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TERA – Round Table Session

On 2018-11-14

Yukari Sakata (Director) + Miho Inatsugu (Performer) + Kyojun Tanaka (Music) + Maho Watanabe (Dramaturge) Interview and text by Yuichi Fukazawa(This interview was conducted on 26th October 2018, during rehearsals for the premier show at Festival/Tokyo) Where each member stands — Yukari, Miho and Kyojun you are all graduates of Tokyo University of the Arts,…

A Journey to Nirvana

On 2018-11-14

Maho Watanabe (Dramaturge) The initial motive for creating “Tera” was NOT an interest in spirituality. Conceived from Festival/Tokyo’s “In the City Performance Series,” our aim was to create a new tour system for the piece to visit multiple cities. The director Yukari Sakata had felt the limitations of both traditional road shows (i.e. bringing ready-made…

To Create

On 2018-03-02

I’m going on a drive with Grant today! I really appreciate that he has freed up a day out of his very busy schedule. Grant is expecting the birth of his second daughter soon, so today will probably be the first and last day for me to go see the sights with him. If she…

On Feminism

On 2018-02-25

This is something totally out-of-the-blue, but I was born a female and think of myself as a woman. Since I came to Los Angeles, I’ve noticed that the topic of feminism comes up in ordinary conversation between women. Just like when I was asked “Do you want to go to a feminist march?” or when…

Day of Remembrance (About Yukio Kawaratani)

On 2018-02-25

I was having a hard time thinking about how to write about an important part of the Nikkei community, but I decided to just start writing about it. On February 17th, I attended the “2018 Day of Remembrance” event that Dean invited me to. The theme of the program was “The Civil Liberties Act of…