August 9, 2010 to Ausut 22, 2010
* Performance: August 21 & 22／Further information is coming soon.

5 performers, guest 2 performers, 2 stage staff members

●Age limit: No
* Depends on the programs
●Specification of Countries: No
* Depends on the programs

●Traveling expense: Available
* Depends on the programs
●Production fee: Available
* Depends on the programs
●Living expense: Available
* Depends on the programs
●Professional and staff support: Available
* Interpreter、Stage Production、Sound、Lighting
●Opportunities for presentation/exhibitions: Available
* Outcome of the residency is to give a public performance
●Publication and distribution of program report: Available
* Depends on the programs

Closed
* Performance is host by the Museum

N/A

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa ［Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation］

Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation

Nil

Theater 21, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Same as above

●Exhibit space: Available
●Production area: Available
●Accommodation: Not Available
* For accommodation is, residents can stay at Yuwaku Center for Crafts and Culture, which run by the same organization. 5 rooms (4 Japanese style and one Western style), Common Bath are available. Capacitie are for 24 people.
●Other
○Theater 21 is available for performance, drama, concert, performance, lectures and symposium as a base of cultural exchange activities. It is also used for new media, performing arts as a multi-purpose hall.
* Theater21（movable seats 182）: 252.0m2
* Greenroom 1: 17.9m2
* Greenroom 2: 15.6m2
* Dressing Room 1: 50.3m2
* Dressing Room 2: 49.6m2
* Preparation Room: 85.8m2

Kanazawa City is located in the geographical center of Honshu Island of Japan. Rich in forest and water resources with the climate typical to Japan Sea areas. A long-time a center of traditional craft works dating back to the Edo era. At the same time, this capital of Ishikawa prefecture has good transportation systems and many commercial and industrial activities, and is one of the largest tourist cities in Hokuriku region. The museum is located in the center of the city, near Kanazawa Castle and Kenroku-en. Kanazawa City was designated as a UNESCO Creative City. Cultural features of Kanazawa have been attracting growing attention from within and outside of Japan.

○ [By plane] Approx. 50 minus by bus from Komatsu Airport (via Kanazawa City)
* From Tokyo (Haneda)to Komatsu : Approx. one hour flight
○[By train] Get off at JR Kanazawa Station, then take a bus from East Bus Terminal 7 to 10 or West Terminal 7 and get off at the Korinbo bus stop and walk for approx. five minutes
* From Tokyo to Kanazawa: Approx. four hours by train
* From Osaka or Nagoya to Kanazawa: Approx. two and a half to three hours by train

The opportunity to show the winner’s work on stage in Kanazawa and participate in the residency program (complimentary studio use and accommodation, etc.) was given to the grand prize winner of Toyota Choreography Award 2008. The winner choreographer Yukio Suzuki stayed and choreographed in Kanazawa with his dance company Kingyo, culminated in the first performance of the dance piece completed in the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

FY 2006
* Inagurating year of AIR program

Agreeing and supporting the mission of the award program by Toyota Motor Corporation, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa organized this performance event in fiscal 2009 as part of the prize package (stage performance and residency program) that the museum offered to the grand prize winner of Toyota Choreography Award 2008. The museum will continue to organize the event for the prize winner in 2011. The purpose of the culminating performance event of the residency program in Kanazawa is to make the city a birthplace of a new dance piece, and a place of performing the first stage of the new piece; and at the same time to promote the interaction between artists and local communities through a long-term residency, and to help increase the recognition and popularity of contemporary dance among local people.

This two-week residence program was carried out in such a way that the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa offered a performance event site, a practice/rehearsal space, and accommodation; and Toyota Motor bore part of production costs. On the final two days, the choreography the artist worked on during the residency was performed on stage for the first time. Toward the culminating event, the artist collaborated with local theater even from the production phase, exploring new, unique possibilities of the residency program in Kanazawa.

○Yukio Suzuki『HEAR』 Collaborated by three artists, Yukio Suzuki（Dance）×Naoyuki Tsuji（Annimation）×Kazuhisa Uchihashi（Music）and premiere in Kanzawa. Followed by 2009’s performance. AIR in Kanazawa by KINGYO.
Choreographer: Yukio Suzuki
Performers: dance company KINGYO(YUKIO SUZUKI・Nao Ashimine・Mari Fukudome・Shotaro Yokozawa）
Sound: Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Animation: Naoyuki Tsuji

FY 2009:
○KINGYO（Yukio Suzuki）Totally 9 performers were invited.
○TOYOTA CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD 2008 Winner’s Performance: KINGYO（Yukio Suzuki）“The Edge of Words” （June 27 & 28, 2009）

Dance Company Kingyo(Yukio Suzuki)

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa ［Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation］
1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa Pref.920-8509
TEL: 076-220-2811 / FAX: 076-220-2806
E-mail: info(at)kanazawa21.jp
Website: http://www.kanazawa21.jp
Contact: Yasuyo KONDO

June 10, 2010