Korea-Japan collaboration drama project "The Tempest in Silence"
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Gekidan Black Tent
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
2019 2nd term Creation Grant [Single-year grant program]
Business Overview
This is the first joint production by the theatrical troupe Black Tent and the theatrical troupe Nottle, who have been exploring their theatrical activities while recognizing each other's existence since their first meeting at the Avignon Theatre Festival in 1995. The sea that stretches between the two countries, ships floating in the storm. To create the story of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" as a "story of our own" that is relevant to both Japan and Korea today. The two troupes continue to produce works with an eye toward modern society, and this is a new collaboration between Japan and Korea. In March 2020, a new collaborative creativity will be presented from Wonju Phu Yong, home to a military base. Performed in Yokohama in April 2020. In conjunction with this, a physical and expressive workshop will be held in Tokyo by theater troupe Knott director Wong.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Wednesday, March 25, 2020 26th (Thu) Saturday, March 28, 2020 29th (Sun) Saturday, April 18, 2020 19th (Sun)
- Venues
- Hooyong Performing Arts Center (Wonju City, Korea) Olyu Art Hall (Seoul, Korea) Studio with the Heart (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
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Profile
[Theater Company Black Tent]
Established in 1970. They are not limited to existing theatrical spaces, but are engaged in traveling performances nationwide and overseas performances in search of all possible theatrical spaces. In May 2013, Kurokoten Co., Ltd. was dissolved and a general incorporated association called Gekidan Kurokoten was established. In addition to original works by troupe writers, novels, poems, and tanka poems are combined with theatrical performances to produce small but unique works.
[Gekidan Knottle]
Established in 1993. He has continued creative collaborations with artists of various nationalities and cultural backgrounds, traveling both domestically and internationally. In 1996, they started living together in an abandoned school in Phu Yong Village. It was opened in 2001 as the "Hoyoung Performing Arts Center." The project includes artists-in-residence, the Phu Yong Festival, and cultural and artistic education programs for local residents.