The Cherry Orchard

Mikuni Yanaihara Project

Text, Direction: Mikuni Yanaihara [Japan]

date

November 13th - November 17th, 2014

venue

Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory

ticket

Adv. ¥3,500 / Day ¥4,000

schedule

11/13 (Thu)	19:30
11/14 (Fri)	19:30
11/15 (Sat)	16:00* / 19:30
11/16 (Sun)	16:00* / 19:30
11/17 (Mon)	16:00* / 19:30

*11/15 Post-performance talk: Mikuni Yanaihara + Takayuki Suzuki
*11/16 Post-performance talk: Mikuni Yanaihara + Masashi Sogabe
*11/17 Post-performance talk: Mikuni Yanaihara + Kaku Nagashima (dramaturge)
Box office opens 1 hour before.
Doors open 30 minutes before.

Continues in case of rain. Cancelled in case of storm.
Regardless of weather conditions, decisions on performances will be published on the F/T website at 12:00 on the day of the performance.
The first half of the performance takes place outside; the second half is inside. There is no audience seating.
Performed in Japanese
Duration: 90 min. (TBC)

One old tree. Three stories of a changing age.

Mikuni Yanaihara Project experiments with language and physicality to create unique theatrical experiences. Yanaihara’s new endeavor turns to Chekhov’s classic play about Russia’s aristocratic world passing into history as a new age dawns. The story revolves around an old tree and the varying opinions about what to do with it. Yanaihara has crafted three interlinked narratives, dividing audiences into groups that move around the venue simultaneously but separately, viewing just one “interpretation” of the dilemma. After the play is over, the audiences converge again and discussion over the different perspectives begins.

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Mikuni Yanaihara

Choreographer, Director, Playwright

A choreographer working around the globe, Yanaihara formed her unit Nibroll in 1997. Nibroll has been invited to the Oregon Dance Festival, the San Francisco Butoh Festival, Fusion Festival in Berlin, Laokoon Summer Festival in Hamburg, and many other overseas festivals. It has also performed at The Kitchen in New York. She won the Kishida Kunio Drama Award in 2012 for her playwriting, which she has presented under the name Mikuni Yanaihara Project since 2005. Under the name off-Nibroll she also creates video artwork that has been shown at many exhibitions, such as “Roppongi Crossing” at Mori Art Museum. She choreographed the anime feature film “Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror” in 2009. She has won many awards for her choreography, including the Japan Dance Forum Award, NHK Prize and more. Her accolades include the Japan Dance Forum Award and the Yokohama City Arts Award. She also teaches at Kinki University.

Text, Direction:	Mikuni Yanaihara
Cast:	Izumi Kasagi, Syoichiro Suzuki, Yubie Mitsuse, Keisuke Yamamoto, Nozomi Kawata, Yuri Kawakami, Masanori Kikuzawa, Itaru Sasaki
Video:	Shinsuke Sato
Stage Design:	Masashi Sogabe
Stage Design Assistants:	Miki Maruyama, Akira Hasegawa
Costumes:	Takayuki Suzuki
Hair & Makeup:	Koji Kasai
Hair & Makeup Assistants:	Chika Horikawa, Ayano Funasaki
Stage Manager:	Koro Suzuki
Stage Assistant:	Eisuke Otsu
Lighting:	Kei Ito
Advertising Design:	Naohisa Ishida
Main Visual Design, Hair & Makeup:	EBI
Video Technician:	Takaki Sudo
Sound Co-ordination:	Akira Aikawa (Sound Weeds Inc.), Maki Kinoshita
Production Co-ordination:	Masanori Okuno (precog), Yuko Uematsu, Masahiko Yokobori (Festival/Tokyo)
Assistant Production Co-ordination:	Sayuri Fujii (precog)
In co-operation with	In co-operation with On Visual, Office ONE, TWO, THREE, Ace Agent, STARDUST PROMOTION, INC., MY Promotion, Nippon no Kasen, Haegiwa, Steep Slope Studio, Angle pictures, Kanagawa University Sogabe Studio, matidesign, Akira Hasegawa Studio, Shinya Satoh Studio (Nihon University), Chikage Yuyama, Nibroll
Produced by	Mikuni Yanaihara Project
Co-produced, planned and presented by	Festival/Tokyo

Map

Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory

4-9-1 Nishi-Sugamo, Toshima-ku, Tokyo

Tel: 03-5961-5200

http://sozosha.anj.or.jp/

Exit A4 (elevator) of Nishi-Sugamo Station on Toei Mita Line. 3 minutes’ walk from Shin-Koshinzuka on Toden Arakawa Line.

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Tickets

Tickets on general sale from 10:00, September 28th, 2014

Early bird discount: All general tickets 30% off between September 20th and September 27th

General Tickets (+¥500 for tickets purchased on day)	¥3,500
Early Bird Discount	¥2,450
Pair	¥3,150
5 Performance Set	¥2,800
3 Performance Set	¥2,975
Student Tickets (show ID when collecting ticket)	¥2,300
High School & Under Tickets (show ID when collecting ticket)	¥1,000

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