YPAM Talk Event

The Japan Foundation (JF) will invite overseas specialists to Japan as part of the Invitation Program for Professionals in Performing Arts 2024. The program will include two lectures (featuring 7 invitees from Europe and the Americas) and talks and symposiums (featuring 10 invitees from ASEAN countries) , in collaboration with YPAM (Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting). In addition, a sharing session will be held by artists who participated in The Program for Dispatching Performing Arts Professionals (Singapore) in early October.

1) Talk evens held by the professionals in Performing Arts from Europe and the Americas

The Invitation Program for Professionals in Performing Arts 2024 (Europe and the Americas) /Speaker Profiles

Presentation

Performing Arts and International Exchange－Initiatives by Performing Arts Presenters from overseas①
Date/Time December 13, 2024 (Friday) 11:00-12:30
Speaker
  • Maitê Lacerda
    Dance Assistant at the Cultural Action Department, SESC (Social Service of Commerce)
  • Daniel Blanga Gubbay
    Artistic co-director, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
  • Melanie Zimmermann
    Artistic director, Real Dance Festival
Moderator KUREMIYA Yurika (Art Coordinator / Dramaturg / Dance Critic)
Performing Arts and International Exchange Initiatives by Performing Arts Presenters from overseas②
Date/Time December 14,2024 (Saturday) 11:00-12:30
Speaker
  • Caroline Ohrt
    Executive Producer, Dance, National Arts Centre
  • Daniel Jones
    Manager of Artistic Programming, Oz Arts Nashville
  • Gabriela Morales Martínez
    Programming Director, Festival Internacional Cervantino
  • Péter Ertl
    Executive Director, National Dance Theater
Moderator KUREMIYA Yurika

Venue: Yokohama City Port Opening Memorial Hall Room6
*with consecutive interpretation in Japanese and English
Reservation: Not required
How to Get the Venue: Yokohama City Port Opening Memorial Hall

Organized by the Japan Foundation (JF), Co-organized by Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting Executive Committee

2) Talk events held by the professionals in Performing Arts from ASEAN

The Invitation Program for Professionals in Performing Arts 2024 (ASEAN) / Speaker Profiles

Symposium

YPAM Symposium Series: The Present and Future of International Festivals/Platforms with New Directors

1. Collaboration in Asia/Oceania
Date/Time December 4, 2024 (Wednesday) 12:30-14:00
Speaker Ratri Anindyajati
Director, Indonesian Dance Festival
and more

YPAM Symposium Series: The Present and Future of International Festivals/Platforms with New Directors

2. Awareness of Issues in Europe
Date/Time December 6, 2024 (Friday) 10:30-12:00
Speaker Daniel Kok
Artistic Director, DANCE NUCLEUS
and more

Presentation

Sharing session of the joint exchange program to Singapore co-organized by The Japan Foundation and YPAM*1
Date/Time December 4, 2024 (Wednesday) 14:00-15:30
Speaker Daniel Kok, TAKAYAMA Reiko (Artist / Actor / Body Maintenance Exercise Instructor), MASUDA Sachi (Dancer),
MIYA Yusuke (Dancer / Choreographer), YAMAZAKI Kenta (Critic / Performance maker), YAMADA Kyle (Playwright / Director / Dramaturg / Artistic Director and Representative, Allergen Theatre)
Website The Program for Dispatching Performing Arts Professionals (Singapore)/Speaker Profiles
Introducing a digital artist from Vietnam and a playwright from Malaysia
Date/Time December 4, 2024 (Wednesday) 16:00-16:40
Speaker
  • Adriana Nordin Manan
    Artistic Director, Cocoon Creative Lab
  • Phuong Vũ
    Photographer / Director, Antiantiart
The dance scene in Myanmar
Date/Time December 13, 2024 (Friday) 13:00-13:40
Speaker Khin Mon Thu
CEO-Founder, MD, and Principal (Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer), dwM Dance Academy

Roundtable

Local communities and the relationship between contemporary dance and traditional theatre -Practices in Laos and Cambodia
Date/Time December 5, 2024 (Thursday) 15:00-15:40
Speaker
  • Ounla Phaoudom
    Owner and Director, Fanglao Studio Sole Co., Ltd.
  • Sopheak Soung
    Founder and Director, Khmer Art Action
Independent festivals, platforms -Practices in the Philippines and Thailand
Date/Time December 5, 2024 (Thursday) 16:00-16:40
Speaker
  • Marco Viaña
    Festival Co-Director, The Virgin Labfest / Associate Artistic Director, Tanghalang Pilipino
  • Thongchai Pimapunsri
    Festival Producer, H0m0Haus / Director, PainKiller
  • Varissara Borkird
    Executive Director, Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting (BIPAM) /
    Project Manager, Bangkok International Children’s Theatre Festival (BICT)

Venue: Forum Minamiota (Gender Equality Center Yokohama South)
Language: Japanese, English
*Symposiums with simultaneous interpretation
*Presentations & Roundtables with consecutive interpretation (except *1 session)
Reservation: For participating in the talk events (YPAM2024) as a professional, please register from this link below.
The Registration for YPAM2024: Registration / Tickets | YPAM
How to Get the Venue: Forum Minamiota

Organized by the Japan Foundation (JF), Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting Executive Committee

For more details, please visit the website below.

YPAM (Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting)

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