The 2022 Dance Programme Record

January 14–15: Ryohei Kondo’s Ringo Project, "Honest People Die Laughing" (3 performances)

 

Performance, composition and choreography: Ryohei Kondo, Mitsutake Kasai

 

January 22: "Akai Kutsu—Red Shoes" (2 performances), a joint performance by four groups of women choreographers

 

R6Project (performers: Atsuko Araki / 荒木厚子, Yasuhiro Araki / 荒木靖博, Tateshi Kobayashi / こばやしたてし, Sawako Kobayashi / 小林佐和子)

 

Shiho Takahashi (高橋志帆) (performer: Shiho Takahashi / 高橋志帆); Yukiko Sakata (坂田有紀子) (performers: Rino Komoda / 古茂田梨乃, Saeko Hirata / 平多聡恵子, Mamiko Yamaba / 山羽真実子, Yukiko Sakata / 坂田有紀子); Kaori Miura (三浦香織) (Kotone Ogasawara / 小笠原琴音, Kaori Miura / 三浦香織)

 

January 29–30: Theater 21 Fes vol.126 (2 performances)

 

February 6: "Dance Flower" (2 performances)

 

A performance to discover the dancers of the next generation, selecting five groups of young dancers

 

Nagisa Yamaguchi (山口なぎさ) / Kotomi Imai (今井琴美), Yuya Shiratori (白鳥雄也) / Kanoko Iwaki (岩城かのこ), Iku Takahashi (高橋育) (choreography: Kota Kihara / 木原浩太)

 

Yume Murakami (村上結萌), Haruka Takeuchi (竹内春香) / Naomi Tanaka (田中直美), Yuri Sakai (堺佑梨) (choreography: Mariko Kakizaki / 柿崎麻莉子)

 

February 12: John Russell Memorial Performance (2 performances)

 

Performers: Min Tanaka (田中泯), Akira Sakata (坂田明), Ken Ikeda (池田謙)

 

February 27: Dance Bridge—The Impulse of the Novel, "The Names of Flowers" (1 performance)

 

Choreography and performance: Yo Nakamura (中村蓉)

 

March 5–6: University Dance Cross 21th, "Dance All of a Sudden" (3 performances)

 

35 participants from nine universities: Daito Bunka (大東文化), Shobi Gakuen (尚美学園), Tamagawa Art (多摩川美術), Mukogawa Women’s (武庫川女子), Musashino Art (武蔵野美術), Nihon University College of Art (日本大学芸術学部), Ochanomizu Women’s (お茶の水女子), Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences (大阪体育), and the Professional University of Arts and Tourism (芸術文化観光専門職)

 

March 12–13: Mademoiselle Cinema, "Her Chair" (3 performances)

 

Choreography and direction: Naoko Ito. Performers: Mademoiselle Cinema (Tamami Takenoshita, Natsumi Hasuko / 蓮子奈津美, Shiori Nakajima / 中島詩織, Mayuko Akimoto / 秋元麻友子); Mademoiselle Mates (Eha Kudo / 工藤えは, Nagisa Shirahama / 白濱凪沙, Satsuki Tashiro / 田代さつき, Sakura Fujita / 藤田さくら, Hinako Yoshida / 吉田ひなこ, Akane Watanabe / 渡邉茜). Reading: Ami Tei (鄭亜美)

 

April 2: Ryohei Kondo solo performance, "Café Terrace at Night" (1 performance)

 

April 17 and 24: Yasuyo Omoto’s Children’s Ballet Class Recital (performances by 3 classes)

 

April 23: Aya Sakai (酒井亜矢) and Yoko Natsuki (夏貴陽子) joint performance, "SUGATA" (2 performances)

 

Performers: Minako Okawa (大川美奈子), Masako Katafuchi (片渕雅子), AlysSa, Eriko Matsumoto (松本絵莉子), Junko Yamamoto (山本純子), Tomoya Onodera (小野寺友也), Aya Sakai / Ayayan (酒井亜矢／あややん), Yoko Natsuki (夏貴陽子)

 

June 11: Theater 21 Fes vol.127 (1 performance)

 

June 18: D-zone Festival, asamicro, "Drawing in Breakfast" (2 performances)

 

Performers: asamicro/TAIKI / Novel Nextus/yygru / Ayu (愛由) / Haruka Takahashi (高橋春香)/NAKI

 

July 2–3: D-zone Festival, Takuya Sato (佐藤琢哉), "Vortex" (3 performances)

 

Performers: Dance Project A[angstroam] (Takuya Sato / 佐藤琢哉, Rui Kajita / 梶田留以, Yuka Okamoto / 岡本優香, Yume Suzuki / 鈴木夢生)

 

July 9: Asako Ogawa (小川麻子), "allo・・・Vol.4 Hello" (2 performances)

 

Choreography: Asako Ogawa (小川麻子). Performers: Keiko Ogawa (小川圭子), Yukari Nakai (中井結加里), Yuko Nagahama (永濱佑子), Wakaba Nakamura (中村若葉), Mariko Hasegawa (長谷川麻里子), Eiji Yokoo (横尾英志), Asako Ogawa (小川麻子)

 

July 21–22: Mademoiselle Cinema, Family Stories, Past and Present, "Woman Is a Journey" and "Red Flowers, White Flowers" (4 performances)

 

Choreography: Naoko Ito. Performers: Mademoiselle Cinema (Tamami Takenoshita, 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, Akane Nakano / 仲野朱音) + "Red Flowers, White Flowers" performers: Kai Eguchi (江口カヰ), Rino Komoda (古茂田梨乃), Takuto Sakurai (櫻井拓斗), Shiho Takahashi (高橋志帆), Takahiro Mochizuki

 

July 30: D-zone Festival, Minako Mukoda (向田聖名子) performance, "The World of Takuji Ote—Carmen" (2 performances)

 

Performers: Hiroshi Mochiki (持木弘), Minako Mukoda (向田聖名子), San Cerezo Ballet & Spanish Dance Company (サンセレッソバレエ＆スペイン舞踊カンパニー)

 

Soprano: Mayumi Kobayashi (小林麻裕弥). Piano: Misako Sekine (関根操子)

 

July 31: D-zone Festival, Shobi University Department of Performing Arts performance, "Ambivalence" (1 performance)

 

Choreography: Naomi Miwa (三輪尚美)

 

August 7: Family Stories, Past and Present, "Poem of Joy" (1 performance)

 

Composition, direction and choreography: Mitsutake Kasai. Performers: Mitsutake Kasai, Reiji Kasai (笠井禮示), Naoka Uemura (上村なおか), Yuko Asami (浅見裕子), Akira Kasai (笠井叡), Hisako Kasai (笠井久子) (reading), Taeko Shimaoka (島岡多恵子) (piano)

 

August 13–14: Family Stories, Past and Present, "Song of Akasha" (3 performances)

 

Composition, direction and choreography: Kentaro Kujirai. Performers: Kentaro Kujirai, Izumi Noguchi (野口泉) (both dance); Makoto Sadakata (定方まこと) (narration); Yui Katada (堅田優衣) (music director); Noema Noesis ensemble (chorus); Erika Kujirai (鯨井絵里加) (sanshin)

 

August 27: Mademoiselle Cinema + the Tsubouchi family (坪内一家), "A Woman’s Journey and the Beginning of Myth" (1 performance)

 

Choreography: Naoko Ito. Venue: Tanami Theater (田並劇場), Kushimoto Town, Wakayama Prefecture

 

September 3: D-zone Festival, Von noズ performance, "Berek—The Rite of Spring Quartet" (2 performances)

 

Choreography and performance: Von noズ (Yuki Uemura / 上村有紀, Kae Kubo / 久保佳絵 and others)

 

October 1–2: Dance Bridge, Three Dances Around "Bolero" (3 performances)

 

Mademoiselle Cinema, Project Oyama (プロジェクト大山), Kentaro Kujirai

 

October 9–10: Magnum Madam (マグナム・マダム), "Kagura Festival—An Abundant Harvest and the Dance of Myriad Gods" (3 performances)

 

Choreography and direction: Natsue Yamaguchi (山口夏絵). Performers: Haru Inamura (稲村はる), Shiiko Utagawa (歌川椎子), Keiko Ogawa (小川圭子), Ai Miyauchi (宮内愛), Natsue Yamaguchi (山口夏絵), Ayako Okuma (大熊絢子), Yohei Tanaka (田中洋平) (guitar), Atsumi Fujichi (藤地淳水) (vocals), Volte Eva

 

October 16: Ringo Dance Museum, Kaho Kogure (小暮香帆) × Akira Sakata (坂田明) and Akiko Nakayama (中山晃子), "Night cruising" (1 performance)

 

November 5–6: Dance Bridge, Three Dances Around "the Future" (3 performances)

 

Mariko Kakizaki (柿崎麻莉子), Bushman (ブシュマン), Organ Works

 

November 13: Ringo Dance Museum, Osamu Nakamura (中村理), "Lively Coming and Going" (1 performance)

 

November 19: Ringo Dance Museum, Hatsune Farrell Kanda (神田初音ファレル), "TRANSISTOR SISTERS" (1 performance)

 

November 23: Ringo Dance Museum, Naoka Uemura (上村なおか) × Seisui Arai (荒井靖水), "Metamorphosis" (1 performance)

 

November 26–27: Dance Bridge, Three Dances Around "Virtual Real" (3 performances)

 

Team Kamogawa (チーム鴨川), odd fish, Minami Nakayashiki (中屋敷南)

 

December 3–4: Dance Bridge, Three Dances Around "the Swan" (3 performances)

 

Yasuyo Omoto, Magnum Madam (マグナム・マダム), Minori Sakai (坂井美乃里)

 

December 17–18: Dance Bridge, Three Dances Around "Heroes" (3 performances)

 

Ryohei Kondo, Mitsutake Kasai, Ikumi Kurosu (黒須育海)

 

Session House Staff Who Supported the Dance Programmes

 

Lighting: Miho Ishizeki (石関美穂), 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) / Art: Kuni Wakao (くに若尾) / Costumes: Matsuno Harada (原田松野)

Video: Michitaka Ueda (上田道崇), Shiori Nakajima (中島詩織), Ayaka Hara (原綾香), Mayuko Akimoto (秋元麻友子), Harue Kawasaki (川崎陽恵), Satsuki Tashiro (田代さつき), Hisaki Somemiya (染宮久樹) / Photography: Takashi Ito (伊藤孝), Masanobu Yamanoue (山之上雅信)

Venue staff: Tamami Takenoshita, Shiho Takahashi (高橋志帆), Rino Komoda (古茂田梨乃), Chie Iguchi (井口智恵), Kana Niibori (新堀佳奈), Ayaka Hara (原綾香)

Production: Takashi Ito (伊藤孝), Naoko Ito, Keiko Nabeshima (鍋島敬子), Miho Ishizeki (石関美穂), Shunsuke Nabeshima (鍋島峻介), Kanako Suzuki (鈴木加奈子)

※ Session House Planning Office became a general incorporated association in February 2022. All of us on the staff intend to develop our activities with still richer programming.

Organisations That Supported the Dance Programmes

Japan Arts Fund, Agency for Cultural Affairs Programme to Support the Continuation of Cultural and Artistic Activities, Arts Council Tokyo, Session House Co., Ltd., Honeycomb Fund (ハニカム基金)