Kaikai America Tour 2013
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- comfort
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY25 Phase I Creation Grant [Single-year grant program]
Business Overview
This project is to perform "Anton, cat, chestnut," one of Kaikai's representative works, in three cities in the United States. This musical drama depicts the daily lives and interactions between a real cat suffering from leukemia and people living within a 50 meter radius of the cat. Using musical score written by musician Yasuno Taro as a script, they start the world by performing everyday scenes with words and body. The original subtitle system, which is projected vertically and horizontally like Nico Nico Douga, solves the gap between the subtitles and the work and has a great effect on the production. The aim is to present to the world a way of performing arts that transcends the boundaries of genres in Tokyo today. This project, which will be the first performance in the United States, will further expand the possibilities of stage performances and joint creations in unexplored areas, and will also actively conduct research activities in order to interact with various people, including local artists.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Monday, November 18, 2013 to 26th Tue Los Angeles/USA Wednesday, November 27 to Sunday, December 1 Cedar Rabids/USA Monday, December 2 to 8th Sun Houston/USA Monday, December 9 to 15th Sun New Orleans/USA
- Venues
- REDCAT – Roy & Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (Los Angeles) Legion Arts (Cedar Rapids) DiverseWorks Art Space (Houston) Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans)
Profile
Kaikai
Formed in Tokyo in 2004 (renamed from Shoshihi in 2008). In a style where all members discuss and create on an equal basis, they continue to produce original works. In 2010, he won the ZKB Patronage Prize 2010 at the Zurich Theatre Spectacle in Switzerland for "My name is I LOVE YOU". His best known works are Y no Hanashi (2010), SHIBAHAMA (2010), "Anton, cat, chestnut." (2012), and Ringo (2012).