On Theatre E9, a new black box venue in Kyoto
This article was originally published in the Japan Times newspaper on November 6th 2019. When Theatre E9 Kyoto…
Kyoto Experiment Marks the End of an Era
This article was published in the Japan Times on 24th of September 2019. The 10th edition of the…
On the Theatre Olympics 2019 at Toga Village, Toyama
This article was originally published in the Japan Times newspaper on August 14 2019. Since the late 1970s,…
On the Performing Arts Program at the Aichi Triennale 2019
This article was originally published in The Japan Times newspaper on July 30 2019. The political function of…
Learning to linger: on memory & migration in Eiko Otake’s movement art
Paper given at the Contemporary Japanese Theatre Workshop, Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien, in Tokyo, July 27, 2019. This…
Re-performing news narratives in an ESL classroom in Japan through Living Newspapers
Article published in the International Association of Performing Language (IAPL) Journal, Vol 3. Pp. 1-25. Read the article…
Learner autonomy and applied theatre in the ESL classroom
Paper given at the ILA Conference on Learner Autonomy at Konan Women’s University, September 5th — September 8th,…
Dwelling on the Documentary Body in Takuya Murakawa’s “Independent Living”
Paper given at the International Federation for Theatre Research Conference (IFTR) in Belgrade, July 12, 2018, as part…
Theatre Review: The Winter’s Tale dir. Satoshi Miyagi
Review of The Winter’s Tale, dir. by Satoshi Miyagi at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Centre, Shizuoka, 11 February…
Dance in Asia 2018 – A radical retelling of the Tale of Genji
This article was originally published in the Japan Times newspaper on February 20 2018. How do you make…
Profile on Berlin-based visual and performance artist, Naoko Tanaka
This article was originally published in the Japan Times newspaper on January 13 2018. A spotlight shines on…
Profile on Melbourne-based Butoh Dancer and Performance Artist, Yumi Umiumare
This article was originally published in the Japan Times Newspaper on October 21, 2017. At a certain level,…
Mourning in, as and for the Theatre: the case of Ishinha’s Amahara
Paper given at the 15th International European Association of Japanese Studies Conference, at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon,…
Profile on New York-based Dancer, Choreographer and Educator, Eiko Otake
This article was originally published in the Japan Times newspaper on June 18 2017. ‘Move to rest, sleep, and dream.…
The Ventriloquists Convention
This article was originally published in the Japan Times Newspaper on April 27 2017. Franco-Austrian choreographer and director…
Tokyo Theater Commons and Tokyo Performing Arts Meeting
This article was originally published in the Japan Times Newspaper on January 24, 2017. A bonanza is brewing…