Echoes of Calling
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Reiwa 2 (2020) Creation Grant [Long-term Grant Program]
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Through the international collaboration of artists, including Ireland and Japan, which are located at the extremes of East and West in Europe and Asia, and Central Asia, which connects them, the project aims to touch on the local culture and the people and lifestyles of those who have inherited it, conduct field research, discover the theme of the work through careful dialogue generated through collaboration, and change the thinking of the participants and their perspective on the art scene. Through these processes, we hope to find a new perspective on contemporary dance that has matured, and that the collaborative creation will lead to the development of future activities such as the improvement of each person's perspective, experience, and technique. Using the keywords "locality," "animism," "shamanism," and "city," this project aims to connect local cultures, which tend to be opaque in global society, across history. How can intangible physical expressions, sounds, and narratives, which have been handed down from ancient times in the Celtic culture of Ireland, Central Asia, and Japan, approach our memories? Also, how can we relate to Japanese tradition and the present beyond differences in forms of expression, culture, nationality, and language? Prayer, such as shamanism and communal spirit worship, has been deeply related to the symbiosis between humans and nature in the context of changes in the natural environment. The dismantling of orderly communities, the transformation of people by external intrusion, the loss of a sense of internal and external boundaries, and the composition of dance, music, and images induced by the dialogue of natural rhythms and echoes of voices that transcend language, attempted to create a work that depicts the pulse of the future of traditional culture that highlights these keywords. [Outline of the Project in Year 1] Tokyo Performance, Workshop, and Lecture Content: In the Tokyo Performance in Year 1 of the Project, we were able to achieve mutual cultural understanding through collaborative creation with 2 Irish musicians who had come to Japan after agreeing to a self-isolation period of 14 days. Due to the state of emergency that was issued just before the performance, we were unable to welcome the audience to the venue and perform. However, it was an unexpected pleasure for us to be able to view the works across areas and generations through the presentation of the works and online workshops and lectures. Performance: Saturday, January 23, 2021 to 29th (Fri) Online distribution Workshop Lecture: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Online Zoom Venue: Performance recording venue Spiral Hall (Minato-ku, Tokyo) [Outline of the project in the second year] Tokyo Performance, Workshop Lecture Content: In the second year of the project, we created a work with research and artists in Central Asia. Due to travel restrictions, overseas artists were not able to come to Japan to perform, but they performed works with the participation of artists from both Ireland and Uzbekistan through online creation. In the workshop, directors and choreographers shared with the participants the background to the creation of the works, while the online lecture focused on the nomadic culture of Central Asia. I shared how the work was created by cross culture. Performances: Friday, February 18, 2022 to 20th (Sun) Venue: Spiral Hall (Minato-ku, Tokyo) Workshops: Sunday, November 21, 2021 and 28th (Sun) Online lectures: Thursday, November 11, 2021 Lecturer: Mikiya Nishimura (About Mongolia) Friday, January 14, 2022 Lecturer: Seijitsu Wazaki (About Uzbegistan) [Outline of 3rd year project] (1) Echoes of CallingUzbekistan and Ireland Tour Details: Ireland and Central Asia (Uzbegistan) In order to gain a mutual understanding of culture with the overseas artists and creators with whom we collaborated in the first year of 2, we performed a work that evolved from "Echoes of Calling-Gushland-" which was performed in Tokyo in February this year. ・Uzbekistan Venue: National Institute of Arts and Culture Theatre of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) Workshop: Monday, November 21, 2022, 22 (Tues) Performance: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Lecturer: Akiko Kitamura, Ireland Venue: Micralee Theatre (Galway, Ireland) Workshop: Friday, November 25, 2022 Lecturer: Akiko Kitamura, Mynte Wade Performance: Saturday, November 26, 2022 (2) Echoes of Calling – rainbow after – Content: Ireland and Central Asia (Uzbekistan) This is an opportunity to present to the domestic audience the final form of a three-year project, incorporating what was learned in each region. I worked with the intention of coming into contact with "cultures rooted in the community and daily life" that are different from the externally oriented cultural styles of each region, bringing a tense cross-cultural interaction to the place of dance creation, and establishing dance forms and themes to be used in my work. Date: March 10, 2023 - March 12, 2023 Venue: Tokyo Art Theater Theater Theater East (Toshima Ward, Tokyo)
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【 Akiko Kitamura 】
Choreographer and dancer Professor, Shinshu University
After studying ballet, street dance and Indonesian martial arts, she founded the dance company Leni Basso in 1994. In 2001, he released his representative work "finks". It is performed in more than 60 cities around the world. Since 2010, he has been working as a solo artist on international collaborative research and creation projects with Indonesia and Southeast and South Asia. Based on his "thinking of the body," he is engaged in creative activities, choreography and appearance in plays, operas, movies, and commercials. At the university, he conducts research on the theme of "the body as a medium" from the perspectives of somatology, direction, and dance theory.