Workshop: Other Head, Other Body

A workshop created around the theme of "oneself" in which, while experiencing the work "Disco" and through "seeing / painting = performing", one meets and dialogues with oneself. The workshop itself is a performance that expands the "Disco" platform. The emergent unknown self, or what might be called "Other Head, Other Body", initiates new events.

◆Study Group: Workshops conducted by specialists (not open to the public)

A study group made up of specialists from various fields who come together to explore the possibilities for using "Disco".

Session 01
Guests: Noh performers Watanabe Shigeto, Takahashi Norimasa, Yabu Katsunori
In cooperation with: Kanazawa Noh Museum
Date: Friday and Saturday, August 19 and 20, 2011

WATANABE Shigeto
Born in 1972 in Kanazawa.
Graduated in Hosho school Noh from the Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Traditional Music.
Granted independence by the 19th generation head of the Hosho-school Hosho Fusateru in 2001.
Debut performances: "Ishibashi" (2003), "Dojoji" (2006), "Midare" (2007).


TAKAHASHI Norimasa
Born in 1976 in Kanazawa.
Graduated in Hosho school Noh from the Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Traditional Music.
Granted independence by the 19th generation head of the Hosho-school Hosho Fusateru in 2007.
Debut performances: "Ishibashi" (2007), "Dojoji" (2011).



YABU Katsunori
Born in 1974; raised in Kanazawa.
After graduating in pharmacology from the University of Tokyo,
entered in Hosho school Noh program of the Department of Traditional Music at Tokyo University of the Arts.
Trained under the head of the Hosho school of Noh.
Became independence in September 2010.



Session 02
Guest: Modern ballet dancer NAKANISHI Yuko

NAKANISHI Yuko
Head of the Kanazawa Creative Studio Yuko Nakanishi Dance Space and Urayasu Modern Dance Academy.
Studied under SHODA Chizu, KASAI Kiyoko and FURUKAWA Yoko.

1998 Study grant from Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
1999 Choreography Prize, Nakano International Dance Competition
2003 Grant for study abroad from Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
2006 Chacott Prize, Contemporary Dance Festival
2009 Teachers’ Prize, Nakano International Dance Competition
2010 Received second place in the Tokyo Shimbun National Ballet Competition in the choreography category
Currently, while training the next generation of young dancers in Kanazawa and Urayasu, she pursues her own creative activities.



Session 03
Guest: Yoga practitioner SUNAYAMA Yukiko

SUNAYAMA Yukiko
Born in 1973 in Hakui, Ishikawa.
Began studying yoga at age 30; went to India in 2006.
She studies and practices yoga as a “way of life”.
Head of the Tara Yoga Studio in Ishikawa Prefecture.




Home Room & Home Work: Studio practice for members (open to the public)

With Disco and their “home”, project members plan and stage a range of events.
Guests: Noh performers Watanabe Shigeto, Takahashi Norimasa, Yabu Katsunori;
Modern ballet dancer NAKANISHI Yuko; Yoga practitioner SUNAYAMA Yukiko
Participants: “Peter McDonald: Visitor” project members
Date: Home Work - intermittently, starting Thursday, September 1;
Home Room - to be held two or so times starting late September.
Venue: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Gallery 13, Long-Term Project, others