Voice of Session House 2024: A Record of the Dance Programme
A Record of the 2024 Dance Programme
January 20
January 27–28
Theater 21 Fes vol.131 (1 performance)
Magnum Madam (マグナム・マダム), “This is life” (3 performances)
Choreography and direction: Natsue Yamaguchi (山口夏絵). Performers: Violet, Yohei Tanaka (田中洋平), Atsumi Fujii (藤井淳水), Masato Kunieda (国枝昌人), Mami Hamaji (濱地真実), Takahiro Mochizuki, Shiiko Utagawa (歌川椎子), Keiko Ogawa (小川圭子), Aya Matsui (まつい綾), Ai Miyauchi (宮内愛), Natsue Yamaguchi (山口夏絵)
February 11–12
February 17
February 24
Ringo Project, “Waiting for Kondo-san” (3 performances)
Choreography, composition, direction and performance: Ryohei Kondo. Performance, music and acting: Satoshi Ishibuchi, Ami Jeong (鄭亜美), Kaya Okada (岡田カーヤ), Monaco Kurihara (栗原モナコ)
“Dance Flower” (2 performances)
A showcase discovering the next generation of dancers, with five groups of young dancers selected
Performers: Riko Abe (阿部理子), Sae Onishi (大西彩瑛), Nanami Takashita (高下七海), Nana Kobayashi (小林菜々), Takuto Sakurai (櫻井拓斗), Park Jiwon & Yu Hosik (Korea UDA)
“Tokyo Mikoshi” Project: VIVA!lation, “Song of Joy” (1 performance)
Supervision: Naoko Ito. Performers: Mademoiselle Cinema (Tamami Takenoshita / 竹之下たまみ, Natsumi Hasuko / 蓮子奈津美, Shiori Nakajima / 中島詩織, Mayuko Akimoto / 秋元麻友子, Kaoru Sato / 佐藤郁), Shunkan Genzai (シュンカン現在; Yoshimitsu Kushida / 櫛田祥光 and Kazuha Nasu / 奈須一葉)
March 3
March 16
March 23–24
UDC23rd, “Taking a Step Forward” (2 performances)
Shobi University, University of the Sacred Heart, Tama Art University, Nihon University, graduates of Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, graduates of Ochanomizu University, graduates of Shobi University, graduates of Daito Bunka University
D-zone, “The Rabbit, the Moon and the Spring Breeze” (2 performances)
Choreography: Satsuki Tashiro (田代さつき), Kokona Nozawa (野沢心南), Masafumi Oyama (大山雅文), Rio Matsumoto (松本梨緒), Mahiro Higuchi (樋口真尋). Performers: Remi Ito (伊藤玲美) and 19 others
Mademoiselle Cinema, “A Mysterious Place” (3 performances)
Choreography and direction: Naoko Ito. Performers: Tamami Takenoshita (竹之下たまみ), Natsumi Hasuko (蓮子奈津美), Shiori Nakajima (中島詩織), Mayuko Akimoto (秋元麻友子), Kaoru Sato (佐藤郁), Moe Sugawa (須川萌), Atsuko Murakumo (村雲敦子). Video: Masayo Kajimura (梶村昌世)
April 6
April 14
April 27
April 28–29
Dance Special Course Performance (2 performances)
Yasuyo Omoto class, Kaho Kogure (小暮香帆) class, Sengiku Bando class, Taiju Matsumoto class
Yasuyo Omoto Children's Ballet Performance (1 performance)
D-zone: S,S dance company, “gifted part3” (2 performances)
Performers: Moe Shiratori (白鳥萌) and 13 others
D-zone: Aya Sakai (酒井亜矢) × Minami Yajima (矢島みなみ) Project, “SUGATA vol.2” (3 performances)
Performers: Aya Sakai (酒井亜矢), Minami Yajima (矢島みなみ), Tomoya Onodera (小野寺友也), Sae Tamano (玉野紗江) and others
May 11
Akai Kutsu (Red Shoes) (2 performances)
Naoka Uemura (上村なおか), Hiroyo Kitao (喜多尾浩代), Junko Toyonaga (豊永洵子), Tomoko Hirata (平田友子) and Keiko Ofuji (大藤桂子)
June 8–9
June 29
Theater 21 Fes (2 performances)
D-zone: Shobi University-produced performance, “NOVEL” (2 performances)
Performers: Students in the Dance Course of Shobi University's Department of Performing Arts
July 6
July 20
July 27
D-zone, “Energy” (2 performances)
Aya Sakai (酒井亜矢); Mana Shimada (島田真奈), Ayaka Suzuki (鈴木絢香) and Aone Morisawa (森澤碧音); Aki Takeda (あきたけだ) and Norie Hamanaka (ノリエハマナカ); Chizuru Kawamura (河村千鶴), Masumi Nakanishi (中西ますみ), Mayuki Moriyama (森山真幸) and CHISA
D-zone: Asako Ogawa (小川麻子), “Allo~vol.Ⅴ Hello, Can You Hear My Voice?” (2 performances)
Choreography and direction: Asako Ogawa (小川麻子). Performers: Keiko Ogawa (小川圭子), Wakaba Nakamura (中村若葉), Kumiko Yoda (依田久美子), Asako Ogawa (小川麻子) / So Hirashima (平島総; percussion)
“Tokyo Mikoshi” Project (1 performance)
Supervision: Naoko Ito. Performers: Mademoiselle Cinema (Tamami Takenoshita / 竹之下たまみ, Natsumi Hasuko / 蓮子奈津美, Shiori Nakajima / 中島詩織, Mayuko Akimoto / 秋元麻友子, Kaoru Sato / 佐藤郁), Shunkan Genzai (シュンカン現在; Yoshimitsu Kushida / 櫛田祥光 and Kazuha Nasu / 奈須一葉)
August 11
August 17
August 24
D-zone, “Between This World and the Next” (2 performances)
Vocals: Hiroshi Mochiki (持木弘). Dance: Minako Mukoda (向田聖名子). Piano: Yuri Matsuyama (松山ゆり)
D-zone, “Normal Temperature” (2 performances)
Choreography and performance: Haruka Tabana (田花遥)
Independent performance led by Mizuki Kaneko (金子美月) (2 performances)
Performers: Mizuki Kaneko (金子美月), Miyu Ogasawara (小笠原美優), Kanta Sasagawa (笹川幹太), Rei Sugimoto (杉本麗衣), Kenta Tajika (田近絹太), Rune Nishikawa (西川瑠音)
September 14
September 15
September 28
Session House Young Dancer Support Project
U25 Theater 21 Fes (1 performance)
Performers: Suzuka Inada (稲田涼香), Yusuke Kawabata (川端優典), Asuki Sakai (坂井明日輝) and Akari Tokita (時田朱莉), Yubusha Yuko (游舞舎優子), Satsuki Tashiro (田代さつき), Hikaru Miyazawa (宮澤ひかる), Ayane Yasaka (八坂采音)
U35 Theater 21 Fes (1 performance)
Performers: Minami Oinuma (生沼みなみ), Nagisa Inoue (井上渚) and Nako Kamogashira (鴨頭菜子), Kaoru Takahashi (高橋郁), Tara Hirata (平多鱈), Chinatsu Horikawa (堀川千夏) and Yako Omori (大森弥子), Nagisa Yamaguchi (山口なぎさ)
Dance Flower Award Winners' Performance (2 performances)
Performers: Sae Onishi (大西彩瑛) and Remi Murai (村井玲美), Takuto Sakurai (櫻井拓斗), Ryosuke Suzuki (鈴木亮祐), Takahiro Mochizuki and Haruka Takeuchi (竹内春香)
October 5–6
October 12–13
October 14
October 26–27
Dance Bridge 2024: Sengiku Bando's Japanese Classical Dance on a Journey Across Borders, “Madame Butterfly” (3 performances)
Composition, choreography and direction: Sengiku Bando. Choreographic assistant: Naoko Ito. Music: Sawako Hiraiwa (平岩佐和子)
Performers: Ryohei Kondo, Makoto Sato (佐藤麻琴), Haruna Endo (遠藤春菜), Maki Matsunaga (松永真紀), Sengiku Bando, Hinase Uchiyama (内山陽瀬), Kojiro Yamamoto (山本光二郎), Michihiko Kamakura (鎌倉道彦), Yoshihiro Fujita (藤田善宏), Ikumi Kurosu (黒須育海), Toko Kondo (近藤燈子), Tamami Takenoshita (竹之下たまみ), Ai Fukada (深田愛衣), Natsumi Hasuko (蓮子奈津美), Mayuko Akimoto (秋元麻友子)
“Steps for Disappearance” (3 performances)
Choreography and direction: Yukio Suzuki (鈴木ユキオ). Performers: Haruka Tabana (田花遥), Saori Hori (堀早央里), Ichimatsu (市松), Mayuko Lee (李真由子), Nao Ashimine (安次嶺菜緒), Akira Yamada (山田暁) and others
Theater 21 Fes vol.133 (1 performance)
Magnum Madam (マグナム・マダム), “When You Dance, the World Dances Too” (3 performances)
Choreography and direction: Natsue Yamaguchi (山口夏絵). Performers: Satoshi Ishibuchi (Condors), Saki Aonuma (青沼沙季), Shiiko Utagawa (歌川椎子), Keiko Ogawa (小川圭子), Haruko Kasai (笠井晴子), Ryoko Shimizu (清水良子), Norie Hamanaka (ノリエハマナカ), Mami Hamaji (濱地真実), Aya Matsui (まつい綾), Takahiro Mochizuki, Violet Eva (Murasaki Baby Doll / 紫ベビードール), Natsue Yamaguchi (山口夏江)
November 3–4
November 9–10
November 16
November 23
CAT-A-TAC, “Kokoro” (4 performances)
Original work: Natsume Soseki. Adaptation, direction and choreography: Yoshihiro Fujita (藤田善宏). Performers: Yoshihiro Fujita (藤田善宏), Yoshinori Shiraishi (白石美徳), Miyu Watanabe (渡邉未有), Maya Izumiya (泉谷摩耶), Yui Kobayashi (小林ゆい)
Setsuko Yamada (山田せつ子) Dance Solo, “I Am Here Now” (3 performances)
Composition and dance: Setsuko Yamada (山田せつ子). Art: Tatsuko Ozeki (尾関立子). Video: Kohei Soeda (添田康平)
D-zone: Tenguzaru Dance Company (テングザル舞踊団) 30th Anniversary Performance (2 performances)
Ikumi Ito (伊藤育美), Hisae Endo (遠藤久栄), Kazushi Soma (相馬和志), Akiko Tokunaga (徳永明子), Mariko Hasegawa (長谷川麻里子), Ayae Hamanaka (濵中彩恵), Kumiko Miura (三浦久美子), Yoshino Yamada (山田佳乃), Ikuko Yamamoto (山本育子)
“Metamorphosis” (1 performance)
Direction, choreography and performance: Sharla Ueda (シャーラ上田)
December 15
December 21–22
Kim Ito (伊藤キム) Workshop Presentation, “Dancing for All We're Worth” (2 performances)
Dance Bridge, “Tokyo's Okuni” (3 performances)
Choreography and direction: Naoko Ito. Performers: Mademoiselle Cinema (Tamami Takenoshita / 竹之下たまみ, Natsumi Hasuko / 蓮子奈津美, Mayuko Akimoto / 秋元麻友子, Moe Sugawa / 須川萌, Eha Kudo / 工藤えは, Akari Tokita / 時田朱莉, Tomoko Daido / 大堂智子), Mitsutake Kasai, Takahiro Mochizuki (Top Star), Satoshi Ishibuchi (Condors), Monaco Kurihara (栗原モナコ; chindon music)
2025
January 11–12
Dance Bridge 2024, “Another side of RK” (3 performances)
Choreography and direction: Ryohei Kondo. Performers: Kaho Kogure (小暮香帆), Shigeru Kikawa (木皮成), Dan Ishii (石井團), Osamu Nakamura (中村理), Niina (ニイナ), Ryohei Kondo
Session House Staff Who Supported the Dance Programme
Lighting: Miho Ishizeki, Jun Suzumura (鈴村淳) / Sound: Michitaka Ueda (上田道崇), Natsumi Hasuko (蓮子奈津美)
Stage management: Shunsuke Nabeshima (鍋島峻介), Natsumi Hasuko (蓮子奈津美) / Video: Ayaka Hara (原綾香), Mayuko Akimoto (秋元麻友子), Hisaki Somemiya (染宮久樹)
Ayaka Hara (原綾香), Mayuko Akimoto (秋元麻友子), Harue Kawasaki (川崎陽恵), Hisaki Somemiya (染宮久樹)
Photography: Takashi Ito (伊藤孝), Masanobu Yamanoue (山之上雅信) / Venue staff: Tamami Takenoshita (竹之下たまみ),
Shiho Takahashi (高橋志帆), Rino Komoda (古茂田梨乃), Kana Niibori (新堀佳奈), Ayaka Hara (原綾香), Eha Kudo (工藤えは)
Production: Takashi Ito (伊藤孝), Naoko Ito, Keiko Nabeshima (鍋島敬子),
Miho Ishizeki, Shunsuke Nabeshima (鍋島峻介), Kanako Suzuki (鈴木加奈子)
Organisations That Supported the Dance Programme
Japan Arts Fund, Arts Council Tokyo,
Session House Co., Ltd., Honeycomb Fund (ハニカム基金)
Editor's Note
In 2024, the world continued to face unending wars and natural disasters. Amid this, artists, while carrying complex feelings, sought to communicate their own joy and sorrow to people in the places they had chosen. We hope that through their voices you will sense the spirit behind those efforts.
