The Saison Foundation
The Saison Foundation is a grant-making foundation that supports projects and activities related to contemporary Japanese theater and dance.
THE SAISON FOUNDATION
Kyobashi Yamamoto Building, 4th Floor3-12-7 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0031, Japan
TEL: +81 3 (3535) 5566
FAX: +81 3 (3535) 5565
[Mon thru Fri 10:00 – 17:00]
2017
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Laura Stasane
Arts Manager(Latvia)Producer
Residency Period: from 5 to 21 October 2017
■Research Outline
| Research Theme | Researching the relationship with local |
| Brief Description of the Research | Laura Stasane is interested in artists engaging with local context and certain communities and she explored artist-let projects for community regeneration and empowerment. During her residency, she attended Festival/Tokyo and Kyoto Experiment and interviewed several choreographers, dancers and arts managers from young and emerging to deepen her understanding in Japanese contemporary dance. |
■Residency
| 5 October 2017 | Arrives in Japan |
| 6 to 20 October 2017 | Interviews artists and arts managers Attends Festival/Tokyo and Kyoto Experiment |
| 10 October 2017 | Public Talk at Atelier East, Tokyo Metropolitan Theater |
| 21 October 2017 | Departs Japan |
■Public Talk
| Date | 10 October 2017 |
| Time | 19:00-20:30 |
| Place | Atelier East, Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, co-presented by Festival/Tokyo |
| Title | Places, spaces and people in Riga |
Laura Stasane explained the activities of New Theatre Institute of Latvia based in Riga, the capital of Latvia and introduced one of the biggest leading performing arts festival in the Baltic region, Homo Novus.
■Profile
Laura Stasane
Born in Latvia
Laura Stasane majored in International Culture Relations at Latvian Academy of Culture. She has worked at New Theatre of Latvia as a producer and program curator since 2005. She is mainly in charge of contemporary dance program and has programed for Homo Novus and Dance Moves Cities. She invited contact Gonzo for Dance Moves Cities and produce a dance work by Heine Avdal and Ykiko Shinozaki in collaboration with a Latvian musician for Homo Novus. In 2011, she attended TPAM in Yokohama.
THE SAISON FOUNDATION
Kyobashi Yamamoto Building, 4th Floor3-12-7 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0031, Japan
TEL: +81 3 (3535) 5566
FAX: +81 3 (3535) 5565
[Mon thru Fri 10:00 – 17:00]
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