［Announcement］Sankai Juku Performance in Türkiye
Commemorating 100th Anniversary of the Establishment of Japan-Türkiye Diplomatic Relations
October 18 2024
(C) Sankai Juku
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Japan-Türkiye diplomatic relations, the Japan Foundation (JF) will organize performances by the Butoh company Sankai Juku at the largest performing arts festival in Türkiye, the Istanbul Theatre Festival.
Sankai Juku will perform “Utsushi” as the festival. This masterpiece is directed, choreographed, and designed by Ushio Amagatsu, the founder of Sankai Juku himself (first performed in 2008).
Prior to the Sankai Juku performances, JF sent Kae Ishimoto, a curator at Hijikata Tatsumi Archive in Keio University Art Center and a Butoh dancer herself, to Istanbul, as a lecturer. On October 17, she gave a lecture on Butoh and hold a screening of the films of Butoh works from the Hijikata Tatsumi Archive.
We hope that through this project, Turkish audiences, and professionals of performing arts will have a chance to deepen their interest and their understanding of Butoh, an artform from Japan which has spread worldwide.
Outline
- Date and time
- Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25, 2024 8pm
- Venue
- Zorlu PSM Turkcell Sahnesi
- Program
- “Utsushi”
- Organizer
- Japan Foundation（JF）, İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı（İKSV）, Consulate-General of Japan in Istanbul
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Please check Related Materials for profile of perfomer and detail of festival.
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Contact
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