The Museum of Art, Kochi

PERFORMANCE ＆ FILM

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Kochi Performing Arts Festival 2018
Japan-Netherlands International Coproduction GAKA（雅歌） Concieved and Directed by Tomoko Mukaiyama

Fri. 13 Jul. 2018 - Sat. 14 Jul. 2018

Schedule:
18:45, Friday 13 July (door open at 18:30) *post talk
18:45, Saturday 14 July (door open at 18:30)

Language: none verbal

Post talk session: Friday 13 July
Guest: Momoko Ando (Film Director)

Venue: The Museum of Art, Kochi - Inner Courtyard

Admission (all non-reserved seating, tax included):
General - Advanced purchase 2,000 yen (at door 2,500 yen)
Student - Advanced purchase 1,000 yen (at door 1,500 yen)

*Ticket purchase is required if children need to have their own seatings.
*Concessions (30% discount) offered to visitors with a certificate of physical/mental/intellectual disability, war-disabled or A-bomb victim, and 1 accompanying care person. Please show the valid certificate at box office. (not available at Lawson ticket)
General: Advanced 1,400 yen / At door 1,750 yen
High school students and under: Advanced 700 yen / At door 1,050 yen

Box Office (for advanced purchase, Japanese language only) :
Museum Shop at MOAK tel.088-866-7653
Koushin Play Guide tel.088-825-4335 (weekday 9:30-17:30, saturday 9:30-12:30)
Kochi Daimaru Play Guide tel.088-825-2191
Kochi City Cultural Plaza Cul-Port, Museum Shop tel.088-883-5052 (10:00-18:00)
Warakoh Museum tel.088-879-6800 (10:00-18:00)
Lawson Ticket 【L code: 63208】tel.0570-084-006 http://l-tike.com/

Organized by The Museum of Art, Kochi
Planned and Produced by Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation, The Museum of Art, Kochi
Production cooperated by Co. Yamada Un
Co-produced by The Museum of Art, Kochi, Oerol Festival, Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation, Multus
Supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, Regional Art and Activities, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Stimuleringsfonds, Dutch Embassy
Cooperated by The Saison Foundation, Motoyama-cho Platina Center
Nominal Supported by NHK (Japan Broadcasting), The Kochi Shinbun, Kochi Broadcasting Co., Ltd., TV Kochi Broadcasting Co., Ltd., FM Kochi, Kochi SUN SUN TV, Kochi Cable Broadcast, Kochi City FM

〇World Premiere Tour 2018
Friday 15 - Sunday 24 June Oerol Festival (Terschelling, Netherlands)
Friday 13 - Saturday 14 July The Museum of Art, Kochi - Inner Courtyard (Kochi, Japan)
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 July Kozu Island, Maihama Beach (Tokyo, Japan)

about work

GAKA is the Japanese word for ‘noble song’. GAKA is a ritual performance in which dance, music and stage design equally contribute to an aesthetic experience. It was premiered during Oerol festival on the islands of Terschelling (NL), and travelled to Kochi (JP) and Kozu island (JP). By theatrical prayer performed by 10 Japanese dancers who dance, sing and play instruments.

Credit

Concept & Direction: Tomoko Mukaiyama
Choreographer: Un Yamada
Music: Maxim Shalygin
Stage design: Tomoko Mukaiyama, Ting Gong
Costume: Tomoko Mukaiyama, Ting Gong
Technical Director: Yutaka Endo, Luftzug
Production Management: Satoko Uehara

Performers: Co. Un Yamada, Ema Yuasa & Tomoki Kanzaki
Performers from Kochi: Hazumi Inoue, Shino Komatsu, Ayumi Hamada, Mahiro

Biography

〇 Tomoko Mukaiyama / Concept, Direction
Born in the city of Shingu in Wakayama Prefecture, Tomoko Mukaiyama is a pianist and artist who now resides in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Following her victory in the competition for the Gaudeamus International Interpreters Award in the Netherlands in 1991, she performed as a pianist with internationally active orchestras. At the same time, she collaborated with film directors, designers, architects, photographers, and choreographers. https://tomoko.nl/

〇 Un Yamada / Choreographer
After some training in gymnastics, ballet, traditional folk dance, Butoh, Un Yamada established her dance company Co. Un Yamada in Tokyo in 2002. She has collaborated in choreography for opera and theatre productions as well as has trained professional dancers around the world. Currently the company holds 16 dancers who attracts its audience with their delicate and dynamic works from solo to group pieces, and so far has performed in Japan, Asia, Europe, Middle East and others.
In 2014 she received the New Face Award of Minister of Education Awards for Fine Arts, and in 2016 was designated as the Japan Cultural Envoy. http://yamadaun.jp/

「雅歌」オランダ公演トレーラー映像 / A trailer : GAKA (world premiere, Netherlands)