Program
- Emerging Artists Program
- Supporting & introducing new Asian artists. A platform for new artists in Asia to present their theatre and dance work. The F/T Award is given to the work judged to have the best artistic value and then invited to next year's Main Program. ▼About
Past Events
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- A Promising Daughter
- Concept: Satoko Shibata [Japan]
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- Dancing Girl
- Choreography: Sujata Goel [India]
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- HELLO HELL!!!
- KODOMOKYOJIN
- Text, Direction: Takashi Masuyama [Japan]
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- A Midsummer Night's Chat
- Shinehouse Theatre
- Text, Direction: Poyuan Chung [Taiwan]
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- The Qlobe of Life II
- Q
- Text, Direction: Satoko Ichihara [Japan]
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- The God of Earth Comes Up Imperfectly
- Concept, Choreography: Yeongran Suh [Korea]
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- Stray's Collar
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- Text, Direction: Kishodai Kageyama [Japan]
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- CLOUD
- Concept, Direction: Tara Tan [Singapore]
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- The Warfare of Landmine 2.0
- Théâtre du Rêve Expérimental
- Text, Direction: Chong Wang [China]
About Emerging Artists Program
From Asia to the world: A new site for young talent to create the arts
The F/T Emerging Artists Program supports the work of younger theatre companies, giving them a platform to perform their work in Tokyo. This is the fourth time it will be held and it received 137 entries from the whole of Asia, with a final selection made of 9 groups/artists from 6 regions (Japan: 4; China: 1; Taiwan: 1; Korea: 1; Singapore: 1; India: 1). The program aims to gather Asian talent and critique of that talent to help cultivate the arts in Asia. To that end it also includes the F/T Award, which is given to the work judged to have the most artistic worth.
F/T Award
This prize is awarded to the company or artist in the program judged to have presented a work with the most creative value for the arts in Asia. The winner is then offered a commission to present something in the F/T Main Program next year. This year's judges are the most diverse they have ever been, hailing from Japan, China and Germany.
F/T Award Judges
Norimizu Ameya: Director, Artist
Born in 1961, he worked in theatre until 1990, after which he was a visual artist with a focus on the theme of the human body. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1995, and then returned to theatre with "Transfer Student" (2007, revived at F/T09 Spring). He has directed work for F/T four times.
Hidenaga Otori: Theatre Critic
He has held positions at the Walker Art Center, as director of the Laokoon International Theatre Festival, and as vice-president of Kyoto Performing Arts Center. His many writings include "Reverberation Machines: The World of Richard Foreman".
Stefanie Carp: Dramaturge
Leading dramaturge in the German-speaking theatre. She was in charge of theatre for the Wiener Festwochen from 2004-2005, and again from 2007-2013. Her long career has included much work with director Christoph Marthaler.
Naoto Moriyama: Theatre Critic
Lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design's Department of Performing Arts, and chief researcher at the university's Kyoto Performing Arts Center, editing its journal, Performing Arts. Head of the executive committee for KYOTO EXPERIMENT (Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival) 2013.
Yinan Li: Dramaturge
Born in Beijing in 1972. She has studied at Columbia University, Hamburg and Munich. In 2009 she curated the international symposium/workshop Dramaturgy in Beijing (together with the Goethe-Institut China) and has been a pioneer in German-style dramaturgy in China.