2021.10.29 Fri. -10.31 Sun.

Atelier East,West

Directorial Team:
Ness ROQUE – Manila (The Philippines) / Yokohama (Japan)
SHIKICHI Osamu – Tokyo / Kyoto (Japan)

Performers:
Melodi DORCAS – Chennai (India)
ISHIDA Mio – Tokyo (Japan)
Leu WIJEE – Jakarta (Indonesia)
Ogik – Jakarta (Indonesia)

Directorial Team:

Ness ROQUE

Photo: Ralph Lumbres

– Manila (The Philippines) / Yokohama (Japan)
Ness Roque (b. 1991, Angeles City, Philippines), is a theater and film actor, performance dramaturg, and educator. Ness was a core member of Manila-based contemporary performance company Sipat Lawin Ensemble (2009–2018). She is part of Prodjx Artist Community, an interdisciplinary collective integrating participatory art and research practices, community engagement, and education into various projects in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific Region. Ness is a MEXT scholar and is currently a graduate student at the Tokyo University of the Arts – Graduate School of Global Arts (Arts Studies and Curatorial Practices). Recently, she has been exploring sound-based performative gestures as site-specific interventions in urban spaces. Ness was part of APAF Lab 2020.

https://www.nessroque.com/

SHIKICHI Osamu

– Tokyo / Kyoto (Japan)
Choreographer/dancer born in Japan in 1994. Graduated from Musashino Art University Department of Sculpture and completed a Masters at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School. His works are themed around the creation of a strong sense of reality using the body as a medium. Received the French Embassy Prize for Young Choreographer at YDC2020. Major works include “happy ice-cream” (YDC2020), “shivering mass, loose boundary” (TPAM2020 Fringe), “blooming dots” (Toyooka Theater Festival 2020 Fringe/Contemporary Art Foundation 2020/TPAM2021 Fringe),and “Juicy” (YDC2021). Participated in APAF twice before as APAF2018 Art Camp participant, and as scenographer for APAF2019 Exhibition “ASIA/N/ESS/ES.”

https://mumumubrothers.wixsite.com/osamu-shikichi

Organized by Tokyo Festival Executive Committee
[Toshima City, Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre & Arts Council Tokyo)]
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal 2021