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Feb 21, 2025

Directing is never a monologue at the experimental Yamanote Jijosha theater company

By Kris Kosaka

To mark its four decades of existence, the company stages two Shakespearean tragedies for a triumph.

CULTURE / Stage

Nov 30, 2024

Divas and diversity: Opera meets drag in ‘Dido and Aeneas’

By Zoria Petkoska

Becca D’Bus, one of Singapore’s most popular drag queens, and Tokyo’s voguers and queens team up for a grand show at the Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting.

CULTURE / Stage

Nov 8, 2024

Butoh dances to the sounds of Hokusai’s hometown

By Zoria Petkoska

Performances of the avant-garde dance form are part of a program dedicated to the revered artist and celebrating the local community in Sumida Ward.

CULTURE / Stage / Longform

Sep 29, 2024

Wozme, an all-women dance troupe, wants to move the needle in butoh

By Zoria Petkoska

The art form’s younger dancers are experimenting with long-standing approaches to the choreography, marketing and image of this captivating piece of Japanese culture.

CULTURE / Stage

Sep 29, 2024

Comedy offers new routine for women prisoners in Paraguay

By Hugo Olazarfirst

Inmates took part in a two-month workshop run by the Corazon Libre NGO, which uses comedy to help convicts prepare for life on the outside.

CULTURE / Stage

Sep 26, 2024

'La Sonnambula' offers a modern take on a dubious happy ending

By Kris Kosaka

Director Barbara Lluch scrutinizes gender expectations and patriarchal societies that thrive on polarizing views in her production of Vincenzo Bellini’s opera.

CULTURE / Stage

Sep 13, 2024

The Tokyo Ballet marks year of rebirth with tributes to history and innovation

By Kris Kosaka

Long-time collaborator Bejart Ballet Lausanne brings masterworks to Japan for The Tokyo Ballet's 60th anniversary celebrations.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.

By Tomoko Otake

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