Android version of "Transfiguration" European tour

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Agora Planning Co., Ltd.

subsidy category

Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2014 Phase I Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Grant (Single Year Grant Program)

"Android Ripley S1" by Hisaaki Yamamoto

With the cast: From left: Thierry Vu Fu, Irene Jacob, Oriza Hirata, Jerome Kirscher, Leticia Spigarelli Langephoto/Seinendan

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Business Overview

Franz Kafka's masterpiece “Transfiguration ” is regarded as a pioneer of absurdist and existentialist literature and depicts the absurdity of human existence. This work is an adaptation of "Transfiguration" by android and human actors. This is the sixth production of the robot theater and android theater that has been developed in collaboration with The University of Osaka. This program will be performed in Normandy and other places in Europe as a participation piece in the Autumn Art Festival of Normandy, France. 100 years have passed since Kafka's "Transfiguration" was written, and this masterpiece, which has been made into a play and film many times, is created as a new "Transfiguration" using the most advanced android.

implementation period

Friday, November 7, 2014 Budapest/Hungary Wednesday, November 12, 2014 – 14 Fri Rouen/France Tuesday, November 18, 2014 – 19 Wed Poitiers/France Thursday, November 27, 2014 Compiègne/France Tuesday, December 2, 2014 – 4 Thu Arras/France

Place of implementation

Trafohaus of Contemporary Arts (Budapest) Théâtre du Fodor Haute-Normandy National Theatre Centre (Rouen) Poitier Théâtre Auditorium Poitier National Stage (Poitier) Espas-Jean Lejondre National Stage (Compiegne) Arras Théâtre (Arras)

Profile

[Seinendan]
Seinendan was founded in 1983 by Oriza Hirata. The quiet and precise stage production using unique staging methods has won high praise both in Japan and abroad. In 2007, "Wakare no Uta" (Separation Song), which he co-produced with the National Theater Center of France, became a long-running hit in France, and since then he has had many co-productions with French directors. Since 2008, he has collaborated with The University of Osaka to produce plays in which humans and robots perform together. In 2012, the Android version of "The Three Sisters" won high acclaim, and she has been performing in Japan and overseas, attracting strong attention from all walks of life as a fusion of science and art, and cutting-edge knowledge from different fields.