The "Ikebukuro" is the center of the "Ikebukuro" exhibition, which will be held for 100 days from September 1 (Sat.) to December 9 (Sun.).Tokyo Art Festival. is now being held.
Simply put, the Tokyo Performing Arts Festival is a performance arts festival centered on theater and dance. While aiming to connect with the world by inviting directors and other artists from overseas, the Tokyo Arts Festival also aims to enhance Tokyo's creativity by showing its diverse and profound arts and culture to people inside and outside the city. In the mid- to long-term, we will work to solve social issues, develop people and the city, and respond to globalization.
The general director is Satoshi Miyagi, who is also the artistic director of the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center. He is a highly acclaimed person in Japan and abroad who continues to bring world-class theater to Shizuoka Prefecture while also creating his own productions.
The program lineup ranges from paid to free. Although the programs are free, they are by no means short on content, and the festival offers a wide range of free programs in the interest of an open art festival.
The following is a partial list of programs that are of interest to the Huinamu editorial staff.
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by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, one of the leading directors of contemporary Italian theater.Open-air play: Three-Penny OperaThe fact that you can see the "Ikebukuro Art Festival" at Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park for free or for 500 yen is a feat only possible at this art festival.
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One artist creates images using various techniques such as charcoal drawing, sand painting, water painting, shadow painting, and animation, and projects them on the screen with a projector. The other performs live on several instruments simultaneously. This low-tech performance depicts a thrilling one-night-only performance by a circus troupe of abstruse circus performers.Dark CircusI would like to see a live performance of "The Live Experience.
The two most famous storytellers of our time, Ryotaro Yanagiya and Matsunojo Kanda, will appear on the stage.NANAFUKU's, a person to fall in love with.I want to laugh without thinking.
You can see folk dances with rich expressions rooted in each region of the country.Traditional Performing Arts @ Minami Ikebukuro Park Project Hito wa Odoru - Japanese Folk DanceThe "Mere Old Man" wants to experience the groove of Japan.
by the Malevito Society, which is innovating the framework of theater in various directions.Performing Fukushimamay be an opportunity to rethink Fukushima.
In addition, a variety of other programs will be held every other day. Please check out the program and schedule on the website below, and enjoy the performances only at this time and only for this occasion.
Please look for an article featuring the "Tokyo Art Festival" in Huinamu at a later date.
Text_Shinri Kobayashi
Tokyo Art Festival
http://tokyo-festival.jp/2018/
