Tokyo Festival World Competition 2019
Artists of the rising generation gather from around the world！－ To create a new "Scale" for measuring the value of performing arts.
It is often said, that it is impossible to decide upon the superiority between different works of performing arts. But it is also true that all artists constantly struggle to “better” their work. Undeniably, there is a form of competition on a global level.
If that is the case, what must we do in order to enrichen performing arts all over the world?
What is needed for Asian artists to thrive internationally?
What immediately comes to mind is to create a new “scale” to measure the quality of performing arts!
This has to be it. To think about what makes a “superior work of art”.
The “World Competition” is an opportunity for artists and audience to gather and consider this problem together.
Satoshi Miyagi, General Director of Tokyo Festival
Yoshiji Yokoyama, Director of Tokyo Festival World Competition
Dates : 29 Oct, Tue – 4 Nov, Mon
Venue : Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
(Playhouse, Theatre East, Theatre West, and others)
★Recommenders’ Presentation
【Date】29 Oct, Tue 14:00-16:00
【Venue】Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Symphony Space
★Recommenders’ Talk
【Date】30 Oct, Wed 16:00/17:00 31 Oct, Thu 15:30/16:30/19:30
【Venue】Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Atelier West
★Artists’ Jury Meeting
【Date】4 Nov, Mon 10:00-15:00
【Venue】Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Theatre West
★Japanese-Speaking Critics’ Jury Meeting
【Date】4 Nov, Mon 10:00-15:00
【Venue】Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Atelier West
★Award Ceremony
【Date】4 Nov, Mon 17:30-18:30
【Venue】Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Playhouse
※Free of charge and reservations are not required (audience will enter in order of arrival)
Participating Works
Asia
Dai Chenlian (Beijing, China)
“东来紫气满函关 (Big Nothing) ”
Ghost stories and childhood memories, a shadow-puppet theatre piece where dreams and reality intersect…
What lies beyond the humor, the madness, and the nonsense – ?
【Date】2 Nov, Sat 15:30/19:30
【Venue】Theatre East
Oceania
Sydney Chamber Opera (Sydney, Australia)
“The Howling Girls”
The unconcealed voices of traumatized girls echo in this non-verbal opera
【Date】31 Oct, Thu 14:00/18:00
【Venue】Playhouse
Europe
El Conde de Torrefiel (Barcelona, Spain)
“La posibilidad que desaparece frente al paisaje (Possibilities that disappear before a landscape)”
History, events, and life, flowing away behind
A “Daily life” and “Entertainment”
【Date】30 Oct, Wed 14:00/18:00
【Venue】Theatre East
Africa
Charles Nomwendé Tiendrebéogo (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
“Mea Culpa”
Ghosts willing to reverse their fate, brought back to life through “Masks”
A Physical Theatre piece that connects the roots of African culture with modern society
【Date】30 Oct, Wed 15:30/19:30
【Venue】Theatre West
America
Bonobo (Santiago, Chile)
“Tú Amarás (You Shall Love)”
Extraterrestrials have arrived… Doctors thinking about “discrimination” in a conversation full of black humor
【Date】2 Nov, Sat 14:00/18:00
【Venue】Theatre West
Japan
dracom (Osaka, Japan)
“Sokonaizu-Bottomless”
Humorous voices and hours of vague despair tumble and fall from the bottom of tragedy
【Date】2 Nov, Sat 19:30 / 3 Nov, Sun 13:00
【Venue】Playhouse
Schedule
Jury
Chairperson of the Jury
Juliette Binoche
Actress (France)
Vice-Chairperson of the Jury
Mari Natsuki
Mari Natsuki Terroir (MNT) director
★The Artists’ Jury
【Asia】Yang Jung-ung (Artistic Director, Yohangza Theatre Company｜Seoul, South Korea)
【Oceania】Lemi Ponifasio (Theater Director / Choreographer / Stage Designer / Founder and director of MAU)｜Auckland, New Zealand）
【Europe】Thomas Ostermeier (Theater Director / Schaubühne Berlin Artistic Director｜Berlin, Germany)
【Africa】Brett Bailey (Playwright / Theatre Director / Stage Designer, Third World Bunfight｜South Africa)
【Americas】Emily Johnson (Choreographer, Emily Johnson / Catalyst｜Manhahtaan / Mannahatta (Manhattan, NYC), Lenapehoking (U.S.A))
★The Japanese-Speaking Critics’ Jury
【Asia】Lee Chonghwa (Professor of Political Philosophy, Politics of Culture and Postcolonial Studies in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Seikei University｜From Jeju Island, South Korea / Based in Tokyo, Japan)
【Oceania】Adam Broinowski (Director / Theatre make / Performer, Lecturer in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University｜From Adelaide, Australia / Based in Canberra, Australia)
【Europe】Tove Björk (Researcher of Kabuki, Associate Professor of Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saitama University｜From Pargas, Finland / Based in Tokyo)
【Africa】Samuel Nfor (Theatre practitioner, Adjunct lecturer in Rikkyo University｜From Bamenda, Cameroon / Based in Tokyo, Japan)
【Americas】Cody Poulton (Researcher of Japanese theatre and literature, Professor of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria｜From Toronto, Canada / Based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
【Japan】Naoto Moriyama (Theatre Critic, Professor of Department of Performing Arts, Kyoto University of Art and Design｜From Tokyo, Japan / Based in Kyoto, Japan)
Recommenders
【Asia】Seonghee Kim (Independent Curator / Producer, former artistic director of Asian Arts Theatre｜South Korea)
【Oceania】Stephen Armstrong (Creative Director of Asia TOPA, Melbourne｜Australia)
【Europe】Agnès Troly (Program Director, Festival d’Avignon｜France)
【Africa】Kira Claude Guingané (Administrative Director of Festival International de Théâtre et de Marionnettes de Ouagadougou｜Burkina Faso)
【Americas】Carmen Romero Quero (Executive Director, Festival Internacional Santiago a Mil｜Chile)
【Japan】Yoshiji Yokoyama (Programmer of Tokyo Festival)
Reasons for the award
The Tokyo Festival World Competition 2019 was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre from Oct. 29 till Nov. 4 during the Tokyo Festival 2019, and the Award for Outstanding Show and other awards were given at the award ceremony on Nov. 4.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike participated in the award ceremony and congratulated the award recipients.
The awards and the reasons for the awards are as follows:
Tickets
6-performances Set ¥9,600
*Pre-release : 1 Sep, Sun 10:00 to 14 Sep, Sat 23:59
*Preschool children cannot attend the performances
*All programs other than the listed performances are free of charge, and reservations are not required (audience will enter in order of arrival)
*If you wish to attend a performance in a wheelchair, please contact the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater box-office.
http://tmt.pia.jp/ticket/festival2019.jsp
■English
http://tmt.pia.jp/ticket/festival2019_en.jsp
Leaflet
Venue
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0021
Tel: 03-5391-2111
2-minute walk from West Exit of Ikebukuro Station on JR lines, Tokyo Metro lines, Tobu Tojo Line, and Seibu Ikebukuro Line
*Directly accessible from Exit 2b of Ikebukuro Station underground passage
Organizers
Tokyo Festival Executive Committee[Toshima City, Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture(Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre & Arts Council Tokyo)]
Contact
competition@tokyo-festival.jp
