News Release
November 25, 2020 (updated on January 25,2021)

An international platform for professionals who explore the possibility of contemporary performing arts

TPAM ‒ Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2021
February 6 – 14, 2021
(Pre-events: January 24 – February 5)
KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, BankART Temporary (Yokohama Creativecity Center),
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1, other venues in Yokohama and Tokyo, and at your place

Eisa Jocson, Manila Zoo: a work-in-pandemic showing, livestream performance from Manila, Brussels, Frankfurt and Singapore at Taipei Arts Festival 2020 (28–29 August 2020).
Courtesy the artist and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm. Photo: Taipei Arts Festival/Tsai Yao-Cheng.

About TPAM
TPAM – Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama is the only international platform in Japan for performing
arts professionals comprising a 1) performance program that promptly reflects the currents of contemporary
performing arts in Asia and the world, 2) meeting program where hundreds of professionals from festivals,
venues and arts organizations across the world would get together, and 3) open-call program for which
emerging, as well as experienced, artists that look for opportunities would register. This is the 25th edition ofTPAM since its establishment as “Tokyo Performing Arts Market” in 1995, and the 11th edition since movingto Yokohama. This edition will be the last as “TPAM,” and in December 2021, it will enter a new stage as“YPAM – Yokohama Performing Arts Meeting” (tentative).
The 2021 program is different from other years in its scale and forms. Please see the following pages.
Inquires: Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama Secretariat (PARC – Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication)
BankART Temporary 2F, 6-50-1, Hon-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-8315
Tel +81-45-264-6514 | Fax +81-45-264-6598 | info@tpam.or.jp

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About the 2021 Edition
Freedom of expression and gathering was the premise of performing arts, and freedom of movement was ofinternational exchange. These freedoms have been inescapably restricted under the influence of prevention
measures and control against COVID-19, which has been de/reconstructing the concepts of performing arts
and international exchange.
TPAM2021, with a smaller number of programs over an extended period, still bases itself on the idea of live
performance as encounter with “now and here” and sharing of that experience. But some programs areaccessible online and offered to international participants who cannot travel to Japan.
We have invited participation (mainly of local artists and companies, inevitably) in TPAM Fringe without aregistration fee as a solidarity action with those who struggle to continue to perform in this situation. Some ofthem offer alternative ways for experiencing their performances remotely. The deadline for the registration isDecember 20, 2020.
Professional registration for physical or online visitor participation will open in the early December 2020, andnon-professional tickets for performances will be on sale in January 2021. Please find updates on theTPAM2021 website. We look forward to participation of people who engage in the creation, disseminationand vitalization of performing arts.

Programs（are accessible online. More programs might be.）1. TPAM Direction (official performance program)●

Voice of Void (work-in progress) by Ho Tzu Nyen (in collaboration with YCAM) [Singapore / Japan]
January 24 (Sun) – February 6 (Sat) ＠BankART Temporary (Yokohama Creativecity Center)
Following the success of Hotel Aporia at the Aichi Triennale 2019, Ho takes on further investigation into the troubled legacy of theKyoto School philosophy with this VR work scheduled to premiere at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] in April 2021.

●We Kinda Can’t Forget It All by Zan Yamashita [Japan]
January 24 (Sun) – February 14 (Sun) ＠TPAM2021 Website
A forged interview with Zan Yamashita, the artist that has appeared the most in the official performance programs of TPAM, where
he tells only the truths about his international activities since 1995 when he participated in the first edition of TPAM.

●Udlot-Udlot (1975, composed by José Maseda) [Philippines] *CanceledFebruary 8 (Mon) ＠Yokohama City Hall Atrium
A composition for “from thirty up to thousands of performers” by the composer who created a new music through researching
deeply into Southeast Asian indigenous music, performed in the atrium of the newly built City Hall. Music director: Aki Onda.

●Manila Zoo (work-in-pandemic) by Eisa Jocson [Phillippines]February 9 (Tue) – 11 (Thu) ＠KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Middle StudioHaving been created during the pandemic, this latest piece in Jocson’s “Happyland” performance series that hijacks the Disneyrepresentations of “happiness” aims to transform the state of confinement of humans/animals into collective desire for change.

●Fukushima Trilogy #1 “1961: Midnight Sunrise,” #2 “1986: Mobius Strip” and #3 “2011: The
Words Want To Be Spoken” by DULL-COLORED POP [Japan]
February 9 (Tue) – 14 (Sun)＠KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Large StudioThis award-winning, 6-hour trilogy written and directed by Kenichi Tani, whose father was an engineer working at the nuclear plant,
reveals the contradictions in the “post-war” history of Japan. Live-streamed with English subtitles for international audiences.

Inquires: Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama Secretariat (PARC – Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication)
BankART Temporary 2F, 6-50-1, Hon-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-8315
Tel +81-45-264-6514 | Fax +81-45-264-6598 | info@tpam.or.jp

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2. TPAM Exchange (meeting program for professionals)
Promote your productions and projects, propose a theme and host a meeting with other participants ofTPAM, or take part in discussions on issues around the situations of performing arts—TPAM
Exchange constitutes the basis of TPAM offering opportunities for information sharing and networking
through different types of programs.
Under the restriction of international travel, we offer most of the programs both on-site and online. The
TPAM participants’ favorite late night meeting point “Amazone Club” will also happen online for open
discussion and mingling. Please visit the website for the latest information.

3. TPAM Fringe (open-call program)
TPAM Fringe is an all-genre open-call program that invites
registrations of performances and projects carried out inYokohama and Tokyo during the period of TPAM. The
program is for artists/companies/organizers that register tolook for opportunities for international touring and newaudience.
Again, under the restriction of international travel, we expect a smaller number of professionals’ visitsfrom abroad. That should reduce the international exposure of the program, which has been one of themain “opportunities” that TPAM would offer to the Fringe artists/companies. In this situation, we haveinvited registration for this edition’s TPAM Fringe without a fee. Registration is open until December 20,
2020. Some of performances are scheduled to be accessible online.

From TPAM to YPAM
TPAM started as “Tokyo Performing Arts Market” in 1995 andchanged the name from “Market” to “Meeting” in 2011. It moved
to Yokohama the same year and has developed diverse projects,
exchange activities and partnerships through the 25 editions in
total and 11 in Yokohama. Having involved itself also in Asian coproductions since 2015, TPAM has been internationallyrecognized as one of the most influential performing arts platforms
in Asia.
In December 2021, TPAM will strengthen cooperation with the “creative city” Yokohama and make a brandnew start as “YPAM – Yokohama Performing Arts Meeting” (tentative) to bring both commitment to the
local community and international artistic exchange to the next stage.

Inquires: Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama Secretariat (PARC – Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication)
BankART Temporary 2F, 6-50-1, Hon-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-8315
Tel +81-45-264-6514 | Fax +81-45-264-6598 | info@tpam.or.jp

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Project Outline
Professional
Registration

TPAM
Direction

Audience

Registration fee: 3,000 JPY
Online registration to open on December 9

Not Applicable

Online reservation at professional rate to open
on December 25

Sales at Peatix start on January 16

Some programs are admission-free and do not require reservation
TPAM
Exchange

Admission free (Group Meeting hostregistration fee: 10,000‒15,000 JPY)TPAM
FringeAdmission free or from 500 JPY at door (someprograms are not open to the public)

Prices and sellers vary (please contact each registered artist/group)

Project Title

Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2021 (TPAM2021)

PeriodFebruary 6 (Sat) – 14 (Sun), 2021
Pre-event period: January 24 (Sun) – February 5 (Fri)Main venues

KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, BankART Temporary (Yokohama Creativecity Center), Yokohama
Red Brick Warehouse No.1

Organized by

Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama Executive Committee 2021 (The Japan Foundation Asia
Center / Kanagawa Arts Foundation / Yokohama Arts Foundation / PARC – Japan Center, PacificBasin Arts Communication)

Subsidized by

Japan Foundation Asia Center, NOMURA FOUNDATION

Cooperated by

BankART1929

Endorsed byMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, Kanagawa PrefecturalGovernment and City of Yokohama

Joint Projects

Yokohama Dance Collection 2021, Open Network for Performing Arts Management (ON-PAM),
Yokohama Artsite Lounge, Performing Arts AiR Meeting, JaDaFo Dance Symposium 2021, Arts
Commission Yokohama, British Council

WebsiteKAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre

https://www.tpam.or.jp

BankART Temporary (Yokohama Creativecity Center)

Yokohama City Hall Atrium

Inquires: Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama Secretariat (PARC – Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication)
BankART Temporary 2F, 6-50-1, Hon-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-8315
Tel +81-45-264-6514 | Fax +81-45-264-6598 | info@tpam.or.jp

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