フェスティバル/トーキョー19

NEWS

2021/09/13
Archiving F/T Streaming Lineup Change
We regret to announce that the originally scheduled video of “H3” (directed and choreographed by Bruno Beltrão) will not be available to watch. We apologize for the disappointment this will cause. Audiences instead have the chance from September 17 to September 26, 2021, to watch Fanglao Dance Company’s “Bamboo Talk” and “PhuYing.”
2021/04/22
From Asia Series to Transfield 2014–2020 Archive Book now available
2021/03/29
Festival/Tokyo 2020 Activities and Results Report
2020/11/16
Closing remarks from the directors of Festival/Tokyo 2020

Archiving F/T

Festival/Tokyo (F/T) was held over thirteen editions from 2009 to 2020. Its programs with a focus on theatre and dance encompassed 204 productions, whose performances and screenings along with related events cumulatively attracted a total audience of 770,000 people. Through this process, many people and works across national borders intersected, forming an immense and variegated node of activities and exchange.

Performances and events cannot be saved as “things.” After they are finished, what takes place there between them and the participants or audiences is gone. But each time, albeit incrementally, they change the world. Those changes connect or branch off, conveying their seeds here and there, and then sprouting up from the soil.

What did F/T cultivate? In the hope that documenting that past may provide seeds and nourishment for future change, Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee is holding three online programs from August 2021 to February 2022.

Programs

Video Selection

Ten productions presented at F/T are available to view online, streaming two at a time for ten days each.
Cargo Tokyo-Yokohama: free
Other videos: ¥500 each
Pass (all videos): ¥1,500

Streaming Lineup:
Rimini Protokoll “Cargo Tokyo-Yokohama”
Back to Back Theatre “Ganesh Versus the Third Reich”
Fanglao Dance Company“Bamboo Talk + PhuYing”
Palestine, Year Zero (written and directed by Einat Weizman)
The Farm (directed by Kim Jeong, written by Shu Matsui)
The Instant Café Theatre Company “NADIRAH”
In our distance, there is no sorrow (written and directed by Yukio Shiba)
Shigeki Nakano + Frankens “Halfway to Hanshichi”
Taro Yasuno × Miho Watanabe × Noriyuki Kiguchi Zombie Opera “Danse Macabre”
Momonga Complex “We assemble together”

*We regret to announce that the originally scheduled video of “H3” (directed and choreographed by Bruno Beltrão) is canceled. 

Talking About F/T

To mark this milestone in F/T’s history, texts written by past festival directors are published online. Discussions about the performing arts and issues related to archiving them are also streaming online for free.

Database

Discover the various productions and events organized across the thirteen editions of Festival/Tokyo through this database, which allows you to search for production information and articles by artist/company name.
Available February 2022

Dance

We assemble together

Choreographed and Directed by Momoko Shiraga



Streaming:
November 26, 2021, 9 a.m.–December 5, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
[Finished]
Opera

Zombie Opera “Danse Macabre” )

Taro Yasuno (concept, music) + Miho Watanabe (dramaturgy) + Noriyuki Kiguchi (stage design )



Streaming:
November 26, 2021, 9 a.m.–December 5, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
[Finished]
Theatre

Halfway to Hanshichi

Written and Directed by Shigeki Nakano
Dramaturge: Kaku Nagashima
Based on “The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi” by Kido Okamoto



Streaming:
October 29, 2021, 9 a.m.–November 7, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
[Finished]
Theatre

NADIRAH

The Instant Café Theatre Company
Written by Alfian Sa’at
Directed by Jo Kukathas



Streaming:
October 8, 2021, 9 a.m.–October 17, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
[Finished]
Theatre

The Farm

Directed by Kim Jeong
Written by Shu Matsui



Streaming:
October 8, 2021, 9 a.m.–October 17, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
[Finished]
Dance
Video Selection

Bamboo Talk + PhuYing

Fanglao Dance Company
Choreographed by Ounla Phaoudom and Noutnapha Soydala



Streaming:
September 17, 2021, 9 a.m.–September 26, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
[Finished]
Theatre
Video Selection

Palestine, Year Zero

Written and Directed by Einat Weizman



Streaming:
September 17, 2021, 9 a.m.–September 26, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
[Finished]
Theatre
Video Selection

Cargo Tokyo-Yokohama

Concept by Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll)
Direction by Jörg Karrenbauer (Rimini Protokoll)



Streaming:
August 27, 2021, 9 a.m.–September 5, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
[Finished]
Theatre
Video Selection

Ganesh Versus the Third Reich

Back to Back Theatre /
Directed by Bruce Gladwin



Streaming:
August 27, 2021, 9 a.m.–September 5, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
[Finished]
 
 

Past Festivals

Websites for all the editions of Festival/Tokyo

Contact

Arts Network Japan
2F 4-36-1 Ikebukuro-Honchou, Toshima-ku,

Tel

+81-(0)50-5527-2731