From Hunting Ritual to Installation Art: Tianzhuo Chen and Siko Setyanto’s “Ocean Cage”
Ocean Cage engulfs its audience for almost two hours in a multi-sensorial, immersive performative...
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Humankind’s Search for the Living in Shinichi Anasako and Pijin Neji’s “Stand by Me”
How does a coming-of-age story look like today, at a time of a global ecological catastrophe and...
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Nanako Matsumoto and Anchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos) Trekking Mountains
As part of Kyoto Experiment, I watched at the black box of Theatre E9 two performers interact with...
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(LA)HORDE’s Flash Mob Revolution
The enthusiastic applause and standing ovations received by Room with a View from the large...
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Melati Suryodarmo and Alessandro Sciarroni Moving Within Patriarchy
Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo and Italian choreographer Alessandro Sciarroni...
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On Kyoto Experiment’s Curatorial Vision
The interdisciplinary theatre, dance, and performance art festival Kyoto Experiment (KEX) wowed me...
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“Tattooer” At Atelier Shunpusha: “Tattooer” Reworks Tanizaki’s Japanese Tale Of Desire And Power With Subtlety And Verve
Tattooer is a playful yet critical adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki’s (1886-1965) debut short...
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“note to a friend” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
note to a friend, composed by Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang, is a chamber opera...
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When Languages Fall Apart: InlanDimensions International Arts Festival
Looking at the titles in the InlanDimensions theater lineup, I was hard put to find a common...
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“Blood Brothers” Tells a Tangled Tale of Nature Versus Nurture
It’s an age-old question: Which is more important in determining the course of our lives, nature...
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Saitama Gold Theater Players Take Their Final Bow After 15 Years
After 15 years of entertaining audiences in Japan and abroad, the actors of Saitama Gold Theater...
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New Opera “Yuzuru” Cautions Against the Dangers of Capitalism
For his first foray into the realm of opera, dramatist Toshiki Okada is tackling Ikuma Dan’s...
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“The Doctor” Diagnoses Society’s Afflictions
After its premiere at north London’s Almeida Theatre in 2019, Robert Icke’s The Doctor earned...
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Rena Matsui Tackles Shakespeare in an All-Female “Julius Caesar”
Rena Matsui always knew she wanted to enter the acting world, and launching her career by...
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Cameron Mackintosh’s All-Japanese “Oliver!” Will Have You Asking for More
It was enough for theater fans to learn that after more than 50 years, the Tony Award-winning...
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Family Drama Hits Close to Home for Keito Okamoto
When Keito Okamoto was offered the title role in French dramatist Florian Zeller’s latest work,...
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Very Genki, Slightly Kitsch, Occasionally Compelling: The Olympic Opening Ceremony Put Humanity in Centre Frame
The rising of the Japanese flag and the singing of the national anthem is the first moment of...
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Obscured Truths Come to Light in Hideki Noda’s “Fakespeare”
William Shakespeare is one of the world’s most influential playwrights, but his life continues to...
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Asian Adaptations of Shakespeare Today
During the AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) heritage month, let us explore the...
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ASSITEJ World Congress & Performing Arts Festival is Finally Here
The 2020 ASSITEJ World Congress & Performing Arts Festival / MIRAI 2020 is scheduled to take...
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