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Mental Health and Artistic Expression - The World of Puppetry - Mental Health Expressed through Puppetry - What Are We Fighting Against?

  • Organization : Tokyo Soteria, NPO
  • Section : None
  • Type of Grant Program : Single

Outline

The NPO Tokyo Soteria invited the puppet troupe Arte e Salute, a professional troupe of patients from the Department of Mental Health of the Emilia Romagna Regional Health Federation of Bologna, and a psychiatrist working in the field of community mental health in Myanmar to perform a puppet show.
Japanese mentally disabled people also took part in the performance, which featured puppetry by mentally disabled people from Italy and Japan, combined with Myanmar’s performing arts. The name of the performance was “Naita Momotaro”.

Profile

Tokyo Soteria, NPO
Tokyo Soteria runs group home, community activity support center, continuous employment support office and home help service and so on, aiming to pursue the society which mentally disabled people can lead their lives in their community. These all activities based on Comprehensive Support Law for Persons with Disabilities.
Organization also putting effort into public awareness activity about mental disorder vigorously, such as providing lectures. By collaborating with Emilia-Romagna regional health united organization Bologna mental health service -addiction bureau, activities such as Japan-Italy joint employment support project will be continued.

Contact

Kurihara, Tsukamoto, Hasegawa, Matsumoto
Project Management Office
Non-profit organization, Tokyo Soteria
4-46-2, Matsushima, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo 132-0031
+81-(0)3-5879-49
2020@soteria.jp

Venues

Puk Theatre, Shibuya City, Tokyo