Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2019+ Yokohama Dance Collection 2019 competition choreography award winners chosen Mar. 26, 2019+ Oriza Hirata’s Nihon Bungaku Seisui-shi (The Rise and Fall of Japanese Literature) wins the 22nd Tsuruya Namboku Memorial Drama Award Mar. 26, 2019+ The 63rd (2018) Kishida Drama Award winner is Shuntaro Matsubara Mar. 26, 2019+ 18th AAF Drama Award’s Grand Prize winner is Kuchita habikoru Feb. 6, 2019+ 24th Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize Goes to Sakotsu ni Tenshi ga Nemutteiru Feb. 6, 2019+ TPAM in Yokohama 2019 opens (Feb. 9 – 17, 2019) Feb. 6, 2019+ Yokohama Dance Collection 2019 held (Jan. 31 – Feb. 17, 2019) Feb. 6, 2019+ Kyoto Experiment: Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival 2018 Opens (Oct. 6 – 28, 2018) Oct. 9, 2018+ ANTIBODIES Collective holds “Entoropical Paradise” event at the Seto Inland Sea island of Inujima (Oct. 5 – 8, 2018) Oct. 9, 2018+ d-soko Theater “Dance ga Mitai!” 20 “With Yameru Maihime Performance” to be held (July 24 – Aug. 5, 2018) Jul. 17, 2018+ Tomoko Mukaiyama and Un Yamada collaboration GAKA performed in the Netherlands and Japan (June 15 – July 22) Jul. 17, 2018+ Dance Dance Dance@YOKOHAMA 2018 (Aug. 4 – Sept 30, 2018) Aug. 6, 2018+ Japonismes 2018: les âmes en resonance: Stage performance lineup announced May. 14, 2018+ Ko Murobushi’s anthology “Ko Murobushi Shusei” released (Jan. 23, 2018) May. 8, 2018+ New National Theatre, Tokyo 2018/2019 Season Lineup Announced May. 22, 2018+ World Theatre Festival Shizuoka 2018 held (Apr. 28 – May. 6) Jun. 4, 2018
Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2018+ 24th OMS Prize awarded to Akira Yamazaki for Melo-Melo Tachi Mar. 22, 2018+ The 62nd (2018) Kishida Drama Award winners are Yudai Kamisato and Mitsunori Fukuhara Mar. 12, 2018+ Ryo Iwamatsu’s Usui Momoiro no Katamari wins the 21st Tsuruya Namboku Memorial Drama Award Feb. 27, 2018+ Yokohama Dance Collection 2018 competition choreography award winners chosen Feb. 21, 2018+ TPAM in Yokohama 2018 to be held (Feb. 10 – 18, 2018) Feb. 13, 2018+ Yokohama Dance Collection 2018 held (Feb. 2 – 18, 2018) Feb. 13, 2018+ KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2017 opens (Oct. 14 – Nov. 5, 2017) Oct. 10, 2017+ 10th Festival/Tokyo 17 Opens (Sept. 30 – Nov. 12, 2017) Oct. 10, 2017+ World Theatre Festival Shizuoka under Mt. Fuji 2017 (Apr. 28 – May 7, 2017) Apr. 25, 2017+ The New National Theatre, Tokyo Announces 2017/2018 Season Schedule Apr. 25, 2017
Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2017+ The 61st (2017) Kishida Drama Award winner is Makoto Ueda’s Kiteketsukarubeki Shin Sekai Mar. 4, 2017+ TPAM in Yokohama 2017 (International Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2017) opens (Feb. 11 – 19, 2017) Feb. 10, 2017+ 22nd Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize goes to Kengo Minamide Feb. 7, 2017+ Agency for Cultural Affairs announces “2016 Japan Cultural Envoys” Feb. 7, 2017+ 23rd OMS Drama Prize is awarded to Keisuke Fukuyama for Warui Kuse Feb. 10, 2017+ Yokohama Dance Collection 2017 held (Jan. 26 – Feb. 19, 2017) Feb. 10, 2017+ Lineup Announced for the 9th “Festival Tokyo 16” (Oct. 15 – Dec. 11, 2016) Oct. 31, 2016+ “Roppongi Art Night 2016,” held in autumn (Oct. 21 – 23, 2016) Nov. 4, 2016+ “World Culture and Sports Forum” held for the first time in Kyoto and Tokyo (Oct. 19 – 22, 2016) Nov. 4, 2016+ Premier of 15th AAF Drama Award’s Grand Prize winning Michiyuki with Motoi Miura as Director (Sept. 9 – 12, 2016) Nov. 4, 2016+ “Sound Live Tokyo 2016” held (Sept. 11 – Oct. 1, 2016) Nov. 4, 2016+ KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2016 AUTUMN program announced (Oct. 22 – Nov. 13, 2016) Oct. 3, 2016+ 2nd Dance New Air — Dance no Asa program announced (Oct. 1 – 10, 2016) Sep. 5, 2016+ 23rd BeSeTo Theater Festival held in Tottori and Niigata (Sept. 14 – 0ct. 15, 2016) Oct. 4, 2016+ 10th Toyota Choreography Awards, 2016 Next Age Choreographer Award goes to Shintaro Hirahara Oct. 3, 2016+ Aichi Triennale 2016 held (Aug. 11 – Oct. 23) Oct. 3, 2016+ SCOT Summer Season 2016 to be held (Aug. 26 – Sep. 4, 2016) Sep. 5, 2016+ Asia Producers Platform (APP) Camp opens (Jun. 26 – Jul. 2, 2016) Jun. 30, 2016+ Director Yukio Ninagawa Passes Away May. 16, 2016+ The World Theatre Festival Shizuoka under Mt. Fuji 2016 held (April 29 – May 8, 2016) May. 26, 2016+ Kuro Tanino’s play Jigokudani Onsen Mumyo no Shuku (Jigokudani Hot Springs Ignorance Inn) winner of the 60th (2016) Kishida Drama Award Apr. 25, 2016
Apr. 2015 – Mar. 2016+ Presentations held by nine European Capital of Culture cities (Feb. 26, 2016) Mar. 8, 2016+ Yokohama Dance Collection 2016 competition choreography award winners chosen Mar. 8, 2016+ TPAM in Yokohama 2016 Follow-up Report: Japan Foundation and Asia Center invited foreign presenters announced Feb. 5, 2016+ TPAM in Yokohama 2016 (International Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2016) opens (Feb. 6 – 14, 2016) Feb. 9, 2016+ New National Theatre, Tokyo, has announced 2016/2017 season lineup Feb. 10, 2016+ Setouchi Triennale 2016 program announced Feb. 10, 2016+ KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2016 Spring Program Lineup Announced (Mar. 5 – 27, 2016) Feb. 9, 2016+ 21st Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize goes to Chisei Zo for Tatami to Junrei (Tatami mats and pilgrimage) Jan. 19, 2016+ 22nd OMS Drama Prize awarded to Megumi Takahashi for Tareyueso Jan. 19, 2016+ Applications now being accepted or the “10th Toyota Choreography Awards 2016 – Seeking out and nurturing the next generation of choreographers” Final holding also announced Feb. 10, 2016+ 8th Festival/Tokyo opens (Oct. 31 – Dec. 6, 2015) Oct. 10, 2015+ The 59th (2015) Kishida Drama Award winner is Kenji Yamauchi’s Torowaguro May. 7, 2015
Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2015+ TPAM in Yokohama 2015 (follow-up report): Foreign presenters for Japan Foundation and Asia Center invitation decided Feb. 10, 2015+ TPAM in Yokohama opens Feb. 7, 2015 Feb. 10, 2015+ Lineup announced for Yokohama Dance Collection EX2015 in the event”s 20th holding (Jan. 31 – Feb. 15, 2015) Jan. 29, 2015+ Agency of Cultural Affairs announces its “2014 East Asia Cultural Ambassadors” Dec. 9, 2014+ Asian Performing Arts Festival opens (Nov. 28 – 30, 2014) Nov. 27, 2014+ “TPAM in Yokohama 2015”: Open application now being accepted for the registration for the ”TPAM Showcase” Sep. 22, 2014+ KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2014 arrives (Sept. 27 – Oct. 19, 2014) Nov. 27, 2014+ The “Choreographer of the Next Generation” prize of the 9th “Toyota Choreography Awards 2014” goes to Mikiko Kawamura Aug. 11, 2014+ The new dance festival “Dance New Air” starts (Sept. 12 – Oct. 5, 2014) Aug. 7, 2014+ Lineup announced for the reorganized Festival/Tokyo 14 Aug. 11, 2014+ 8th JaDaFo Dance Awards Grand Prix winner is Un Yamada Nov. 27, 2014
Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2014+ Nine cities make presentations as European Capitals of Culture (Mar. 11, 2014) Mar. 13, 2014+ Yokohama Dance Collection EX2014 competition choreography award winners announced Mar. 13, 2014+ The 58th (2014) Kishida Drama Award winner is Norimizu Ameya’s Blue Sheet Mar. 12, 2014+ TPAM in Yokohama 2014 follow-up information: Overseas presenters for Japan Foundation invitation selected Jan. 31, 2014+ Yokohama Dance Collection EX2014 opens (Feb. 4 – 16, 2014) Jan. 23, 2014+ TPAM in Yokohama 2014 (International Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2014) program details announced Jan. 31, 2014+ Ryuzanji Company tours Montreal and New York with its play Hanafuda Denki – The Dance of Death Jan. 14, 2014+ Niwagekidan Penino tours the United States with The Room Nobody Knows for the first time (Jan. 8 – Feb. 9, 2014) Jan. 14, 2014+ Kenji Nakamura’s Tsuishin (P.S.) announced winner of 20th OMS Drama Prize Dec. 25, 2013+ European tour of the new chelfitsch work “Ground and Floor” Oct. 18, 2013+ KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2013 international performing arts festival opened (Sept. 28 – Oct. 27, 2013) Jun. 7, 2013+ Beppu Project now accepting applications for International Artist in Residence in Beppu city in Oita, Japan (Deadline: Jun. 21, 2013) Jun. 7, 2013+ Programs for Festival/Tokyo 13 announced May. 31, 2013+ World Theater Festival Shizuoka under Mt. Fuji, 2013 program announced (Jun. 1 – 30, 2013) May. 31, 2013+ First overseas performances by Saitama Gold Theater company with its average member age of 74 May. 31, 2013+ Aichi Triennale 2013 program announced Apr. 30, 2013+ New National Theatre, Tokyo announces 2013-2014 season line-up Apr. 1, 2013
Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2013+ Yasumasa Morimura named Artistic director for Yokohama Triennale 2014 Mar. 18, 2013+ Open Network for Performing Arts Management (ON-PAM) established (Feb. 2013) Mar. 14, 2013+ Akira Kasai and Akaji Maro win 7th JaDaFo Dance Award Mar. 18, 2013+ Masaaki Akahori and Hideto Iwai win 57th (2013) Kishida Drama Awards Mar. 18, 2013+ Yokohama Dance Collection EX2013 competition choreography award winners chosen Mar. 14, 2013+ TPAM in Yokohama 2013 follow-up information: Overseas presenters for Japan Foundation invitation selected Jan. 28, 2013+ Yokohama Dance Collection EX2013 opens (Feb. 3 – 17, 2013) Feb. 4, 2013+ 19th OMS Drama Prize awarded to Mari Inada (fukuheicode) for Ryucho no Ne Feb. 18, 2013+ 18th Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize goes to Yu Harada for Miageru Sakana to Me ga Au Ka ? Feb. 18, 2013+ Schedule announced for TPAM in Yokohama 2013 (International Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama, 2013) (Feb. 9 – 17, 2013) Dec. 28, 2012+ Beppu Project now accepting applications for International Artist in Residence in Beppu (Deadline: Nov. 23, 2012) Nov. 13, 2012+ The Saison Foundation, accepting applications for Residence in Morishita Studio Visiting Fellows Program Oct. 24, 2012+ Beppu Contemporary Art Festival “Mixed Bathing World” 2012 opens (Oct. 6 – Dec. 2, 2012) Oct. 9, 2012+ KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2012 begins (Sept. 22 – Oct. 28, 2012) Sep. 28, 2012+ Festival/Tokyo 2012 opens (Oct. 27 – Nov. 25, 2012) Sep. 18, 2012+ Dance Triennale Tokyo 2012 program announced (Sept. 27 – Oct. 14, 2012) Aug. 29, 2012+ Kaori Seki wins 8th Toyota Choreography Awards “Choreographer of the Next Generation” prize Aug. 30, 2012+ 8th Toyota Choreography Awards, 2012 finalists named May. 21, 2012+ Pre-events begin for Fuji no Kuni – World Theater Festival 2012 (from April 28 / June 2 – July 1) May. 15, 2012
Apr. 2011 – Mar. 2012+
Seiji Nozoe, Takahiro Fujita and Mikuni Yanaihara win 56th (2012) Kishida Drama Awards
Mar. 28, 2012+
Yokohama Dance Collection EX2012 competition winning choreographers selected
Mar. 27, 2012+
Yokohama Dance Collection EX 2012 opens (Jan. 28 – Feb. 19, 2012)
Jan. 23, 2012+
TPAM in Yokohama 2012 follow-up information: Overseas presenters for Japan Foundation invitation selected
Jan. 20, 2012+
TPAM in Yokohama 2012 (International Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama, 2012) now receiving participant applications
Jan. 6, 2012+
Application period begins for the “8th Toyota Choreography Award 2012 – Seeking out and nurturing the next generation of choreographers”
Dec. 16, 2011+
KENTARO!! / Tokyo ELECTROCK STAIRS tour three cities in Germany (Dec. 12 – 17, 2011)
Dec. 8, 2011+
The city of Yokohama to host dance triennale “Dance Dance Dance @ Yokohama 2012” (Jul. – Oct. 2012)
Nov. 25, 2011+
Performances of the Japan-Korea production of
The Sand Station
scheduled for four cities (Oct. 7 – Nov. 6, 2011)
Oct. 13, 2011+
International performing arts Festival / Tokyo opens (Sep. 16 – Nov. 13, 2011)
Sep. 6, 2011+
Modern art exhibitor booths create “Shin Minatomura – A Small City for the Future”
Sep. 2, 2011+
The international contemporary arts exhibition “Yokohama Triennale 2011” opens August 6th
Aug. 2, 2011+
Works submissions begin for “Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial 2012”
Aug. 2, 2011+
Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs offers Artist in Residence Grants
Aug. 2, 2011+
A “world” theater festival in Shizuoka with “Fuji no Kuni Sekai Engekisai 2011”
Jun. 8, 2011
Apr. 2010 – Mar. 2011+
Shu Matsui Wins 55th Kishida Drama Award
Mar. 16, 2011+
Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama (TPAM in Yokohama) opens February 2011 in association with IETM Asia Satellite Meeting in Yokohama
Dec. 25, 2010+
17th OMS Drama Prize awarded
Dec. 25, 2010+
Kanagawa Arts Theatre to Open in Yokohama
Dec. 6, 2010+
The Third Edition of Festival/Tokyo (F/T) opens
Nov. 5, 2010+
Festival/Tokyo (F/T) 2010 Program Announcement as of July 2010
Jul. 28, 2010
Apr. 2009 – Mar. 2010+
Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM) held (Mar. 1 – 4, 2010)
Feb. 23, 2010+
Yukio Shiba’s
Wagahoshi
(Our Planet) wins 54th Kishida Drama Award
Feb. 23, 2010+
Annual dance community forum “We dance” held
Feb. 23, 2010+
“Postmainstream Performing Arts Festival” opens (Jan. 16 – Mar. 28, 2010)
Jan. 18, 2010+
Yokohama Dance Collection R 2010 opens (Feb. 4 – 11, 2010)
Jan. 15, 2010+
The Asia Playwrights Conference 09 held (Dec. 16 – 19, 2009)
Dec. 4, 2009+
Documents of the Kanze school of Noh including a handwritten book by Zeami now on the Web
Dec. 5, 2009+
Tadashi Uchino publishes
Crucible Bodies: Postwar Japanese Performance from Brecht to the New Millennium
, a book in English on contemporary Japanese theater
Dec. 5, 2009+
Festival/Tokyo 09 (F/T 09) Autumn lineup
Dec. 5, 2009+
Hideki Noda named Artistic Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space; inaugural program starts
Sep. 11, 2009+
Amon Miyamoto named first artistic director of Kanagawa Arts Theatre
Sep. 9, 2009+
Theater Olympics Toga/SCOT Summer Season 2009 opens (Aug. 15 – 30, 2009)
Aug. 13, 2009+
Dance Triennale Tokyo 2009 Program Announced (Sept. 18 – Oct. 8, 2009)
Jul. 31, 2009+
Festival/Tokyo 09 (F/T 09) Autumn lineup announced
Jun. 24, 2009+
Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM) 2010 plans announced
Jun. 24, 2009+
The Asahi Performing Arts Awards operations suspended
Jun. 24, 2009+
“Japanese Traditional Music Collection” of representative music from the prewar era reissued on CD with Japanese and English commentary
Jun. 24, 2009
Apr. 2008 – Mar. 2009+
Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM) participants signing up (Mar. 4-7, 2009)
Feb. 3, 2009+
8th Asahi Performing Arts Awards Grand Prix won by Chong Wishing’s
Yakiniku Dragon
(Korean Barbeque Dragon)
Feb. 3, 2009+
53rd Kishida Kunio Drama Award goes to Ryuta Horai and Yukiko Motoya in a double awarding
Feb. 3, 2009+
14th Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize goes to Kazuko Nakayama for
Shibire Monogatari
Feb. 3, 2009+
Yokohama Dance Collection R held (Feb. 5-12, 2009)
Feb. 3, 2009+
New National Theatre, Tokyo announces 2009/2010 season lineup
Feb. 3, 2009+
Beppu Contemporary Art Festival 2009 “Mixed Bathing World” offers experience of art and hot springs in Beppu (Apr. 11 to June 14, 2009)
Feb. 3, 2009+
Jack Lang visits Japan for the Festival/Tokyo 09 Spring International Symposium (Feb. 4, 2009)
Feb. 3, 2009+
New international performing arts festival is born in Tokyo: Festival/Tokyo (Feb. 26 – Mar. 29, 2009)
Dec. 24, 2008+
Chelfitsch productions
Five Days in March
and
Cooler
tour seven N. American cities (from Jan. 9, 2009)
Dec. 25, 2008+
DVD box “Shogo Ota Selected Theatre Works” released; plays of the late master of silent theater
Dec. 25, 2008+
Waseda University Theatre Museum Global COE Program holds international conference “Reconsidering the Underground Theatre of the 1960s” (Oct. 17 – 19, 2008)
Nov. 11, 2008+
Now accepting applications for participation in the Tokyo Performing Arts Market 2009 (TPAM2009) (Dates: Mar. 4–7, 2009 / Venues: Yebisu The Garden Hall, etc., Tokyo)
Nov. 4, 2008+
In 2008, the 1000th anniversary of the
Tales of Genji
, Yokohama Noh Theater presents “
Tales of Genji
– The Different Faces of Love” (Aug. 9 – Dec. 21)
Aug. 29, 2008+
Performances celebrating the 25th anniversary of the opening of the National Noh Theater begin (from Sept. 2008)
Sep. 8, 2008+
Yuichiro Kanai wins 35th Itoh Kisaku Theater Designer Award
Aug. 29, 2008+
Toyota Choreography Awards 2008 “Choreographer of the Next Generation” prize goes to Yukio Suzuki
Jul. 22, 2008+
10th edition of “Half a Century of Japanese Theater” published
Jul. 22, 2008+
New National Theatre, Tokyo, 2008/2009 Season Lineup announced
Apr. 28, 2008
Apr. 2007 – Mar. 2008+
English version of
THEATER IN JAPAN: An Overview of Performing Arts and Artists
published
Mar. 31, 2008+
007 Asahi Performing Arts Awards Grand Prix goes to
THE BEE
by Hideki Noda in collaboration with an Irish playwright Colin Teevan
Feb. 29, 2008+
52nd Kishida Kunio Drama Award given to Shiro Maeda’s
Ikiterumono ha Inainoka
Feb. 29, 2008+
Soliciting applicants for the 6th Toyota Choreography Awards 2008 contest
Dec. 17, 2007+
Artist interview collection from this website,
Energizing Japanese Culture: The Performing Arts in Japan
, released!
Sep. 28, 2007+
The master of “silent theater,” Shogo Ohta passes away at 67 (July, 13, 2007)
Jul. 30, 2007+
Restaging of the Yukio Ninagawa directed Kabuki theater
NINAGAWA Twelfth Night
(July 7-29, 2007)
Jun. 30, 2007+
“PRIMAVERA ITALIANA 2007” contemporary dance festival “CORPI ALTRI [BODY OTHER]” opens June 23
May. 24, 2007+
Toyota Choreography Awards – Gala Performances begin July 7
May. 24, 2007+
9th Edition of the contemporary Japanese plays in English translation series “Half a Century of Japanese Theater”
May. 24, 2007
Apr. 2006 – Mar. 2007+
Tokyo Performing Arts Market 2007 comes to a close
Mar. 23, 2007+
2006 Yoshiko Yuasa Awards for drama in translation announced
Mar. 23, 2007+
Setagaya Public Theater announces 10th Anniversary Program
Mar. 23, 2007+
JCDN Membership Dance File vol.6 released
Mar. 23, 2007+
2007/2008 season lineup celebrating the 10th anniversary of the New National Theatre, Tokyo announced
Feb. 16, 2007+
Yukiko Motoya’s
Sounan
wins the 10th Tsuruya Nanboku Memorial Award
Feb. 16, 2007+
Winners of the 14th Yomiuri Theater Awards announced
Feb. 16, 2007+
Major Theater Awards for Japan’s 2006 Season Decided
Jan. 22, 2007+
13th OMS Drama Prize goes to Yu Takeuchi (Desu Densho) for
Onsoku Hyoryu Kagekidan
and the 12th Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize to Ayumi Takemoto for
Dam
Jan. 22, 2007+
Lineup for the Tokyo International Arts Festival (TIF) 2007 (Feb. 1-Mar. 30, 2007)
Dec. 25, 2006+
Registration of participants for Tokyo Performing Arts Market 2007 begins (Mar. 5-8, 2007)
Dec. 25, 2006+
National Noh Theatre adopts audience subtitle displays
Nov. 24, 2006+
Events celebrate Kazuo Ohno at age 100
Oct. 20, 2006+
Dance Triennale Tokyo 2006 opens
Sep. 14, 2006+
Theater, Dance Performance Information — introduces events from Aug. 2006 to the end of the 2006
Aug. 17, 2006+
Tsuyoshi Shirai wins “Choreographer of the Next Generation” prize in Toyota Choreography Awards 2006
Aug. 17, 2006+
Australia-Japan Year of Exchange Official Website for Performing Arts Programs
Aug. 17, 2006+
Australia-Japan Dance Exchange (AJdX) 2006 residence performances held from August
Jul. 6, 2006+
“Russian Culture Festival 2006 in Japan” in progress
Jul. 6, 2006+
“Suginami Arts Hall” to open in 2009 as theater run by Japanese playwrights
Jul. 6, 2006+
Finalists decided for 5th “Toyota Choreography Award 2006 – finding leaders of the next generation in choreography”
Jun. 6, 2006+
Shochiku begins full-scale program of “Cinema Kabuki”
Jun. 6, 2006+
Release of the 8th volume of “Half a Century of Japanese Theater” series contemporary Japanese plays in English translation
Jun. 6, 2006+
Shakuhachi flutist Akikazu Nakamura publishes
Missoku de Karada ga Kawaru
, a book on breathing method
Jun. 6, 2006+
New site launched as video library of the Japanese traditional arts
May. 8, 2006+
Soliciting participants for the ITI Traditional Theatre Workshop Vol.18 “Nihon Buyo” (Classical dance of Kabuki)
May. 8, 2006+
Nakamura Kanzaburo to give small-theater performance tour
May. 8, 2006
Apr. 2005 – Mar. 2006+
New National Theatre Tokyo 2006/2007 season program announced
Mar. 29, 2006+
JCDN’s new DVD introduces Japanese contemporary dance artists
Mar. 29, 2006+
Yukio Ninagawa to form a theater company for senior citizens
Mar. 29, 2006+
JADE 2006 International Dance Festival opens Mar. 11
Feb. 28, 2006+
The 2005 Asahi Performing Arts Awards Grand Prix has been presented for
Utawasetai Otokotachi
, a comedy about people caught up on the controversy about mandatory singing of the national anthem
Jan. 31, 2006+
Yokohama Dance Collection R (Dec. 16, 2005-Feb. 19, 2006) Competition Winners Chosen
Jan. 31, 2006+
Winners announced for the 50th Kishida Kunio Drama Award, the renowned award for emerging contemporary playwrights
Jan. 31, 2006+
Tokyo International Arts Festival 2006 opens on Feb. 10
Jan. 31, 2006+
Shochiku announces rebuilding of the Kabuki-za theater
Dec. 28, 2005+
“Theater, Dance Performance Information” — introduces events from Dec. 2005 to Mar. 2006
Nov. 28, 2005+
The National Theatre of Japan 40th Anniversary Contest for new Kabuki plays
Nov. 28, 2005+
International Triennale of Contemporary Arts Yokohama 2005 opens
Oct. 22, 2005+
Tokyo Performing Arts Market Opens on Sept. 12
Aug. 18, 2005+
The Toyota Choreography Award 2005 Decided
Jul. 20, 2005+
Seventh volume of contemporary Japanese plays in English translation,
HALF A CENTURY OF JAPANESE THEATER
, published
Jul. 20, 2005+
Yukio Mishima’s “Kinjiki” novels that inspired the origins of butoh are brought to contemporary dance
Jun. 17, 2005+
The 21st Tokyo Summer Festival opens on June 23
Jun. 17, 2005+