As we head towards the 2030s, multiply world standards! — For Tokyo Festival World Competition 2019—

The first edition of Tokyo Festival World Competition will be held from October 29 to November 4, 2019. It is my hope that this Competition acts as a gateway for launching artists - especially next-generation Asian artists - to a successful worldwide career in the Performing Arts. That’s why I want to ask you to join us — you, directors, playwrights, choreographers, actors, performers, dramaturgs, curators, programmers, producers, administrators, technical creators and staff, critics, journalists, scholars, researchers, students working on and for Performing Arts, and evidently the audience who support Performing Arts activities every day, as well as anybody who is thinking about the future of arts and our society.

But I guess I need to explain a bit more of my intention so that you understand why I made this Competition in order to think about the future of Performing Arts. If you are curious, please take some time to read the following…