Listings: Contemporary Dance in and around Tokyo
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Venue (nearest station) |
Admission: advance/door |
Reservation | Note | |
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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 Petitfs 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) | ||
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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) | ||
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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 | ||
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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) | ||
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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) |
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| 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) |
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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. | |
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recommended Feb 16 Thu 18:30 |
TPAM Direction / Yukako Ogura's direction Un Yamada, DICTEE Un Yamada/info. |
Kanagawa Arts Theatre (Nihon-odori) |
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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) | ||
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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) |
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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) |
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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. | |
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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 |
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| Feb 18 Sat 15:00 |
TPAM Direction / Akane Nakamura's direction Masako Yasumoto Masako Yasumoto/info. |
Kanagawa Arts Theatre (Nihon-odori) |
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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) | ||
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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. | |
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n e w Feb 20 Mon 19:30 |
Qudus Onikeku, STILL/life and C/Ompany, =equal info. |
Theater X (Ryogoku) |
\2500 Student \2000 |
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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) | ||
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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) | ||
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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) | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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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) | ||
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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) | ||
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Mar 16 Fri Mar 17 Sat |
We're gonna go dancing!! II vol.2 Takuya Aoki, 4....soku, Kaori Itoh, uRuEguLa!!, and Sachie Sugawara, MESSY. info. |
Asahi Art Square (Asakusa) |
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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) |
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| 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) |
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recommended mid Apr |
Okazaki Art Theatre, Antigonetoraresosuke Okazaki Art Theatre |
ST Spot (Yokohama) |
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n e w mid Apr |
Saburo Teshigawara Saburo Teshigawara |
Theater X (Ryogoku) |
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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) |
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recommended Apr |
Chelfitsch, Genzaichi Chelfitsch |
Kanagawa Arts Theatre (Nihon-odori) |
Box office (p 045-662-8866) | |||
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recommended May |
Tokyo Electrock Stairs, Sukoburu blue Tokyo Electrock Stairs |
Komaba Agora Theater (Komaba-Todaimae) |
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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) |
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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) | |||
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n e w Jul to Aug |
Nibroll Nibroll |
Yokohama Creativecity Center (Bashamichi or Sakuragicho) |
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n e w late Aug |
Saburo Teshigawara Saburo Teshigawara |
Kanagawa Arts Theatre (Nihon-odori) |
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recommended late Oct |
KENTARO!!, Ame ga furuto hareru. 2 KENTARO!! |
Komaba Agora Theater (Komaba-Todaimae) |
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n e w late Nov |
Saburo Teshigawara Saburo Teshigawara |
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Ikebukuro) |