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Post＊The End of Toil (Post*Rouku no Owari)

2007-05-11T17:03:39Z

Post＊The End of Toil
(Post*Rouku no Owari)
Premiere: 2005
Time: 2hr 15min.
Stages/Acts: 2/7
Casts: 5 （M3/F2）
Written and Directed by Toshiki Okada　

]]> Imaizumi-kun had been dating with two girls, but this time, he left Tanaka-san and proposed Kawaguchi-san. So now Kawaguchi-san is going to finish her room sharing with another woman. By the way, the woman, who is the roommate of her, is actually a married grass widow. But she has never talked about that to Kawaguchi-san.
So the two couples, one is going to marry and the other breaking up their marriage, describe the two variations of “marriage”. One could have one’s say, the other couldn't.

Air-Conditioner (Cooler)

2007-05-11T17:05:57Z

Air-Conditioner
(Cooler)
Premiere: 2004
Time: 25min.
Stages /Acts: -
Casts: 2 （M1/F1）
Created by Toshiki Okada

]]> 　　Highly acclaimed work, which was primarily made to take part in "We Love Dance Festival '04" (Kyoto Art Complex 1928 and Shinjuku Park Tower Hall), but turned out to make for the finals at "Toyota Choreography Award 2005" (Setagaya Public Theatre). Created by Toshiki Okada, who was then working mainly in the field of drama, "Air-Conditioner" is a piece of work made through examining dance approaches by pursuing the connection between "body" and "words"; the factors that compose staging. The clearly defined concept of the body demonstrated in the work defied the conventional idea of “choreography”, generating an enthusiastic debate among the audience.
Below is the excerpt; throughout the play, a conversation is made about the temperature setting of an air-conditioner.

F: About the air-conditioner…
M: Yes.
F: It’s a little bit cold you know, maybe too cold... in our office the temperature's always set at 23 degrees and even in strongest power, which I think is crazy if you ask me.
M: Yeah...
M: 'Cause the air-conditioner is really... you know, it's always set at 23 degrees in the strongest wind, and I think this is quite unusual, yeah I do think so... like, itﾕs almost funny, but I guess I myself is kinda person who is cold-natured, you know...
M: Ah, it may be hard for women I think, yes, it may be kinda hard for women.
F: Yeah, no, is it like "you're kinda person who is 'kinda cold-natured'" or I mean, for like women, but is that how you feel or...
M: Yeah.
F: What do you mean by that? But is it like "yeah, I guess I'm aware of that" kinda feeling? I don't know I guess, but...
M: Yeah, I know many women are like that, I feel sorry you know.
F: But yeah, I think thatﾕs the reason, I myself think so anyway.
M: Yeah, I know many women are like that, I feel sorry you know.

Destination (Mokutekichi)

2007-05-11T17:10:01Z

Destination
(Mokutekichi)
Premiere: 2005
Time: 2hr 40min.
Stages/Acts: 1/17
Casts: 8 （M6/F2）
Written and Directed by Toshiki Okada

]]> This is a story told in the context of some weird atmosphere; one might describe as disquietness, of 'Kohoku New Town', the large housing area in Yokohama.
A young lady thought she might have got pregnant because she had missed her period. She told the fact to her boyfriend after suffering alone. Her boyfriend actually felt impatient when he heard about that from her. He went for an advice to his senior who was already married and living in a condominium in Kohoku New Town.
By the way, this was just the same time that his senior, Miyazaki, knew his wifeﾕs pregnancy. Mr. & Mrs. Miyazaki was feeling fear and pleasure. They imagine themselves riding a Ferris wheel of the department store in new town with their child. They imagine their child gets involved in a war their country is now involved with, and gets killed by someone or kills someone. They also worry if they will be able to give birth successfully.
Before they noticed the pregnancy, the couple had been talking about having a cat, but now they decided not to. They went to a baby product store in the shopping center of New Town. The husband accidentally told his wifeﾕs pregnancy to his colleague. The wife started thinking about the cat, which they would have had for a pet.

chelfitsch “Five Days in March”Winter tour in Japan

2007-12-08T14:04:39Z

Winter tour in Japan
Five Days in March

Playwrite and directed: Toshiki Okada
Actors: Ruchino Yamazaki, Taichi Yamagata, Hiromasa Shimonishi, Syoko Matsumura, EIji Takigawa, Souichi Murakami, Kohei Matsueda

●Natinal Museum of Art, Osaka
8(sat.) and 9(sun.), Dec, 2008
Venue: National Museum of Art, Osaka B1 garally
Tickets: Tickets pia, e+, NMAO
Information: NMAO www.nmao.go.jp, TEL 06-6447-4680
precog Co. Ltd,. precpg-jp.net, TEL:03-3410-1816 info@precog-jp.net

●Mori Art Museum (Tokyo)
13(thu.), Dec, 2008
Venue: Academy Hills49 Tower hall
Tickets/ information: Mori Art Museum www.mori.art.museum

Toshiki Okada will talk about his creative works and the newest piece Free TIme @ IETM

2008-03-03T08:46:42Z

IETM Keynote Session: Contemporary Performing Arts
March 3rd ［Mon］10:30-12:00 / Yebisu The Garden Room

Moderator:
UCHINO Tadashi [Professor, Performance Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science, University of Tokyo, Japan]
Speakers:
OKADA Toshiki [Playwrite, Director of chelfitsch, Novelist, Japan]
Christophe SLAGMUYLDER [Artistic Director, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Belgium]

For more information about IETM Satellite Meeting, please visit at
http://www.tpam.or.jp/e_ietm/e_ietm.html

"Freetime" in Tokyo

2008-03-05T04:03:44Z

Coproduction:
KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS2008(Brussels)
Wiener Festwochen(Wiener)
Festival d'Automne(Paris).

Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Actors/Actress: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki, Hiromasa Shimonishi, Tomomitsu Adachi, Mari Ando, Saho Ito.

Set design: TRAFU ARCHITECTS(Koichi Suzuno, Shinya Kamuro)
Music: Atsuhiro Koizumi (Sangatsu)

■Dates
5th-18th, March, 2008

◎“Freetime”performance +post-performance talk (10th, 12th, 13th, March)
10th, Hiroki Azuma×Toshiki Okada
12th, Yoshio Ootani×Atsushi Sasaki×Tohiki Okada
13th, Ameya Norimizu×Tohiki Okada
☆Special Event !! Music Live: d.v.d,Sangatsu (11th, March)

■Venue
Super Deluxe(Roppongi/Tokyo)
B1F 3.1.25 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031, Japan
tel +81.3.5412.0515
*5 minutes walk toward Nishi Azabu on Roppongi dori from Roppongi station (Hibiya Line or Oedo Line).
*1 minute walk from Roppongi 6-chome bus stop (TO-01 Shinbashi >> Shibuya).
http://www.super-deluxe.com/

■Fee
Advanced: 3500yen
At the Door: 4000yen
student:3000yen (Student ID required at the entrance.）
●For information in English, feel free to contact Precog at info@precog-jp.net or Tel:+81-3-3314-1816.

■Information:Precog
http://precog-jp.net
TEL&FAX:+81-3-3410-1816
info@precog-jp.net

"Five Days In March" in Singapore

2008-04-25T01:14:57Z

"Five Days In March"
Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Performers: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki, Hiromasa Shimonishi, Shoko Matsumura, Kohei Matsueda, Tomomitsu Adachi, Riki Takeda.

■Dates
25 Apr 2008 (Fri)
8:00 pm: Performance

26 Apr 2008 (Sat)
8:00 pm: Performance & Post-performance Talk

■Venue (Information)
Esplanade
Address:
The Esplanade Co. Ltd.
1 Esplanade Drive Singapore 038981
Tel: +65 6828 8222
www.esplanade.com

For more information:
http://www.thestudios.com.sg/2008/

"Freetime" & "Air Conditioner" Spring Tour in Europe

2008-05-17T04:15:51Z

"Air Conditioner"
Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Performers: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki.

@Uovo Festival(Milan)
■Dates:17th-18th, May, 2008
■Venue :Paolo Grassi Art Dramatic School
http://www.uovoproject.it/

"Freetime"
Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Performers:
Taichi Yamagata,Luchino Yamazaki,Tomomitsu Adachi,
Mari Ando,Saho Ito,Kei Namba.

@KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS2008(Brussels)
■Dates:24th-31st, May, 2008
■Venue :Beursschouwburg
http://www.kunstenfestivaldesarts.be/

@Wiener Festwochen(Wiener)
■Dates:5th-8th, June, 2008
■Venue:brut im Künstlerhaus
http://www.festwochen.at/

YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2008 "Freetime"

2008-09-27T03:15:42Z

『Freetime』
Text and Direction: Toshiki Okada
Performers: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki, Tomomitsu Adachi, Mari Ando, Saho Ito, Kei Namba.

Dates：27th-28, Sep, 2008./ Venue：Red Brick Warehouse No.1
YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2008 WEB site

Information: 03-5777-8600 or 050-5541-8600 (8:00—22:00)

Toshiki Okada × Kobo Abe "Tomodachi"

2008-12-11T08:25:46Z

“ Tomodachi ”
Text: Kobo Abe
Direction: Toshiki Okada

■Dates: 11th- 24th, Nov, 2008
■Venue: Theater TRAM
Setagaya Public Theater WEB site

"Freetime" & "FIve Days in March" Autumn Tour in Europe

2008-12-17T04:35:27Z

“Five days in March”
Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Performers: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki, Hiromasa Shimonishi, Tomomitsu Adachi, Kohei Matsueda, Riki Takeda, Izumi Aoyagi.

■FESTIVAL D'AUTOMNE（Paris）
Dates: 17th-22th, Dec, 2008. / Venue: Théâtre2Gennevilliers
FESTIVAL D'AUTOMNE website

■H.A.U/Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin)
Dates: 2th-4th, Dec, 2008.
H.A.U website

■Nam June Paik ART Festival (Seoul)
Dates: 13th-14th, Dec, 2008.／ Venue: Nam June Paik ART center
Nam June Pike Festival website

“Freetime”
Text and direction: Toshiki Okada
Performers: Taichi Yamagata, Ludhino Yamazaki, Tomomitsu Adachi, Mari Ando, Saho Ito Kei Namba.

■FESTIVAL D'AUTOMNE（Paris）
Date: 25th-29th, Dec, 2008.／Venue：104
FESTIVAL D'AUTOMNE website

"Air Conditioner"&"Five days in March" Winter Tour in North America

2009-01-09T01:41:35Z

"Air Conditioner"
Text and Direction: Toshiki Okada
Performers: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki

■New York
Days: 9th–10th, Jan, 2009
Venue: Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium Japan Society
Japan Society WEB site

■Columbus
Days: 14th, Feb, 2009
Venue: Performance Space of Wexner Center for the Arts
Wexner Center for the Arts WEB Site

"Five days in March"
Text and Direction: Toshiki Okada
Performers: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki, Hiromasa Shimonishi
Kohei Adachi, Tomomitsu Adachi, Riki Takeda, Izumi Aoyagi.

■Minneapolis
Days: 15th-17th, Jan, 2009
Venue: Walker Art Center
Walker Art Center WEB Site

■Vancouver
at PUSH International Performing Arts Festival
Days: 21st- 24th, Jan, 2009
Venue: Performance Works
PUSH International Performing Arts Festival Web Site

■Seattle
Days: 28th, Jan-1st, Feb, 2009
Venue：Studio Theater at On the Boards
On the Boards WEB Site

■New York
Days: 5th-7th, Feb, 2009
Venue: Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium Japan Society
Japan Society WEB Site

■Columbus
Days: 12th-14th, Feb, 2009
Venue: Performance Space of Wexner Center for the Arts
Wexner Center for the Arts WEB Site

■St, Louis
Days: 17th, Feb, 2009
Venue: Lee Theate
U. of Missouri St. Louis WEB Site

■Chicago
Days: 20th-22nd, Feb, 2009
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Art WEB Site

Toshiki Okada×Dea Loher "Tatowierung"

2009-04-21T07:47:12Z

Toshiki Okada×Dea Loher
"Tatowierung”
Text: Dea Loher Direction: Toshiki Okada

■Dates: 15th- 31st, May, 2009
■Venue: New National Theatre, The pit
New National Theatre WEB site

chelfitsch Performance "About A Room of Memory" at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

2009-07-03T03:16:47Z

There will be a performance by chelfitsch as a part of the exhibition, held by 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. It's going to be performed with the installation by Chiharu Shiota. Please come and see it.

■Director: Toshiki Okada
■Perfoemers: Taichi Yamagata, Shoko Matsumura, Tomomitsu Adachi, Mari Ando, Izumi Aoyagi
■Art: Chiharu Shiota

■Period: Tuesday July 14, 2009~Sunday July 26, 2009　※closed:Monday July 20
　※Continuously happen during the period 13:00〜17:00

■Venue: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa　Room#6(Zone1)
　access

■Admission: free
※You need a ticket for Zone1 or Zone1＋Zone2
　details

■Contact:
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Phone: +81-76-220-2800　　http://www.kanazawa21.jp/

■Organized by :
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
[Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation]
■Cooperation: precog

chelfitsch New Piece "Who Knows We Are Not Injured like the Others?" @STspot / YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART

2009-12-22T01:39:51Z

chelfitsch New Piece
"Who Knows We Are Not Injured like the Others?"

Playwrite/director: Toshiki Okada
Performer: Taichi Yamagata, Shoko Matsumura, Mari Ando
Izumi Aoyagi, Riki Takeda, Makoto Yazawa, Yukiko Sasaki

[Date & Venue]
14th(sun) ~ 26th(fri) Feb. @STspot access
1st(mon) ~ 10th(wed) Mar. @YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART access

[Price]
adv.3000yen / door 3500yen / student 2500yen

[Ticet reservation & Inquiries]
Please contact us with date, the number of tickets and your name at info@precog-jp.net or 03-3423-8669.