. It has presented classical full act ballet and original ballet one after another. In addition to regular performances, it has held the Kiyosato Field Ballet performance, which is the only long-term open-air performance in Japan, and has been well received. Based in Hachioji, he has continued to convey the power of art by performing overseas 2 times in 2000 and 16, performing in 3 prefectures in Tohoku after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and touring elementary and junior high schools in various regions commissioned by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
He has received 2 major awards in 1997 and 14. In 2004, he received the 36 Dance Critics Association Prize, and in 2011, he received the Best Prize of the Arts Festival by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. In fiscal year 2017, we received a commendation from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as a Person of Cultural Merit in Hachioji City, in fiscal year 2019 we received a commendation from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for Cultural Merit, and in fiscal year 2020 we received a commendation as a Person of Cultural Merit in Hachioji City.