A Record of the 2020 Dance Program (Hosted and Cooperative Projects)

January 11 and 12 — Theater 21 Fes vol. 116 (one performance each)

February 1 — Theater 21 Fes Step Up vol. 75 (two performances)
9 — 2nd Daito Festival, “The Sun and the Mantis 2” (one performance)
23 performers in seven works choreographed by Satoshi Ishibuchi, Miwa Okuno (奥野美和), Takahiro Mochizuki (望月崇博), Masashi Doi (土井まさし), and others
14 and 15 — Ringo Project / Ryohei Kondo, “Kagurazaka Tosaka Project ~ THE ORIGIN3” (three performances)
Structure, direction, choreography: Ryohei Kondo; piano: Asami Hirosawa (廣澤麻美); guitar and other performance: Satoshi Ishibuchi
Performers: Ryohei Kondo, Tsuyoshi Koga (古賀剛), Ryu Suzuki (鈴木竜), Mariko Kakizaki (柿崎麻莉子), Ayako Fukushima (福島彩子)
29 and March 1 — University Dance Cross 19th, “Coexistence” (three performances)
Participating institutions: Rikkyo University, Tokyo Women’s College of Physical Education, Yokohama National University, Tenri University, Shobi University,
Ochanomizu University, Nihon University Arts University (日本大学芸術大学), Saitama University, Osaka Taiki University (大阪待機大学), Tama Art University,
Tokyo Gakugei University — 33 participants from 11 universities

March 7 — Dance Flower vol. 33 (two performances)
Performers: Yuta Kuroki (黒木裕太) & Shiori Tarumi (垂水紫織), Daiki Nishimura (西村大樹) × Ayumi Uyama (宇山あゆみ), Mizuki Ko (高瑞貴) & Yuka Miyamoto (宮本悠加), Ai Hamada (浜田亜衣)
14 — Quatre-Quarts N°20 (two performances)
Performers: Yukiko Otsuka (大塚由祈子) & Naho Hori (堀菜穂), Akiko Miwa (三輪亜希子), 272 (Keiko Hiraki [開桂子], Izumi Hashida [ハシダイズミ], Junko Kikuchi [菊池純子],
Taiju Matsumoto)
20 and 21 — Mademoiselle Cinema 2020 Traveling Dance feat Keio Media Design, “Her Chair”
Choreography: Naoko Ito; performers: Tamami Takenoshita, Natsumi Hasushi (蓮子奈津美), Shiori Nakajima, Moe Sugawa (須川萌), Shizuka Saji (佐治静),
Mikae Nakagome (中込美加恵), Yui Komatsu (小松ゆい)

※ All performances after this were canceled under the state of emergency; online performances began in mid-May.
May 16 — Online Theater #1 Mariko Kakizaki (柿崎麻莉子)
23 — #2 Ruri Mito (三東瑠璃), “Matou”
30 — #4 Chiharu Kuronuma (黒沼千春), “Points and Lines” / #4 Barabbas Okuyama (奥山ばらば), “Flowing”

June 6 — #5 Risa Kumagai (熊谷理沙), “Fallen fosh” / #6 Hatsune Farrell Kanda (神田初音ファレル), “Dancing #”
13 — #7 Misato Shimizu (清水美沙都), “MADE IN JAPAN” / #8 Takahiro Mochizuki (望月崇博), “Another Lonely Night Tonight”
20 — #9 Akari Iwamura (岩村明里), “Dancing Osamu Dazai’s ‘No Longer Human’” / #10 Minami Nakayashiki (中屋敷南), “Girl”; co-performer: Nagisa Yamaguchi (山口なぎさ)
27 — #11 Akira Yamada (山田暁), “All of Humanity Has Something of a Baragaki, Doesn’t It?” / #12 Ryohei Kondo, “Café Terrace at Night”

July 4 — Online Theater / Shintaro Hirahara (平原慎太郎) live stream: Haruka Watanabe (渡辺はるか), “A Hole in the Mist”; Shintaro Hirahara, “The Garden of Visits”
18 — Mademoiselle Cinema theater version, “Stopover” (two performances)
19 — Mademoiselle Cinema YouTube version, “Stopover”
Choreography: Naoko Ito; performers: Tamami Takenoshita, Natsumi Hasushi (蓮子奈津美), Shiori Nakajima, Moe Sugawa (須川萌), Shizuka Saji (佐治静),
Mayuko Akimoto (秋元麻友子)
26 — D-zone Festival 2020 / Aya Iwasawa (岩沢彩), “live”; two performances, simultaneously streamed online

August 2 and 9 — Yasuyo Omoto’s Children’s Ballet Class Recital (three performances), simultaneously streamed online
8 and 10 — Theater 21 Fes vol. 122 (one performance each), simultaneously streamed online

September 20 — Quatre-Quarts N°21 (two performances)
The Bambiest (choreography: Imari Suganuma [菅沼伊万里]; performers: Mamiko Hosokawa [細川麻実子], Megumi Onso [恩曽めぐみ], Rana Izawa [井澤来南],
Erina Tanaka [田中英里菜], Yurie Takahei [高幣友里恵], Nene Sugimoto [杉本音音], Hatsue Hosokawa [細川初枝]), Tamami Takenoshita, Dance Theater Tadoushiki (ダンスシアター多動式)
(choreography: Tae Ito [伊藤多恵]; performers: Miwa Kawase [かわせみわ], Mika Kumon [公門美佳], Sakiko Matsubara [松原左紀子]), Mika Furuzonoi (古園井美果)
26 and 27 — D-zone Festival 2020 / Risa Kumagai (熊谷理沙), “FANTASIA” (three performances)

October 4 — D-zone Festival 2020 / Minami Nakayashiki (中屋敷南), “Letting Off Steam,” simultaneously streamed online
9–11 — Dance Bridge 2020, supervised by Ryohei Kondo, “Daily Duo Project: Lady Madonna,” streamed online; 10: Ryohei Kondo × Sengiku Bando; 11: Ryohei Kondo × Ikuyo Kuroda (黒田育世); 12: Ryohei Kondo × Miu Sakamoto (坂本美雨)
24 — Dance Bridge 2020, supervised by Taiju Matsumoto, “Dance Along with the Times,” streamed online
“drug” (created and performed by Mariko Kakizaki [柿崎麻莉子]); “At the Blue of That Sky, My Friend’s Eyes Fill with Tears” (created by Eri Matsuzaki [松崎えり];
performers: Taiju Matsumoto, Eri Matsuzaki, Kim Se-jong [キム・セジョン], Naoya Sakata [坂田尚也])
31 — Dance Bridge Special Edition, “Modern Dance and Dance Theater,” streamed online
Mademoiselle Cinema, “Red Flowers, White Flowers” (choreography: Naoko Ito; performers: Tamami Takenoshita, Natsumi Hasushi [蓮子奈津美], Shiori Nakajima, Shizuka Saji [佐治静], Mayuko Akimoto [秋元麻友子]); Tomoko Hirata (平田友子), “Tokiwa work for stillness #4”

November 13–15 — Dance Bridge 2020, supervised by Session House, “Unclassifiable Dance,” streamed online
13 — Team Kamogawa, “Episode 5: 2,000 Miles Under the Sea” (Satoshi Ishibuchi and Takahiro Mochizuki [望月崇博])
14 — CHAiroiPLIN, “Dancing Poetry Collection: Circus” (original work: Chuya Nakahara [中原中也]; choreography, direction, and performance: Takuro Suzuki [スズキ
拓朗]; performers: Yuri Shimizu [清水ゆり], Jintoku [ジントク], Jody [ジョディ], Mibi Motoyama [本山三火], Rara Kobayashi [小林らら], Mao Onozuka [小野塚茉央],
15 — CORVUS, “IRIS” (performers: Kentaro Kujirai [鯨井謙太郒] + Makoto Sadakata [定方まこと])

December 5 — Dance Bridge 2020, supervised by Mitsutake Kasai, “Three Body Stories of the Butoh Body,” streamed online
Choreography and performance: Mitsutake Kasai, Yukio Suzuki (鈴木ユキオ), Hiroyuki Miura (三浦宏之)
9 — Public video filming for Shinjuku City’s cultural and arts support program, “Dance of Remembrance”
Choreography and performance: Ryohei Kondo; choreographic assistance: Naoko Ito; performers: Taiju Matsumoto, Mitsutake Kasai, Tamami
Takenoshita, Natsumi Hasushi (蓮子奈津美), Shiori Nakajima, Mayuko Akimoto (秋元麻友子) / Mari Kikuchi (菊池マリ)
12 — Ryu Suzuki (鈴木竜) Junior Company L.A.B. Research Presentation, Aota-kai (青田会) (two performances); 17 performers in ten works
19 — Dance Bridge 2020, supervised by Naoko Ito, “Three Kinds of Storytelling Dance,” streamed online
Yo Nakamura, “Giselle 2020”; Barabbas Okuyama (奥山ばらば), “That’s Fine, for Now…”; Mademoiselle Cinema, “Woman Is a Journey” (choreography: Naoko Ito; performers: Tamami Takenoshita, Natsumi Hasushi [蓮子奈津美], Shiori Nakajima [中島詩　織], Mayuko Akimoto [秋元麻友子] / Kaoru Sato [佐藤郁] / Atsuko Murakumo [村雲敦子] (video appearance)

Excerpt from Voice of Session House 2020