Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
A new project presented by the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. We will appoint top artists to create new opportunities for elementary to high school students to experience performing arts in theaters for the first time.
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, which holds many performances and workshops for young people, will start a new project "Theater Debut Program". This is a program to plan and produce original stage works in collaboration with classical music and other genres for elementary school students and junior high and high school students by appointing top artists.
As children who have experienced music workshops and concerts for infants at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan grow up to be elementary school students, junior high and high school students, the next step is to encounter "performing arts" and experience the space of "theatre". will send. In addition, we will create opportunities for a wide range of children and students to come into contact with the live stage by conducting outreach at schools and setting invitation frames that narrow down the target age.
This year, which will be the first time, "Normal x Miyata Dai" Hamlet "" (for junior high school and high school students) on December 18th and 19th, and "Mushimezuru Himekun" (for elementary school students) on February 5th and 6th, 2022. Will be staged.
Music Program TOKYO Theater Debut Program
Normal x Dai Miyata "Hamlet Hamlet" <New production in 2021>
The world of Shakespeare, woven by puppet actors and cellists.
Shocking collaboration again!
A collaboration between Tairajo, a puppet theater actor and director who has established a unique expression method, and Dai Miyata, a cellist who is active on the front lines of the classical music world. This work is a perfect fusion of the overwhelming performance of Taira, who plays all the roles alone, and Miyata's profound performance, which expresses the psychological situation and scenes of the characters with a cello, and the artistry of the two is condensed. Brings fresh surprises and excitement to the audience. A revised version of "Hamlet", which premiered at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan in 2016, has been newly produced for junior high and high school students. Develop children's creativity and imagination by experiencing the stage by top artists and the charm of Shakespeare literature and classical music at the same time.
[Performance information]
https://www.t-bunka.jp/stage/10855/
Performance date: December 18th (Sat) and 19th (Sun), 2021 14:00 start
<Scheduled performance time: Approximately 2 hours (including one break)>
Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall (in front of JR Ueno Station Park Exit)
Screenplay / Direction / Art / Practical Performance: Normal
Music composition / cello: Dai Miyata
[Song]
JS Bach: "Prelude" from BWV1007, Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G major
Ravel: From Pavane for the Dead Princess
Kodaly: From unaccompanied Cello Sonata Op.8
Vivaldi: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A minor RV43
Other songs selected from the works of various composers
【staff】
Kuroko: Naomi Ushito, Ayami Arai, Aiko Arakawa
Arrangement: Kotaro Kobayashi
Lighting: Tasuke Mochizuki (ASG)
Sound: Takaaki Mori
Stage director: Shinji Uehara
Director Assistant: Akiko Inayama
【ticket】
S seat 5,500 yen A seat 4,400 yen B seat sold out 25 years old or younger (common to all seats) 2,200 yen 18 years old or younger (common to all seats) 1,100 yen
Available at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan ticket service and others.
* Please refrain from entering preschool children.
* Please note that the contents are subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances.
[Youth Invitation]
Target: 3rd year junior high school and 1st year high school
Number of people: 50 people for each performance, 100 people in total (lottery if there are many applications)
Application period: November 15th (Monday) -November 28th (Sunday)
How to apply: From the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan website ( https://www.t-bunka.jp/stage/10855/ )
[Synopsis]
Hamlet's father, King of Denmark, died suddenly. The king's younger brother, Claudius, marries Hamlet's mother and queen, Ghatroot, and takes the throne of the Danish king. Hamlet, who is depressed by his father's death and mother's remarriage, hears that his father's ghost appears from Horatio and goes to see him. The ghost tells Hamlet that he was poisoned by Claudius and tells him that he should never forgive this. In distress, Hamlet decides to disguise himself as crazy and find out the truth. Claudius realizes that Hamlet is aiming for his life and plans to kill him …
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Music Program TOKYO Theater Debut Program
The Lady Who Loved Insects <New Production>
Innovative Heian picture scroll spelled out in butoh and classical music
"The Lady Who Loved Insects", which is included in the short story "The Lady Who Loved Insects" in the Heian period, depicts the eccentric princess who loves insects and the people who surround her.
The collaboration between "Butoh", a dance style unique to Japan, and classical music, including famous songs that everyone is familiar with, opens up a completely new world of Heian picture scrolls.
[Performance information]
https://www.t-bunka.jp/stage/10729/
<Commentary "What is Butoh?" By Emiko Agatsuma (Director, Choreographer, Butoh)>
Performance date: February 5th (Sat) and 6th (Sun), 2022 15:00 start
<Scheduled performance time: Approximately 1 hour (no break)>
Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall (in front of JR Ueno Station Park Exit)
Director / Choreography / Butoh: Emiko Agatsuma
Music Director / Composition / Piano: Masanori Kato
Soprano (storyteller): Rie Miyake
Flute: Yoshie Ueno * 1st prize in the woodwind section of the 2nd Tokyo Music Competition
Clarinet: Yuki Hamasaki
Cello: Tatsuki Sasanuma * 2nd place in the 12th string section
Butoh: Satoshi Shioya, Toranan Ame (Bright CAMP)
[Song]
JS Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV1043
Grieg: "At the In the Hall of the Mountain Devil" from the first suite of "Peer Gynt"
Lee Hobby: Snake
Masanori Kato: The Lady Who Loved Insects (World Premiere)
Other songs selected from the works of various composers
【staff】
Script: Peyanne Maki
Art: Hiroko Matsuo
Costume: Kumiko Takeda
Hair Make: Momoko Ishihara
Lighting: Tasuke Mochizuki (ASG)
Sound: Yuki Suehiro (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)
Stage Director: Nobuo Asanuma (The Staff)
Director Assistant: Akiko Inayama
【ticket】
Elementary and junior high school students (common to all seats) 1,100 yen Adult S seats 3,300 yen A seats 2,200 yen
Released on Saturday , November 6th at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Ticket Service and others.
* Please refrain from entering preschool children.
* Please note that the contents are subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances.
[Children's invitation]
Target: 4th grade elementary school
Number of people: 50 people for each performance, 100 people in total (lottery if there are many applications)
Application period: November 15th (Monday) to December 5th (Sunday)
How to apply: From the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan website ( https://www.t-bunka.jp/stage/10729/ )
[Synopsis]
In the Heian period, when princesses liked flowers and butterflies and it was natural for them to be beautiful, there was a princess who loved insects and didn't care about her appearance at all. Even if the maid and her parents are in trouble, the wind blows everywhere.
An aristocratic young man who is interested in such a princess presents a karakuri snake with a love song to make fun of the princess. The princess who received it is truly! ??
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【profile】
Normal ("Hamlet" script, direction, art, puppet performance) TAIRA Jo
Established a unique expression method that fused solo play and puppet show. Also works on screenplay, direction, music and art. Received the silver prize of the Japanese puppet theater award for "La Marie-Vison" (written by Shuji Terayama) at the youngest age. Many awards such as the original work being commended by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. In 2011, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was the first Japanese artist to tour Palestine. The local audience was enthusiastic. A variety of repertoires such as "The Wizard of Oz" at the New National Theatre, China are performed all over the country. Appeared in Tokyo Bunka Kaikan performing arts creation project "Princess Media Story" (2014), "Hamlet" (2016), "SALOME" (2019), opera "400-year-old castrato (starring: Daichi Fujiki / reading: Baku Ohwada) Miho Owada) ”(2020). It is attracting attention from various fields, such as being featured frequently in the media such as "Good Morning Japan" and "Nonfiction W".
Dai Miyata ("Hamlet" music composition, cello) MIYATA Dai
In 2009, he became the first Japanese to win the Rostropovich International Cello Competition. He has won all the competitions he has participated in so far. His overwhelming performance has been well supported by composers and co-stars, and has been praised by world-famous conductor Seiji Ozawa, and he is developing international activities as a representative cellist in Japan. Recording activities are also active, and in 2020, the first duo album "Travelogue" with guitarist Yasuji Ohagi. In 2019, he released "Elgar: Cello Concerto" conducted by Thomas Dausgaard and co-starring with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. (Nippon Columbia) He has appeared in the mass media such as "Lalala Classic", "Untitled Concert" and "Tetsuko's Room". The instrument used is A. Stradivarius "Cholmondeley" made in 1698, which was lent by Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Co., Ltd.
Emiko Agatsuma (Director, Choreographer, Butoh) AGATSUMA Emiko
Butoh dancer, representative of Agaxart. Upon graduating from Waseda University School of Letters, he joined the Butoh group Dairakudakan and studied under Akaji Maro. Appeared in all works until independence in 2020. In 2015, he won the 46th Butoh Critics Association New Face Award for his choreographed and directed work "Niku no Uta", and was evaluated as "breathing a new breeze into a corner of Butoh." In 2019, at Banryuji Temple in Meguro-ku, he announced a collaboration between Butoh and Tea Ceremony, "Tera-dori-cha". In 2020, he was selected as a staying artist in Taipei Artist Village, released his solo work "Future Temple", and was invited to represent Japan from the 39th Battery Dance Festiva (l New York). He has more than 15 years of experience in teaching butoh, and also provides lectures and workshops for professional performers in Japan and Taiwan, such as Waseda University, Taipei National University of the Arts, and Tainan National University of the Arts. External works include "Knight without God" (directed by Mansai Nomura) and choreographed and performed by the movie "Killing for the Prosecution" (directed by Masato Harada).
Masanori Kato (Music Director, Composition, Arrangement, Piano for "The Lady Who Loved Insects") KATO Masanori
Composer / pianist. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Composition, and completed graduate school at the same university. His works range from opera, orchestra, vocal music, and chorus, and he has a good reputation for creative arrangements that breathe new life into his works. He has provided songs to many soloists and is highly evaluated as a co-star pianist. Performances and classical lectures planned from a unique perspective, such as Oji Hall "Ginza Burat Concert Café Series" (planning / piano), Tokyo / Spring / Music Festival "Benjamin Britten's World" (planning / composition), etc. It is also attracting attention for its producing power. Works include the 2012 opera "White Tiger" (11th Yoshio Sagawa Music Award) and the 2018 "Sixteen Montage" (commissioned by Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra). Since 2016, he has been in charge of the NHK-FM "Keyboard Tsubasa" personality. Appointed as a resident producer of Nagano City Museum of Art in April 2019. He is working on the chorus arrangement of the NHK2020 support song "Paprika".
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Organizer: Tokyo / Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Tokyo Bunka Kaikan / Arts Council Tokyo
Subsidy: Agency for Cultural Affairs Cultural Arts Promotion Grant (Functional Enhancement Promotion Project for Theaters, Music Halls, etc.) | Japan Arts Council / Regional Creation
Article provided by: Kokoshiru Ueno
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