ACM Theatre / June - August 1998

June - August 1998
For reservations and information, please call (029)225-3555.

Contemporary Dance Festival in Mito

Choreography: Hervé Robbe
"BYE, SEE YOU NEXT…NO MORE"
by Compagnie Le Marietta Secret
June 6 (Sat) 7:00 p.m.
June 7 (Sun) 4:00 p.m.
All seats reserved
¥3,000 General
¥2,700 for groups of 10 or more
¥1,500 for 7th - 12th graders
¥7,200 for all three performances

Choreography: Hervé Robbe
"BYE, SEE YOU NEXT…NO MORE"
by Compagnie Le Marietta Secret

Choreography: Boris Charmatz
"AATT...ENEN...TIONON"
by Boris Charmatz Dance Company
June 9 (Tue) / 10(Wed) 7:00 p.m.
Free seating
¥2,000 General
¥1,800 for groups of 10 or more
¥1,000 for 7th - 12th graders
¥7,200 for all three performances
Entrance Hall

Choreography: Hervé Robbe
"Karada no Ongaku (Music Inside our Bodies)"
by ATM Dance Company
June 13 (Sat) 7:00 p.m.
June 14 (Sun) 4:00 p.m.
All seats reserved
¥3,000 General
¥2,700 for groups of 10 or more
¥1,500 for 7th - 12th graders
¥7,200 for all three performances

* A joint ticket for all the three performances above can be purchased for ¥7,200, at a savings of ¥800.

Related Events
Post-performance Talk
After each performance, the choreographer and performers will present an explanation of their work at the ACM Theatre. They will also respond to questions from and exchange opinions with the audience.

Photography Exhibition: "Dance Captured on Film"
Photographs of performances from previous Contemporary Dance Festivals in Mito will be displayed in the Entrance Hall. See moments of dance preserved in film.

Sankyoku (Shamisen, Koto, and Shakuhachi) Concert / Mito Art Festival
June 21 (Sun) 1:00 p.m.
Admission Free
Come enjoy the harmony of the sound of the shamisen, koto and shakuhachi.

"Nomura Kyogen Yorozu no Kai" -- Kyogen Performances by Manzo Nomura et al.
Kyogen "Funawatashi Muko (Bridegroom Aboard Ship)" / "Shini-gami (Death)"
June 26 (Fri) 7:00 p.m.
All seats reserved
A ¥3,000 B ¥2,000
Program
"Funawatashi Muko (Bridegroom Aboard Ship)"
"Shini-gami (Death)"
Performers
Manzo Nomura, Man-no-jo Nomura,
Ryosuke Nomura, et al.

"Utai to Shimai no Kai" (Performances of Noh Chants and Dances)
June 28 (Sun) 10:00 a.m.
Admission Free
Won't you come and view the elegant dances of these experienced performers?

Noh in Mito -- Kita School
July 4 (Sat) 2:00 p.m./6:00 p.m.
All seats reserved
A ¥3,000 B ¥2,000
Noh "Aoi no Ue (Lady Aoi)"
Performers:
Yoshio Awaya, Hiroyuki Awaya, Tamon Sasaki,
Tsuneyoshi Mori, Yoshihiro Tateda

Ballet Festival / Mito Art Festival
July 11 (Sat) 2:00 p.m.
Admission Free
Recital performances by local ballet troupes, made of budding (and cute) young "prima ballerinas."

Shimin Engeki Gakko (Mito Citizens' Theatre Academy)
Graduation Performance
July 18 (Sat) 6:30 p.m.
July 19 (Sun) 3:00 p.m.
Free seating ¥1,500
This is the second year that the Mito Citizens' Theatre Academy has put on a graduation performance of its students. The experience shows.

Shimin Buyo Gakko (Mito Citizens' Dance Academy)
Graduation Performance
July 25 (Sat) 7:00 p.m.
July 26 (sun) 4:00 p.m.
Free seating ¥1,500
The Mito Citizens' Dance Academy opened in October 1997. This is the first time a graduation performance has been put on by its students.

Mito Children's Theatre Academy
Graduation Performance
August 1 (Sat) 7:00 p.m.
August 2 (Sun) 4:00 p.m.
Admission Free
Performances by children who have put in many hours of lessons after entering the Mito Children's Theatre Academy this April.

Mito Area High School Theatre Festival
August 8 (Sat)/9 (Sun)
Times yet to be determined.
For details, please call at (029)227-8123

Shimin Engeki-sai (Citizens' Theatre Festival)
August 20 (Thu) 7:00 p.m., 23 (Sun) 4:00 p.m., 28 (Fri) 7:00 p.m., 29 (Sat) 4:00 p.m., 30 (Sun) 6:30 p.m.
Free seating ¥1,000
Performances by local amateur dramatic troupes. A total of five different groups are participating this year, one performing each day of the festival.

ACTI(O)NOMETER -- Koko Engeki Koza (Lectures on drama for high school students)
For details, please call at 029-227-8123.

Gekidan ACM (Acting Company Mito) "Yomu Kotoba -- Play to the Gallery"

Admission free.
Special readings by members of the Gekidan ACM, held once monthly in various spots around the Art Tower Mito complex, including the Entrance Hall and the Contemporary Art Gallery.

June 21 (Sun) 12:30 p.m. "Tabi (Travel)"
July 12 (Sun) 12:30 p.m. "Authors 2"

ATM Dance Company "Dance Experiment in the Entrance Hall"

Admission Free
The ATM Dance Company present experimental performances in the Entrance Hall once monthly. Once in a while they show up at the weekend pipe-organ Promenade Concerts. Keep watching.

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