fabien prioville dance company
Rendez-Vous Otsuka South & North
A virtual reality video-dance installation that transforms the everyday landscape of the city
In addition to collaborations that have transcended the conventional distinctions between disciplines, generations, and professional and amateur performers, Fabien Prioville has recently created groundbreaking work that fuses contemporary dance with such technology as virtual reality and smartphones. Following several past projects and performances in Japan, he now brings to Tokyo a specially modified version of “Rendez-Vous,” a VR video-dance installation performed and viewed in a public space like a park or cafe. The location for the installation is TRAM-PAL Otsuka, the plaza that hosted the finale of “Roaming Shopping Street Festival” at F/T last year. Each member of the audience wears a VR headset and sits on a bench to watch a prerecorded video of dancers shot in the plaza with a 360-degree camera. The experience of viewing bodies in such proximity at the same site, yet not actually there, challenges the audience’s senses and its preconceptions about how dance is usually perceived.
Cast
Midori Kondo, Asako Tanaka, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yuya Yoshizaki
Credit
Conceived and Choreographed by Fabien Prioville
Performers: Midori Kondo, Asako Tanaka, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yuya Yoshizaki
Production Manager: Alexandra Schmidt
Produced by fabien prioville dance company
The fabien prioville dance company is funded by the Ministry for the Arts and Science North Rhine Westphalia.
Music: UZAWA
Rehearsal Director: Azusa Seyama
Filming & Editing: Global Japan Corporation
Production Coordinators: Momoka Yunoki, Miki Kanai
In special cooperation with Hoshino Resorts OMO5 Tokyo Otsuka
Presented by Festival/Tokyo
Profile
fabien prioville dance company
This company was founded by Fabien Prioville in 2010. Having presented more than 10 works to date, its first solo performance “Jailbreak Mind” was co-produced by tanzhaus nrw and Trafó in 2009, and was staged at the international festival Tanzplattform in Nuremberg, Germany. Its recent projects have explored the relationship between technology and the body, with audiences participating in “Experiment on Chatting Bodies” (2012) via Skype, and “The Smartphone Project” (2013) offering audiences the chance to interact with dancers during the performance through a smartphone app. “Rendez-Vous” has already been seen at five festivals, each time adapted to harness a particular location and space.
Fabien Prioville
A graduate of the Centre national de danse contemporaine in Angers, Fabien Prioville worked with La La La Human Steps Company before joining Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal in 1999. After leaving the company, he started working as a choreographer. He established the fabien prioville dance company in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 2010, since when he has continued to create dance that traverses performing arts and multimedia. His performances in Japan include “Kamihikouki” (2008) with Ballet-Noah, the international collaboration “SOMA Project” (2015) with Owlspot Theatre, fabien prioville dance company, and An Creative, “VENUS” (2017) with Azusa Seyama, and “Double Tomorrow” (2017) with Theatrical group En.
Schedule
Style of performance: Regular performance
South Version: TRAM-PAL Otsuka (Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays)
10 days / 15 sessions per day / 2 participants per session
12:00–5:00 p.m. on the dates below
10/17 (Sat), 10/18 (Sun), 10/24 (Sat), 10/25 (Sun), 10/31 (Sat)
11/1 (Sun), 11/2 (Mon), 11/3 (Tue), 11/7 (Sat), 11/8 (Sun)
North Version: Hoshino Resorts OMO5 Tokyo Otsuka 4F OMO Base (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
7 days / 20 sessions per day / 2 participants per session
2:00–7:00 p.m. on the dates below
10/20 (Tue), 10/22 (Thur), 10/27 (Tue) 10/29 (Thur)
11/5 (Thur), 11/10 (Tue), 11/12 (Thur)
Ticket
Ticket fee
Unreserved seating
Free (priority given to reservations)
For the sessions at Hoshino Resorts OMO5 Tokyo Otsuka, participants are encouraged to order a drink (¥200–500).
TRAM-PAL Otsuka
3-58-8 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
1 minute’s walk from South Exit of JR Otsuka Station.
1 minute’s walk from Otsuka-ekimae on Tokyo Sakura Tram (Toden Arakawa Line).
Hoshino Resorts OMO5 Tokyo Otsuka 4F OMO Base
4F ba01 2-26-1 Kita-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
1 minute’s walk from North Exit of JR Otsuka Station.
Organizer
Organizer: Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee (Toshima City, Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan [NPO-ANJ]),
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])
Inquires
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee Secretariat
contact(at)festival-tokyo.jp
