(Jun. -) Volunteer Staff Program(7 Jun.) Artist & Curator Exchange Program (Photography project "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10" selection meeting)
(18 Jul.) Brouhaha International Festival: Brouhaha Opening Performance by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" (the Novas CUC)
(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Japanese drum by Japanese Taiko Drumming, Tamasii daiko(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Koto music by Tansu-Koto Music, Sumie Kent(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Geology by Liverpool Geological society(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Japanese dresses and accessories by Japanese Tex-style, Festival of Japan Ltd, Irongarden & Wacky Wire Jewellery, Sashiko, The Art & Craft Guild of Lancashre, Japan craft, Jill Clay, Japanya, Manchester, Volunteer Group-Kitsuke, Shibori Pleated Silk(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Japanese furniture by Tansu(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Kendo by Liverpool Kendo Club(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Aikido by Lancashire Aikikai, Komyokan dojo, Komyokan Aikido Association(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Budo by Takeuchi-Ryu, Shoufukukan dojo, West Yorkshire, Takeuchi-Ryu Kobudo(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Iai by Iaido Katsumushi Dojo(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Japanese swords and Armors by Liverpool Militaria, Northern To-Ken Society(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Kyudo by Manchester Kyudo Group(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Origami by Origami, British Origami Society, Manchester Volunteer Group-Kitsuke(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Soroban by Soroban(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Manga by Manga/Anime Sweatdrop(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Go by The British Go Association(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Nishiki-Koi by Liverpool Koi Club(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Japanese food culture by Eikoku Kudari Nuido Group, Taka-Sushi Craft, Etsu Japanese Restaurant, Sapporo Teppanyaki Restaurant, Eat-Japan.Com(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of calligraphy and Japanese language by Japan Centre North West, University of Manchester, Kanjizone, Manchester Volunteer Group-Kitsuke, Shodou(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Hiku by British Haiku Society(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Japanese books by Black well Bookshop, Blackburn Museum And Art Gallery(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Ikebana, Bonsai and Japanese Garden by Crûg Farm Plants, Wirral Bonsai Society, Manchester Chapter of Ikebana International, Japanese Garden Society(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Japanese railway by Japanese Railway Society(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Japanese doll by Dolls (Ningyo)(19 Jul.) Japan Day 2008: Introduction of Zen by Liverpool Zen Group(20-21 Jul.) Brouhaha International Festival: Performance by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" at Mab Lane (Dovestock)(24 Jul.) Brouhaha International Festival: Workshop by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" (Toxteth TV)(25 Jul.) Brouhaha International Festival: Performance and workshop by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" (Knotty Ash Community)(25-26 Jul.) Brouhaha International Festival: Workshop by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" (Arts Council GET IN event)(26 Jul.) Brouhaha International Festival: Performance by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" / 'Flipped' International Hip-Hop Show (Novas CUC)(26 Jul.) Brouhaha International Festival: Performance by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" /Nike Liverpool Shop event (Liverpool One)(27 Jul.) Brouhaha International Festival: Performance by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" (Southport Arts Centre)(30 Jul.) Brouhaha International Festival: Performance by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" (Liverpool One, 30 July, 2008)(2 Aug.) Brouhaha International Festival: Performance by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" (World in Princes Park)(2 Aug.) Brouhaha International Festival: Performance by Double Dutch team "CAPLIORE" /Liverpool International Carnival
(18 Sep. - 30 Oct.) Jamp Ship Rat: "POP-UP" Yoshiaki Kaihatsu participating(18 Sep. - 30 Oct.) Jamp Ship Rat: "POP-UP" Satoru Tamura participating(18 Sep.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Performance "A sleepwalker is stunding" by Milena Muzquiz (A member of Art and Music Performance group "Los Super Elegantes" )(19-20 Sep.) Jamp Ship Rat: "POP-UP" Masato Nakamura participating(20 Sep. - 30 Nov.) The 5th Liverpool Biennial: international 08 exhibition "MADE UP" :Yayoi Kusama(20 Sep. - 30 Nov.) The 5th Liverpool Biennial: international 08 exhibition "MADE UP" :Atelier Bow-Wow(20 Sep.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by The Laze [Progressive Rock] , My Amiga [Indie Pop] , Arms at Last [Pop Punk](20 Sep.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Paper Theatre Performance by Yuushi Yasuno(27 Sep.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Tony McCaldon [Vocal, Guitar] , Soldiers Of Fuzz [Psychobilly] , The Verdict [Indie Rock] , Wallgate Circus [Rock, Punk, Ska] , Pristeen [Rock](28 Sep.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by The Gypsy Brothers [Gypsy Jazz](4 Oct.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Indica Ritua [Pop, Tropical, Electro] , The Laze [Pogressive Rock] , Metro Manila Aide [Alternative Rock] , Technicolour Deadbeat [DJ](5 Oct.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Ocksen [Hardcore] , Avenging Force [Rock](11 Oct.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Phantom 3, Deep See Dumpingy [Post Rock] , Mc Wat [Acoustic, Pseudo classical folk] , Monobrow [Noise, Experimental] +DJ Ben Robertson(12 Oct.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Lucy Blakeley [Acoustic] , The Know [Rock, Garage, Indie] , The Proletariats [Rock](17 Oct.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by JohnnySands [Alternative] , Simon Knighton [Acoustic] , Long Finger Bandits [Rock, Bossa nova, Soul](18 Oct.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Performance by Johnny Drabkin+Romanian Band/Concert by Stan Ambrose the Harpist [Celtic Harp] , Pseudo Hush [Alternative, Acoustic](25 Oct.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Taciturn dance performance(26 Oct.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Willy and the surroundings [Classic Rock] , The Moguls [Rock](1 Nov.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" :Taciturn dance performance/Concert by The Random Family [Acoustic, Folk] , Barbieshop [A cappella] , Rebecca Joy Sharp [Acoustic, Folk](2 Nov.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by The Juveniles [Rock] , DJ Alex Wasikowski [House](8 Nov.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Ocksen [Hardcore] , Zangief [Metal] , Coldones [Punk] , SSS [Slash, Metal](9 Nov.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Sparkwood and 21 [Acoustic, Folk Rock] , Gintis [Folk Rock] , Voo [Rock, Power Pop] , The Trestles [Pop] , Alexis Blue [Pop, Rock]
(9-13 Nov.) International Youth in Concert/International Music Festival for Youth project: Invitation of Matsuyama Kids in Chorus(10 Nov.) International Youth in Concert/International Music Festival for Youth project: Visiting Broadgreen International School by Matsuyama Kids in Chorus(10 Nov.) International Youth in Concert/International Music Festival for Youth project: Visiting Mersey Care NHS Trust Heys Court by Matsuyama Kids in Chorus(12 Nov.) International Youth in Concert/International Music Festival for Youth project: Workshop by Taiko Meantime(12 Nov.) International Youth in Concert/International Music Festival for Youth project: Matsuyama Kids in Chorus, Cork Children in Chorus, Liverpool Youth Chorus, Liverpool School's Concert Band
(12 Nov. - 11 Jan. 2009) Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10"(12 Nov.) Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10" : Gallery talk by Artists(22 Nov.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Violeta Mayer [Vocal] , John Devine [Acoustic, Blues] , Dan Elson [Rock, Melodic Pop, Tropical] , Tuskan [Rock Blues] , Strawhouses [Rock](23 Nov.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Million Pound Giveaway [psychedelic] , Blue Demon [Psychobilly, Rockabilly, Country] , Red Night Cities [Pop] , Tramp Attack [Folk Rock, Garage](29 Nov.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Johnny Sands [Alternative] Fieldhouse/Performance by Nathania Hartley(30 Nov.) Programs at Atelier Bow-Wow "Rockscape" : Concert by Pocket Apocalypse [Rock, Blues, Psychedelic] , Red Night Cities [Pop] , Blue Demon [Psychobilly, Rockabilly, Country] /Performance by Vicki Johnson(7 Mar. - 13 Apr.) Danger Museum solo exhibition "Recycled" (Oslo)(Oct. -) GEOPARK: Tsuyoshi Ozawa project "The Carpet from the Sky"(Oct.) Japanese contemporary dance performance
(10-18 Oct.) Tou Scene x SuperDeluxe collaboration project "MIMITOME" : Visual arts installation by Tetsuya NAGATO and Hiraku SUZUKI
(16 Oct.) Live music by Keiji HAINO, Masaya NAKAHARA and PIKACHU <Related program of Tou Scene x SuperDeluxe collaboration project "MIMITOME" > (Oslo)(18 Oct.) Tou Scene x SuperDeluxe collaboration project "MIMITOME" : Live performance [Music, Movie, Visual Art](7-23 Nov.) Danger Museum: Peanut Circuit "Rio" producing porcelains and holding an exhibition(29 Nov. - 14 Dec.) Danger Museum Peanut Circuit "Rio" producing porcelains and holding an exhibition (Oslo)(Nov.) Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10"(15-30 Nov.) Article |08 Biennale: Meiwa Denki, Junji Watanabe participate(13 Mar. - 2 Apr.) Photography project "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10" photographing by John Davies [United Kingdom] (Shizuoka, Japan)(14 Mar. - 21 Apr.) Photography project "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10" photographing by Marco Bohr [Germany] (Ibaraki, Japan)
(20 Mar.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Kazuo Imai [guitar] +Masami Takaba [guitar & MC] (Tokyo, Japan)(21 Mar.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Kazuo Imai [guitar] (Shizuoka, Japan)(22 Mar.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Kazuo Imai [guitar] (Tokyo, Japan)(23 Mar.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Marie Mine [song] +Masami Takaba [guitar & MC] (Tokyo, Japan)(23 Mar. - 18 Apr.) Photography project "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10" photographing by Mette Tronvoll [Norway] (Nagasaki, Japan)(24 Mar.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] (Saitama, Japan)(28 Mar.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] (Tokyo, Japan)(29 Mar.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] (Saitama, Japan)(30 Mar.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] +Toru Iwashita [dance] (Tokyo, Japan)(1-12 Apr.) Volunteers coordinator of Sibiu International Theatre Festival visits Japan: final selection of Japanese volunteer staffs(1 Apr.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] +guest: Trio Los Fandangos (Fukuoka, Japan)
(1 Apr.) The 194th Hear Poets unamplified! A Poetry Voice Circuit: Taijin Tendo (Tokyo, Japan)(3 Apr.) The 195th Hear Poets unamplified! A Poetry Voice Circuit: Ryoko Minegishi (Tokyo, Japan)(3 Apr.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] (Hiroshima, Japan)(4 Apr.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] (Kyoto, Japan)(5 Apr.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] (Osaka, Japan)(5 Apr.) The 196th Hear Poets unamplified! A Poetry Voice Circuit: Heita Anzu (Tokyo, Japan)(5 Apr.) PandA Art Meeting: With photographers Stephen Gill and Nicu Ilfoveanu Getting 100 times the pleasure from the "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol. 9" photograph exhibition (Kagoshima, Japan)(6 Apr.) Photography Workshop: "Hiking the Town, Photographing the Town" by Stephen Gill (Kagoshima, Japan)(6 Apr.) "True Cultural Exchange Means First Knowing the Area Well" : A symposium on Kagoshima by photographers depicting Kagoshima (Kagoshima, Japan)(6 Apr.) SESSION HOUSE: performance "Theater 21 Fes Step Up vol.18" (Tokyo, Japan)(6 Apr.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] (Shiga, Japan)(7 Apr.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] (Aichi, Japan)(8-20 Apr.) Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" (Kagoshima, Japan)(8 Apr.) Gallery talk by photographer Stephen Gill and Nicu Ilfoveanu at the exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" (Kagoshima, Japan)
(8 Apr. - 7 May) Essay Contest organized by Minami-Nihon Shimbun-related program of photography exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" ( Kagoshima, Japan)(9 Apr.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] (Nagano, Japan)(10 Apr.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] +Yuji Kobayashi [live painting] (Tokyo, Japan)(10 Apr.) The 197th Hear Poets unamplified! A Poetry Voice Circuit: Junko Hamae (Tokyo, Japan)(11 Apr.) The 198th Hear Poets unamplified! A Poetry Voice Circuit: Kaoru Udo (Tokyo, Japan)(12-13 Apr.) SESSION HOUSE: Performance of Mademoiselle CINEMA (Tokyo, Japan)(12 Apr.) Chie-no-wa Trio Japan Tour 2008: Olivier Manoury [bandoneon] +Tetsu Saitoh [contrabass] +Jean Sasportes [dance] (Kanagawa, Japan)(13 Apr. - 9 May) Photography project "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10" photographing by Cary Markerink [the Netherlands] (Nagasaki, Japan)(15 Apr.) The 199th Hear Poets unamplified! A Poetry Voice Circuit: Satoko Kono (Tokyo, Japan)(16 Apr.) The 200th Hear Poets unamplified! A Poetry Voice Circuit: Megumi Komoda (Tokyo, Japan)(17 Apr.) The 201st La Voix des poètes <project name is changed from the 201st> : Junko Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan)(18 Apr.) The 202nd La Voix des poètes: Shinya Shiratori (Tokyo, Japan)(18-19 Apr.) SESSION HOUSE: performance "Theater 21 Fes Step Up vol.19" (Tokyo, Japan)(18-23 Apr.)Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE performance "rapt" (Tokyo, Japan)(20 Apr.) Gallery talk by artistic director at the exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" (Kagoshima, Japan)(22 Apr.) The 203rd La Voix des poètes: Masayo Koike (Tokyo, Japan)(23 Apr.) The 204th La Voix des poètes: Yosuke Tanaka (Tokyo, Japan)(24 Apr.) The 205th La Voix des poètes: Kikuo Tagawa & Nobuko Sakai (Tokyo, Japan)(25 Apr.) The 206th La Voix des poètes: Megumi Nakamura (Tokyo, Japan)(27 Apr.) Talk show by photographer Stephen Gill (Tokyo, Japan)(28 Apr.) The 207th La Voix des poètes: Natsuki Ikezawa (Tokyo, Japan)(29 Apr. - 19 Jun.) Dance Company Nomade～s: Workshop of Dance Seed 2008 First season (Tokyo, Japan)(3-6 May) SESSION HOUSE: "Golden Week Special Workshop" (Tokyo, Japan)(5-11 May) International Dance Improvisation Performance in Japan (Kanagawa, Japan)(8-11 May) European Capital of Culture Stavanger 2008: program director of local art & culture organization visits Japan(8 May) The 208th La Voix des poètes: Junko Hamae (Tokyo, Japan)(9 May) The 209th La Voix des poètes: Mayumi Inaba (Tokyo, Japan)(9 May) The 7th Japan-Europe Culture Exchange Day: DANCE FEVER performance & workshop by European performers (Osaka, Japan)(10-11 May) SESSION HOUSE: Performance of Alessio SILVESTRIN [Italy] (Tokyo, Japan)(14-16 May) International Dance Improvisation Performance in Japan (Hiroshima, Japan)(14 May) The 210th La Voix des poètes: Kyoko Mizushima (Tokyo, Japan)
(15 May) Jyakusaburo & Jyakujyakukai Rakugo Talk show: NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society(15 May) The 211th La Voix des poètes: Takako Arai (Tokyo, Japan)(17-18 May) SESSION HOUSE: "Theater 21 fes vol.70" (Tokyo, Japan)(17-18 May) Workshop of Yamada Un (Ishikawa, Japan)(18-22 May) International Dance Improvisation Performance in Japan (Osaka, Japan)(25 May, 8 Jun.) SESSION HOUSE: "Theater 21 fes vol.71" (Tokyo, Japan)(28 May) The 212th La Voix des poètes: Hiroshi Sakagami (Tokyo, Japan)(29 May) The 213th La Voix des poètes: Megumi Komoda (Tokyo, Japan)(6-22 Jun.) Dance Company Nomade～s: Dance Seed 2008 First season [7 performances] (Tokyo, Japan)(7 Jun.) SESSION HOUSE: "Theater 21 fes Step Up vol.19" (Tokyo, Japan)(8 Jun.) The 214th La Voix des poètes: Hiromi Ito (Tokyo, Japan)
(9 Jun.) Art Program for Youth: Workshop by Sonya Keogh, mezzo-soprano (Tokyo, Japan)(9 Jun. - 15 Aug.) Program for introduction of Kyogen to American high school students (Kyoto, Japan)(10 Jun.) The 215th La Voix des poètes: Yukari Muto (Tokyo, Japan)(10,17 Jun.) SESSION HOUSE: Audition Party of Ringo project (Tokyo, Japan)(11-12 Jun.) Workshop by Sonya Keogh, a mezzo-soprano singer at Shinnan Elementary School: NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society (Wakayama, Japan)(13 Jun. - 7 Jul.) Art Program for Youth: Workshop by Sonya Keogh, mezzo-soprano (Kagoshima, Japan)(12 Jun.) The 216th La Voix des poètes: Kikuo Tagawa & Nobuko Sakai (Tokyo, Japan)(13 Jun.) The 217th La Voix des poètes: Kaoru Udo (Tokyo, Japan)(14 Jun.) SESSION HOUSE: D ZONE project "Soul Flower" by Corpt (Tokyo, Japan)(14 Jun.) "YCAM tea party vol.5" －lecture for getting 10 times the pleasure from the dance performance by Gilles Jobin (Yamaguchi, Japan)(17 Jun.) The 218th La Voix des poètes: Junko Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan)(21 Jun.) Art Program for Youth: Workshop by Sonya Keogh, mezzo-soprano (Miyazaki, Japan)(22 Jun.) Art Program for Youth: Workshop by Sonya Keogh, mezzo-soprano (Miyazaki, Japan)(23 Jun.) Art Program for Youth: Workshop by Sonya Keogh, mezzo-soprano (Kagoshima, Japan)(26 Jun.) The 219th La Voix des poètes: Kyoko Nogi (Tokyo, Japan)(27 Jun.) The 220th La Voix des poètes: Megumi Nakamura (Tokyo, Japan)(Jun.) European Capital of Culture Vilnius 2009 program director visits Japan(Jul.) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: R PRODUCTION "21st century Japan-China performing arts exchange project" The audition for a performance in Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)(3-6 Jul.) International Music Festival for Youth in Shibushi city: Young Irish String Orchestra (Ireland)(4 Jul.) The 221st La Voix des poètes: Toshihiko Washio (Tokyo, Japan)(5 Jul.) The 222nd La Voix des poètes: Ai Takada (Tokyo, Japan)(5-13 Jul.) Chiten Vol.14 "Three Sisters" (Geijutu Souzou Kan/Osaka, Japan)(7-8 Jul.) International Youth in Concert in Kawanabe town: Young Irish String Orchestra (Ireland)(8 Jul.) The 223rd La Voix des poètes: Kiwao Nomura (Tokyo, Japan)(9 Jul.) The 224th La Voix des poètes: KikuoTagawa & Nobuko Sakai (Tokyo, Japan)(9-10 Jul.) International Youth in Concert in Miyakonojo city: Young Irish String Orchestra (Ireland/Miyazaki, Japan)(10 Jul.) The 225th La Voix des poètes: Toshiko Hirata (Tokyo, Japan)(10-12 Jul.) JUNJUN SCIENCE: Performance "Alice" (Kichijoji Theater/Tokyo, Japan)(11-12 Jul.) International Youth in Concert in Tokyo: Young Irish String Orchestra (Ireland)(12 Jul.) The 226th La Voix des poètes: Mariko Yamaguchi (Tokyo, Japan)(12 Jul.) SESSION HOUSE: Performance Selection "Dance Flower vol.6" (Tokyo, Japan)(15 Jul.) The 227th La Voix des poètes: Mayumi Inaba (Tokyo, Japan)(16 Jul.) The 228th La Voix des poètes: Toko Kimura (Tokyo, Japan)(17 Jul.) The 229th La Voix des poètes: Ryoko Minemura (Tokyo, Japan)(18 Jul.) The 230th La Voix des poètes: Masayo Koike (Tokyo, Japan)(19 Jul.) The 231st La Voix des poètes: Soko Kawano (Tokyo, Japan)(19-20 Jul.) SESSION HOUSE: "four" performance by resident artists (Tokyo, Japan)(20 Jul.) "Big Chorus Concert in Summer 2008" : NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society(21 Jul.) Contemporary Dance Performance "Text to Speech" by Gilles Jobin (Yamaguchi, Japan)(24 Jul.) The 232nd La Voix des poètes: Michio Nakahara (Tokyo, Japan)(25 Jul.) The 223rd La Voix des poètes: Hideharu Ogawa (Tokyo, Japan)(24 Jul.) Nanko Katsura Solo Rakugo Talk Show: NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society (Wakayama, Japan)(25-27 Jul.) Solo performance of KENTARO!! (Tokyo, Japan)(25 Jul. - 3 Aug.) SESSION HOUSE: Workshop and performance by resident artists [Malgven Gerbes (France) & David Brandstatter (Germany) ] (Tokyo, Japan)(25-26 Jul.) "Text to Speech" by Gilles Jobin (Tokyo, Japan)(28 Jul.) The 234th La Voix des poètes: Kentaro Tanaka (Tokyo, Japan)(28 Jul. - 3 Aug.) Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE: Performance series of Bertolt Brecht works "The Beggar" (Tokyo, Japan)(29 Jul.) The 235th La Voix des poètes: Yukiko Shima (Tokyo, Japan)(1 Aug. - 12 Oct.) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Pappa Tarahumara "Performing Arts Links 2008-10 'Gulliver & Swift'" (Tokyo, Japan)(1-3 Aug.) Dance Company Nomade～s: performance "Flowers and Time －toki no hana－" [new piece] (Spiral Hall/Tokyo, Japan)(3 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ "A Midsummer Night's Bad dream Performance" (Tokyo, Japan)(4-24 Aug.) SESSION HOUSE: Creation workshop by Jean Sasportes (Tokyo, Japan)(5 Aug.) The 236th La Voix des poètes: Taijin Tendo (Tokyo, Japan)(5 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ : Gerry Morita, AKA Dance, En' Ryu & Begonya Castro (Tokyo, Japan)(6 Aug.) The 237th La Voix des poètes: Yosuke Tanaka (Tokyo, Japan)(6 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ : Gregor Weber, Camille Mutel, Impro Session (Tokyo, Japan)(7 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ : Gerry Morita, AKA Dance, "ZULU" Tsuruyama (Tokyo, Japan)(8 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ : Daniela Cross, Ra*Kan Butoh, Sato Miki & Livio Panieri (Tokyo, Japan)(9 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ : Gregor Weber, Batarita Dance Company, Wan Girl (Tokyo, Japan)(10 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ : Ra*Kan Butoh, Camille Mutel, Mirei Yamagata (Tokyo, Japan)(11 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ : Animal Love Project, Impro Session (Tokyo, Japan)(12 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ : Daniela Cross, Batarita Dance Company, Impro Session (Tokyo, Japan)(13 Aug.) "Dance ga Mitai! 10" －international series－ : Animal Love Project, Isabel Belen Gomez & Livio Panieri (Tokyo, Japan)(5-6 Aug.) "Utaandon" －the world of Kyoka Izumi by Mikari, Akira Kasai and Mitsutake Kasai (Tokyo, Japan)(7 Aug. - 2 Sep.) Training of Kyogen performance of the member of the Little Kyogen Theatre－Nagomi Kyogenkai Czech (Kyoto, Japan)(8-10 Aug.) Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE: Performance series of Bertolt Brecht works "Mother Courage and her children" (Tokyo, Japan)(14 Aug.) The 238th La Voix des poètes: Michiko Harada (Tokyo, Japan)(16-21 Aug.) Cosmo Yume Butai: Making art works and exhibition with Portuguese artists (Niigata, Japan)(20-24 Aug.) Open-Air-Stage Performance "MURASAKIGAWA-Project" directed by Peter Goessner [Uzume Gekijo] (Fukuoka, Japan)(22 Aug.) The 239th La Voix des poètes: Kazuko Shiraishi (Tokyo, Japan)(22-23 Aug.) Solo performance of KENTARO!! (Fukuoka, Japan)(22-27 Aug.) Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE: Performance series of Bertolt Brecht works "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" (Tokyo, Japan)(22 Aug.) Nagomi Kyogenkai Czech: Bilingual Kyogen Performance [Czech & Japanese] (Kyoto, Japan)(24 Aug.) Nagomi Kyogenkai Czech: Bilingual Kyogen Performance [Czech & Japanese] (Shiga, Japan)(26 Aug.) The 240th La Voix des poètes: Emi Nakamura (Tokyo, Japan)(26 Aug.) Nagomi Kyogenkai Czech: Bilingual Kyogen Performance [Czech & Japanese] (Tokyo, Japan)(29-30 Aug.) Solo performance of KENTARO!! (Hiroshima, Japan)(30 Aug. - 9 Sep.) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Theater Company RINKOGUN "Southern Islands" Philippine international exchange program (Tokyo, Japan)(1 Sep.) The 242nd La Voix des poètes: Kaoru Udo (Tokyo, Japan)(2 Sep.) The 243rd La Voix des poètes: Akira Tatehata (Tokyo, Japan)(3 Sep.) The 244th La Voix des poètes: Mariko Yamaguchi (Tokyo, Japan)(4-7 Sep.) Performance of Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE (Tokyo, Japan)(5 Sep.) The 245th La Voix des poètes: Yasuhiro Yotsumoto (Tokyo, Japan)(6 Sep.) The 246th La Voix des poètes: Junko Hamae (Tokyo, Japan)(6-15 Sep.) SESSION HOUSE: "Ringo project" 12 performances (Tokyo, Japan)(6-8 Sep.) Performance of Co.YAMADA Un (New National Theater/Tokyo, Japan)(6-8 Sep.) Performance of Hiroyuki Umeda (New National Theater/Tokyo, Japan)(7 Sep.) The 247th La Voix des poètes: Keiko Shiba (Tokyo, Japan)(7-28 Sep.) Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" (Tanaka Isson Memorial Museum of Art/Kagoshima, Japan)(7 Sep.) Workshop for the children by Cuny Janssen <Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" > (Tanaka Isson Memorial Museum of Art/Kagoshima, Japan)(7 Sep.) Symposium "Attraction for Amami and Photography: photographers from the Netherlands, Tokyo, and Amami" <Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" > (Kagoshima, Japan)(7 Sep.) Gallery talk by Cuny Janssen <Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" > (Kagoshima, Japan)(7 Sep. - 5 Oct.) Essay Contest "From a picture" : Related program of photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" (Kagoshima, Japan)(9 Sep.) The 248th La Voix des poètes: Yukari Muto (Tokyo, Japan)(10 Sep. - 7 Dec.) Dance Company Nomade～s: Workshop of Dance Seed 2008 Second season (Tokyo, Japan)(11 Sep.) The 249th La Voix des poètes: Ai Takada (Tokyo, Japan)(12 Sep.) The 250th La Voix des poètes: Nobuko Sakai (Tokyo, Japan)(17 Sep.) The 251st La Voix des poètes: Junko Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan)(18 Sep.) The 252nd La Voix des poètes: Seiichiro Iwakiri (Tokyo, Japan)(20-21 Sep.) SESSION HOUSE: "Theater 21 fes advance vol.1" (Tokyo, Japan)(20-21 Sep.) Workshop of Yamada Un (Ishikawa, Japan)(21 Sep.) Free debate about Amami <Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9"> (Kagoshima, Japan)(24 Sep.) The 253rd La Voix des poètes: Kikuo Tagawa & Nobuko Sakai (Tokyo, Japan)(24-29 Sep.) Work in Progress of Papa Tarahumara "Gulliver & Swift －Writer Jonathan Swift's Cat Cooking Recipes－" (Kyoto, Japan)(24 Sep. - 2 Oct.) Minoru Sato, Artist: Exhibition "Andepontan Art Week in Wako' 08" (Tokyo, Japan)(27-28 Sep.) SESSION HOUSE: "Theater 21 fez vol.72" (Tokyo, Japan)(30 Sep.) The 254th La Voix des poètes: Taijiro Amasawa (Tokyo, Japan)(30 Sep.) Workshop "W.i.f.e." for general people of YAMADA Un (Iwate, Japan)(middle of Sep. - 30 Nov.) "Mori no Naka no Geijutugakkou (Art School in the Forest) " : NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society (Wakayama, Japan)(1 Oct.) Workshop "W.i.f.e." for the exchange of dances by YAMADA Un (Iwate, Japan)(2 Oct.) Workshop "W.i.f.e." for the people in this area by YAMADA Un (Iwate, Japan)(3 Oct.) Workshop "W.i.f.e." for the students by YAMADA Un (Iwate, Japan)(4 Oct.) Workshop "W.i.f.e." schoolchildren and parents by YAMADA Un (Iwate, Japan) (5 Oct.) Performance "W.i.f.e." of YAMADA Un (Iwate, Japan)(7 Oct.) The 256th La Voix des poètes: Kayoko Yamazaki (Tokyo, Japan)(8 Oct.) The 257th La Voix des poètes: Emi Nakamura (Tokyo, Japan)(9-12 Oct.) Performance of Papa Tarahumara "Gulliver & Swift －Writer Jonathan Swift's Cat Cooking Recipes－" (The Globe/Tokyo, Japan)(10-13 Oct.) Workshop of YAMADA Un (Miyagi, Japan)(10 Oct.) Zakoba Katsura Solo Rakugo Talk Show: NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society (Wakayama, Japan)(11-14 Oct.) Chiten Vol.15 "Three Sisters" (Tokyo, Japan)(11-13 Oct.) Performance of Contemporary Dance Leni-Basso: Short piece anthology (Tokyo, Japan)(12 Oct.) Cosmo Yume Butai: Satoyama Art Exhibition Reception & Japanese Drum concert (Niigata, Japan)(12 Oct. - 13 Nov.) Cosmo Yume Butai: the 5th Satoyama Art Exhibition (Niigata, Japan)(13 Oct.) Cosmo Yume Butai: Art workshop, Satoyama Art Symposium, Concert (Niigata, Japan)(14 Oct.) The 258th La Voix des poètes: Michiko Harada (Tokyo, Japan)(15 Oct.) The 259th La Voix des poètes: Kazuko Shiraishi (Tokyo, Japan)(15-20 Oct.) Workshop of YAMADA Un (Miyagi, Japan)(16 Oct.) The 260th La Voix des poètes: Inaba Mayumi (Tokyo, Japan)(17 Oct.) The 261st La Voix des poètes: Masayo Koike (Tokyo, Japan)(18-22 Oct.) Chiten Vol.15 "The Cherry Orchard" (Tokyo, Japan)(18-19 Oct.）SESSION HOUSE: Performance "The Misterious Place" by Mademoiselle CINEMA (Tokyo, Japan)
(20 Oct.) Photograph book "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10"(20 Oct.) The 262nd La Voix des poètes: Kyoko Nogi (Tokyo, Japan)(21 Oct.) The 263rd La Voix des poètes: Kaoru Udo (Tokyo, Japan)(22 Oct.) The 264th La Voix des poètes: Mariko Yamaguchi (Tokyo, Japan)(23 Oct.) The 265th La Voix des poètes: Ryoko Mine (Tokyo, Japan)(24 Oct.) The 266th La Voix des poètes: Keiko Shiba (Tokyo, Japan)(24 Oct.) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Beagle Inc. "A page out of order, M to R" /Artistic director: Yoshiko Chuma (Kanagawa, Japan)(25 Oct.) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Beagle Inc. "A page out of order, M to R" /Artistic director: Yoshiko Chuma (Kanagawa, Japan)(25-26 Oct.) Workshop of YAMADA Un (Miyagi, Japan)(25 Oct.) Cosmo Yume Butai: Music concert in nature 1: workshop of making and playing music instruments (Niigata, Japan)
(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Marco Bohr <Photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.10" > (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Yusuke Asai (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Atelier Bow-Wow (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Takahiro Iwasaki (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Kayo Ume (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Shinji Ohmaki (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Guy Ben-Ner (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Satoshi Kamiya (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : KOSUGE1-16 (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Yoshinari Nishio (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Katsuhiko Hibino (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Hiroshi Fuji (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Tatsuo Miyajima (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct. - 18 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Hiroaki Morita (Ibaraki, Japan)(25 Oct.) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Opening Events/Talk show by Guy Ben-Ner (Ibaraki, Japan)(26 Oct.) Photo workshop "Mito no Hitobito －people from Mito－" by Marco Bohr and Mieko Matsumoto [Related program: exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" ](26 Oct.) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Beagle Inc. "A page out of order, M to R" /Artistic director: Yoshiko Chuma (Kanagawa, Japan)(27 Oct.) The 267th La Voix des poètes: Soko Kawano (Tokyo, Japan)(28 Oct.) Performance "Noh・Gaku 2B" by Kyoto Rakugaku (Tokyo, Japan)(28 Oct.) The 268th La Voix des poètes: Kyoko Mizushima (Tokyo, Japan)(29 Oct.) The 269th La Voix des poètes: Ai Takada (Tokyo, Japan)(29-30 Oct.) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Workshop by Shinji Ohmaki, "Where Have the Flowers Gone? Secret Flower Gardens" (Ibaraki, Japan)(29 Oct. - 2 Nov.) The 8th "Doki-Doki" Youth Photo Crew: Exhibition "Eyes to Watch Tomorrow" NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society (Wakayama, Japan)
(30 Oct. - 5 Nov.) Swedish Style in Tokyo: Young Swedish designers visits Japan (Tokyo, Japan)(30 Oct.) The 270th La Voix des poètes: Rachel Levitsky (Tokyo, Japan)(30 Oct.) speech & reading by Rachel Levitsky [related program of Tokyo Poetry Festival 2008] (Tokyo, Japan)(31 Oct. - 2 Nov.) Tokyo Poetry Festival 2008 (Tokyo, Japan)(1-2 Nov.) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Beagle Inc. "A page out of order, M to R" (Tokyo, Japan)
(1-9 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: Meet the Movie Stars (Osaka, Japan)(1 Nov.) SESSION HOUSE: Performance of Mitsutake Kasai & Kanako Yokota with piano by Yuji Takahashi (Tokyo, Japan)(1-2 Nov.) The 8th "Doki-Doki" Youth Photo Crew: Workshop: NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society (Wakayama, Japan)(2 Nov.) SESSION HOUSE: A day for me, dance, and culture/dance and music session by mademoiselle CINEMA and Tsumugine (Tokyo, Japan)(2 Nov.) SESSION HOUSE: A day for me, dance, and culture: Talk show by Isamu Hashiura (Tokyo, Japan)(2-3 Nov.) SESSION HOUSE: A day for me, dance, and culture/exhibition court at foyer (Tokyo, Japan)(2 Nov.) Cosmo Yume Butai: Symposium about village of Cosmo Yume Butai (Niigata, Japan)(3 Nov.) Cosmo Yume Butai: Music concert in nature 2: performance workshop with sound of nature (Niigata, Japan)(3 Nov.) SESSION HOUSE: A day for me, dance, and culture/Talk show by Kazue Watanabe(3 Nov.) SESSION HOUSE: A day for me, dance, and culture/Open croquis meeting(3 Nov.) Poetry reading by Ataol Behramoglu [related program of Tokyo Poetry Festival 2008] (Tokyo, Japan)(4 Nov.) Poetry reading and talk session by Norwegian poet Jan Erik Vold and Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa [related program of Tokyo Poetry Festival 2008] (Embassy of Norway/Tokyo, Japan)(4 Nov.) Reading & Lecture by Turkish poet Ataol Behramoglu [related program of Tokyo Poetry Festival 2008] (Tokyo, Japan)(8-9 Nov.) Chiten Vol.16 "Uncle Vanya" (Kanazawa Citizen's Art Center/Ishikawa, Japan)(8,12,15,17,21 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Handsome Serge" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(8,11,14,16,19 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Suzanne's Career" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(8,11,14,16,19 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "The Girl at the Monceau Bakery" (France/Japan) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(8,12,14,15,17 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: Around the Nouvelle Vague "Hiroshima, My Love" (Osaka, Japan)(8,10,13,18,21 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Masculine, Feminine" (France/Sweden) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(9,11,14,18,20 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "A Married Woman" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(9,10,13,15,16,20 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Claire's Knee" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(9,11,13,17,19 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "The Cousins" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(9 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Hori Atsuyuki "History of the Nouvelle Vague" (Osaka, Japan)(10,12,15,16,19 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Love in the Afternoon" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(10-11 Nov.) Workshop of YAMADA Un (Gifu, Japan)(12 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Jean Christian Bouvier "Metafiction～Evolution of the ways of audiovisual expression through recent history" (Osaka, Japan)(13 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Jean Christian Bouvier "Japan & the world as seen through commercials" (Kyoto, Japan)(13 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Jean Christian Bouvier "World CM 2007" (Osaka, Japan)(14 Nov.) SESSION HOUSE: A day for me, dance, and culture: Talk by Yasuhiro Katsuyama(14 Nov.) Chiten Vol.16 "Uncle Vanya" (Fukui City Culture Hall/Fukui, Japan)(14 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Jean Christian Bouvier "Japan and France as seen through commercials" (Osaka, Japan)(14 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Sebastien Bonidan "Short history of the Osaka European Film Festival" (Osaka, Japan)(14 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Patrice Boiteau "Compared study of US, European and Japanese policies & practices related to the support of the cinema industry" (Hyogo, Japan)(15 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Katrin Kuusik & Sondra Lampann "Children media literacy activities of Nukufilm Studio, Estonia" (Osaka, Japan)(15 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: Kinder Film Festival/Showing a documentary filmed by Japanese children (Osaka, Japan)(15-28 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Do Communist Have Better Sex?" (Germany) Eastern Europe and Russia－An historical journey through films (Osaka, Japan)(15,17,18,20,22 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Kin-Dza-Dza" (Russia) Eastern Europe and Russia－An historical journey through films (Osaka, Japan)(15-28 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "The Rider Named Death" (Russia) Eastern Europe and Russia－An historical journey through films (Osaka, Japan)(15-21,13,25 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Painful Indifference" (Russia) Eastern Europe and Russia－An historical journey through films (Osaka, Japan)(15-16 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: Kinder Film Festival (CREO OSAKA/Osaka, Japan)(16 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: Kinder Film Festival (Kids Plaza Osaka/Osaka, Japan)(16 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Patrice Boiteau "My experience of the Nouvelle Vague, and reflections of how its influence can still be felt on French cinema today" (Osaka, Japan)(16 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Katrin Kuusik & Sondra Lampmann "Media Literacy: from the point of view of Estonian media educators" [+ Pannel Discussion: Media literacy education & Local Development] (Osaka, Japan)(16,17,19,21,22 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Khrustalyov, My Car!" (France) Eastern Europe and Russia－An historical journey through films (Osaka, Japan)(17 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Katrin Kuusik & Sondra Lampmann "Animation Workshop" (Osaka, Japan)(17-18 Nov.) Workshop of YAMADA Un (Gifu, Japan)(20 Nov.) The 271st La Voix des poètes: Kazuko Shiraishi (Tokyo, Japan)(20 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Pascale Cuenot < About the documentary "Bandes Originales: Maurice Jarre" > (Kyoto, Japan)(21 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "In the Tracks of Maurice Jarre" (France) Homage to David Lean & Maurice Jarre (Osaka, Japan)(21 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Lawrence of Arabia" (U.K.) Homage to David Lean & Maurice Jarre (Osaka, Japan)(21 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Gergana Stoianova "Situation of film industry in Bulgaria" (Osaka, Japan)(21 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Patrice Boiteau "Osaka European Film Festival: Diversity & Internationalization" (Osaka, Japan)(22,26,28 Nov., 2,5 Dec.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "The Time of Return" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(22,26,28 Nov., 2,5 Dec.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Two or Three Things I know about her" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(22,24,28 Nov., 2 Dec.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "A Woman Is a Woman" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(22 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Seamstresses" (Bulgaria) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(22 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "The Orphanage" (Spain/Mexico) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(22 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Gloss" (Russia) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(22-24 Nov.) Chiten Vol.16 "Uncle Vanya" (Fukui, Japan)(22 Nov.) Nomade～s: Performance of Dance Seed 2008 Second season: Haruko Kasai, Kyoko Hayafune, Hanae Kotake, Maki Tajima, Kazue Iwasaki (Tokyo, Japan)(23 Nov.) Nomade～s: Performance of Dance Seed 2008 Second season: "Second Season Selection" Ikejima Masaru, Emily, Minami Yajima (Tokyo, Japan)(23-28 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Metamorphosis" (Russia) Eastern Europe and Russia－An historical journey through films (Osaka, Japan)(23-28 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya" (Russia) Eastern Europe and Russia－An historical journey through films (Osaka, Japan)(23,25,27 Nov., 1 Dec.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Six in Paris" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(23,27,30 Nov., 4 Dec.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Cleo from 5 to 7" (France/Italy) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(23,25,27,30 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Happiness" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(23 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Intimate Enemies" (France) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(23 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Garage" (Ireland) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(23 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Out of Bounds" (Italy/Swiss) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(23 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Tiramisu" (the Netherlands) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(23 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: All Night Party (Osaka, Japan)(23 Nov.) Nomade～s: Performance of Dance Seed 2008 Second season: Maki Ito, Ayaka Nemoto, Saori Kanai, Noriko Karasuda/ "Choreographed by Nomade～s" (Tokyo, Japan)(24 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Ben X" (Belgium/the Netherlands) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(24 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Black Ice" (Finland/Germany) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(24 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "The Wave" (Germany) Premiere Screenings (Osaka, Japan)(24,26,28 Nov., 3 Dec.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "Russian Ark" (Russia) Eastern Europe and Russia－An historical journey through films (Osaka, Japan)(24,26,28 Nov., 3 Dec.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "The Pirate" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(24-25,29,Nov., 1,4 Dec.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: "The Marquise of O" (France) Around the Nouvelle Vague (Osaka, Japan)(24-25 Nov.) Workshop of YAMADA Un (Gifu, Japan)(25 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Philippe Ravoet <About the making of the film "Out of Bounds" > (Hyogo, Japan)(25 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Fulvio Bernasconi <About the making of the film "Out of Bounds" > (Osaka, Japan)(25 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: [Cinema School] Lecture by Petri Kotwica <About the making of the film "Black Ice" > (Osaka, Japan)(29 Nov.) The 15th Anniversary of Osaka European Film Festival: Night of the Ad Eaters 2008 (Osaka, Japan)(28 Nov.) Osaka European Film Festival in Tokyo "Tiramisu" [the Netherlands] (Tokyo, Japan)(28 Nov.) Osaka European Film Festival in Tokyo "Black Ice" [Finland/Germany] (Tokyo, Japan)(28 Nov.) Osaka European Film Festival in Tokyo "Seamstresses" [Bulgarian] (Tokyo, Japan)(28-29 Nov.) Chiten Vol.16 "Uncle Vanya" (Medikit Arts Center/Miyazaki, Japan)(28 Nov.) The 272nd La Voix des poètes: Yukari Muto (Tokyo, Japan)(29 Nov.) The 273rd La Voix des poètes: Kikuo Tagawa & Nobuko Sakai (Tokyo, Japan)(29 Nov.) Osaka European Film Festival in Tokyo "Ben X" [Belgium/the Netherlands] (Tokyo, Japan)(29 Nov.) Osaka European Film Festival in Tokyo "Gloss" [Russia] (Tokyo, Japan)(29 Nov.) Osaka European Film Festival in Tokyo "Garage" [Ireland] (Tokyo, Japan)(29 Nov.) Osaka European Film Festival in Tokyo "Out of Bounds" [Belgium/the Netherlands] (Tokyo, Japan)(3-6 Dec.) Workshop and Exhibition of YAMADA Un (Gifu, Japan)(7 Dec.) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Workshop by Yoshinari Nishio "Family Uniforms" (Ibaraki, Japan)(6 Dec.) Performance of Workshop of Yamada Un (Gifu, Japan)(6 Dec. -) Workshop of KENTARO!! at Tajimi Culture Center (Gifu, Japan)(6 Dec.) Nomade～s: Performance of Dance Seed 2008 Second season: "Nomade～s Dancer's direction" Bodypoet Kasuma Glen, Kirie Oda, Kazuo kanbayashi, Noriko Kumagai, Nakao Ikemiya (Tokyo, Japan)(6 Dec.) Live event "ao to ao release party of four cdzzz!!!" : performance of sound artist Minoru Sato with Ami Yoshida (Tokyo, Japan)(7 Dec.) Nomade～s: Performance of Dance Seed 2008 Second season: Michiyo Sato, Haruna Minemoto, Chie Asakura, Yasuka Okazaki (Tokyo, Japan)(11 Dec.) The 274th La Voix des poètes: Toshihiko Washio (Tokyo, Japan)(12 Dec.) The 275th La Voix des poètes: Kazuko Shiraishi (Tokyo, Japan)(13-14 Dec.) Workshop of YAMADA Un (Ishikawa, Japan)(14 Dec.) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : Workshop by KOSUGE1-16 "Game" (Ibaraki, Japan)(14 Dec.) The 35th Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Concert: NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society(18 Dec.) The 276th La Voix des poètes: Masako Koike (Tokyo, Japan)(19 Dec.) The 277th La Voix des poètes: Emi Nakamura (Tokyo, Japan)(20 Dec.) The 3rd International Exchange Festival "Wakuwaku-mura" : NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society(22 Dec.) The 278th La Voix des poètes: Shiratori Shinya (Tokyo, Japan)(22-23 Dec.) "Panda Bear" Performance of Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE (Tokyo, Japan)
(23 Dec.) "HEREing Loss" Project: Workshop and Symposium (Tokyo, Japan)(24 Dec.) The 279th La Voix des poètes: Ai Takada (Tokyo, Japan)(25-27 Dec.) CAN: Tokyo ELECTROCK STAIRS (chairperson: KENTARO!!) performance (Tokyo, Japan)(26-28 Dec.) "HEREing Loss" Project: Dance Installation (Kanagawa, Japan)(26 Dec.) The 280th La Voix des poètes: Michiko Harada (Tokyo, Japan)(27 Dec.) Sound artist Minoru Sato: Live performance by Minoru Sato+ASUNA (Tokyo, Japan)(6 Jan. 2009) The 281st La Voix des poètes: Masami Morikawa (Tokyo, Japan)(6 Jan. 2009) The 282nd La Voix des poètes: Kentaro Tanaka (Tokyo, Japan)(7 Jan. 2009) The 283rd La Voix des poètes: Kikuo Tafawa & Nobuko (Tokyo, Japan)(8 Jan. 2009) The 284th La Voix des poètes: Kawano Soko (Tokyo, Japan)(9 Jan. 2009) The 285th La Voix des poètes: Kyoko Mitsui (Tokyo, Japan)(9-23 Jan. 2009) Exhibition of Kenichiro Taniguchi "Hecomi Study #15" (Osaka, Japan)(10 Jan. 2009) The 286th La Voix des poètes: Kaoru Udo (Tokyo, Japan)(10 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "Happiness in Everyday Life" : DEMONSTRATION by Satoshi Kamiya "Folding Big Paper Elephants!" (Ibaraki, Japan)(11 Jan. 2009) The 287th La Voix des poètes: Kazuko Shiraisi (Tokyo, Japan)(12 Jan. 2009) The 288th La Voix des poètes: Ai Takada (Tokyo, Japan)(12,17 Jan. 2009) Workshop of YAMADA Un (Ishikawa, Japan)(13 Jan. 2009) The 289th La Voix des poètes: Michio Nakahara (Tokyo, Japan)(14 Jan. 2009) The 290th La Voix des poètes: Taijiro Amasawa (Tokyo, Japan)(14-25 Jan. 2009) Exhibition "IMAGE X INAGE" : Sound artist Minoru Sato participates (Chiba, Japan)(15 Jan. 2009) The 291st La Voix des poètes: Taiko Tatsumi (Tokyo, Japan)(16 Jan. 2009) The 292nd La Voix des poètes: Keiko Shiba (Tokyo, Japan)(17 Jan. 2009) The 293rd La Voix des poètes: Junko Hamae (Tokyo, Japan)(18 Jan. 2009) Performance of the workshop of YAMADA Un (Ishikawa, Japan)(19 Jan. 2009) The 294th La Voix des poètes: Nobuko Sakai (Tokyo, Japan)(21 Jan. 2009) The 295th La Voix des poètes: Yosuke Tanaka (Tokyo, Japan)(22 Jan. 2009) The 296th La Voix des poètes: Mariko Yamaguchi (Tokyo, Japan)(22-28 Jan. 2009) Performance, Workshop of YAMADA Un (Hokkaido, Japan)(23-30 Jan. 2009) SESSION HOUSE: Workshop of Makiko Ito (Tokyo, Japan)(23 Jan. 2009) The 297th La Voix des poètes: Emi Nakamura (Tokyo, Japan)(26 Jan. 2009) The 298th La Voix des poètes: Mayumi Inaba (Tokyo, Japan)(27 Jan. 2009) The 299th La Voix des poètes: Mikio Yagi (Tokyo, Japan)(28 Jan. - 1 Feb. 2009) "Rats Hunting" Performance of Uzume Theater (Tokyo, Japan)(30 Jan. 2009) The 300th La Voix des poètes: Hideharu Ogawa (Tokyo, Japan)(31 Jan. 2009) SESSION HOUSE: New piece performance of Makiko Ito with participants of workshop (Tokyo, Japan)(Jan. 2009 -) Nomade～s: Dance Seed 2009 Workshop (Tokyo, Japan)(1 Feb. 2009) SESSION HOUSE: Improvisation performance "Wonderland" and new piece performance of Makiko Ito with participants of workshop (Tokyo, Japan)(9 Feb. 2009) The 301st La Voix des poètes: Michiyo Nakamoto (Tokyo, Japan)(10 Feb. 2009) The 302nd La Voix des poètes: Kaoru Udo (Tokyo, Japan)(10 Feb. - 3 Mar. 2009）Photography project "European eyes on Japan vol.11" : Photographing by Andrew Phelps [Austria] (Niigata, Japan)(12 Feb. 2009) The 303rd La Voix des poètes: Taiko Tatsumi (Tokyo, Japan)(13 Feb. 2009) The 304th La Voix des poètes: Yukari Muto (Tokyo, Japan)(13-14 Feb. 2009) Workshop of YAMADA Un for new piece (Kanagawa, Japan)(14-15 Feb.2009) SESSION HOUSE: Performance of Taiju Matsumoto & Andy Wang (Tokyo, Japan)(17 Feb. 2009) The 305th La Voix des poètes: Hiroshi Sakagami & Mayumi Inaba (Tokyo, Japan)(19 Feb. 2009) The 306th La Voix des poètes: Michiko Harada (Tokyo, Japan)(19 Feb. - 13 Mar. 2009）Photography project "European eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.11" : Photographing by Arturas Valiauga [Lithuania] (Niigata, Japan)(20-21 Feb. 2009) Workshop of YAMADA Un for new piece (Kanagawa, Japan)(24 Feb. 2009) The 307th La Voix des poètes: Seiichiro Iwakiri (Tokyo, Japan)(25 Feb. 2009) The 308th La Voix des poètes: Ryoko Minegishi (Tokyo, Japan)(27-28 Feb. 2009) Workshop of YAMADA Un for new piece (Kanagawa, Japan)(28 Feb. 2009) The 309th La Voix des poètes: Hiromi Ito (Tokyo, Japan)(1 Mar.2009) SESSION HOUSE: Performance of Mademoiselle Cinema (Tokyo, Japan)(3-26 Mar. 2009）Photography project "European eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.11" : Photographing by Hans-Christian Schink [Germany] (Niigata, Japan)(4-7 Mar. 2009) Nomade～s: Participation in Tokyo Performing Arts Market (Tokyo, Japan)(4-7 Mar. 2009) Tokyo Performing Arts Market: Invitation of European Capital of Culture program directors and directors of performing arts visit Japan (Tokyo, Japan)(4-8 Mar. 2009) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: R PRODUCTION "21st century Japan-China performing arts exchange project" (Tokyo, Japan)(4-8 Mar. 2009) Performance of Tokyo Acting Troupe Kaze "The Little Prince" (Tokyo, Japan)(5 Mar. 2009) The 310th La Voix des poètes: Seiji Murayama (Tokyo, Japan)(6 Mar. 2009) The 311th La Voix des poètes: Masami Morikawa (Tokyo, Japan)(6-7 Mar. 2009) Workshop of YAMADA Un for new piece (Kanagawa, Japan)(6-8 Mar. 2009) Performance of Leni-Basso [new piece] (Kanagawa, Japan)(7 Mar. - 2 Jul.) C.Chriac (director of Sibiu International Theater Festival) visit to Takayama city (Gifu, Japan)(8 Mar. 2009) Little Cherries: 25th anniversary concert (Kagoshima, Japan)(11 Mar. 2009) The 312th La Voix des poètes: Misako Kano (Tokyo, Japan)(12 Mar. 2009) The 313th La Voix des poètes: Keiko Shiba (Tokyo, Japan)(13-19 Mar. 2009) Workshop of YAMADA Un for new piece (Kanagawa, Japan)(14 Mar.) The 9th workshop of "Doki-Doki" Youth Photo Crew in Kata: NPO Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Society(15-16 Mar.2009) SESSION HOUSE: UDC [University Dance Cross] performance vol.7 (Tokyo, Japan)(17 Mar. 2009) The 314th La Voix des poètes: Hiromi Ito (Tokyo, Japan)(18 Mar. 2009) The 315th La Voix des poètes: Michiyo (Tokyo, Japan)(18-31 Mar. 2009) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Japan Contemporary Dance Network (JCDN) 3rd U.S./Japan Choreography Exchange Residency project (Kyoto & Okinawa, Japan)(19 Mar. 2009) The 316th La Voix des poètes: Shunkichi Baba (Tokyo, Japan)(20-21 Mar. 2009) Performance of Co.YAMADA Un (Kanagawa, Japan)(19 Mar. 2009) The 317th La Voix des poètes: Taijin Tendo (Tokyo, Japan)(25-31 Mar. 2009) Uzume Gekijjo performance "The Open Couple" (Tokyo, Japan)(25 Mar. 2009) The 318th La Voix des poètes: Kazuko Shiraishi (Tokyo, Japan)(26 Mar. 2009) The 319th La Voix des poètes: Yuka Tsukagoshi (Tokyo, Japan)(Apr. - Mar. 2009) SESSION HOUSE: Research activity of performing arts in Israel(4 Apr. - 9 May) the 2nd Print Biennial: Hiroaki Miyayama participates (Klaipeda, Lithuania)(10-12 May) Kedja symposium "Touring and mobility" (Vilnius, Lithuania)(11 May) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (St Brieuc, France)(14-21 May) Performance of Heisei nakamura za [Kabuki] in Germany (Berlin, Germany)(15 May - 15 Jun.) Volunteer Staff Program: Sibiu International Theater Festival (Sibiu, Romania)(16 May) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Turin, Italy)(21 May - 28 Feb. 2009) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Ko & Edge Co./Ko Murobushi, Bernard Monter and Boris Charmatz, 2007-10 (Angers, France)(21 May - 28 Feb. 2009) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Ko & Edge Co./Ko Murobushi, Bernard Monter and Boris Charmatz, 2007-10 (Vienna, Austria)(23-25 May) Mellemrum Festival: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Copenhagen, Denmark)(24 May - 1 Jun.) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Beagle Inc. "A page out of order, M to R" /Sibiu Festival Panel discussion (Sibiu, Romania)(28-29 May) Dance Week Festival: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Zagreb, Croatia)(29 May - 1 Jun.) Sibiu International Theater Festival: Performance of Heisei nakamura za [Kabuki] (Sibiu, Romania)(30 May) Biennale of Eugene Ionesco Theatre: Performance of Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE (Chisinau, Mordovian republic)(2 Jun.) Sibiu International Theater Festival: Performance of Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE (Sibiu, Romania)(2 Jun.) Sibiu International Theater Festival: Performance of Contemporary Dance Mademoiselle CINEMA (Sibiu, Romania)(6 Jun. - 31 Oct.) "DREAM AMSTERDAM" project by Ryoji Ikeda (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)(7 Jun.) Sibiu International Theater Festival: Performance of Pappa Tarahumara (Sibiu, Romania)(22 Jun. - 8 Jul.) The 5th Kyogen Workshop and performance (Paris, France)(28 Jun.) Performance of Japanese drum team "Kyoshindo" (La Spezia, Italy)(29 Jun.) Performance of Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE in France (Essone, France)(30 Jun. - 2 Jul.) Mayor of Takayama city visit to Sibiu (Sibiu, Romania)(2 Jul.) Performance of Japanese drum team "Kyoshindo" (Florence, Italy)(5 Jul.) The 18th Mediterranean Music Festival: performance of Japanese drum team "Kyoshindo" , Masaaki Kurumaya and Butoh performer Tadashi Endo (Genoa, Italy)(7-8 Jul.) Festival de Barcelona Grec: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Barcelona, Spain)(10-31 Jul.) Avignon Off 2008: Performance of Tokyo Acting Troupe KAZE (Avignon, France)(10-12 Jul.) Festival Julidans: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)(25-26 Jul.) Full Moon Dance Festival: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Pyhäjärvi, Finland)(25 Jul. - 2 Aug.) Visiting U.K. by a prize winner of essay contest in Kagoshima city －related program of photography exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" (U.K.)(17 Aug.) "Tanz im August": Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Berlin, Germany)(28-30 Aug.) La Bâtie, Festival de Geneve: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Geneva, Switzerland)(1-14 Sep.) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Beagle Inc. "A page out of order, M to R" /Interview and research in Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)(5-10 Sep.) Essay Contest organized by Minami-Nihon Shimbun: Visiting Amsterdam by a prize winner －related program of photography exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)(6-11 Sep.) Latvia International Poetry Festival: Haiku poet Ban'ya Natsuishi participates (Riga, Latvia)(12-16 Sep.) The First Täiskuu Full Moon International Poetry Festival: Ban'ya Natsuishi participates (Täiskuu, Estonia)(12 Sep. - 31 Oct.) Exhibition "Hecomi Study #14" by Kenichiro Taniguchi (Hamburg, Germany)(14-30 Sep.) Happy New Ears Festival: sound artist Minoru Sato participate (Kortrijk, Belgium)(16-18 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : No-Workshop by MATSUI Shunsuke (Leipzig, Germany)(17 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Cello-Performance by SAKAMOTO Hiromichi (Lindenfels/Leipzig, Germany)(17-18 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "Strange Stories" by Meta-Theater [Collaboration of Akira Matsui (No performer) and Yelena Pankova (Ballet)] (Leipzig, Germany)(17-19 Sep.) Ban'ya Natsuishi visits European Capital of Culture Vilnius2009 (Vilnius, Lithuania)(17-22 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Puppet theatre Workshop by OKAMOTO Hoichi (Leipzig, Germany)(17-23 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Buto Workshop by Kanazawa Butohkan (Leipzig, Germany)
(17-25 Sep.) Art Festival "Camera Japan" (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)(18 Sep.) CAMERA JAPAN: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)(18 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Concert Nô-Orchestra by IMAI Jinya & TAKIZAWA Marumi (Leipzig, Germany)(18 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : No-Workshop by MATSUI Shunsuke/Presentation (Leipzig, Germany)(19 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "Strange Stories" by Meta-Theater [Collaboration of Akira Matsui (No performer) and Yelena Pankova (Ballet)] (Dessau, Germany)(19,21 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "Miroku Densho" by Hyakki Dondoro (Leipzig, Germany)(20-25 Sep.) Haiku lecture by Ban'ya Natsuishi (Milan-Trieste, Italy)(20 Sep.) "Festival Scopitone" : Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Nantes, France)(20 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Cello-Performance by SAKAMOTO Hiromichi (Leipzig, Germany)(21 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "Strange Stories" by Meta-Theater [Collaboration of Akira Matsui (No performer) and Yelena Pankova (Ballet)] (Dresden,Germany)(21-22 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Cello-Performance SAKAMOTO Hiromichi & Franziska Merkel (Leipzig, Germany)(22 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Workshop by OKAMOTO Hoichi/Presentation (Leipzig, Germany)（23 Sep. - 1 Oct.）Essay Contest organized by Minami-Nihon Shimbun: Visiting Romania by a prize winner －related program of photograph exhibition "European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today vol.9" (Romania)(23 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "Miroku Densho" by Hyakki Dondoro (Dresden, Germany)(23 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Discussion "Bauhausbühne and Japanese Theater" by Torsten Blume & Tom Grigull (Dessau, Germany)(23 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Buto Workshop by Kanazawa Butohkan/Presentation (Leipzig, Germany)(24 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "Ankoku Sekkan" by Kanazawa Butohkan (Dresden, Germany)(24 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "Janome" Buto-Video-Performance [FUKUZAKI Mayumi & Yoann Trellu & Chuuu] (Leipzig, Germany)(24 Sep. - 26 Oct.) Art Festival "Camera Japan" (Dan Haag, the Netherlands)(25 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Kanazawa Butohkan & Fine Kwiatkowski & Michael Vorfeld [DD] /Heiner Reinhardt [L] (Dresden, Germany)(25 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "Record dances" －work in progress by Bühnenstudio & Shintaro Imai [sound artist] (Dessau, Germany)(26 Sep. - 10 Oct.) Artist-in-residence: contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda (Maubeuge, France)(26 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Cello-Performance SAKAMOTO Hiromichi & Franziska Merkel (Dresden, Germany)(26 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Kanazawa Butohkan & Fine Kwiatkowski & Michael Vorfeld [DD] /Heiner Reinhardt [L] (Leipzig, Germany)(26-28 Sep.) Art Festival "Camera Japan" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)(27 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : No & Buto: MATSUI Akira [No] & FUKUZAKI Mayumi [Butoh] & Yoann Trellu [video artist] (Leipzig, Germany)(27-28 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "Ankoku Sekkan" by Kanazawa Butohkan (Leipzig, Germany)(28 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : No & Buto: MATSUI Akira [No] & FUKUZAKI Mayumi [Butoh] & Yoann Trellu [video artist] (Dessau, Germany)(28 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Japanese-German puppet theater: OKAMOTO Hoichi & Michael Voge (Leipzig, Germany)(29 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Cello-Performance SAKAMOTO Hiromichi & Franziska Merkel (Dessau, Germany)(29 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : Kanazawa Butohkan & Fine Kwiatkowski & Michael Vorfeld [DD] /Heiner Reinhardt [L] (Dessau, Germany)(30 Sep.) Festival "Ohayo, Japan! 2008" : "The Sea of Memories" by Kanazawa Butohkan (Dessau, Germany)(2-5 Oct.) Art Festival "Camera Japan" (Dordrecht, the Netherlands)(2-11 Oct.) Art Festival "Camera Japan" (Brussels, Belgium)(6-27 Oct.) Workshop "SILENT SHADOWS" －meeting and experiencing of East and West (La Corbiere, Switzerland)(10-12 Oct.) Art Festival "Camera Japan" (Maastricht, the Netherlands)(12-15 Oct.) Art Festival "Camera Japan" (Breda, the Netherlands)(18-19 Oct.) Art Festival "Camera Japan" (Utrecht, the Netherlands)(18 Oct.) "Croisement" Festival: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Noisy-le-grand, France)(24-25 Oct.) "Ibans2008" : Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Istanbul, Turkey)(27 Oct. - 14 Nov.) Hiroaki Umeda residence for new piece (Nimes, France)(31 Oct. - 2 Nov.) Art Festival "Camera Japan" (Leiden, the Netherlands)(15 Nov.) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Tremblay, France)(2-3 Dec.) Romeeurope Festival: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Rome, Italy)(5 Dec.) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Saint-Nazaire, France)(9-13 Dec.) Festival d'Automne: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Creteil, France)(8 Jan. 2009) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Düsseldorf, Germany)(15 Jan. 2009) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Martigues, France)(3-4 Feb. 2009) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Nimes, France)(3 Mar. 2009) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Bruges, Belgium)(7 Mar. 2009) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Chatillon, France)(1 Apr.) Festival Bo:m.: Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Seoul, Korea)(15-17 May) EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee+Saison Foundation cooperate support project for International performing arts: Beagle Inc. "A page out of order, M to R" /Artistic director: Yoshiko Chuma (Japan Society/New York, America)(18 Jul.) Touring Performance of Papa Tarahumara "Three Sisters" (Shēnzhèn, China)(21 Jul.) Touring Performance of Papa Tarahumara "Three Sisters" (Guăngzhōu, China)(26-27 Jul.) Touring Performance of Papa Tarahumara "Three Sisters" (Keochang, Korea)(18-19 Oct.) Touring Performance of Leni-Basso "Ghostly Round" in Asia (Singapore)(18 Oct. - 10 Nov.) Shanghai eArts Festival2008: New Media Art Exhibition "eLANDSCAPES" (Shanghai, China)(25 Oct.) Touring Performance of Leni-Basso "Ghostly Round" in Asia (Seoul, Korea)(28-29 Nov.) Touring Performance of Leni-Basso "Finks" in Asia (Jakarta, Indonesia)(Nov.) Meeting with directors of Shanghai Children's Palace [China] and Cork School of Music [Ireland], and International Youth in Concert Operating Committee [Japan] (Shanghai, China)(22-24 Jan. 2009) Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Vancouver, Canada)(13-14 Feb. 2009) Performance of Papa Tarahumara "Three Sisters" (Santa Barbara, America)(19-21 Feb. 2009) Performance of Papa Tarahumara "Ship in a View" (San Francisco, America)(25-26 Feb. 2009) Performance of Papa Tarahumara "Three Sisters" (Portland, America)(28-29 Mar. 2009) "Ten days on the Island": Contemporary dance Hiroaki Umeda performance (Hobart, Australia)
