FY2024 Contemporary Dance Emerging Artist Development Project 4

"Outreach Project"

Organized by: Contemporary Dance Association

Planning/production: Name of the person or group that will be selected

Supported by: Subsidy for the Promotion of Cultural Affairs from the Agency for Cultural Affairs

(Comprehensive support program for performing arts (development of artists and other talent))

Japan Arts Council

The shape of each soul

Season2, “Dancer meets Electric wheelchair Soccer player.”

Project name

The Shape of Each Soul Season 1, "Dancer meets Electric wheelchair Soccer player."

Overview of the project

This is a collaborative project with the Japan Powerchair Football Association. Through exchanges between powerchair football players and dancers, the project aims to clarify the role that dance can play in building a diverse and sustainable society, and to explore the significance and potential of dance in modern society.

Aim of the project

The dancer and the powerchair soccer player will create a space where they can share the sports and arts that are the driving force behind their lives, and through each other's bodies, they will think about what they can do in this moment and develop the ability to materialize feasible actions. Also, by directly participating in the initiatives that each of them holds dear, they will deepen their mutual understanding and aim to create an environment where people, the source of differences in age, gender, hobbies, tastes and expertise, can autonomously interact with each other.

〇Specific details of the project

In addition to supporting the powerchair soccer players in their sport, we are also considering the following activities as ways to interact with them through dance:

①DANCE performance

Original dance performance

A diversity dance piece was presented that actively incorporated a variety of dance experiences.

②Dancer meets soccer player.

A dance exchange event was held between electric wheelchair soccer players and dancers.

③Electric wheelchair soccer player DANCE

They lined up, spun around, and crossed paths together in time with the rhythm, attempting to create a team dance in which they shared "play" (choreography by Shimizu).

④Electric wheelchair soccer GAME & PLACTICE

The dancers watch live competitions and practice sessions.

〇Goals to be achieved

Creating interaction, understanding and respect between participants with different physical abilities

You can feel a sense of self-affirmation in your own activities. Our goal is to create relationships and environments where you can enjoy your own activities and efforts more than ever before through new connections, increase your sense of self-efficacy and feel a desire to enrich your current lifestyle, and experience physical happiness.