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Physical theatre, Corporeal mime, Contemporary, Performance art, Storytelling, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

A Dangerous Whim

A joker assembles a foursome for a game of cards. But the game is not what it seems, and nor are the players, who may turn out to be figments of the joker’s sinister imagination. If there were a story its moral would be: beware what you imagine – it may come back to bite you. A Dangerous Whim is fifteen minutes of cinematic poetry. Through stylised acting, surreal videography, and a quirky soundscape of music, voice and noise it conjures up a strangely compelling world of beauty and suspense.A new short non-verbal piece from tarinainanika, creators of Tokyo Fugue and The Same Boat, also showing on C ARTS.Performed by | Nozomi Fujishima, Ryuta Kawai, Yukiko Masui, Kate Montgomery, Yukio TodoDirected by | Kentaro Suyama and Tania CokeProduced by | tarinainanikaMusic | Kevin MacLeod, Victor Dance Orchestra, Mozart, Tania CokeSound design and operation | Tania CokeLighting design and operation | Kentaro Suyamawww.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Contemporary, Multimedia, Social commentary, Dance, True-life, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Ama-Perlentaucherin

Ama, a female free-diver, hunts for shells unencumbered by diving equipment. This piece focuses on the 3,000-year-old culture of free-diving in Japan, now threatened by climate change. and and asks us questions. In a time when the climate emergency and oceanic pollution are major issues. Yoriko Maeno Tanztheater’s piece shows the life of the free-divers and their communion with nature – through dance, 360º video projection, and music composed by Thorsten Quaeschning (director of Tangerine Dream). Owing to the pandemic, the work is presented online as a 360° film. Here you will experience new sensations which can be only found through digital technology.www.yorikomaeno.comwww.facebook.com/yoriko.maenowww.instagram.com/yorikomaeno_dance/ Watch Trailer

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Solo show, Universal, Theatre, Historical, Adaptation, Classic text - Edinburgh Fringe

Fires on the Plain

Experience a bold theatrical adaptation of one of Japan’s most powerful war novels: Ōoka Shōhei’s classic Fires on the Plain reimagined for the stage. This solo performance brings to life the harrowing journey of a soldier lost in the chaos of World War II. Through multiple roles, one actor explores the depths of war, solitude, and human survival. Explores themes of faith, dignity and humanity through the loneliness, hunger and moral dilemma of the Philippine front. A visceral, intimate take on Ooka’s classic, confronting the darkness of war with haunting clarity.Original text by | Ōoka ShōheiAdapted and directed by | Horikawa HonohPerformed by | Nagai HidekiPhoto | Igaki Photo Studio (use courtesy of Toyooka Theatre Festival, Japan)

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Site-specific, Performance art, Spiritual, Dance, Butoh, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Future Temple

After death, your soul will be…? In the past, the Japanese imagined the soul was like a fireball floating in the air. Now, they don’t believe it anymore because they know it is superstition. In 1,000 years, can we still believe something invisible in the world of full of information and plastic garbage? From award-winning Butoh dancer and choreographer Emiko Agatsuma. Agaxart produces innovative Butoh performances based on Emiko’s Butoh method and aesthetics, examining the interaction between body, mind and soul. Agaxart creates Butoh performances to deliver the diversity of the physical expression that is connected to the unconsciousness.agaxart.wixsite.com/agartwww.facebook.com/agao00owww.instagram.com/emiko.agatsumawww.youtube.com/channel/UCSXxrjd0qLNtUMmD5VoOTtAa Watch TrailerWatch Preview

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Juggling, Contemporary, Multimedia, Performance art, Calligraphy, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

I/O (volume 2)

A quadruple-bill of four short pieces, Flow and Gravity from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Coordinated Distance and Part of Empties from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion.io-multimediaperformance.comterukiokamoto.com/iowww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086313156221www.instagram com/chiharu.kuronuma.59 Watch Trailer

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Juggling, Contemporary, Multimedia, Performance art, Calligraphy, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

I/O (volume 3)

A quadruple-bill of four short pieces, Flow and Trajectories of Transitions from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Coordinated Distance and Part of Empties from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Asian Arts Award winner Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion. from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Coordinated Distance and Part of Empties from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion.io-multimediaperformance.comterukiokamoto.com/iowww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086313156221www.instagram com/chiharu.kuronuma.59 Watch Trailer

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Juggling, Contemporary, Multimedia, Performance art, Calligraphy, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

I/O (volume 4)

A quadruple-bill of four short pieces, Flow and Trajectories of Transitions from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Coordinated Distance and A Part of Empties from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Asian Arts Award winner Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion.io-multimediaperformance.comterukiokamoto.com/iowww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086313156221www.instagram com/chiharu.kuronuma.59 Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Contemporary, Site-specific, Performance art, Music, Dance, Film, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Joshou (序章)

A sweaty man runs to a building with a paper full of ideas. This building is a place for those who are lost in life as bartenders, hotel clerks, waiters, performers and more. We have the time and skills to do it, but when and where can we do it? Bathrooms, bar counters, sofas, anywhere can be a great stage. We can all perform together with people living overseas! Always keep on moving. Light a candle with hope. Its flame reaches people and spreads from person to person. Now a new life begins…Cast | Itsuro Suwa, Aya Terasoma, Mai Kagimoto, Kotori Sasago, Katsuki Kakinohana, Ikki, Tamaki Suzuki, Mikarin, Motoi Sano, Miyako, Yui SekiMusicians | Haruna Minato (vocals), Ogaching (bass), Sho (guitar), Shiori Sugaya (keyboard), Ryo Arayama (drums)Directed and choreographed by | YamatoCinematography by | Yu NimiyaoProduction Design by | Masashige LidaSet Design by | Chikako Suzuki (daVinchi)Lighting Design by | Noriyuki MoriMusic by | Nozomated RecordsSet Decorator | Mizuki Yasuda, Tomomi EmoriStylist | Shuhei KaiHair Stylist | Bassy (Number Seven)Makeup | KahoRiAssistant Cinematographer | Ayaka NagakariAssistant Stylist | Noriko KasaiProduced by | Hiromi Kubota (Manohara Co) and Hiroko Sato (Paralleldrive)International Coordinator | Eri NakaneMix Engineer | Akihiro IizukaMastering Engineer | Moe KazumaSound Recording | Akifumi YokotaPublicity Design | Mari TachibanaPhotographer | Mitsuo OtsukaLighting Crew | Hironori ikura, Hiroko Ikura, Yuki MiyazakiProduction Crew | Yumi Fujii, Sue Kim (Sue's Special Effects Makeup), Catherine Hassall (CfAT)Thanks | N-cafewww.facebook.com/marubatsusankaku2020www.instagram.com/m_b_3kaku/ Watch Trailer

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Site-specific, Performance art, Spiritual, Dance, Butoh, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Otera-Odori-Ocha Session 1

The most advanced Japanese tea party. Break down the prejudice and reconstruct traditional forms. Don't be afraid to go beyond the borderline. Don’t forget the primitive energy that happened in the past. We are walking at the top of history. From award-winning Butoh dancer and choreographer Emiko Agatsuma. Agaxart produces innovative Butoh performances based on Emiko’s Butoh method and aesthetics, examining the interaction between body, mind and soul. Agaxart creates Butoh performances to deliver the diversity of the physical expression that is connected to the unconsciousness.agaxart.wixsite.com/agartwww.facebook.com/agao00owww.instagram.com/emiko.agatsumawww.youtube.com/channel/UCSXxrjd0qLNtUMmD5VoOTtAa Watch TrailerWatch Preview

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Physical theatre, Corporeal mime, Devised, International, Storytelling, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

PeoplePeople

A wildly quirky piece of physical theatre from Japan. Watching PeoplePeople is like peering into the minds of its five characters: a professor, a punk, a pierrot, a patient and a pupil. The experience is strangely humanising and somewhat mad. The movements are carefully crafted and highly stylised through the unique theatrical language of Corporeal Mime. The characters speak in their native tongue (Japanese, Chinese, English). There is no story. There is no set. Just five people, being people, in their own surreal way.Created and performed by | Tomoki Nonaka, Ruxun Dai, Teruya Sugimoto, Masaya Tsujimoto, Harry DeanDirected by | Kentaro Suyama, Tania CokeAssistant direction | Yukiko MasuiMusic by | Tania Coke, Henry Morse, DreamylapseProjected images by | Kentaro SuyamaLights by | Kentaro SuyamaProduced by | tarinainanikawww.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Corporeal mime, Ensemble piece, Devised, Mime, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Edinburgh Fringe

Rey Camoy

A drunk, a clown, a disabled soldier, an old crone. A moth, a mirror, a muse. Welcome to the world of Rey Camoy, Japanese painter of the human soul. tarinainanika’s latest production shows the artist in his studio, surrounded by the characters from his creations. The drama unfolds without a word, with intricate ensemble-work and breath-taking physicality. It’s a gut-wrenching love song to beauty – the kind worth living and dying for.‘One of the most exquisite pieces I have seen in a long time’ ***** (BritishTheatre.com).‘A tour de force of physical theatre’ ****(*) (Salterton Arts Review).Cast | Kentaro Suyama, Tania Coke, Ryuta Kawai, Yukiko Masui, Teruya Sugimoto, Masaya TsujimotoDirected by | Kentaro Suyama and Tania CokeMusic by | Tania CokeVideo by | Kentaro SuyamaFilm version directed and edited by | Taro MizunoFilm version planning and production by | SCS Osakawww.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Sculpture, Music, Multimedia, Performance art, Dance, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Solos in Spaces

Three solo dance works based on Gibson’s affordance theory performed in three spaces by international Japanese choreographer Akiko Ono. A white classroom is the setting for Gestures; a black room sets the scene for Meditation; in a space among delicate floating sculptures created by Tomoyo Hirairwa, she explores The Bottom of the Sea. Each space evokes a different physical and emotional response in the dancer as she uses her body and original ideas to perform three contrasting solos devised in collaboration with award-winning Canadian choreographer, Takako Segawa. This thought-provoking triple-bill questions the effect of the environment on our well-being.www.akikodanceproject.comwww.facebook.com/taichidancewww.instagram.com/akikodanceproject/ Watch Trailer

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Site-specific, Performance art, Spiritual, Dance, Butoh, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Temple Dance – This Dance

What is humanity; what is life? In this world, nothing is certain. Explores the mystery of the human body and soul. Seek the way to leave the world of worries before we die. From award-winning Butoh dancer and choreographer Emiko Agatsuma. Agaxart produces innovative Butoh performances based on Emiko’s Butoh method and aesthetics, examining the interaction between body, mind and soul. Agaxart creates Butoh performances to deliver the diversity of the physical expression that is connected to unconsciousness.agaxart.wixsite.com/agartwww.facebook.com/agao00owww.instagram.com/emiko.agatsumawww.youtube.com/channel/UCSXxrjd0qLNtUMmD5VoOTtAa Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Family-friendly, Musicals and Opera, Spectacle, Visual art, Puppetry - Edinburgh Fringe

The Anonymous Monsters

This surreal tale begins with the recruitment of a hapless newcomer to a rural neighbourhood volunteer association. Responding to a complaint about noisy frogs, he goes to investigate. He encounters a supernatural world populated with yokai, mysterious supernatural entities of Japanese mythology who sing, dance and struggle to coexist with contemporary human society. The result is a funny sideways look at humans from their perspective. With wild hand-made costumes, giant sculptural origami puppets and original music, this is a unique and mind-blowing Japanese experience for all ages. Performed in Japanese with English surtitles.

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Installation, Spoken word, Multimedia, Performance art, Immersive, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Edinburgh Fringe

The Fahrenheit Alliance V

An intimate, one-on-one multimedia piece inspired by the novel Fahrenheit 451. Based on Kyle Yamada’s play, this new immersive experience leads you into a world where words survive through spoken transmission. As you lie on a bed, distant landscapes and voices surround you. Wrapped in a quilt, you discover another’s memories through a multimedia montage of whispers, warmth and deep personal connection. More than a performance: you are invited to join the Alliance. When you leave, the cycle continues: you record your own voice and images, to send back to be shared with someone, somewhere.

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Physical theatre, Contemporary, Multimedia, Adaptation, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus, Dystopian - Annual Programme

The Fahrenheit Alliance Ⅲ

Original multimedia performance inspired by Kyle Yamada’s play The Fahrenheit Alliance. Actors trapped in their room by Covid-19 organise a secret, invisible alliance on the cloud, transcending walls and distance. The play poses a secret way of gathering during an emergency time when we are forbidden to assemble in one place. One person records a voice for someone else. that someone listens and performs along with the recording. The performer then records their voice for another person, thus passing the baton.The 2022 Edinburgh Fringe sees the third literation of this series!Live-stream performances on 7 and 14 August 2022 at 13:00 Edinburgh/UK (BST) [21:00 Toyko/Japan].Also available on-demand from 8 August 2022.www.mitsukohirai.comwww.facebook.com/mitsuko.hirai.5www.instagram.com/hiraimitsuko/ Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Contemporary, Performance art, Mime, Corporeal mime, Storytelling, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

The Same Boat

New physical drama that weaves together the longings and fears of five characters: a witch, a bitch, a goldfish, a sleepwalker and a salaryman. These worlds collide and collapse into one another, painting a picture of both the particular and the universal condition of being human. A rollercoaster-ride of a piece, containing moments of beauty, comedy, surrealism, pathos and passion. The drama is expressed through movement and text (both Japanese and English), accompanied by an eclectic soundtrack that includes original music and soundscapes.www.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Spoken word, Contemporary, Multimedia, Adaptation, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

The Story of the Tower

An avant-garde performance, created from three elements: words, dance, and projection mapping. With the rapid development of technology, we can instantly exchange words with someone far away. How will language change as we confront each other as anonymous bodies with no physical connection? Based on the mythical Tower of Babel, this work uses excerpts from Yasunari Kawabata’s One Arm, Mimei Ogawa’s The Black Tower, and automatic transcription of the breaking news of the 2001 terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. Take a peek through the camera at the dismemberment and reconnection of body and words.www.mitsukohirai.comwww.facebook.com/mitsuko.hirai.5www.instagram.com/hiraimitsuko/ Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Contemporary, Performance art, Mime, Corporeal mime, Multimedia, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Tokyo Fugue

A mesmerising piece of physical theatre, set in the maze-like train system of Tokyo. The scenes unfold like the variations of a fugue, in sequences of meticulously crafted movement. With three bodies and three chairs, the piece conjures up the dizzying experience of life in a modern metropolis. The audience is left breathless and wondering: what is it, after all, that I am chasing? At times poetic, at times comical, at times unsettling, this is theatre that speaks to the soul.www.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Site-specific, Performance art, Spiritual, Dance, Butoh, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Tough Times Bring Treasure (Otera-Odori-Ocha Session 3)

Not only dancers but also monks and a tea master are born to dance. This is the story of a tea master who travels to another world within himself, and returns reborn. As he prepares Matcha tea, he meets himself. There is a deep connection between Japanese tea ceremony and Zen. Agaxart produces innovative Butoh performances based on Emiko Agatsuma’s Butoh method and aesthetics, examining the interaction between body, mind and soul. Agaxart creates Butoh performances to deliver the diversity of the physical expression that is connected to the unconsciousness.agaxart.wixsite.com/agartwww.facebook.com/agao00owww.instagram.com/emiko.agatsumawww.youtube.com/channel/UCSXxrjd0qLNtUMmD5VoOTtAa Watch Trailer

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Circus, Contemporary, Multimedia, Visual art, Dance, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Verse

A double-bill of two contrasting pieces: In/visible from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Tranquilizer from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Asian Arts Award winner Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming.Performed by | Chiharu Kuronuma, Teruki OkamotoProduced and Directed by | Chiharu KuronumaMusic | TetoteMix | Ayumi ‘Ojo’ MatsuiTechnical Operation | Takamasa YamadaVideo | Masahiro Sekiya, Hiroki NoharaProduction | Kenji MatsumaeScenography | Octanorm Japan Co, Tokyo Velludo Co)Special thanks | Online Choreographer Workshop Vol 3, Circus Laboratory CouCou, PM Juggling, Tetote, Hello1103www.io-multimediaperformance.comwww.chiharukuronuma.comwww.terukiokamoto.comwww.instagram com/chiharu.kuronuma.59/www.instagram com/terukiokamoto/ Watch Trailer

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4-8 August 2025

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Little Parts Hunts a Baby-Daddy

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Loose T: Anger is Love x

11-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

Madman William

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Magallanes.0

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Magical Metaphors: Being Peacham

14 January 2023

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Mar de fons (Deep Sea)

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Married Without Children

11-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

Matilda The Musical Jr

23-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Meaning

11-17 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

Migrant Shakespeare

2 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Mommy's Dead and They Buried Her in Moscow

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Mountain Woman

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Mr Brake Down: The Headmaster Will See You Now

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Mr Moon

14 March 2023

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Mussolini

11-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

NOunderstanding

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

NYC@theFringe: Artist Talk and Fringe Wrap-Up

1 September 2021

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Nathan Mosher is Injured

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Nüshu: Written for Her, on Her, by Her

30 July 2025-10 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

Odyssea

2 August 2023

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Oh Hillary

18-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Oh Plagues

11-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

One Day in Wonderland

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

One Kiss

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Otera-Odori-Ocha Session 1

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Pandora

7 February 2024

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Paul Robeson’s Love Song – an audio play

29 September 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Peanut Adventure

30 July 2025-3 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

PeoplePeople

13 February 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Phantom Pain

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Pheromone

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Pilgrim of Hope

18-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Play… In Your Bathtub 2.0

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Providence

30 July 2025-10 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Psylivybin

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Pán (盤)

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Quilt Love

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Re-Shape-Land-Scape

6-10 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Reckoning

16 December 2023

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Rey Camoy

13 February 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Risas de Papel

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Rite

13-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Rob

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Rojos

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Romiet

30 July 2025-10 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Rugburn

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Rumourville

11-17 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

SHE(ME): Reclaiming Shame

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Satan vs God

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Second Class Queer

11-17 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

Shakespeare for Breakfast

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Shakespeare for Kids: Toil and Trouble

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Side Quest

18-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

Sing, Sing, String!

23-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

Six Women Standing in Front of a White Wall

18-23 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Solos in Spaces

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Spray

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Square 2.1 [INTERACTIVE]

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Still Life

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Super Mama

30 July 2025-10 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Tal

31 July 2022-1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Tania Lacy: Catch a Falling Star

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Temple Dance – This Dance

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

The 11th Hour

18-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Anonymous Monsters

18-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

The Apologia

11-15 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

The Beatles Audiovisual Special

23-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Break-Up Diet

2 August 2023

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

The Bubblegum Gumdrop Show

11-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Crucible

3-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Divination Tent

11-17 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Domestiques

11-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

The Eazy Club

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

The Electric Cabaret

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

The End of the Times?

2 August 2023

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

The Fable of the Squirrel

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

The Fahrenheit Alliance V

18-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

The Fahrenheit Alliance Ⅲ

8 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

The Football-Actress

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

The Forum

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

The Future Looks Bright

18-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

The Kids with Nae Hame

11-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Landscape of the Other Shore

31 July 2025-3 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Last Mad Man

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

The Late Harness Rebellion

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

The Legend of Shanhai

3-5 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Life of Mine

30 July 2025-3 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Margaret Sinclair Story

1-2 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Onion

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

The SEND Bubble Show

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Same Boat

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

The Story of the Stone

4-5 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

The Story of the Tower

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

The Twenty-four Solar Terms

17-18 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The Ultimate Bubble Show

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

The UnderNeath

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

This Side of Life

30 July 2025-17 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

Thorn and Petal Stick: UnScripted Shakespeare

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Tokyo Fugue

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Topography of Breath 2.0

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Tough Times Bring Treasure (Otera-Odori-Ocha Session 3)

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Tradere

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Tree Confessions

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Twelfth Night

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Unofficial Roxelana (Gayri Resmi Hürrem)

18-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Up-cycle Music

11-17 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Valentin Taricco: Live Set

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Verse

4 August 2023

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Vetted

13-17 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Vulny Daddy

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Why, Gahd, WHY?!

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Willy’s Lil Virgin Queen

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Windrush Secret

30 July 2025-24 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Wink Wink Murder

15-17 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

With-in

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

Zhuangzi’s Dream

4-11 August 2025

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

Zoon to be Other

1 August 2022

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

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Physical theatre, Corporeal mime, Contemporary, Performance art, Storytelling, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

A Dangerous Whim

A joker assembles a foursome for a game of cards. But the game is not what it seems, and nor are the players, who may turn out to be figments of the joker’s sinister imagination. If there were a story its moral would be: beware what you imagine – it may come back to bite you. A Dangerous Whim is fifteen minutes of cinematic poetry. Through stylised acting, surreal videography, and a quirky soundscape of music, voice and noise it conjures up a strangely compelling world of beauty and suspense.A new short non-verbal piece from tarinainanika, creators of Tokyo Fugue and The Same Boat, also showing on C ARTS.Performed by | Nozomi Fujishima, Ryuta Kawai, Yukiko Masui, Kate Montgomery, Yukio TodoDirected by | Kentaro Suyama and Tania CokeProduced by | tarinainanikaMusic | Kevin MacLeod, Victor Dance Orchestra, Mozart, Tania CokeSound design and operation | Tania CokeLighting design and operation | Kentaro Suyamawww.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Contemporary, Multimedia, Social commentary, Dance, True-life, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Ama-Perlentaucherin

Ama, a female free-diver, hunts for shells unencumbered by diving equipment. This piece focuses on the 3,000-year-old culture of free-diving in Japan, now threatened by climate change. and and asks us questions. In a time when the climate emergency and oceanic pollution are major issues. Yoriko Maeno Tanztheater’s piece shows the life of the free-divers and their communion with nature – through dance, 360º video projection, and music composed by Thorsten Quaeschning (director of Tangerine Dream). Owing to the pandemic, the work is presented online as a 360° film. Here you will experience new sensations which can be only found through digital technology.www.yorikomaeno.comwww.facebook.com/yoriko.maenowww.instagram.com/yorikomaeno_dance/ Watch Trailer

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Solo show, Universal, Theatre, Historical, Adaptation, Classic text - Edinburgh Fringe

Fires on the Plain

Experience a bold theatrical adaptation of one of Japan’s most powerful war novels: Ōoka Shōhei’s classic Fires on the Plain reimagined for the stage. This solo performance brings to life the harrowing journey of a soldier lost in the chaos of World War II. Through multiple roles, one actor explores the depths of war, solitude, and human survival. Explores themes of faith, dignity and humanity through the loneliness, hunger and moral dilemma of the Philippine front. A visceral, intimate take on Ooka’s classic, confronting the darkness of war with haunting clarity.Original text by | Ōoka ShōheiAdapted and directed by | Horikawa HonohPerformed by | Nagai HidekiPhoto | Igaki Photo Studio (use courtesy of Toyooka Theatre Festival, Japan)

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Site-specific, Performance art, Spiritual, Dance, Butoh, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Future Temple

After death, your soul will be…? In the past, the Japanese imagined the soul was like a fireball floating in the air. Now, they don’t believe it anymore because they know it is superstition. In 1,000 years, can we still believe something invisible in the world of full of information and plastic garbage? From award-winning Butoh dancer and choreographer Emiko Agatsuma. Agaxart produces innovative Butoh performances based on Emiko’s Butoh method and aesthetics, examining the interaction between body, mind and soul. Agaxart creates Butoh performances to deliver the diversity of the physical expression that is connected to the unconsciousness.agaxart.wixsite.com/agartwww.facebook.com/agao00owww.instagram.com/emiko.agatsumawww.youtube.com/channel/UCSXxrjd0qLNtUMmD5VoOTtAa Watch TrailerWatch Preview

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Juggling, Contemporary, Multimedia, Performance art, Calligraphy, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

I/O (volume 2)

A quadruple-bill of four short pieces, Flow and Gravity from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Coordinated Distance and Part of Empties from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion.io-multimediaperformance.comterukiokamoto.com/iowww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086313156221www.instagram com/chiharu.kuronuma.59 Watch Trailer

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Juggling, Contemporary, Multimedia, Performance art, Calligraphy, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

I/O (volume 3)

A quadruple-bill of four short pieces, Flow and Trajectories of Transitions from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Coordinated Distance and Part of Empties from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Asian Arts Award winner Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion. from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Coordinated Distance and Part of Empties from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion.io-multimediaperformance.comterukiokamoto.com/iowww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086313156221www.instagram com/chiharu.kuronuma.59 Watch Trailer

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Juggling, Contemporary, Multimedia, Performance art, Calligraphy, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

I/O (volume 4)

A quadruple-bill of four short pieces, Flow and Trajectories of Transitions from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Coordinated Distance and A Part of Empties from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Asian Arts Award winner Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion.io-multimediaperformance.comterukiokamoto.com/iowww.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086313156221www.instagram com/chiharu.kuronuma.59 Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Contemporary, Site-specific, Performance art, Music, Dance, Film, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Joshou (序章)

A sweaty man runs to a building with a paper full of ideas. This building is a place for those who are lost in life as bartenders, hotel clerks, waiters, performers and more. We have the time and skills to do it, but when and where can we do it? Bathrooms, bar counters, sofas, anywhere can be a great stage. We can all perform together with people living overseas! Always keep on moving. Light a candle with hope. Its flame reaches people and spreads from person to person. Now a new life begins…Cast | Itsuro Suwa, Aya Terasoma, Mai Kagimoto, Kotori Sasago, Katsuki Kakinohana, Ikki, Tamaki Suzuki, Mikarin, Motoi Sano, Miyako, Yui SekiMusicians | Haruna Minato (vocals), Ogaching (bass), Sho (guitar), Shiori Sugaya (keyboard), Ryo Arayama (drums)Directed and choreographed by | YamatoCinematography by | Yu NimiyaoProduction Design by | Masashige LidaSet Design by | Chikako Suzuki (daVinchi)Lighting Design by | Noriyuki MoriMusic by | Nozomated RecordsSet Decorator | Mizuki Yasuda, Tomomi EmoriStylist | Shuhei KaiHair Stylist | Bassy (Number Seven)Makeup | KahoRiAssistant Cinematographer | Ayaka NagakariAssistant Stylist | Noriko KasaiProduced by | Hiromi Kubota (Manohara Co) and Hiroko Sato (Paralleldrive)International Coordinator | Eri NakaneMix Engineer | Akihiro IizukaMastering Engineer | Moe KazumaSound Recording | Akifumi YokotaPublicity Design | Mari TachibanaPhotographer | Mitsuo OtsukaLighting Crew | Hironori ikura, Hiroko Ikura, Yuki MiyazakiProduction Crew | Yumi Fujii, Sue Kim (Sue's Special Effects Makeup), Catherine Hassall (CfAT)Thanks | N-cafewww.facebook.com/marubatsusankaku2020www.instagram.com/m_b_3kaku/ Watch Trailer

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Site-specific, Performance art, Spiritual, Dance, Butoh, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Otera-Odori-Ocha Session 1

The most advanced Japanese tea party. Break down the prejudice and reconstruct traditional forms. Don't be afraid to go beyond the borderline. Don’t forget the primitive energy that happened in the past. We are walking at the top of history. From award-winning Butoh dancer and choreographer Emiko Agatsuma. Agaxart produces innovative Butoh performances based on Emiko’s Butoh method and aesthetics, examining the interaction between body, mind and soul. Agaxart creates Butoh performances to deliver the diversity of the physical expression that is connected to the unconsciousness.agaxart.wixsite.com/agartwww.facebook.com/agao00owww.instagram.com/emiko.agatsumawww.youtube.com/channel/UCSXxrjd0qLNtUMmD5VoOTtAa Watch TrailerWatch Preview

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Physical theatre, Corporeal mime, Devised, International, Storytelling, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

PeoplePeople

A wildly quirky piece of physical theatre from Japan. Watching PeoplePeople is like peering into the minds of its five characters: a professor, a punk, a pierrot, a patient and a pupil. The experience is strangely humanising and somewhat mad. The movements are carefully crafted and highly stylised through the unique theatrical language of Corporeal Mime. The characters speak in their native tongue (Japanese, Chinese, English). There is no story. There is no set. Just five people, being people, in their own surreal way.Created and performed by | Tomoki Nonaka, Ruxun Dai, Teruya Sugimoto, Masaya Tsujimoto, Harry DeanDirected by | Kentaro Suyama, Tania CokeAssistant direction | Yukiko MasuiMusic by | Tania Coke, Henry Morse, DreamylapseProjected images by | Kentaro SuyamaLights by | Kentaro SuyamaProduced by | tarinainanikawww.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Corporeal mime, Ensemble piece, Devised, Mime, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Edinburgh Fringe

Rey Camoy

A drunk, a clown, a disabled soldier, an old crone. A moth, a mirror, a muse. Welcome to the world of Rey Camoy, Japanese painter of the human soul. tarinainanika’s latest production shows the artist in his studio, surrounded by the characters from his creations. The drama unfolds without a word, with intricate ensemble-work and breath-taking physicality. It’s a gut-wrenching love song to beauty – the kind worth living and dying for.‘One of the most exquisite pieces I have seen in a long time’ ***** (BritishTheatre.com).‘A tour de force of physical theatre’ ****(*) (Salterton Arts Review).Cast | Kentaro Suyama, Tania Coke, Ryuta Kawai, Yukiko Masui, Teruya Sugimoto, Masaya TsujimotoDirected by | Kentaro Suyama and Tania CokeMusic by | Tania CokeVideo by | Kentaro SuyamaFilm version directed and edited by | Taro MizunoFilm version planning and production by | SCS Osakawww.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Sculpture, Music, Multimedia, Performance art, Dance, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Solos in Spaces

Three solo dance works based on Gibson’s affordance theory performed in three spaces by international Japanese choreographer Akiko Ono. A white classroom is the setting for Gestures; a black room sets the scene for Meditation; in a space among delicate floating sculptures created by Tomoyo Hirairwa, she explores The Bottom of the Sea. Each space evokes a different physical and emotional response in the dancer as she uses her body and original ideas to perform three contrasting solos devised in collaboration with award-winning Canadian choreographer, Takako Segawa. This thought-provoking triple-bill questions the effect of the environment on our well-being.www.akikodanceproject.comwww.facebook.com/taichidancewww.instagram.com/akikodanceproject/ Watch Trailer

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Site-specific, Performance art, Spiritual, Dance, Butoh, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Temple Dance – This Dance

What is humanity; what is life? In this world, nothing is certain. Explores the mystery of the human body and soul. Seek the way to leave the world of worries before we die. From award-winning Butoh dancer and choreographer Emiko Agatsuma. Agaxart produces innovative Butoh performances based on Emiko’s Butoh method and aesthetics, examining the interaction between body, mind and soul. Agaxart creates Butoh performances to deliver the diversity of the physical expression that is connected to unconsciousness.agaxart.wixsite.com/agartwww.facebook.com/agao00owww.instagram.com/emiko.agatsumawww.youtube.com/channel/UCSXxrjd0qLNtUMmD5VoOTtAa Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Family-friendly, Musicals and Opera, Spectacle, Visual art, Puppetry - Edinburgh Fringe

The Anonymous Monsters

This surreal tale begins with the recruitment of a hapless newcomer to a rural neighbourhood volunteer association. Responding to a complaint about noisy frogs, he goes to investigate. He encounters a supernatural world populated with yokai, mysterious supernatural entities of Japanese mythology who sing, dance and struggle to coexist with contemporary human society. The result is a funny sideways look at humans from their perspective. With wild hand-made costumes, giant sculptural origami puppets and original music, this is a unique and mind-blowing Japanese experience for all ages. Performed in Japanese with English surtitles.

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Installation, Spoken word, Multimedia, Performance art, Immersive, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Edinburgh Fringe

The Fahrenheit Alliance V

An intimate, one-on-one multimedia piece inspired by the novel Fahrenheit 451. Based on Kyle Yamada’s play, this new immersive experience leads you into a world where words survive through spoken transmission. As you lie on a bed, distant landscapes and voices surround you. Wrapped in a quilt, you discover another’s memories through a multimedia montage of whispers, warmth and deep personal connection. More than a performance: you are invited to join the Alliance. When you leave, the cycle continues: you record your own voice and images, to send back to be shared with someone, somewhere.

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Physical theatre, Contemporary, Multimedia, Adaptation, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus, Dystopian - Annual Programme

The Fahrenheit Alliance Ⅲ

Original multimedia performance inspired by Kyle Yamada’s play The Fahrenheit Alliance. Actors trapped in their room by Covid-19 organise a secret, invisible alliance on the cloud, transcending walls and distance. The play poses a secret way of gathering during an emergency time when we are forbidden to assemble in one place. One person records a voice for someone else. that someone listens and performs along with the recording. The performer then records their voice for another person, thus passing the baton.The 2022 Edinburgh Fringe sees the third literation of this series!Live-stream performances on 7 and 14 August 2022 at 13:00 Edinburgh/UK (BST) [21:00 Toyko/Japan].Also available on-demand from 8 August 2022.www.mitsukohirai.comwww.facebook.com/mitsuko.hirai.5www.instagram.com/hiraimitsuko/ Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Contemporary, Performance art, Mime, Corporeal mime, Storytelling, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

The Same Boat

New physical drama that weaves together the longings and fears of five characters: a witch, a bitch, a goldfish, a sleepwalker and a salaryman. These worlds collide and collapse into one another, painting a picture of both the particular and the universal condition of being human. A rollercoaster-ride of a piece, containing moments of beauty, comedy, surrealism, pathos and passion. The drama is expressed through movement and text (both Japanese and English), accompanied by an eclectic soundtrack that includes original music and soundscapes.www.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Spoken word, Contemporary, Multimedia, Adaptation, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

The Story of the Tower

An avant-garde performance, created from three elements: words, dance, and projection mapping. With the rapid development of technology, we can instantly exchange words with someone far away. How will language change as we confront each other as anonymous bodies with no physical connection? Based on the mythical Tower of Babel, this work uses excerpts from Yasunari Kawabata’s One Arm, Mimei Ogawa’s The Black Tower, and automatic transcription of the breaking news of the 2001 terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. Take a peek through the camera at the dismemberment and reconnection of body and words.www.mitsukohirai.comwww.facebook.com/mitsuko.hirai.5www.instagram.com/hiraimitsuko/ Watch Trailer

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Physical theatre, Contemporary, Performance art, Mime, Corporeal mime, Multimedia, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Tokyo Fugue

A mesmerising piece of physical theatre, set in the maze-like train system of Tokyo. The scenes unfold like the variations of a fugue, in sequences of meticulously crafted movement. With three bodies and three chairs, the piece conjures up the dizzying experience of life in a modern metropolis. The audience is left breathless and wondering: what is it, after all, that I am chasing? At times poetic, at times comical, at times unsettling, this is theatre that speaks to the soul.www.tarinainanika.comwww.facebook.com/tarinainanikawww.instagram.com/tarinainanika Watch Trailer

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Site-specific, Performance art, Spiritual, Dance, Butoh, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Tough Times Bring Treasure (Otera-Odori-Ocha Session 3)

Not only dancers but also monks and a tea master are born to dance. This is the story of a tea master who travels to another world within himself, and returns reborn. As he prepares Matcha tea, he meets himself. There is a deep connection between Japanese tea ceremony and Zen. Agaxart produces innovative Butoh performances based on Emiko Agatsuma’s Butoh method and aesthetics, examining the interaction between body, mind and soul. Agaxart creates Butoh performances to deliver the diversity of the physical expression that is connected to the unconsciousness.agaxart.wixsite.com/agartwww.facebook.com/agao00owww.instagram.com/emiko.agatsumawww.youtube.com/channel/UCSXxrjd0qLNtUMmD5VoOTtAa Watch Trailer

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Circus, Contemporary, Multimedia, Visual art, Dance, Dance Physical Theatre and Circus - Annual Programme

Verse

A double-bill of two contrasting pieces: In/visible from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Tranquilizer from juggler Teruki Okamoto. Chiharu Kuronuma has developed a theoretical framework for integrating 2D calligraphy into a 3D bodily expression by employing aspects of the Laban Movement Analysis. Asian Arts Award winner Teruki Okamoto has been working on the discovery of the Principle of Motion. Together they investigate choreography as a part of a research process that unites dance and juggling with perspectives of calligraphy and digital programming.Performed by | Chiharu Kuronuma, Teruki OkamotoProduced and Directed by | Chiharu KuronumaMusic | TetoteMix | Ayumi ‘Ojo’ MatsuiTechnical Operation | Takamasa YamadaVideo | Masahiro Sekiya, Hiroki NoharaProduction | Kenji MatsumaeScenography | Octanorm Japan Co, Tokyo Velludo Co)Special thanks | Online Choreographer Workshop Vol 3, Circus Laboratory CouCou, PM Juggling, Tetote, Hello1103www.io-multimediaperformance.comwww.chiharukuronuma.comwww.terukiokamoto.comwww.instagram com/chiharu.kuronuma.59/www.instagram com/terukiokamoto/ Watch Trailer

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