FESTIVAL/TOKYO

Summary

Leading art and theatre critics, journalists and editors will be gathering at F/T to experience the program and discuss the works through their unique perspectives and methods. The participants will also invite the F/T artists, creative staff, professionals and regular audience members for talks and events, transforming F/T into a site of debate.

Hoo Kuan Cien [Singapore]
Born in 1981. Studied theatre at the National University of Singapore. Previously Project Manager of TheatreWorks - led by Ong Keng Sen - he has also worked at the 2009 Singapore Arts Festival, curated by Goh Ching Lee, and The Necessary Stage's 2006 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. His interests like in contemporary theatre and dance, and he is visiting Japan for the first time under the Visiting Fellows Program of The Saison Foundation.

Kyoko Iwaki [Japan]
Born in 1977. Performing arts journalist. Alongside her career as a journalist, covering articles in 15 countries and 29 cities, this year she has completed an MA in Performance and Culture at Goldsmiths University of London. Her book "Tokyo Theatre Today: Conversations with Eight Emerging Theatre Artists" was published in 2011. For F/T Dialogue she will be leading the program "Blog Camp in F/T" for young critics and journalists.
Learn more: http://blogcamp-festivaltokyo.com

Atsushi Sasaki [Japan]
Born in 1964. Critic. Leader of HEADZ and editor and publisher of the magazine ex-po. Teaches at Waseda University and Musashino Art University. His many books include "Encounter with the Unknown", "Japanese Thought" and "What is Criticism?"

Seno Joko Suyono [Indonesia]
Seno Joko Suyono is the producer of Indonesia Theater of Studioʼs "The Bionarration of A Disjointed Body!". He graduated from the philosophy faculty of UGM. He had written some books, including a novel, "Tak Ada Santo Dari Sirkus". He is a journalist and managing editor of art and cultural articles for Tempo Magazine. He also was a producer for choreographer Yola Yoviantiʼs performance, "Water Proof in Indonesia Dance Festival" (2012).

Hyunsuk Seo [Korea]
Born in 1965. Director and researcher in performing arts. Lecturer in interdisciplinary arts at Yonsei University. He has directed the site-specific performances, "FAT SHOW", "Heterotopia", "The Divine Prostitution of the Soul", and "Desire Paths".

Naoto Moriyama [Japan]
Born in 1968. Theatre critic. Lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design's Department of Performing Arts, and chief researcher at the university's Kyoto Performing Arts Center, editing its journal, Performing Arts. Member of the executive committee for KYOTO EXPERIMENT (Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival) 2012. His main publications include "On the Origin of the Silent Plays of Shogo Ota" and "'The Stage' Opened Up by the 'Documentary'".

Daisuke Muto [Japan]
Dance critic. Associate professor at the literature faculty of Gunma Prefectural Women's University. Co-author of "History of Ballet and Dance" (2012). His thesis was on Kazuo Ono and he has also written about Yvonne Rainer. He contributes to a monthly dance magazine in Korea. He was the co-curator of the Indonesian Dance Festival in Jakarta.

Mitsuru Yamamoto [Japan]
Born in 1973. He joined Seidosha in 1997 as part of the editorial department. He moved to the editorial desk of Eureka magazine in 1999, and became the editor-in-chief in 2006.

Further details will be released on the F/T website at a later date.