Knowledge:
YPAM Performing Arts Pitch Session and Market
About the event
SOIL (Stages for Originality, Innovation, and Leadership) is a program supporting the international roll-out of Japanese performing arts.
During the international training program this August in Edinburgh and London, SOIL organised the Japan Selection by SOIL2025, a pitch event of the selected works. The event caught the attention of many, and we will be bringing this same event to Japan for the first time in December at the international performing arts event YPAM2025.
This event, renamed SOIL by JPASN Performing Arts Pitch Session and Market, is aimed at international producers participating in YPAM2025. It will feature presentations by eight producers and showcases by performers from the selected works of SOIL’s 2025 program. Even more, there will be talk sessions discussing the international development of Japanese performing arts, along with networking opportunities.
We hope that this event will create new encounters and possibilities for Japanese performing arts.
Program
Time Table
The event is composed of four sections. (Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes)
1. Introduction
Explanation of the SOIL initiative.
2. Talk session
Symposium by guest speakers on past international collaborations.
3. Japan Selection Pitch
Pitch presentations by eight Japanese producers.
Momo Sakamoto（HANCHU-YUEI）/Atsuko Sakata（Ikiume） /Yuki Shinozaki（TBS） /Sae Takamoto（Theatre Company Awai） /Sensha Takahashi（OFFICE SHIKA） /Emiri Tanaka（HoriPro Inc.） /Natsumi Furo（TOHO CO., LTD） /Matsui Masato（Theatrical Company Aokirimikan）
4. Networking time
Opportunity to talk with Japanese producers and artists. (catering provided)
Event Overview
Event: SOIL by JPASN Performing Arts Pitch Session and Market
Venue: Art Center NEW
(B1F, Shintakashima Station, 5-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012, JAPAN – [MAP])
Admission: Free (Registered professionals: free drink included)
Language: Japanese and English (Simultaneous interpretation available)
Featured Works
|
Name |
Organization |
Work |
|---|---|---|
|
Emiri Tanaka |
HoriPro Inc. |
Future Boy Conan |
|
Natsumi Furo |
TOHO Co., Ltd |
Musical “In This Corner of the World” |
|
Momo Sakamoto |
Theater Collective HANCHU-YUEI |
The Unknown Dancer in the Neighborhood |
|
Yuki Shinozaki |
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) |
EL NINJA VS. CYBORG DRAGON (concept) |
|
Sae Takamoto |
Theatre Company Awai |
SONNET |
|
Sensha Takahashi |
The Shoulder Pads from Japan |
1 Shoulder pads – GALAXY TRAIN – Japanese musical theatre |
|
Masato Matsui |
Theatrical Company Aokirimikan |
The Traffic Signal Ignoring Insects |
|
Atsuko Sakata |
Ikiume |
The Sun |
about the organizer
JPASN (Japan Performing Arts Solidarity Network) is a nationwide alliance of over 200 artists, companies, and organizations, committed to fostering sustainability, ethics, and international exchange in Japanese performing arts.
SOIL (Stage for Originality, Innovation and Leadership) is a national initiative supporting the international presence of Japanese performing arts. Powered by JPASN, the program is funded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and supports creators through global promotion, training, and network-building.
