F/T Award Winner: Pijin Neji, "the acting motivation"
Dancer and choreographer
Pijin Neji has won the inaugural F/T Award, selected from the F/T11 Emerging Artists Program, for his documentary performance,
"the acting motivation".
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F/T Theatrotheque Program 2: Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container
"The best film ever about me." (Christoph Schlingensief)
A container house installed right in front of the Vienna Opera House. On the roof of the container a huge banner: "Foreigners Out!" Inside: 12 asylum-seekers are living in the container, observed by the passers-by through window-slots offering an insight into the daily-life of the foreigners. Each day of the week-long installation one of the foreigners is selected by the audience for immediate deportation to his or her home country. The last asylum-seeker remaining in the container wins the top prize: a permit of residence in Austria.
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9/21, 9/22 "Cinecitta Aperta, Ruhr Trilogy Part 2"
Due to a typhoon, the performances of "Cinecittà Aperta, Ruhr Trilogy Part 2" on
September 21 (Wed), at 19:30, and
September 22 (Thu) at 19:30, will both be cancelled. We understand the great disappointment this will cause but please understand that the safety of our audiences, performers and backstage crew is naturally our first priority.
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9/17 "From Kenji Miyazawa / Yumenoshima"
Today's (September 16) performance of "From Kenji Miyazawa / Yumenoshima" will go ahead as planned.
*Update: September 17's performance will also go ahead as planned!
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F/T12 Emerging Artists Program: Open Call for Entries!
F/T12 Emerging Artists Program Open: Call for Entries / 公开征集项目 / 모집요강
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English Surtitles & Performances for Foreign Audiences
So, you're interested in catching one of the local or visiting productions at Festival/Tokyo 2011 but are worried about language barriers? Sure enough, there's nothing more frustrating than wanting to understand and appreciate a two-hour theatre performance but to be prevented just by a lack of knowledge of the language!
Rest assured, no matter your nationality or linguistic levels, there is still plenty of choice for everyone in the F/T11 Program!
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Stage designer Bert Neumann will be talk guest for the F/T Theatrotheque
Bert Neumann, one of the most influential stage designers of the German-language theatre scene, has, with his unique style looking deeply behind the facade of today's urban spaces, given many outstanding performances of the last 20 years an unforgettable "face". Applying images of suburbs, urban blight and cheap glamour, he sharp-sightedly questions the ideas of happiness and salvation that capitalism conveys.
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F/T Emerging Artists Program: Modern Table (Korea) Performance Change
It was previously planned for Modern Table to stage "Awake" and "Darkness PoomBa" (choreography, music: Jaeduk Kim) at the Owlspot Theater on November 7 (Mon) and 8 (Tue), as part of the F/T11 Emerging Artists Program. However, due to the wishes of the company it has been decided instead to stage "Awake" with "Joker's Blues".
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F/T11 Press Conference Report
The F/T11 press conference on July 6 saw the artists Tsuyoshi Shirai, Yudai Kamisato (OKAZAKI ARTS THEATRE), Akio Miyazawa (U-enchi Saisei Jigyodan), Yukichi Matsumoto (Ishinha), Akira Takayama (Port B) and Yohei Kurose (CHAOS*LOUNGE) all gather together in Ikebukuro to discuss the upcoming autumn edition of Festival/Tokyo.
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Notes on Outdoor Performances
"From Kenji Miyazawa / Yumenoshima", "Cinecittà Aperta Ruhr Trilogy, Part 2", "Landscape - Tokyo, Ikebukuro", & "Resurrection" (F/T Emerging Artists Program)
For the upcoming F/T11 we are presenting several outdoor performances. The conditions surrounding outdoor performances are different to those in a regular indoor venue, and there are some factors that we would like our audiences to be aware of in advance. Each performance and production carries its own special circumstances so please check before arriving at the venue.
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