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Whenever Wherever Festival 2026 Alta "narrative" and living space (s)

Name of the organization or individual
Body Arts Laboratory
subsidy category
Creation Grant
Grant Type
single year

FY2025 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant Art Creation Activities

Business Overview

A living space (s) emerges from a place shared by multiple events.
Whenever Wherever Festival (WWFes) is an experimental dance/performance festival run by an artist collective mainly consisting of dancers and choreographers. Under the theme of "alt-narratives and living space (s)," the exhibition was held at public spaces, community spaces, and municipal facilities in Minato Ward, Tokyo.

Hirota Yamazaki's new play dance performance
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 to 31st (Sat)
Former Noguchi Room

Team Chipro Workshop
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Azabu Children's Middle and High School Plaza

《living space(s)》
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - February August (Sun)
SHIBAURA HOUSE

Period of Activity / Project
[Workshop] Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - Thursday, February 5
[Performance] Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - Saturday, January 31
[Event] Saturday, February 7 - 8th (Sun)
Venues
The Ex-Noguchi Room
Azabu Children's Middle and High School Plaza Azabu Kids to Teens Hall
SHIBAURA HOUSE

Profile

[Body Arts Laboratory]
WWFes, a physical arts festival run by a collective of dance artists, has been held in Tokyo since 2009 and celebrated its 12 th festival in February 2026. It is characterized by a program that emphasizes the creative process and radicality by questioning the environment in which artists create, and by a curatorial system many artists are involved.
WWFes has been held since 2021 at multiple venues including theaters, alternative spaces, and public spaces in Minato-ku, Tokyo, under the theme of "place" in a broad sense. The festival has explored the unique environment that forms around a place with perception and memory as the body crosses the place with the keyword of “Rahen Aroundness ”.