STAGE BEYOND BORDERS — Selection of Japanese Performances

STAGE BEYOND BORDERS

Selection of Japanese Performances

From February 2021, the Japan Foundation (JF) started the project “STAGE BEYOND BORDERS—Selection of Japanese Performances,” which presents outstanding Japanese stage performances online for people throughout the world who are seeking opportunities to enjoy Japanese stage performances amid the spread of COVID-19.

More than a year has passed since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, theater festivals worldwide have been canceled, artists have lost their performing venues and people can no longer visit theaters like in the past. At the same time, however, an increase in virtual interactions via the Internet has also created more opportunities for sharing moving experiences and excitement in real time with people in distant locations. Performing arts is one of the earliest forms of entertainment that through strangers and various environments stirs the imagination about ongoing stories and provides hopes and hints about the real world. The Japan Foundation’s online project “STAGE BEYOND BORDERS—Selection of Japanese Performances” is expected to encourage hope for all people who enjoy performing arts by presenting outstanding Japanese stage performances beyond borders in multiple languages.
The Japan Foundation hopes to cultivate new fan bases for performing arts and also approach theater professionals in order to hold performances at overseas theaters once interactions among people are allowed to resume.

The works distributed through this project span the three genres of contemporary theater, dance performance and traditional performing arts. These performances have multilingual subtitles in around five languages and can be viewed free of charge on the Japan Foundation’s official YouTube channel. In addition, new limited release performances exclusively for this project will also be available for viewing.

≫The Japan Foundation official YouTube channel

List of Works

 

 

Release date Artist Title Subtitles Watch Link
February 12, 2021 SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center “Grimm’s Fairy Tale – The Girl, the Devil and the Mill”（※）

English, French, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese

 youtu.be/zuKEEFst32w
February 19, 2021 UMEDA Hiroaki “Median” youtu.be/ETnJKyJ4JR0
February 26, 2021 WATANABE Hisashi “Ojami-hyon series Episode 1 Ojami-hyon”
“Ojami-hyon series Episode 2 Ojami-RUN”
“Ojami-hyon series Episode 3 Ojami-nchu”		 1: youtu.be/8_J_x2b-JhI
2: youtu.be/AIVgdgpq6cc
3: youtu.be/x6941_HSuqU
March 5, 2021 TANINO Kuro “Fortress of Smiles”

English, French, Russian, Chinese, German

 youtu.be/gnefqJphZuM
March 12, 2021 OKADA Toshiki “Five Days in March Re-creation in Yokohama”

English, French, Russian, Chinese, German, Portuguese

 youtu.be/wcpdFTbe18M
March 19, 2021 IWAI Hideto “WAREWARE NO MOROMORO (Our Stories…)”

English, Russian, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese

 youtu.be/rOD9LLgSp6w
March 26, 2021 ICHIHARA Satoko “The Question of Faeries”

English, French, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese

 youtu.be/svjSi3xsa80
April 2, 2021 Dumb Type “2020”

English, French, Italian

 youtu.be/tyDy2tBqjJg
May 7, 2021 SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center “Grimm’s Fairy Tale – The Real Fiancée” *

English, French, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese

 youtu.be/fZ5nWxYvrhk
May 14, 2021 BATIK “THE RELIGION OF BIRDS”

English, French, Russian, Spanish, Korean

 youtu.be/VfFlo7PU9LI
June 4, 2021 KATAYAMA Kurouemon

“Noh: Mystery, Myth & Movement”

English, French, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Indonesian

 youtu.be/TjWtOfrkIac
June 11, 2021 NOMURA Mansai “Kyogen: The Humor of Frailty & Tolerance”（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian

 youtu.be/4frmud2UgjQ
June 18, 2021 TAKEMOTO Oritayu, TSURUZAWA Seisuke, KIRITAKE Kanjuro “Bunraku: Storytelling, Music & Puppetry”（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian

 youtu.be/8F-xtbiTtjQ
July 9, 2021 MORIYAMA Kaiji, HIBINO Kodue, KAWASE Kohske “zero” youtu.be/Kmtejchu4O0
July 16, 2021 SHUTO Yasuyuki & NAKAMURA Megumi “A Chronicle of the Time Yard”

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian

 youtu.be/2Vaecgv6pIo
October 15, 2021 SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center “Antigone” English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese		 youtu.be/-UuxHflOpZU
October 20, 2021 mamagoto “Our Planet”

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/Utk1wV0FPMc
October 20, 2021 Romeo CASTELLUCCI “From Kenji Miyazawa / Yumenoshima “The Phenomenon Called I”” youtu.be/HrF52Adg4jU
October 20, 2021 AMEYA Norimizu From Kenji Miyazawa / Yumenoshima “ground”

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/UdoqYnNUe04
October 20, 2021 Kids Launch Project NAMUHAMUDAHAMU

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/C1Svl2diZfI
October 20, 2021 contact Gonzo xapaxnannan: Our future sports

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/ALaETkQ7g6U
October 20, 2021 Monochrome Circus The Green Table youtu.be/SCp4R9FFo4g
October 20, 2021 KASAI Akira / NPO Kaibunsha Dance by KASAI Akira x Piano by TAKAHASHI Yuji “Crystal labyrinth“ youtu.be/LVH3RIiX7WQ
October 20, 2021 Nibroll Romeo OR Juliet

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/pardIrEHG00
October 22, 2021 NAKAMURA Shido KABUKI: the Legacy of Eccentric Spectacle（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian

 youtu.be/6TjR2sSJgDE
October 29, 2021 Dairakudakan Dream Cambrian（※） youtu.be/d69hU5ivNJY
November 12, 2021 Baobab Baobab Re:born project vol.6 “Please! Laughing Frame”（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese

 youtu.be/Ww87r3Ta56w
November 20, 2021 Port B / Akira Takayama TOKYO / OLYMPIC

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/FTYDY_p6VTo
November 20, 2021 ISHINHA Twilight

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/fcYZcMIOI-g
November 20, 2021 HORI KIKAKU The Water Station by OTA Shogo youtu.be/JMwP9_hauwU
November 20, 2021 Cigare sisters Oyasumanasai – Good Night But Don’t Fall Asleep

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/Cvl3gRoFCGw
November 20, 2021 ONODERA Shuji × SHUTO Yasuyuki “Kuhaku ni Ochita Otoko”（A Man Fallen Into a Void） youtu.be/vzLqigkeuaU
November 20, 2021 LOLO Itsukou Series vol. 7 “I Can’t Hibernate With Books as a Pillow”

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/y3_z8IKWoIQ
November 20, 2021 Art and Direction: MARUYAMA Junko / Choreography and Direction: Young Doo JUNG Silent Flower youtu.be/LwMSZiTIQfk
November 20, 2021 Choreography, Direction: Ella Rothschild / Art: OHMAKI Shinji Futuristic Space youtu.be/IS0sFeg3zV4
November 26, 2021 KUJIRAI Kentaro and OKUYAMA Barabbas A HUM SAN SUI, Mountains and Rivers from Alpha to Omega（※） English, French, Russian youtu.be/C6XP5hGTK4c
December 3, 2021 KATAYAMA Kurouemon X, NOMURA Mansai, TAKEMOTO Oritayu VI, TSURUSAWA Seisuke, KIRITAKE Kanjuro III, NAKAMURA Shido II, SISYU Japanese Traditional Performing Arts: Discovering with New Eyes (※)

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/fCrgg3hI4DQ
December 10, 2021 KURATA Midori and AMEYA Norimizu Five-Minute Walk from YouTube Hot Springs Station, Higashi Kujo, Shinjuku-ku, Mie Prefecture（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/UdoqYnNUe04
December 17, 2021 YANAGIYA Sankyo Rakugo: Creating Worlds from Nothing（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese

 youtu.be/C_80hYmPMtc
December 20, 2021 Tokyo Theatre DōJō Red Demon by NODA Hideki

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/NYRz3YDxmyA
December 20, 2021 Ikiume THE SUN

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Korean, Japanese

 youtu.be/SUlnMz4-HCo
December 20, 2021 Shiroyagi no Kai Self-Introduction Reader

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/Pe7CVhhvTis
December 20, 2021 FUKAIPRODUCE-hagoromo SMALL ANIMAL KISS KISS

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/Lr_li0-J7Z8
December 20, 2021 MORIYAMA Mirai, Ella ROTHSCHILD JUDAS, CHRIST WITH SOY

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/qPbWcwxW-js
December 20, 2021 FUTOME Performance Sento

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/j8zfsNH_Qyk
December 20, 2021 FUJIMOTO Akiko 17th Fujimoto Akiko Concert

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/MKrH9jN9FIY
December 24, 2021 FUJIWARA Dozan, FUJIMOTO Akiko, OKAMURA Shintaro Sankyoku: Layered Resonance（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/cSc_wqULBQY
January 7, 2022 YAMADA Fumihiko, BUNNO Takeaki Gagaku: Beyond a Thousand Years（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/n1c_tYVxLvg
January 14, 2022 MIYAGI Noho, NISHIE Kishun and others Ryukyu Buyo: Okinawan Soul（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/mSX8VaAV4RQ
January 20, 2022 Theater Collective HANCHU-YUEI I can’t die without being born

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, German, Korean, Japanese

 youtu.be/BNRmxFX7yMM
January 20, 2022 Choreography: TSUKAHARA Yuya / Performance: TERADA Misako Three phases for a dancer to carry a bubble gum (preparation, transportation, removing)

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/GhYZ21Q2W4k
January 20, 2022 MONO SOUTAITEKI UKIYOE

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Korean, Japanese

 youtu.be/8qt_ezXMSv4
January 20, 2022 Nitosha The Air Ver. 3: And He Left…

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/DCcLTO1yGQ8
January 20, 2022 KITAMURA Akiko Echoes of Calling

–

 youtu.be/PTYEiwC-02w
January 20, 2022 YAMADA Un Co. COSMOS

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/whs2cOYXLt8
January 20, 2022 Choreography: YANAIHARA Mikuni / Film Director: YOSHIGAI Nao Coffee

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/2_DVeXxX4r4
January 20, 2022 Kioi Hall / NIPPON STEEL Arts Foundation Kanjinchō

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/nHDsAh1Fe_g
January 20, 2022 Kioi Hall / NIPPON STEEL Arts Foundation Genroku-fū Hanami Odori / Shunkyō Kagami Jishi

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/HWX6HsT84Us
January 21, 2022 INOUE Yachiyo V, INOUE Yasuko Kyomai: Classical Elegance（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/hHooOD88qYE
January 28, 2022 WATANABE Hisashi Ojami-hyon series Episode 4 Ojami-born（※）

English, French,
Russian, Japanese

 youtu.be/4bZu7HEUS1M
January 28, 2022 WATANABE Hisashi Ojami-hyon series Episode 5 Gravi-hyon（※）

–

 youtu.be/NL0X5h5cjTE
February 4, 2022 Higashi Futakuchi Puppet Theater Traditional Puppet Theater（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/gwT77PpJCW0
February 10, 2022 HAYASHI Eitetsu and others Taiko（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/aM0caEUzhxo
February 18, 2022 Take Kagura Preservation Association Kagura（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/YU2Sx6JnZ9g
February 20, 2022 MUKAIYAMA Tomoko, MORIYAMA Mirai TWO – in transit Hara Museum

—

 youtu.be/VHGHirYhizE
February 20, 2022 Musical “Touken Ranbu” Production Committee Touken Ranbu：The Musical “HIGEKIRI HIZAMARU DUO PERFORMANCE 2020 ～SOGA～”

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/ZHMjHS0ElC8
February 20, 2022 OiBokkeShi Happy Song

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/pbKU4VXdYWw
February 20, 2022 Watanabe Genshiro Shoten Dontoyuke (Don’t you kill?)

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/n1AGPylaEV0
February 20, 2022 Seinendan International Theater Exchange Project 2019 Tokyo Notes International version

English, French, Russian

 youtu.be/U0lID1EvRIM
February 20, 2022 SHIMAJI Yasutake and TAMAKI ROY ARIKA

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/aN3i4bAYzUs
February 20, 2022 The NIHONBUYO Association Bolero~The Legend of Anchin and Kiyohime~

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/iMocpW8Sh3U
February 20, 2022 Ruri Mito (Co.Ruri Mito) Matou

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/FxwZutlfjYE
February 25, 2022 The Akan Ainu Industrial Arts Association Traditional Ainu Dance （※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/6mbXub3w4No
March 4, 2022 FUTAGO ONIKENBAI Furyu Dances（※）

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/LKQFF92IgTo
March 11, 2022 NISHIO Kaori/ Bird Park To the End, One by One on Solitude Hill

English, French,
Russian, Chinese, Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/R2M715qIJvU
March 18, 2022 NEMOTO Shuko To the Greatest Love

English, French,
Russian, Korean,
Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/euTMKCbEO98
March 20, 2022 Memento C The Pacific Refreshment Room

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/CNQeOgcGh4Q
March 20, 2022 Ishii Mitsuzo Office Co.,Ltd Musical HEADS UP!

English, French,
Russian, Spanish,
Chinese, Japanese

 youtu.be/aDG8yYe7AKA
March 25, 2022 Usagi Stripe Everyone Should Just Die

English, French,
Russian, Korean,
Thai, Japanese

 youtu.be/n8bceJI7g4g
March 25, 2022 Olivier Py Interviewing Olivier Py “Grimm’s Fairy Tale – The Girl, the Devil and the Mill” by SPAC

English, French,
Russian, Korean,
Spanish, Japanese

 youtu.be/dQE76GCfrYo
March 25, 2022 Olivier Py Interviewing Olivier Py “Grimm’s Fairy Tale – The Real Fiancée” by SPAC

English, French,
Russian, Korean,
Spanish, Japanese

 youtu.be/A1D7Psh0t0U
July 29, 2022 Dairakudakan “Oboro”

—

 youtu.be/9p4O3W10ZaQ
August 5, 2022 SCOT “Electra”

English, French,
Russian, Chinese, Indonesian

 youtu.be/V25VnCwveR4
August 12, 2022 Company Derashinera “TOGE”

—

 youtu.be/7SCoBE1OmxU
August 19, 2022 chelfitsch and FUJIKURA Dai with Klangforum Wien “Work-In-Progress for Music Theatre Production”

English, French, German, Japanese
August 26, 2022 Setagaya Public Theatre and Raphaëlle Boitel “Fierce 5: Behind the Scenes”

English, French, Japanese

 youtu.be/byf9MU7K3Kc
September 2, 2022 SPAC and T2G “The Cherry Orchard”

English, French, Japanese

 youtu.be/zwf_WobI7eY
September 9, 2022 Seinendan and Pascal Rambert “KOTATSU”

English, French, Spanish, Japanese

 youtu.be/RqgY8skzInU
September 9, 2022 Seinendan and Pascal Rambert “KOTATSU: Behind the Scenes”

English, French, Spanish, Japanese

 youtu.be/wcXKgLCo670
September 17, 2022 SUGIMOTO Hiroshi “Noh Climax　翁 神 男 女 狂 鬼”
“Noh Climax – 翁”
“Noh Climax – 高砂”
“Noh Climax – 忠度”
“Noh Climax – 箙”
“Noh Climax – 楊貴妃”
“Noh Climax – 通小町”
“Noh Climax – 望月”

English, French, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Japanese

 1: youtu.be/zocevUFpqyc
2: youtu.be/zbPMh4oVNcs
3: youtu.be/rFmsUk9wVsM
4: youtu.be/TnYPhOlP6k4
5: youtu.be/3TB0cF8rraY
6: youtu.be/74y5VLCM6Hs
7: youtu.be/wRnOiIzamqo
8: youtu.be/-l7l3n3Dc6k

 

Notes:

  1. Please note that the plan above is as of March 2021. The schedule, artists and language of subtitles might be changed depending on the situation.
  2. The performances marked with an asterisk（※） are new creations for this project.
  3. Dance performances without dialogue have no subtitles. Both Simplified and Traditional Chinese subtitles will be available. Subtitles of languages other than English may be uploaded later than the release date due to the production situation.
  4. The performances distributed by this project will be available until the end of March 2022. However, some performances may change their viewing period. Please check our web page, which will be released in March 2021, to find out more information including the viewing period for each performance.