Session House Annual Report 2018
A Record of the Dance Program
A Record of the 2018 Dance Program
January 7
Theater 21 Fes vol.112, Winter Edition (1 performance)
January 20 and 21
Magnum Madam / New Year Special Performance 2018, “Never give up!” (3 performances)
Choreography and direction: Natsue Yamaguchi; guest: Michihiko Kamakura (鎌倉道彦); performers: 15, including Haru Inamura (稲村はる), Shiiko Utagawa (歌川椎子), Takahiro Mochizuki
January 27 and 28
Junior Company L.A.B., 1st performance, “LAKE” (3 performances)
Direction and choreography: Ryu Suzuki; performers: 12 participants
February 10
Quatre-Quarts N°14 (2 performances)
Creation and choreography: Anna (杏奈) / Kaori Kagaya (加賀谷香) / Michiyo Nunogami (布上道代) / Kaori Miura (三浦香織)
February 17 and 18
Ringo Project: Ryohei Kondo / Tosaka Project, “THE ORIGIN” (3 performances)
Led by: Ryohei Kondo; performers: Mariko Kakizaki (柿崎麻莉子), Maiko Yamazaki (山﨑麻衣子), Aki Takeda (あきたけだ), Eri Ikeda (池田絵里), Daiki Sakai (酒井大輝), Reisa Shimojima (下島礼紗), Jintoku (ジントク), Ayane Nakagawa (中川絢音); piano: Asami Hirosawa (廣澤麻美); guitar and other music: Satoshi Ishibuchi
February 24
Session House Award, “Dance Flower 2017 vol28” (2 performances)
Choreography and performance: Aya Sakai (酒井亜矢), Shinji Shirahige (白髭真二) / choreography and direction: Yutaro Kawauchi (河内優太郎), Takayuki Ueda (上田崇幸); performer: Junpei Nemoto (根本純平); direction and composition: Osamu Nakamura (中村理); performer: Yuki Nakamura (中村悠希) / choreography and performance: Karin Kato (加藤花鈴) / choreography and performance: Lucia Vazquez Madrid
March 3 and 4
University Dance Cross 17th, “No!!—We Can’t Do It Without You—”” (3 performances)
Participating institutions: Okayama University, Ochanomizu University, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Daito Bunka University, Tenri University, Hannan University, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo Women’s College of Physical Education, Nihon University College of Art, Japan Women’s College of Physical Education; 34 participants from 10 universities
March 10
Quatre-Quarts N°15 (2 performances)
Choreography: Asako Ogawa (小川朝子) / Asako Itagaki (板垣朝子) / Kumiko Yoda (依田久美子) / Michiko Kiyofuji (清藤美智子)
March 17 and 24
Theater 21 Fes, Spring Edition vol.113 (2 performances)
March 31
Dance Senka Performance 2018 (2 performances)
Performers: participants in works choreographed by Sengiku Bando, Guy-Paul (ギーポール), Mitsutake Kasai, Ryu Suzuki, Shintaro Hirahara
April 8
Theater 21 Fes Step Up vol.68, Spring Edition (2 performances)
April 8, 14, and 15
Yasuyo Omoto’s Children’s Ballet Class Recital (3 performances)
April 28, 29, and 30
Mademoiselle Cinema 25th Anniversary Performance, “The Theater of Life” (5 performances)
Program A, “From the Town in the Sky”—choreography and composition: Naoko Ito; performers: Cinema (Tamami Takenoshita, Kanako Suzuki, Natsumi Hasushi, Rino Komoda [古茂田梨乃], Shiori Nakajima [中島詩織], Moe Sugawa, Shizuka Saji [佐治静], Atsuko Murakumo [村雲敦子])
Program B, “Women’s Edition”—choreography and composition: Naoko Ito; performers: 6 Cinema members, Miwako Nozawa (野沢美和子), Etsuko Toki (時えつこ), Haru, Shiho Takahashi (高橋志帆), Emiko Goeku (護得久えみ子), Haruka Oyaizu (小柳津遥香)
Program C, “her life”—individual solo works; choreography and performance: Moe Sugawa, Shiori Nakajima (中島詩織), Tamami Takenoshita, Junko Toyonaga (豊永洵子)
May 3–6 and 13
Kagurazaka Dance School 2018, May Session
May 19 and 20
Magnum Madam × Chemical 3, “A Fine Day for First Love” (3 performances)
Magnum Madam—choreography and direction: Natsue Yamaguchi; performers: Haru Inamura (稲村はる), Shiiko Utagawa (歌川椎子), Ayako Okuma (大熊絢子), Ryoko Shimizu (清水良子), Azusa Tokunaga (徳永梓), Norie Hamanaka (ノリエハマナカ), and others / Chemical 3—choreography: Naoto Katori; performers: Ikumi Kurosu (黒須育海), Masayuki Tanaka (田中真之)
May 26
D-zone Festival: Chikage × NaHeek, “phases of the moon” (2 performances)
June 2 and 3
D-zone Festival: Ni-ni-ten (煮に点), “Wrinkles That Pursue, Lines That Age (追う皺、老える線)” (3 performances)
Performers: Kei Watarai (渡會慶), Haruyo Kanamori (金森温代), Ikumi Otsuka (大塚郁美), Hinkai Nita (仁田品凱)
June 16
D-zone Festival: Hiraoyogi Honten (平泳ぎ本店), “Theatrical, All Too Theatrical” (2 performances)
Composition, direction, performance: Tetsuya Ogawa (小川哲也), Dairin Suzuki (鈴木大倫), Arata Ninoto (二ノ戸新太), Kensuke Matsunaga (松永健資), Kazuho Matsumoto (松本一歩)
June 23 and 24
D-zone Festival: Baraba Okuyama’s solo performance “Sasoharete (サソハレテ)” (3 performances)
June 30
D-zone Festival: Minako Mukoda (向田聖名子) & Hiroshi Mochiki (持木弘), “Tosca” and “Japanese Sentiment” (2 performances)
Choreography: Minako Mukoda (向田聖名子); performers: Minako Mukoda (向田聖名子), Hiroshi Mochiki (持木弘); soprano: Yayoi Shimazaki (島崎弥生); piano: Misako Sekine (関根操子)
July 3 and 4 Magnum Madam, 7th performance, “Rock ’n’ Roll Madam” (3 performances)
Choreography and direction: Natsue Yamaguchi; performers: Haru Inamura (稲村はる), Shiiko Utagawa (歌川椎子), Ayako Okuma (大熊絢子), Mariko Kawatani (川谷麻理子), Ryoko Shimizu (清水良子), and others
July 7 and 8
D-zone Festival: Akiko Shinohara (篠原生樹子), “Again” (3 performances)
Choreography: Akiko Shinohara (篠原生樹子); performers: Mizuho Enoki (榎木みずほ), Chisato Saito (斉藤稚紗冬), Naoka Hihara (日原奈緒花), Hidemi Mochizuki (望月秀美), KOH, and others
July 14
D-zone Festival: Reina Sumi (住玲衣奈), “N Cannot Become M / ←Exit A9” (2 performances)
Choreography and performance: Reina Sumi (住玲衣奈); performer: Seina Imaeda (今枝星菜)
July 15 and 16 Theater 21 Fes vol.114, Summer Edition (2 performances)
July 28Theater 21 Fes Step Up vol.69, Summer Edition (2 performances)
August 4 and 5
D-zone Festival: Co.Ruri Mito, “Rita Gobi × Ruri Mito Double Bill” (3 performances)
Choreography: Rita Gobi; performers: Rita Gobi, Ruri Mito (三東瑠璃) / choreography and composition: Ruri Mito (三東琉璃); performers: 9, including Yukino Aoyagi (青柳佑希乃)
August 11 and 12New performance by Bushman, led by Ikumi Kurosu (黒須育海), “Yoi no Mitsu (よいのみつ)” (3 performances)
Choreography, composition, direction: Ikumi Kurosu (黒須育海); performers: Shota Utagawa (歌川翔太), Yuki Kaneko (金子佑紀), Tezuka Bausch, Shun Nakamura (中村駿)
August 26Kagurazaka Dance School Summer Session, Workshop Showing (1 performance)
24 performers in 3 works selected through Ryohei Kondo’s audition workshop, and 1 work each from the workshops of Yukari Ota (太田ゆかり) and Haruka Watanabe (渡辺はるか)
September 1 and 2
Mademoiselle Cinema Traveling Dance 2018, “Bad Girl Lullaby” (3 performances)
Choreography: Naoko Ito; performers: Tamami Takenoshita, Kanako Suzuki, Natsumi Hasushi, Rino Komoda (古茂田梨乃), Shiori Nakajima (中島詩織), Moe Sugawa, Shizuka Saji (佐治静), Ayumi Uyama (宇山あゆみ), Chinatsu Horikawa (堀川千夏)
September 15
Ryu Suzuki Junior Company L.A.B. Study Group, 2nd Presentation (2 performances)
Supervision: Ryu Suzuki; 20 performers in 11 works choreographed by participants
September 17 Session House Award, “Dance Flower 2018 vol.29” (2 performances)
Choreography and performance: Mizuki Ko (高瑞貴); performers: Yutaro Omae (大前裕太郎), Sakae Kitajima (北島栄) / choreography and performance: 5, including Takashi Suzuki (鈴木隆司); choreography: Shun Nakamura (中村駿); performers: 5, including Mai Kubota (久保田舞) / choreography and performance: Mako Egami (江上真子) / choreography and performance: Naho Hori (堀菜穂)
September 22 and 23
Dance Bridge International 2018: Taiju Matsumoto’s “What Do People Live By?” (3 performances)
Choreography and performance: Taiju Matsumoto; performers: Minami Tamagawa (玉川みなみ), Sayaka Tamagawa (玉川さやか), Shumpei Mitsuhashi (三橋俊平), Kaoru Sato (佐藤郁), Tomoko Morooka (諸岡智子), Izumi Uechi (上地泉), Shiho Takahashi (高橋志帆), Yukari Tamatani (玉谷ゆかり), Yuko Takizawa (滝沢優子), Etsuko Toki (時えつこ), Yuko Terui (照井裕子), Kaori Miura (三浦香織), Akifumi Yoshida (吉田彰文)
September 24 and 30
Theater 21 Fes vol.115, Autumn Edition (2 performances)
September 29
Quatre-Quarts N°16 (2 performances)
Creation and choreography: Izumi Kato (加藤泉), Asako Kurematsu (榑松麻子) / Kaori Goto (後藤かおり), Kana Anayama (穴山香菜), Kota Nagaya (長屋耕太) / Mika Kozonoi (古園井美果) / Risa Yata (弥田理沙)
October 5 and 6
Dance Bridge International 2018, from Tokyo: Ryohei Kondo’s “Close to you” (3 performances)
Suichu Megane (水中めがね) (Shinpei Nemoto [根本紳平] and others) / Shotaro Yamaguchi (山口将太朗), Mai Kubota (久保田舞) / Ryohei Kondo / tantan (Kanae Kito [亀頭可奈恵] and others) / eltanin (Maika Ueda [上田舞香], Ryu Suzuki)
October 20 and 21
Watching Dance as a Sporting Event: Namstrops (んまつーぽす) (Japan) × Unlock Dancing Plaza (Hong Kong), “Otorisumu (おとりすむ)” (3 performances)
October 28
Daito Festival: Bushman, “The Sun and the Mantis” (2 performances)
Direction and choreography: Ikumi Kurosu (黒須育海); performers: Shota Utagawa (歌川翔太), Yuki Kaneko (金子佑紀), Tezuka Bausch, Shun Nakamura (中村駿)
November 3 and 4
Dance Bridge International 2018: Naoko Ito’s “A Fascinating Dance Gathering—with a Guide!” (3 performances)
Overall direction: Yo Nakamura; choreography and performance: Akudo (悪童) (Shota Utagawa [歌川翔太], Shun Nakamura [中村駿]) / choreography and performance: Maki Ito (伊藤麻希), Taku Orimoto (織本卓) (perc)
Choreography and performance: Yo Nakamura; performers: Yuya Igarashi (五十嵐結也), Takayuki Kanai (金井隆之), Saya Hasegawa (長谷川紗綾)
November 10
Theater 21 Fes 15min Special, Autumn Edition (1 performance)
November 7–11
Mademoiselle Cinema: Naoko Ito and 5 dancers participated in the “Power of the Forest” project in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture (organized by the Wakayama Arts and Culture Support Association). In collaboration with visual artists, they taught dance to the children of Izumo Elementary School.
November 17
D-zone performance: Tenguzaru Dance Company (テングザル舞踊団), “One Day, in the Forest (2 performances)
Choreography and direction: Mariko Hasegawa (長谷川麻里子); performers: 12, including Chieno Atogami (跡上千重乃)
November 24 and 25
Dance Bridge International 2018: Naoko Ito’s “Taiwan (Women and Men) × Japan (Men) × Japan (Women)” (3 performances)
Overall direction: Mitsutake Kasai; Mademoiselle Cinema (choreography and direction: Naoko Ito; performers: Tamami Takenoshita and others,
Guest exchange performers: Mitsutake Kasai, Baraba Okuyama) / B.DANCE (choreography: Po-Cheng Tsai; performers: Li-An Lo, Yi-ting Tsai)
Choreography and performance: Mitsutake Kasai, Baraba Okuyama; guest exchange performers: Mademoiselle Cinema, B.DANCE)
December 9
Theater 21 Fes vol.115 (1 performance)
December 15
Quatre-Quarts N°17 (2 performances)
Choreography: Yukiko Sakata (坂田有紀子), Tae Ito (伊藤多恵), Chikako Kaido (皆藤千香子), Sachiko Shirai (白井さち子)
December 23 and 24
UDC Afters, “Back to That Theater Once More” (3 performances)
Dancer/coordinator: Teachers’ Edition—Sayuri Fukuoka (福岡小百合); Dancers’ Edition—Ikumi Kurosu (黒須育海); performers: 16
Session House Staff Who Supported the Dance Program
Lighting: Atsushi Okada (岡田敦), Miho Ishizeki, Izumi Kato (加藤泉), Taichi Kutsumi (久津美太地), Jun Suzumura (鈴村淳), Nobue Kikuchi (菊池伸枝)
Sound: Michitaka Ueda, Takashi Aikawa (相川貴), Natsumi Hasushi, Hikari Nakamura (中村光彩), Junichi Koriyama (郡山純一)
Stage managers: Shunsuke Nabeshima, Natsumi Hasushi
Art: Kuni Wakao / costumes: Matsuno Harada / video: Hiroyoshi Takishima (瀧島弘義), Moe Sugawa / photography: Takashi Ito, Masanobu Yamanoue (山之上雅信)
Venue staff: Tamami Takenoshita, Kanako Suzuki, Shiho Takahashi (高橋志帆), Rino Komoda (古茂田梨乃), Tomoe Iguchi (井口智恵), Kana Niibori (新堀佳奈), Shizuka Saji (佐治静)
Organizations That Supported the Dance Program
Japan Arts Fund, EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee, Wakayama Prefecture Arts and Culture Support Association (和歌山県芸術文化支援協会), Session House Co., Ltd., Honeycomb Fund, Session House Fund
