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Listings: Contemporary Dance in and around Tokyo
Upcoming events picked by Daisuke Muto, including butoh, ballet, experimental theatre, performance art, etc. Administrator doesn't bear responsibility for errors, corrections will be appreciated. Send feedback to Daisuke Muto. Japanese edition is here.

Date Title------------------ Venue
(nearest station)
Admission:
advance/door
Reservation Note
Feb 4 Sat 16:00
Feb 5 Sun 14:00
Feb 7 Tue 19:00
Feb 11 Sat 14:00
Feb 12 Sun 14:00
The National Ballet of Japan, Roland Petitfs La Chauve-souris New National Theatre, Tokyo
(Hatsudai)
S \10500
A \8400
B \6300
C \4200
D \3150
Z \1500
Box office (p 03-5352-9999)
Feb 8 Wed 19:00
Feb 9 Thu 19:00
Feb 10 Fri 19:00
Feb 11 Sat 18:00
Feb 12 Sun 15:00
Shuji Onodera, The Brothers Karamazov

Shuji Onodera (Company Derashinera)
New National Theatre, Tokyo
(Hatsudai)
A \5250
B \3150
Z \1500
Box office (p 03-5352-9999)
Feb 9 Thu 19:30
Feb 10 Fri 19:30
Feb 11 Sat 15:00/19:30
Feb 12 Sun 15:00
ARICA, Love is Blind

ARICA
Iwato Gekijo
(Ushigome-kagurazaka)
\3000/\3500
Student \2000
ARICA
Feb 10 Fri 19:30
Feb 11 Sat 15:00/19:30
Feb 12 Sun 15:00
Setsuko Yamada (dance) & Claudine Drai (sculpture), Blanc

Choreography and direction by Setsuko Yamada, with dancers Misako Terada, Naoko Katoh, and Mariko Kakizaki.
Spiral Hall
(Omotesando)
\3500/\4000 Kaibunsha (p 03-3275-0220)
Feb 10 Fri 19:30
Feb 11 Sat 15:00
Feb 12 Sun 15:00
Feb 13 Mon 19:30
Feb 14 Tue 15:00
Chiten, Tokatonton to

Chiten
Kanagawa Arts Theatre
(Nihon-odori)
\3500 Box office (p 045-662-8866) "Preview" show at 19:30, Feb 9, at \2000.
early Feb ARICA, Love is Blind

ARICA
BankART Studio NYK
(Bashamichi or Sakuragicho)
Feb 14 Tue 20:00 TPAM Int'l Showcase

Zina Choi / Theatre Nolddang, House Number 1-28, Cha-sook's

info.
Kanagawa Arts Theatre
(Nihon-odori)
Feb 15 Wed 19:30
Feb 16 Thu 19:30
Feb 17 Fri 19:30
Josef Nadj, Les Corbeaux (The crows)

Josef Nadj/info.
Setagaya Public Theater
(Sangenjaya)
\4300
Pair ticket \7000
Below 24 yrs old or Hi-school Student \2150
Box office (p 03-5432-1515) Post-show talk will follow on Thu.
recommended

Feb 16 Thu 18:30

TPAM Direction / Yukako Ogura's direction

Un Yamada, DICTEE

Un Yamada/info.
Kanagawa Arts Theatre
(Nihon-odori)
recommended

Feb 16 Thu 19:00

Reunion: Goldberg Variations

Tristano: Hello, J. S. Bach: excerpts from Goldberg Variations, Cage: In a Landscape, and Tristano: Nach Wasser Noch Erde.

Francesco Tristano (pf), Saburo Teshigawara (dance and stage direction) and Rihoko Satoh (dance)

Saburo Teshigawara/info.
Sumida Triphony Hall
(Kinshicho)
S \5500/\6000
A \4500/\5000
B \3500/\4000
Eurassic (p 03-3481-8788), Box office (p 03-5608-1212), Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Ticket Service (p03-5685-0650)
recommended

Feb 16 Thu 19:30
Feb 18 Sat 19:30
Feb 19 Sun 18:30

Bigakko Solo Butoh collection 1 (program A)

Mayako Ohkura, Non Tamura, and Yuriko

Mayako Ohkura
BankART Studio NYK
(Sakuragicho or Bashamichi)
\2500/\3000
2-show pass \4000
Mayako Ohkura's butoh is a must-see.
Feb 16 Thu 20:00 TPAM Int'l Showcase

Jose Navas / Compagnie Flak, Personae

info.
Kanagawa Arts Theatre
(Nihon-odori)
Feb 17 Fri 16:30
Feb 18 Sat 16:30
TPAM Direction / Katsuhiro Ohira's direction

mum & gypsy, The World to Throw Salt on and Zan Yamashita, Yokohama Stay

Zan Yamashita/info.
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1 3F Hall
(Bashamichi or Sakuragicho)
recommended

Feb 17 Fri 19:30
Feb 18 Sat 15:00

Mika Kurosawa & Naomi Uehara, Rose Man: Letter from the South

Mika Kurosawa
d-Souko
(Nippori)
\3500/\4000
Student \2500/\3000
Dance in Deed! (p/f 03-3227-0279, mail) Premiered in 2010. Combo ticket for "Letter from the South" and "Letter from the South -The Departure-" also available at \5500.
Feb 17 Fri 20:00
Feb 18 Sat 15:00
Feb 19 Sun 18:00
Feb 20 Sun 14:00/18:00
Kinoshita Kabuki

Sanbaso (directed by Kunio Sugihara) and Musume Dojoji (choreography and dance by Mari Kita)

Kinoshita Kabuki
Yokohama Nigiwai-za
(Sakuragicho)
\2800
Student \2300
Feb 18 Sat 15:00 TPAM Direction / Akane Nakamura's direction

Masako Yasumoto

Masako Yasumoto/info.
Kanagawa Arts Theatre
(Nihon-odori)
Feb 18 Sat 17:00
Feb 19 Sun 14:00
Asami Maki Ballet Tokyo

Rolan Petit's Notre Dame de Paris


Asami Maki Ballet Tokyo
New National Theatre, Tokyo
(Hatsudai)
S \11000
A \10000
B \8000
C \4000
Asami Maki Ballet Tokyo (p 03-3360-8251)
recommended

Feb 19 Sun 18:00
Feb 20 Mon 19:30

Mika Kurosawa & Naomi Uehara, Rose Man: Letter from the South -The Departure-

Mika Kurosawa
d-Souko
(Nippori)
\3500/\4000
Student \2500/\3000
Dance in Deed! (p/f 03-3227-0279, mail) Combo ticket for "Letter from the South" and "Letter from the South -The Departure-" also available at \5500.
n e w

Feb 20 Mon 19:30

Qudus Onikeku, STILL/life and C/Ompany, =equal

info.
Theater X
(Ryogoku)
\2500
Student \2000
Feb 23 Thu 19:00
Feb 24 Fri 19:00
Feb 25 Sat 15:00
Feb 26 Sun 15:00
Feb 27 Mon 19:00
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, TeZukA

info.
Orchard Hall
(Shibuya)
S \8000
A \6000
B \3000
Box office (p 03-3477-9999)
Feb 23 Thu 20:00
Feb 24 Fri 20:00
Feb 25 Sat 15:00/20:00
Feb 26 Sun 15:00
Strange Kinoko Dance Company, Honto no jikan (Real time)

Strange Kinoko Dance Company/info.
Setagaya Public Theater
(Sangenjaya)
\4000/\4500 Box office (p 03-5432-1515)
Feb 25 Sat 19:30
Feb 26 Sun 14:30
Ensemble Sonne, Place in the Moment

Ensemble Sonne
Theatre X
(Ryogoku)
\3000/\3500
Under 25 \2000
Ensemble Sonne (p 078-411-2837, mail), Theatre X (p 03-5624-1181)
Feb 28 Tue 19:00
Feb 29 Wed 19:00
Universal Ballet: THIS IS MODERN

Kylian, Petite mort / Sechs Taenze, Forsythe, In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, and Naharin, MINUS 7

Universal Ballet
Parthenon Tama
(Tama Center)
S \9000
A \7000
B \5000
C \4000
Mar 3 Sat 14:00
Mar 4 Sun 14:00
Star Dancers Ballet

Balanchine, Western Symphony and Walpurgisnacht Ballet and Forsythe, Steptext

Star Dancers Ballet
U-Port Hall
(Gotanda or Osaki-hirokoji)
SS \9000
S \7000
A \5000
B \3000
Student (at door) \2500
n e w

Mar 7 Wed 19:30

Adrien Mondot & Claire Bardainne, Coincidence

info.
Super Deluxe
(Roppongi)
\3500/\3000 + 1 drink order
Student \3000 + 1 drink order
Accompanied by Jim O'Rourke live
recommended

Mar 8 Thu 19:30
Mar 9 Fri 15:00/19:30
Mar 10 Sat 15:00/19:30
Mar 11 Sun 15:00

Co. Yamada Un

Un Yamada
Theatre Tram
(Sangenjaya)
\3500
Student \3000
Box office (p 03-5432-1515)
Mar 9 Fri 19:30
Mar 10 Sat 15:00
Josef Nadj, Les Corbeaux (The crows)

Josef Nadj/info.
Kirari-Fujimi
(Tsuruse)
\3500
Student \2500
Box office (p 049-268-7788)
Mar 16 Fri
Mar 17 Sat
We're gonna go dancing!! II vol.2

Takuya Aoki, 4....soku, Kaori Itoh, uRuEguLa!!, and Sachie Sugawara, MESSY.

info.
Asahi Art Square
(Asakusa)
Mar 22 Thu
Mar 23 Fri
Mar 24 Sat
Mikuni Yanaihara Project, Koufuku on za douro (Happiness on the street)

Mikuni Yanaihara (Nibroll)
Yokohama Redbrick Warehouse No.1
(Bashamichi or Sakuragicho)
precog
Mar 31 Sat 15:00 Performance Kids Tokyo

OdorutoYukannaBokumoWatashimo

Choreography by Mika Kurosawa with little dancers from 3rd grade to 6th.


Mika Kurosawa/Performance Kids Tokyo
Suitengu Pit
(Suitengu-mae)
Free
recommended

mid Apr

Okazaki Art Theatre, Antigonetoraresosuke

Okazaki Art Theatre
ST Spot
(Yokohama)
n e w

mid Apr

Saburo Teshigawara

Saburo Teshigawara
Theater X
(Ryogoku)
n e w

Apr 25 Wed 19:30
Apr 26 Thu 19:30

Jean-Claude Gallotta, Daphnis e Chloe

Jean-Claude Gallotta
Spiral Hall
(Omote-sando)
recommended

Apr

Chelfitsch, Genzaichi

Chelfitsch
Kanagawa Arts Theatre
(Nihon-odori)
Box office (p 045-662-8866)
recommended

May

Tokyo Electrock Stairs, Sukoburu blue

Tokyo Electrock Stairs
Komaba Agora Theater
(Komaba-Todaimae)
n e w

Jun 23 Sat 15:00

System Castafiore, Stand Alone Zone

System Castafiore
Saitama Art Hall
(Yono-honmachi)
Box office (p 0570-064-939)
Jun Masako Yasumoto

Masako Yasumoto
Theatre Tram
(Sangenjaya)
n e w

Jul 5 Thu
Jul 6 Fri
Jul 7 Sat
Jul 8 Sun

Dairakudakan

Dairakudakan
Setagaya Public Theater
(Sangenjaya)
Box office (p 03-5432-1515)
n e w

Jul to Aug

Nibroll

Nibroll
Yokohama Creativecity Center
(Bashamichi or Sakuragicho)
n e w

late Aug

Saburo Teshigawara

Saburo Teshigawara
Kanagawa Arts Theatre
(Nihon-odori)
recommended

late Oct

KENTARO!!, Ame ga furuto hareru. 2

KENTARO!!
Komaba Agora Theater
(Komaba-Todaimae)
n e w

late Nov

Saburo Teshigawara

Saburo Teshigawara
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
(Ikebukuro)

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