organization
Kyoto Experiment is an international performing arts festival that has been held annually in the city of Kyoto since 2010. Inviting cutting-edge artists from Japan and abroad, we introduce stage works that freely cross genres—not only theater, dance, and music, but also art, design, architecture, and more. At the same time, we serve as a meeting point between society and cutting-edge art/culture, fostering thinking and dialogue about experimental artistic expression with an eye on the future.
Kyoto Experiment operates in collaboration with theaters and art centers, both private and public, with the following three goals:
1. Becoming a creative home for pioneering art from Japan and overseas
2. Fostering new interactions by innovating Kyoto’s art/culture and making it available to a wider public
3. Cultivating new possibilities for art/culture in team with the people who will carry its future.
Greetings
- Name:
- Kyoto Experiment: Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival 2021 Autumn
- Dates:
- October 1st (Fri) – 24th (Sun) 2021 [24 days]
- Venues:
- ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto Art Theater Shunjuza, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, THEATRE E9 KYOTO, Hieizan Driveway and other locations
- Organized by
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Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival Executive Committee
[Kyoto City, ROHM Theatre Kyoto (Kyoto City Music Art Cultural Promoting Foundation), Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation), Kyoto Performing Arts Center at Kyoto University of the Arts, THEATRE E9 KYOTO (Arts Seed Kyoto)] -
Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival Executive Committee
- Chair
- Fumio Amano (Professor, Director of Kyoto Performing Arts Center)
- Vice Chair
- Yoshiaki Morikawa (Senior Director, Kyoto City Music Art Cultural Promoting Foundation)
- Committee Members
- Toshihiko Inoue (Secretary-General, Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation)
- Yukako Ogura (Program Director, ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Kyoto City Music Art Cultural Promoting Foundation)
- Tetsuya Ozaki (ICA KYOTO / Editor-in-Chief, REALKYOTO FORUM)
- Yota Kageyama (Director, Arts Seed Kyoto / Theatre Manager, THEATRE E9 KYOTO)
- Ritsue Hata (Editorial committee member of Arts and Cultural News Department, Osaka head office of The Mainichi Newspapers )
- Morihiro Matsumoto (Culture and Art Unit Head, Culture and Citizens Affairs Bureau of Kyoto City)
- Hiroshi Yoshioka (Aesthetician / Professor of Aesthetics and Theory of Arts, Kyoto University)
- Supervisors
- Hideki Miyata (Deputy Director, ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Kyoto City Music Art Cultural Promoting Foundation)
- Takayuki Mori (Culture and Art Unit Head, Culture and Citizens Affairs Bureau of Kyoto City)
- Advisors
- Kojin Ota (Theater Critic / President, Kyoto University of Education)
- Akira Shigeyama (Kyogen Artist / President of NPO Kyoto Arts Meeting / Director, THEATRE E9 KYOTO)
- Motoaki Shinohara （Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University）
- Soshitsu Sen (Urasenke Grand Tea Master)
- Akira Tatehata (Director, Kyoto Art Center / President, Tama Art University)
- Oriza Hirata (Playwright, Theater Director / Director of Seinendan / President, Professional College of Arts and Tourism)
Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival Executive Committee Office
- Co-directors:
- Yoko Kawasaki, Yuya Tsukahara, Juliet Reiko Knapp
- Administrative Director:
- Junko Kakiwaki
- Office:
- Miwako Inoue, Shunsuke Kadowaki, Hiroshi Watanabe
- Public Relations:
- Mei Toma, Yoshimi Toyoyama, Ruka Maeda
- Production Coordinators:
- Hirotomo Kojima, Eri Shibata, Tsubasa Shimizu (KANKARA Inc.), Kanako Yamasaki (KANKARA Inc.)
- [ROHM Theatre Kyoto] Kei Saito, Shunsuke Manabe
- [Kyoto Art Center] Yukina Yagi, Hiromu Yoshimine
- [Kyoto Performing Arts Center] Miho Kawahara, Takanori Goto
- [THEATRE E9 KYOTO] Misako Fukumori
- Technical Director:
- Masaya Natsume
- Technical Coordinators:
- Kodachi Kitagata, Yuhi Kobayashi, Mao Sakai
- Interns:
- Yuki Nakamura, Chiharu Hirata, Jun Matsui
- Text Coordination:
- Noriko Yamaguchi
- Art Direction / Design:
- Aiko Koike
- Archive Video and Photo Direction:
- slide//show (Takuya Matsumi, Kim Song Gi, Yoshitaka Shimada, Yuki Moriya)
- Web Direction:
- bank to LLC. (Takahiro Mitsukawa, Yumi Hayashi, Hiroshi Matsuda)
- Web Design:
- Kento Yoshida (bank to LLC.)
- Web Programming / Web Coding:
- Kazuma Hitomi (bank to LLC.)
- Advisory Board:
- Reza Afisina (New Media Artist / Member and Artistic Board of ruangrupa / Artistic Director of ruangrupa Arts Laboratory [ArtLab])
- Toru Koyamada (Artist / Professor, Kyoto City University of Arts)
- Anna Wagner (Dramaturg, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt / Main)
Partner
Supported by
- The Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council
- Japan Foundation for Regional Art Activities
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Association for Corporate Support of the Arts, Japan: 2021 Fund for Creation of Society by the Arts and Culture
Goethe-Institut Osaka Kyoto
Sponsored by
- Hase Building Co., Ltd.
- Reiwa 3rd Year Japan Cultural Expo Innovation Project (Kyoto Experiment Meeting Point Project: A Community Space Utilizing Kyoto's Cultural Resources)
With the stage equipment cooperation of
- Lighting Equipment: RYU Co., Ltd.
- Audio Equipment: KWAT Co., Ltd.
- Video Equipment: Takenaka Co., Ltd.
With the cooperation of
- Kawaramachi Shopping Street Promotion Association, Kyoto Okazaki Tsutaya Books, Shijo Han’eikai Shopping Street Promotion Association, Demachiza, Hieizan Jidosha Co., Ltd., Gion Shopping Street Promotion Association