Creating Opportunities For “Inclusive Dance” With Stopgap Dance Company
“I believe people with almost any kind of physique can do contemporary dance. Yet though...
Read MoreGraduated from Chuo University with a BA in German literature, having written her dissertation on the playwright Bertolt Brecht’s theory of drama. In 2000, she got MA in arts management at City University in London. Afterwards, she began contributing theatre articles to Japan’s leading English-language newspaper, The Japan Times, for which she has now been a regular writer on contemporary drama and dance for more than 15 years. She also writes articles for a number of Japanese-language theatre magazines — including Theater Guide, Higeki Kigeki and Theatre Arts — as well as the programs for a range of stage productions in Japan and England.
Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 8th Mar 2019 | Japan, Review, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
“I believe people with almost any kind of physique can do contemporary dance. Yet though...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Feb 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Theatre and Opera, Transcultural Collaborations
A new opera based on the quintessentially Japanese novel Kinkakuji is set to open in Tokyo...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 12th Feb 2019 | Japan, Musical Theatre, News, Transcultural Collaborations
Whether it’s a regular theatre that gets you going these days—or you’re skipping along more to...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 26th Jan 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News
In a scoop for Tokyo, Theatre Cocoon in Shibuya Ward is set to mark the new year with the world...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 29th Dec 2018 | Acting, Interview, Japan, Theatre and Film
It has been almost two years since pop group SMAP split up, but its demise after over two decades...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 25th Dec 2018 | Directing, Interview, Japan, Theatre and Politics
In one bound, the rising English director Jonathan Munby found himself in the spotlight of...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 22nd Dec 2018 | Japan, Musical Theatre, News, Transcultural Collaborations
Musicals have flourished in 2018, with many young stars also helping to sell out straight plays in...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 21st Oct 2018 | Festivals, Japan, News
If the inclusion of Festival/Tokyo in Tokyo Festival’s diverse program of performing arts is any...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 20th Oct 2018 | Directing, Interview, Japan
There has always been a considerable amount of cultural exchange between China and Japan, but...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 6th Oct 2018 | Festivals, Japan, Theatre and Age
Renowned theater director Yukio Ninagawa broke new ground when he launched Saitama Gold Theater in...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 2nd Oct 2018 | Japan, Review
The lobby of the Setagaya Public Theatre in Tokyo teemed with women on Sept. 1, each eager to see...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 1st Oct 2018 | Essay, Japan, Musical Theatre
Nothing sounds quite like the early 1960s more than the vocals of Frankie Valli. As lead singer of...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Aug 2018 | Interview, Japan, Playwriting
When he was 16, Hideto Iwai was perplexed as to why everyone around him unquestioningly jumped...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 23rd Aug 2018 | Japan, News
When the circus comes to town in most parts of the world these days, you won’t see elephants,...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 25th Jul 2018 | Essay, Japan
Based in mountainous Oita Prefecture in northeastern Kyushu, the privately owned and run Drum Tao...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 11th Jul 2018 | Directing, Japan, News, Playwriting
After eight years as artistic director for drama at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, Keiko Miyata,...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 14th Jun 2018 | Japan, News, Theatre and Dance
Tetsuya Kumakawa speaks about his most recent project, Cleopatra, in a way that’s as grand as the...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 29th May 2018 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Theatre and Politics, Translation
For casual fans of film, the name Martin McDonagh only became familiar after the movie he wrote,...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 25th May 2018 | Japan, Review, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Dance
Contemporary dance seemed to enter the wider arts consciousness in Japan around the turn of the...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 27th Apr 2018 | Festivals, Japan, News
This hasn’t been a great year for social media. Internet addiction has been a hot topic, as...
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