“STAGE BEYOND BORDERS”
List of released titles from January 2024 to March 2024

Photo from the stage: 3 people sitting in a Japanese-style room and 3 people looking down
A puppet's head is projected in the background, a piano player is illuminated by a spotlight on stage left, and a puppet is visible on stage right.
Photo by Thomas Mouroux
People spreading their arms out towards the audience and cheering with glow sticks in their hands
A performance of two people dancing on stage and two people playing in the background
Photo by YOSHIO NAKAISO
STAGE BEYOND BORDERS-Selection of Japanese Performances
Project schedule
Release date Artist/ Title of performance Subtitle languages
January 19 Kitamari / KIKIKIKIKIKI ”NOCTURNE FOR THE OLD FLOWER” English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese
Newcomer “H” Sokerissa! ”2021-2022 Festival of the Body on the Road H! - Newcomer “H” Sokerissa! Yokohama / Tokyo Road Dance Tour”
Mi-Mi-Bi from DANCE BOX “A Documentary by Mi-Mi-Bi: New Words”
Nagamekurasitsu “Leave the heart behind” -
January 26 yashago “Can't Stand Me Now” English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese
Theatre Company Awai “Drifting -An adaptation of the Noh play 'Sumidagawa'”
Produced by Toyohashi Arts Thetre PLAT “Areno”
Takaha Gekidan “The Good-Story Murders”
Knit Cap Theater “Curry and the Villagers”
Ikiume “THE OBELISK OF THE BEAST”
EPOCH MAN “Aurelian Siblings” English, French, Spanish
February 2
(Re-release)
KASAI Akira / NPO Kaibunsha “Dance by KASAI Akira x Piano by TAKAHASHI Yuji “Crystal labyrinth”” -
Nibroll “Romeo OR Juliet” English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese
Monochrome Circus “The Green Table” -
Port B / Akira Takayama “TOKYO / OLYMPIC” English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese
HORI KIKAKU “The Water Station” by OTA Shogo -
Cigare sisters “Oyasumanasai - Good Night But Don't Fall Asleep” English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, German, Japanese
ISHINHA “Twilight” English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese
LOLO “Itsukou Series vol. 7 “I Can’t Hibernate With Books as a Pillow””
Tokyo Theatre DōJō “Red Demon” by NODA Hideki
FUKAIPRODUCE-hagoromo “SMALL ANIMAL KISS KISS”
FUJIMOTO Akiko “17th Fujimoto Akiko Concert”
FUTOME Performance “Sento”

February 9(Re-release)

YAMADA Un Co. “COSMOS” English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese
Nitosha “The Air Ver. 3: And He Left...”
Theater Collective HANCHU-YUEI “I can’t die without being born” English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese
MONO “SOUTAITEKI UKIYOE” English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
KITAMURA Akiko “Echoes of Calling” -
Kioi Hall / NIPPON STEEL Arts Foundation “Kanjinchō” English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese
Kioi Hall / NIPPON STEEL Arts Foundation “Genroku-fū Hanami Odori / Shunkyō Kagami Jishi”
OiBokkeShi “Happy Song”
Watanabe Genshiro Shoten “Dontoyuke (Don't you kill?)”
The NIHONBUYO Association “Bolero~The Legend of Anchin and Kiyohime~”
Moonlight Mobile Theater “Peeping Garden / re:creation”
Memento C “The Pacific Refreshment Room”
Saitama Gold Theatre “Billows of Pale Pink”
Iaku “Stitchers”
Unrato “The Dressing Room - That Which Flows Away Ultimately Becomes Nostalgia” by SHIMIZU Kunio
DAZZLE “Misty Mansion”
YAMADA Yuri / ZEITAKU BINBOU “I'm Trying to Understand You, But”
SHIMAJI Yasutake and TAMAKI ROY “ARIKA”
Seinendan International Theater Exchange Project 2019 “Tokyo Notes International version”
February 16 Shibuya Keiichiro’s Android Opera ‘MIRROR’ (for Paris 2023) English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese
February 22 ISHIGAMI Natsuki & Nuttamon PRAMSUMRAN “Whispering Blue – I heard your voice from the back of a blue car” English, Thai, Chinese, Japanese
March 1

SHIRAGA Momoko & Lattanakone INSISIENGMAY “Asian Object Theater Work-In-Progress : Laos-Japan Collaboration among Deaf and Hearing Performers”

English, French, Lao, Korean, Japanese
March 8 Wichaya Artamat “Juggle & Hide (Seven Whatchamacallits in Search of a Director)” English, French, German, Thai, Japanese
March 15 MIKAGE PROJECT ASEAN Tour in Thailand and Malaysia(Japanese traditional folk song) English, Spanish, Thai, Malay, Japanese
March 22 Ito Kashitaro ASEAN Tour in the Philippines and Vietnam(Anime songs and J-pop) English, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese
March 29

CHAI “NEO KAWAII NIGHT in Laos and Cambodia”(Rock and pop)

English, Spanish, Lao, Khmer, Japanese
  1. 1.The above is the planned list as of January 2024. Changes may be made to the date of distribution, artists, subtitles, etc. at a later date.
  2. 2.Some dance performances do not have subtitles. Chinese subtitles are available in both simplified and traditional Chinese.
  3. 3.Subtitles of languages other than English may be added after the release date due to production reasons.
  4. 4.The viewing period differs depending on the title. Please check the above website for specific dates.

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