Providing a frame for emerging artists to present their independent works, eight works are selected and presented in the “F/T Emerging Artists Program”.

F/T Emerging Artists was launched with the aim of providing a platform for young artists and theatre companies to present their independent works. Developing from the Theatre/University series of F/T 09 Spring and Autumn, the participants are openly recruited, and selected by F/T. Providing for several aspects such as rehearsal space and venue, we encourage the artists to challenge the new creation of outstanding works reflecting varying values and understandings.

Despite the short deadline for the call for applications, a total of 80 companies and individual artists submitted their applications. After the selection process, eight applicants were invited to join the program. The participants all have in common that they seek to be pioneers on the field of performing arts by applying innovative and original methods. How can reality be linked to the world of performing arts in contemporary society where the diversification of values are seen?

In the future we are aiming to expand this project to feature other countries in Asia too. Seeking to capture, confront and share the present-day reality in Asia, we wish to create a platform for the creation of new values on a larger scale.