Performing Arts Exchange Program 2026 in Singapore “Wound and Ground” Performance and Presentation by KODAMA Hokuto

A scene from [Wound and Ground] performance. The performers are slumped on the ground.
Photo by Toma Saito

The Japan Foundation (JF) will present Wound and Ground by choreographer and dancer KODAMA Hokuto in Singapore (organized by Dance Nucleus and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay) on October 15 and 16, 2026, as part of the Performing Arts Professional Exchange Program 2026 co-organized with Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM). The work will be presented as part of Vector#7 Past The Breaking Point, a presentation program featuring dance and installation works.

Wound and Ground is a performance project that confronts and embodies the instability surrounding us since the Heisei era, starting from bodily movements that continuously press against the ground.
Kodama has been developing this project since 2022. In addition to showcasing it in the fringe program of KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2025, he performed it in various forms in Tokyo, Aichi, Kyoto, Yamagata, and Osaka. In Singapore, MASUDA Sachi, a participating artist in the Performing Arts Exchange Program 2024, will perform with Kodama alongside newly participating performers from overseas. The Vector program will be attended by performing arts professionals including festival and theater directors and producers from around the world. Through this program, we aim to foster international interest in Japanese artists and promote the development of foundations for their activities overseas. 

Performance Information
Date/Time Thursday, October 15, 2026 / 15:30
Friday, October 16, 2026 / 15:30
Venue Esplanade Annexe Studio
Credits Direction, Choreography & Performance: KODAMA Hokuto
Choreography & Performance: MASUDA Sachi
Sound & DJ: TAKEDA Masahiko

Co-presented by: The Japan Foundation, Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting
Organized by: Dance Nucleus, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Admission Free (reservation required)
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Artist Profile

​​​KODAMA Hokuto

Portrait of Hokuto Kodama.

​​Choreographer, dancer, and Associate Professor at the Professional College of Arts and Tourism. From 2001 to 2019, he worked as a dancer in North America and Europe. He was a member of organizations including Göteborg Opera Dance Company and the Royal Swedish Ballet, performing major roles in works by internationally active choreographers including Mats Ek. He completed the MFA program in Choreography at Stockholm University of the Arts in 2018. His recent choreographic works include Trace(s) (2017), Pure Core (2020), and Wound and Ground (2022–). As a researcher, he seeks to logically clarify “questions arising from practice” in dance from the perspectives of analytic aesthetics and performance studies. He completed the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, and holds a Ph.D.
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The Performing Arts Exchange Program 2026 in Singapore is part of the Next Generation Partnership: WA Project 2.0, a comprehensive people-to-people exchange initiative that aims to promote exchange among the next generation and develop human resources in Japan and ASEAN.

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