Health care support concert tour and base business
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- Name of the organization or individual
- NPO Artist's Medicine Box
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- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- long-term
FY31 (2019) Creation Grant [Long-term Grant Program]
Business Overview
[Project Outline] In order to establish "mental and physical health care of artists," which tends to be left to individuals, as a part of artistic activities, the core of this project is to provide health care at artistic sites. The aim is to achieve the following goals by continuing to improve performance and experience stable performance, and making this public. [Objectives] ・ Increase the number of artists who can pay attention to their own bodies and choose and practice the necessary care ・ Provide opportunities for each art organization to work on the health care environment for artists and their staff ・ Share the necessary care for artists and art sites with medical practitioners and trainers, and increase and network health care providers for artists. [Basic Program Structure] (1) Performance Health Care Support Targeting performances by artistic organizations selected through public solicitation, health care programs aimed at physical development, injury prevention, and improvement of physical conditions are provided at rehearsals and theaters for approximately 2 months/year. The basic structure is (1) physical (doctor) check, (2) workshop, and (3) individual care. (2) A place for treatment and conditioning by experts experienced in care and conditioning of health care pit artists. It is set up as a place where freelancers can use it. (3) Providing informationCreating a space for medical trainers to share their experiences in individualized care Creating a space for sharing healthcare information among artistsTraining, performance, and follow-up during the COVID-19 pandemic
[Year 1 Project Outline] (1) 3 performance health care support organizations were selected from the public, and each program was implemented ◇ Target organizations and target performances: Programs were implemented from 1-2 months prior to the performance to the day of the performance. a) Akita Ujaku/Hijikata Yoshi Memorial Youth Theater "Children's Time" Thursday, December 12, 2019 ~ 24th (Tue) Youth Theater Studio Yui (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) b) Tokyo City Ballet "Sleeping Beauty" Saturday, February 15, 2020 ~ Sunday, February 16 Tiara Koto Grand Hall (Koto-ku, Tokyo) c) Naoya Aoki Group Work Project "LAND SCAPE" CPK GALLERY (Sumida-ku, Tokyo) (The performance scheduled for March 24 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was recorded as a video work).
[Outline of the project in the second year] (1) Implementation of the program focusing on the target performers of the three performance health care support organizations The program content of each organization will be based on the feedback of the first year, and the program will be implemented under the condition that the relationship of trust is built up more, and the effect will be enhanced. The government will also share information on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ◇ Supported organizations and performances a) Akita Ujaku and Hijikata Yoshi Memorial Youth Theater "Wind grazing the stars" Thursday, September 12, 2020 to 20th (Sun) Kinokuniya Southern Theater (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo) b) Tokyo City Ballet Company "Uwe Scholz Selection II" Saturday, January 23, 2021 to Sunday, January 24 Tiara Koto Grand Hall (Koto Ward, Tokyo) c) zero (renamed from "Naoya Aoki Group Work Project") "Deflecting Slope" Saturday, December 26, 2020 to 27th (Sun) Musashino Geino-Geino Theater (Musashino City, Tokyo) (2) Health care pit Contents: Creation of a place where freelance artists can engage in health care during periods other than performances Training video collection Open on the web Individual consultation (online) Online course "Anatomy & Conditioning for Ballet Instruction" 4 times (3) Trainer information exchange Trainers who have been in charge of supporting artists will report on the peculiarities of supporting artists, and this will be an opportunity for medical professionals and trainers to share. Three trainers took the stage at the online event "Trainers' Meeting - From Practicing at Training Rooms and Theatres"
[Outline of the third year project] While continuing to provide "Performance Healthcare Support" to target organizations, we will develop a "Healthcare Pit" that can be used by any artist engaged in artistic activities. We will create a space in theaters, rehearsal spaces, and other specialized facilities where artists can take the initiative in their care and training, and use it as a stage to work on this. Third year activity name: "Crossing! Performance Healthcare Support & Healthcare Pit" (1) Performance Healthcare Support *Including information sharing and response support for the COVID-19 pandemic ◇Supported organizations and performances a) Akita Ujaku and Hijikata Yoshi Memorial Youth Theater "Fact Check" September 17th (Fri) - 26th (Sun), 2021 Kinokuniya Hall (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) b) Tokyo City Ballet "Triple Bill 2022" March 10th (Thu), 2021 (Postponed from January 22nd and 23rd) Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Main Hall (Taito-ku, Tokyo) c) zer〇 "Fracco! 」 July 26th (Sat) - 27th (Sun), 2020 Atelier Dai Q Art (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) *Support for zer〇's main performances is limited to infection control measures. For checks and care, the "Healthcare Pit" will be used throughout the year. ◇Lectures and Workshops a) For Youth Theatre (actors and staff) "Relieve stiffness in the neck, shoulders and lower back - relaxation, training and breathing" "Voice maintenance" b) For Tokyo City Ballet (dancers and instructors) "Strategy meeting to dance better" 4 sessions (lectures and workshops) c) For zer〇 (dancers, choreographers) "Alexander Technique experience" (2) "Healthcare Pit" 6 days in total (40-50 minutes per session) Open to the public. Open to non-members of the above groups. <Menu> 1. "Doctor Check & Training" 2. "Personal Care/Training" (3) Information Sharing (Various Workshops and Courses) "Anatomy & Conditioning for Ballet Teaching" Online Course (4 sessions) Online Event "Artist Dialogue" "The Expressive Bodies of Dancers and Actors - From Experience in Performance Healthcare Support" Cast: Aoki Naoya (choreographer and dancer, head of zer◯) Itakura Tetsu (actor at Akita Ujaku and Hijikata Yoshi Memorial Youth Theatre) Koizumi Mika (actor at Akita Ujaku and Hijikata Yoshi Memorial Youth Theatre) Hirata Saori (dancer at Tokyo City Ballet) Fukuda Kenta (dancer at Tokyo City Ballet) Report on this project published online *The above programs were implemented by 18 experts, including doctors, physiotherapists, speech-language-hearing therapists, judo therapists, and athletic trainers.
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[NPO Artist's Medicine Box]
A non-profit organization that specializes in "health care unique to artists" and aims to spread and establish medical science useful for performance. In addition to support projects such as conditioning at the site of artists' activities, educational projects such as seminars, fact-finding surveys, presentations at academic conferences, etc., information will be shared not only with artists but also with medical professionals and researchers, and support artistic expression activities while strengthening networks as an activity environment for artists.