International Creations in Performing Arts｜Collaborative Creation beyond Borders

  • About 10 men in black T-shirts and shorts are performing on a darkened stage.
    (c)SCOT (Suzuki Company of Toga)
  • Four women are performing in a room with yellow walls.
    (c)Suzuki Jouji
  • On stage, several performers are performing, each attached to two ropes hanging from the high ceiling beams.
    (c)Yurika Kuremiya

The Japan Foundation (JF) conducts the International Creations in Performing Arts program, which supports international collaborative creations between artists based in Japan and overseas.
This program aims to promote opportunities for discussion and exchange among artists with different values and sensibilities, while broadly sharing the creative process with the general public. By emphasizing the creative process, we hope to elevate the importance of exchange and collaboration within the overall project, thereby strengthening networks among performing arts professionals and fostering human resource development.

Therefore, this program sends process observers who is not directly involved with the project to monitor and record the process of production. Observers record the creative process through interviews with participants and by observing rehearsals, ultimately compiling these observations into reports that are published on the Japan Foundation’s website.

In addition, premier performances created through the International Creations in Performing Arts program are streamed online on the Japan Foundation’s YouTube channel “STAGE BEYOND BORDERS.”

Recent International Creations in Performing Arts

Open calls for the participation in the program: Please check the following page for application requirements and other information necessary for application.

International Creations in Performing Arts Program (Performing Arts Section, Arts and Culture Dept.) *Japanese only

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