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November 5, 2020
Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
PR Office for Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13

Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13
Restarting from Spring 2021!
Announcing new dates for the 12 projects which have been postponed
Tokyo (November 5, 2020）－Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan
Foundation for History and Culture), organizers of the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13, are pleased toannounce that a new schedule for the 12 proposed projects have been decided. The implementation of theseprojects had been delayed due to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games postponement and the COVID19 outbreak.

The Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13, consisting of thirteen projects selected from 2,436 proposals submitted
by applicants from Japan and abroad, kicked off in September 2019. However, most projects slated for the period
between April and September 2020 had to be postponed.
Fortunately, this initiative, which aims to promote Tokyo as a city of arts and culture during the Tokyo 2020
Olympic and Paralympic Games, will undergo a fresh start from spring onwards in 2021. Due to the postponement,
there will be some changes to the program. The relaunch of the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13 will take placeat various venues in Tokyo. The projects are rich in creativity and cover diverse genres, overflowing with anattitude of taking on challenges to open up possibilities for the future. Come and feel Tokyo’s distinctive allure as acity of arts and culture.

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The new schedule for the postponed projects (listed in Japanese alphabetical order) *tentative:
Project Title

Planned by

Scheduled for

The Constant Gardeners

Jason Bruges Studio (UK)

Summer 2021

SUMIDA RIVER | Storm and Urge

NPO TOPPING EAST

Spring, Summer 2021

World Performing Arts Festival 2020
[New project title TBA]

Japan Folk Performing Arts Association

Summer 2021

DANCE TRUCK TOKYO

JAPAN DANCE TRUCK ASSOCIATIONMarch – August 2021

TOKYO SENTO Festival 2020

TOKYO SENTO Festival 2020 ExecutiveCommittee(Wed) May 26 – (Sun) September 5,2021

TOKYO REAL UNDERGROUND

NPO Dance Archive Network

Spring 2021

Pavilion Tokyo 2020

Pavilion Tokyo 2020 Executive Committee(Thu) July 1 – (Sun) September 5, 2021

The Speed of Light

Marco Canale (Argentina)

May 2021

After-school Diversity Dance

ADD Executive Committee

January – August 2021

masayume[mé]Summer 2021

Exhibition of MANGA “What ifTokyo”Exhibition of MANGA “What if Tokyo”
Executive Committee

Summer 2021

Secret project

TBATBA

Conducted at five venues in 2019.
Performance without spectators, recorded in
September 2020

Workshops held from September 2019,scheduled to restart from January 2021.

N.B. Light and Sound Installation “Coded Field” planned by Rhizomatiks, was held on (Sat) November 16, 2019.

About Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL
Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL is an initiative that unfolds a variety of cultural programs in the run-up to the Olympicand Paralympic Games held in Tokyo, promoting its appeal as a city of arts and culture.
Official website: https://tokyotokyofestival.jp/en/
About Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Arts Council Tokyo sought a wide range of creative and innovative ideas
from the public for projects that would become the core of the cultural programs for the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL.
From a total of 2,436 project proposals submitted from within Japan and overseas, 13 were selected forimplementation. The 13 projects are collectively named “Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13,”and are being
implemented in sequence.
Official website: https://ttf-koubo.jp/en/＜For inquiries about this project＞
Public Call for Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13
TEL：03-6256-9921 E-mail：info@ttf-koubo.jp＜Media Contact＞
Mika Mizuno | Rika Konno
PR Office for Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13
TEL : 080-8436-7608 | 070-6478-7121
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