PROJECTS
A theatrical project directed by Marco Canale, a theater and a film director from Argentina. He will conduct some research in Tokyo and build up this play based on interviews with elderly people living there, focusing on their memories and experiences as well as the history which ties them to Tokyo. The project will be developed centering on the theatrical performance which will be performed by local seniors, and complemented with short videos and a documentary movie to spotlight Tokyo from various angles and allow audiences to imagine its future.
EVENT OVERVIEW
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Tour-type Performance
Part play, part tour, this production saw the audience visit a number of Tokyo neighborhoods in the company of 12 performers, all residents of the metropolis
aged 65 or above.
During his research in Tokyo, Argentinian theater and film director Marco Canale interviewed elderly people living in the capital about their life stories. He then wove these into a work of fiction in the form of a the-atrical production featuring the performances of local seniors, centered on the intertwined worlds of past, present, and future. A film version was produced at the same time.Planning, Playwright, Director, Cast: Marco Canale
Executive Producer: Giorgina Mesiano
Noh Theatre Supervisor: Tamon Sasaki
Singing Supervisor: Yasuno Miyauchi (Tsumugine)
Japanese Traditional Music Supervisor: Kiyoko Motegi (Japanese music researcher)
Bamboo Flute Player: Haruhisa Hosei
Musical Director: Juan Baya
Cast: Eiko Aizawa, Terumi Imai, Yoko Imanaka, Toshie Ozawa, Izu-mi Koori, Kikuyo Sato, Yoshiko Shimizu, Kazuko Nabekura, Izumi Harano, Masao Hirabayashi, Fuji Mikage, Harumi Yamamoto, Eita Ikebe, Sachi Tanaka, Rin Terada
Theatrical performances: May 22nd and 23rd, 2021
(Performance on the 23rd was filmed without an audience)- Venues:
- Taishido Hachiman Shrine, Setagaya and vicinity
1st point:Meeting point
Venue:Nishi Taishido Park
2nd point:transit point
Venues:Various locations around Taishido, Setagaya Ward
3rd point:Final point
Venue:Taishido Hachiman Shrine outdoor special staged Online Streaming of Performance record video
Period:August 14th – September 20th, 2021
Ticket price:
General ¥ 3,000, 25 years old or younger ¥ 2,000 , high school students or younger ¥ 1,000 , elementary school students or younger free (Advance sale / same day) Persons with a disability certificate are ¥ 2,700 and one attendant is freeOnline Streaming of “The Speed of Light” Film
Period: May 12th–31st, 2021
Directors:Marco Canale, Juan Fernández Gebauer, Ignacio Ragone
Online Streaming of Performance Record
Period: August 14th – September 20th, 2021
- Organizers:
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Arts Council Tokyo
(Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) - Planned by:
- Marco Canale (Argentina)
- Support:
- Embassy of the Argentine Republic, City of Setagaya
- Cooperation:
- Taishido Hachiman Shrine, Taishido 5-chome Community Association, Daikanyama Teens Creative
- Production Management:
- syuz’gen LLC
PROFILE
Theater and audiovisual director (Buenos Aires, 1977), creates projects with local communities which go through biography, documentary and fiction, travelling across cities public, private and sacred spaces. Currently his work is focused on "The speed of light", a monumental site specific project created together with elder people, that takes cities as their stage, seeking to understand their history and to imagine its future. The project was created in Buenos Aires (FIBA) and has been developed in Germany (Festival Theaterformen).
Other of his works, created in different countries and contexts, have been presented in venues as the Edinburgh Festival (United Kingdom), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Theatre Row (New York), Young Vic Theatre (London), BAD (Bilbao), Casa de América (Madrid) and Cervantes Theater (Buenos Aires).