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"My Home is Shivering and Changing"
(or is it Me and My Body Wriggling?)
The Asia Contemporary Dance Festival, organized by NPO DANCE BOX, was first established in Osaka in 2001. In 2009 the venue was moved to Kobe and the event renamed the “KOBE-Asia Contemporary Dance Festival”. From the beginning, the festival has continued to present various artists from Japan and other Asian countries aiming to reflect current Asian values, which weave a diverse and dynamic web of relations.
This year, the festival invites Yuya Tsukahara (the founder of contact Gonzo) as the festival program director. With the program theme “My home is shivering and changing (or is it me and my body wriggling?)”, Tsukahara will direct four performance programs and one group exhibition for the festival. All the performances will be newly created by the participating artists from various disciplines including dance, theatre, visual arts, music, media arts etc.
In this era of international mobility, artists venture across borders and interact with each other regardless of their disciplines or backgrounds. We believe that the new productions created for the festival will represent the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Asian expression. We hope all of you will enjoy our festival!
KOBE-Asia Contemporary Dance Festival #03
Presented by NPO DANCE BOX
About NPO DANCE BOX:
In 1996, the DANCE BOX Executive Committee was launched with its offices in TORII Hall, Namba Sennichimae, Osaka. In August 2002, it obtained a non-profit corporationstatus. The following October, “Art Theatre dB” was established as part of the Shinsekai Arts Park in Festival Gate, an amusement park complex in Shinsekai, Osaka.
The theatre, constructed under the public sector and operated by the private sector, played a major role as one of Japan’s largest theatres focusing upon contemporary dance, and served as the birthplace of many new artists and dance pieces. In July 2007, the theatre was closed due to the closure of Festival Gate, and in April 2009, its offices were relocated to Shin Nagata, Kobe, where Art Theatre dB Kobe was launched in collaboration with Kobe City (under the same scheme as Osaka Art Theatre dB). Since then NPO DANCE BOX has been producing / organizing dance productions, artist residencies, conferences, workshops, lectures, and various other dance events.
【Festival Information】
KOBE-Asia Contemporary Dance Festival #03
Theme: “My Home is Shivering and Changing.” (or is it Me and my Body Wriggling?)
■ Festival Dates: February 1st (sat) – March 2nd (sun), 2014
■ Performance Date &Time:
A Program: Feb. 15 (sat) 19:00／16(sun)17:00／17(mon) 20:00
B Program: Feb. 21 (fri) 20:00 ／22 (sat)17:00／23 (sun) 17:00
■ Exhibition Date & Time:
February 1 (sat) – March 2 (sun), 2014 12:00-19:00 (closed on Monday)
■ Venues:
○ ArtTheatre dB KOBE（Performance）
Kubo-cho 6-1 Asuta Kunizuka 4 (4F), Nagata-ku, Kobe City zip 653-0041
TEL:078-646-7044 / FAX:078-646-7045 HP: http://www.db-dancebox.org
○ Art area B1-Keihan Railways, Naniwabashi station（Exhibition）
Nakanoshima1-1-1 Keihan Railways Naniwabashi station B1F, Kita-ku, Osaka City
TEL: 06-6226-4006 / HP: http://artarea-b1.jp
[Tickets Information]
Advanced tickets:
- adult 3,000yen / youth(up to 25) & physically-challenged 2,500yen
- Nagataku citizen 2,000yen (advanced only)
- A+B programs ticket: 5,000 yen (advanced only)
Day tickets:
- adult 3,300yen / youth(up to 25) & physically-challenged 2,800yen
Tickets Reservation: NPO Dance Box Office TEL:078-646-7044
Online reservations (http://www/db-dancebox.org)
*For updated information, check the festival website
K-ACDF official website: http://www.db-dancebox.org/07_arc/03_sp/14_kacdf03/
[Program Concept]
"My Home is Shivering and Changing.” (or is it Me and my Body Wriggling?)
This is a festival dealing with the interaction between technology and philosophy (or thought / ideology). By ascertaining “simple questions” which occur in our daily lives, the participating artists will create new performance sessions. The “Simple questions” that I intended here are, for example, the ordinary things which you can find in your room. These things seem to be nothing special in our lives, however, a vast amount of time and incidents are wriggling behind their superficial appearance. If we focus on these facts hidden behind our initial impressions, our common sense might be shaken (or should be shaken unable to stand up on your own). This is a festival for the realisation of those facts.
Yuya Tsukahara (Festival Program Director)
Yuya Tsukahara:
dancer, choreographer, and a member of contact Gonzo, was born in Kyoto in 1979, and lives and works in Osaka. He received his MA from the Kwansei Gakuin University, Graduate School of Humanities, Aesthetics and Art Studies. In 2002, Tsukahara first became involved with NPO DANCE BOX as a volunteer member and later started working as administration staff. In 2006, Tsukahara, along with Masaru Kakio, formed the performance unit contact Gonzo. The unit started performing in parks or on the streets, creating an original performance style which improvised physical contact to explore what they term “the philosophy of pain and technique of contact.” As a member of contact Gonzo, Tsukahara has participated in performances at MoMA (New York), PANORAMA Festival (Rio de Janeiro), and many other dance festivals in Europe. Besides performances, he and his group also joined several contemporary art exhibitions such as “ROPPONGI CROSSING” in Tokyo, “Kaza Ana: another Form of Conceptualism from Asia" (The National Museum of Art, 2010), Osaka and YCAM 10th Anniversary in Yamaguchi.
