For Nutscrackermania in worldwide.Greeting from Tokyo.Here are Nutscrackers in Japan.Merry Chirstmas from TOKYO. New National Theater BalletYou can get information from the website below. http://www.atre.jp/09nutcracker/Soki Ballet (from S…

Here is works by Japanese choreographers.Yuuki Mori Roussewaltz,(Kaoru Uchida)

December 3-13, 2009Networked Virtual Performance Envirorments: Japan UKIYO LAB in residence with Mixed reality Lab, Keio University (dir. by. Prof. Adrian Cheok)In the second phase of the UKIYO project collaboration, the DAP-Lab team (Brun…

My latest paper will be published. Please check it out !Yukihiko YOSHIDA,"'National Dance' under the Rising Sun, mainly from National Dance, Buyo Geijutsu and the activities of Takaya Eguchi",International Journal of Eastern Sports & Physi…

Here is conference information on Butoh. Anniversary of Butoh and Futurism: International Conference "Avant-garde in Japan", Venice, 14-15 sept.International Conference “Avant-garde in Japan”University Ca’ Foscari of Venice Auditorium Sant…

Here is news from momo: Ohno's 103 Birthday & Min Tanaka's WATER festival at Body Weather Farm on butoh butoh "not thinking, only soul" -Kazuo Ohnomomo http://butohdance.ning.com/profile/momo momo has invited you to the event 'Pilgrimage t…

Dear Readers:Here is Webzine on Nihon Buyo and Japanese Traditional Performing Arts: For example, you can enjoy interview on Toshinami Hanayagi, great dancer and choreographer.Dento Bunka Ichiba http://www.db-ichiba.jp/magazine/vol_001/ind…

Dorkbot Dai Tokyo http://twitter.com/dorkbottokyoDorkbot Dai Tokyo A final match of DDT - THE ContestsWho will own the Tokyo ?! (in a sense of electricity?) People doing strange things with electricity, dorkbot tokyo invites CONTEST, now. …

(This is my test post, please ignore.) You can enjoy some clips on Japanese Contemporary Dance Scene.Share and Enjoy:Roussewaltz, Kaoru Uchida Natsuko Tezuka and Neji Pijin Kota Yamazaki Mika Kurosawa Kakuya Ohashi Batik King-yo (Yukio Suz…

I attended the Roundtable at Society of Dance History Scholars. This is early case of teleconference with virtual environment at official academic association in the field of dance and theater research.Here is abstract: DaNCING IN SECOND L…

Here is video clips on Youtube by Japan Society NYC.You can check out some pieces of Japanese Contemporary Dance.Hiroaki Umeda: Digest:

p r e s s r e l e a s e Ukiyo [Moveable World]by dap-lab / dans sans jouxA choreographic installation fusing dance, sound, design and digital projectionsMonday, June 1, 19:oo Antonin Artaud Building, Brunel University, West London (UK) Ent…

Here is information on Workshop of Kyogen - Dear ColleaguesITI Japanese Centre will organize Traditional Theatre Workshop for 10 days in August 2009. This year, the workshop is on KYOGEN, that is the theatre form usually played with Noh pi…

At the end of last year, Chiyo Hanayagi, published the book on training of Nihon Buyo in English. The title of the work is "Nihon Buyo no Kiso"(Basis of Nihon Buyo). She finished this work with great effort. Even in Japanese original versi…

The following roundtable will be held at Society of Dance History Scholars: http://www.sdhs.org/ I will attend as a panel. I have been working as a member of INETDANCE Japan: http://www.inetdance.com/ and demonstrated dance contents inside…

"Steve Paxton’s Lecture in Japan"by Yukihiko YOSHIDASteve Paxton, the inventor of Contact Improvisation, had lecture in Tokyo. The lecture was held in Waseda University and many dancers and dance scholars gathered. Paxton lectured American…

Digital Contents on Japanese Ballerinas are appearing more these days.The hourable ballerina these day would be Miyako Yoshida(ex. Royal Ballet). Here is her latest interview(Japanese). http://mainichi.jp/select/opinion/kakeru/news/2009052…

Tetsuya Kumakawa K-Ballet “Giselle”By Yukihiko YOSHIDA Tetsuya Kumakawa was the principal dancer at Royal Ballet and he have started his own company here in Japan. This time, Viciana Durante was injured and could not dance. I saw the cast …

For working E-Ukiyo workshop, I had visited in London for days. At this time, I could see the installation,"Scatterd Crowd" by William Forthythe.William Forthythe, "Scatterd Crowd" In the large space of old factory of King's Cross Central,…

I have attended the following workshop from 2nd May to 6th May. UKIYO LaboratoryMay 2 – May 8, 2009 Antonin Artaud BuildingThe UKIYO workhop in dance/performance, design and network technologies features artists and researchers from the DA…