The Amagasaki Youth Creative Theater of Hyogo Prefecture (Piccolo Theater) and the Hyogo Prefectural Piccolo Theater Company have been running a series of social inclusion activities deeply engaged with local areas, leading to high praise, including winning the Japan Association for Arts Management Award in 2023 and the International Grassroots Initiatives Merit Award of the Hyogo Consortium of International Associations in 2024. In this program, you will attend a lecture and a hands-on workshop with lecturers from the theater.

Through their insight on accessibility services for people with visual impairments and deaf and hard-of-hearing people and the workshop for foreign residents in local communities, “Nihongo de asobo! (Let’s play using Japanese!),” we will think about what we can do to achieve a society where everyone lives comfortably engaging with the arts.

Program to be featured:

First Half Session (Lecture)

⁃ About social inclusion activities at the Piccolo Theater and the Hyogo Prefectural Piccolo Theater Company

⁃ Outline of the workshop for foreign residents “Nihongo de asobo! (Let’s play using Japanese!)”

⁃ Outline of “Accessibility Services” for people with visual impairments and deaf and hard-of-hearing people

⁃ Making process from selecting the performance for providing “Accessibility Services” to conducting the actual services

⁃ Tips for the accessible audio guide and captions with a demonstration and trial

Second Half Session (Workshop trial)

⁃ Making process from the beginning to the conducting of the workshop for foreign residents “Nihongo de asobo! (Let’s play using Japanese!)”

⁃ Workshop trial

⁃ Talk about the idea of the workshop structure and tips

⁃ The workshop theme can be ordinary topics such as disaster prevention and disposal of garbage

⁃ Feedback and review

* Please join with easy-to-move outfits and shoes. (At the second half session, we will play moving our body in the workshop trial.)

FURUKAWA Chikako (Public Relations and Communication Specialist, Amagasaki Youth Creative Theater of Hyogo Prefecture [Piccolo Theater])

SUGAWARA Yuki (Hyogo Prefectural Piccolo Theater Company Actor)

◇View artists profiles in flyer (PDF only in Japanese)

1,100yen (Cash payment must be made on the day of the training.)

approx. 15 (Advance application on a first-come, first-served basis)

Eligibility:

People including those who are currently active as professionals including workshop leaders and music facilitators, municipalities or cultural administration personnel

Mon, Dec 16, 2024 14:00-Wed, Jan 15, 2025 18:00

* First-come, first-served basis. The application will be closed once the application number reaches the limit.

Application Form (The form is only in Japanese.) The application has been closed. 

⁃ The application will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and will be closed when the application number reaches the limit; however, it will become available again in case of cancellations and such situations. Please note that we do not offer wait list for the cancellation.

⁃ If an applicant submits multiple times, only the first application will be valid.

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⁃ The applications are accepted only for the participation of applicants themselves.

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Production Section +81-3-3828-2111

Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government/Tokyo Bunka Kaikan operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Supported by: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan/Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities