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the conversations creative vaqi

Asia Series Vol.1: Korean Dawon Arts
The Conversations

date

November 14th - November 16th, 2014

venue

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Theatre East

ticket

Adv. ¥2,000 / Day ¥2,500
Unreserved seating

schedule

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

*Post-performance talk: Kyungsung Lee
Box office opens 1 hour before.
Doors open 30 minutes before.

Performed in Korean with Japanese surtitles
Duration: 90 min.

History and today, emerging from a dialogue across generations

 
Creative VaQi is a major group active in the Korean dawon scene of crossover arts, featuring not only a director but also architects, video artists and more. It explores social themes through research and workshops, turning the facts and new awareness these produce into words and visualization. Its use of form and style is creatively free but also acutely analytical. This performance utilizes documentary techniques, departing from a meal and conversation shared by two generations: one born during the 1940’s when South Korea was still a Japanese colony and undergoing modernization, and another born in the 1980’s, the period in which Korea’s democratic movement was at its peak. Mixing video and subtitles, a portrait of Korean society emerges through how the experiences are both shared and separate.

Artist Profile

kyungsung lee©Kyungmin Na

Kyungsung Lee

Director, Leader of Creative VaQi

Born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1983. He studied directing at Seoul’s Chung-Ang University before undertaking postgraduate studies at Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He formed Creative VaQi in 2007 and works as its leader and director. Past work includes “The Moving Exhibition” (200), “The Dream of Sancho” (2010) (which took part in the Edinburgh Festival), “The History of Gangnam” (2011), and the “Theatre Practice” series (2013-2014), the most recent of which was performed in Seoul. He won a prize at the Chuncheon International Mime Festival in 2009 and in the same year he also became the youngest winner of the important Korea New Conception Theatre Award for “Let us move your sofa”.

Cast, Staff

Concept, Direction:

Kyungsung Lee

Text, Cast:

Sooyeon Sung, Myungsang You, Kyungmin Na, Aesoon Lee

Dramaturge:

Sujin Jang

Stage Manager:

Soohyun Seo

Lighting:

Hyekjoon Go

Assistant Director:

Yeisol Hyun

Translation, Interpretation:

Juri Ishikawa

Tokyo Production
Technical Manager:

Eiji Torakawa

Technical Manager Assistant:

Yukiko Kato

Stage Manager:

Go Sato

Stage Assistant:

Minami Abe

Lighting Co-ordination:

Makiko Sasaki (Factor Co., Ltd.)

Sound Co-ordination:

Akira Aikawa (Sound Weeds Inc.)

Production Co-ordination:

InBetween, Orie Kiyuna, Shiori Sunagawa (Festival/Tokyo)

Co-produced by

the Japan Foundation (The Japan Foundation East Asian Collaboration Vol.2)

Endorsed by

the Embassy of Korea in Japan, Korean Cultural Center

Produced by

Creative VaQi

Presented by

Festival/Tokyo

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Map

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Theatre East

1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo

 

Tel: 03-5391-2111

 

http://www.geigeki.jp/

 

2 minutes’ walk from West Exit of Ikebukuro Station on JR Line, Tokyo Metro, Tobu Tojo Line, and Seibu Ikebukuro Line. (Direct connection to the theatre from Exit 2b.)

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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) ¥2,500
Early Bird Discount ¥1,750
Pair ¥2,250
5 Performance Set ¥2,000
3 Performance Set ¥2,125
Student Tickets (show ID when collecting ticket) ¥1,600
High School & Under Tickets (show ID when collecting ticket) ¥1,000

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