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The “Yokohama Triennale 2011,” an international exhibition of contemporary art, was held from August 6 to November 6 and attracted more than 330,000 visitors, resulting in a huge success.
With this success of the “Yokohama Triennale 2011,” the City of Yokohama has launched three Yokohama Art Festivals as its new symbolic project from next year, to keep up the excitement created by art and cultural events and to energize its economy. Yokohama chooses fine art, dancing, and music as the “three arts” to be promoted arts on the stage of the open city of Yokohama, for they can move people all over the world without using language.
Citizens, artists, NPOs, companies, the City of Yokohama, and others concerned are working together for these festivals with three goals in mind: deliver world-class and original arts and culture; creating a bustling Yokohama making much use of its scenic beauty; and collaboration with citizens and the upbringing of the next generation including children.
The art festivals will further improve Yokohama’s attractive resources to world-class “Only 1 and No. 1” items that you can only find in Yokohama, creating a hive of excitements and further activating Yokohama’s economy.
Yokohama will hold “Dance, Dance, Dance @ Yokohama 2012” featuring dancing. It will hold a festival on the theme of music in 2013. Details of “Dance, Dance, Dance @Yokohama 2012” will be decided around spring in 2012.
１． “Dance, Dance, Dance @Yokohama 2012”
The Yokohama Art Festival 2012, a part of the three festivals, will feature dance. Various forms of dances will give Yokohama a vivid, enchanting and festive air; from highly artistic dancing to popular dancing in which the local people and tourists can take part.
Period: mid July – early October 2012
Major venues: Minato-mirai area, Kannai area, Yamashita Park and the surrounding area
Organizer: Preparatory Committee (to be changed to Executive Committee) of “Dance, Dance, Dance @ Yokohama 2012”
Honorary Committee Chairperson: Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture
Committee Chairperson: Fumiko Hayashi, Mayor of Yokohama City
Vice Committee Chairperson: Kenji Sasaki, President of the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Committee Members: NHK Yokohama Station, the Kanagawa Shimbun,the Junior Chamber International Yokohama, Kanagawa Arts Foundation,
Yokohama Arts Foundation, Yokohama Convention and Visitors Bureau
Producer: Kozue Nakayama, Executive Director General of City Brand Promotion Office
Dance Director: Maimi Sato, Theatrical Art Producer
Management Director: Sachiko Iijima, Yokohama Arts Foundation
Outline
-Deliver world-class and original arts and culture
A variety of dancing from world-class dancing to popular dancing in which local people and tourists can easily take part will be featured, including ballet, contemporary dance, ballroom dance, hula dance, hip hop and etc.
-Create a bustling Yokohama making much use of its scenic beauty
Venues will include the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, Kanagawa Arts Theater (KAAT), prefectural and other halls, and an open-air stage with the sea as its background, a stage unique to Yokohama. The City of Yokohama will be full of festive dancing, with the city itself becoming a stage making good use of its urban landscape.
-Collaborate with citizens and the foster of the next generation including children
In collaboration with schools in Yokohama, companies and NPOs, the whole of Yokohama will foster dreams and growth of children and young people.
