November 17, 2022

<Press Release>

Aichi Prefectural Art Theater(Aichi Arts Foundation)

Aichi Arts Center announces Yearly Programs
at Aichi Prefectural Art Theater for 2023-2024 season

Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (administered by Aichi Arts Foundation) which is a part of
Aichi Arts Center is pleased to announce our yearly programs for 2023-2024 season (fromApril 2023 to March 2024).

If you have any questions or inquiries, please don't hesitate tocontact us.

Contact
Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi Arts Foundation)
PR & Marketing Section (Kenjiro “Ken” Hayashi)
1-13-2 Higashi-Sakura, 461-8525 JAPAN
Tel: +81-52-955-5506
Email: pr@aaf.or.jp

Fax: 81-52-971-5541

WEB: https://www-stage.aac.pref.aichi.jp/

In 2023-2024 season (from April 2023 to March 2024), the Aichi Prefectural Art Theater(APAT) will present wide variety of programs that everyone can enjoy in a safe and securemanner.
In Main Theater, we will present a new performance by our Artistic Director Teshigawara, aclassical ballet masterpiece, “Don Quixote” by the National Ballet of Japan, and “Revisor” by
the dance company led by Crystal Pite.
In Concert Hall, we will present the subscription concert by the “NHK Symphony Orchestra,Tokyo,” and a special organ concert by Matthias Maierhofer whose performances are highly
acclaimed at overseas music festivals.
Following last year, “Family Program” in Golden Week holidays (in May) and summer
vacation (in July and August) includes “Open House” that will offer free tours of the Concert
Hall, popular introductory organ concerts, “The Organ Night & Day 2023,” and the Australianartist group “The Last Great Hunt” with a story about friendships between a puppy and thepeople he meets, “New Owner.” Not only at APAT but also within the prefectural tours, wewill offer many programs that will make it easier for families to come to the theater.
Our year-round cutting-edge “Mini Theater Selection” series will feature the 21st AAF
Drama Award Winning Commemorative Performance and a collaborative project with Dance
Base Yokohama (DaBY) that develops professional dance environments and trains creators.
In addition, we will promote a project called “Theater and 70,000 Children Project” thatinvites local students to visit the theater, programs that raises awareness of multiculturalcommunities and learning for foreign residents; and programs of HR development that helps
both staff and artists gain newer and higher skills.
We hope that you will come and visit us at the theater again next season.

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Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Event Schedule

The information provided is current as of November 7, 2022. Content, performers, etc., may be changed due to unavoidable circumstances. For the latest information, such as the details of the performance and the release date, please see the website and flyers.

4 29
ConcertHall

Mini

Theater

5Concert
Hall

MusicOpen House atConcert Hall

Theater

Mini

Theater

Free admission to Concert Hall!
You can tour places where you
cannot normally see.
Participatory events are also
held in Mini Theater.

2(Tue) 19:30/3

Performance(Wed/Public Holiday)
11:00/14:00

(Tue)

- 27

(Fri)

Mini

Theater

Children will laugh but
adults may cry. With
puppets and animation, a
puppy goes on a thrillingadventure.
Production and appearance:
The Last Great Hunt(Australia)(Prefectural tour to also be scheduled)

8 14 /15

Enjoy the fascination of pipe organ musicfor 45 minutes for 500 yens.

Theater

(Mon)

Mini

- 29
10 27
Nuthmique + Miyu Hosoi(Thu)“New Owner”

The Organ
Night & Day 2022

©Daniel Grant Photographer

Performance

Kidd Pivot“Revisor”

For the first time since2021, when heco-authored “A Man
Like A Wave,”
Nuthmique’s Masashi
Nukata and soundartist Miyu Hosoi haveteamed up again.

© Mai Komura/Mahaya Takara©Ken_Hirose(Prefectural tour to also be scheduled)11.2（Thu）- 5（Sun）© Seiji Agata

A collaborative work with Dance Base
Yokohama (DaBY), featuring Ryu Suzuki,
Shinji Ohmaki and evala. This encore
performance has been confirmed even
before the premiere in March 2023!

Art Festival in theHisaya (Sakae-kita) area

11 3(Fri)DaBY Dance Project“Rain”

The first visit of Kidd Pivot, the dance company led by Crystal
Pite who also is a resident choreographer of NDT; one of theworld’s most popular contemporary dance company.

A theatrical work for multichannel speakers and the body

The Story of the Seagull
and the Gang of Tomcats

8 18(Fri) 19:00

Performance

(Sun)

(Tue)

Co-produced by the Bulgarian
Sofia Puppet Theatre and theJapanese Puppet Theatre PUK.

Organ: Yurie Tsuzuki(Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Organist)

5 19Main

7 25(Sat/Public Holiday)

A performance for the Theater and 70,000 ChildrenProject.
Elementary, junior high, and high school students areinvited. For details on this project, see the back page.

The “Mini” in Mini Theater Selection refers to the Mini Theater. A generic term for agroup of pioneering and experimental programs held in the Mini Theater. We havecarefully selected pieces from the same era that we would love everyone from Aichi tosee.

A festival for families, centered on Golden Week and the summer vacation.
There will be plenty of events for families to enjoy, so even newcomers to thetheater will feel welcome. In addition to performances, there will also be theater
tours and workshops for kids.

Main

Theater/4(Fri/Public Holiday)(Sat)

National Ballet of Japan Performance“Don Quixote”

Japan’s leading ballet group, which was founded with thebirth of the New National Theatre, will perform in Main
Theater with a full-fledged Grand Ballet.

©Takayuki AbeStarring: Yui Yonezawa(Principal at National Ballet of Japan)
Dance[Kota Chomin Kaikan Sakura Hall]

8 24
Main

©Kenji Azumi(Thu)

Backstage Tour

Theater

DancePerformance©Michael Slobodian

6 15 /16(Thu)

Mini

Theater

Dance

(Fri)

HallMini

TheaterDance “The Art of Fugue”
J.S. Bach Composition

Dance© Yutaka Mori

MusicConcert- Refresh your Spirit witha Shower of Music -Hall©Naoko Nagasawa

7 16 /17(Sun)MainTheaterMusic(Mon/Public Holiday)

New dance work by Saburo Teshigawara
Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Artistic Director

A creative dance work produced and performed by Artistic
Director Saburo Teshigawara.

Concert(Sat) 15:00

NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
The Subscription Concert
A leading Japanese orchestra
that has invited world-classconductors and soloists andhas given many historicalperformances since itsestablishment.

A one-hour concert with classical mostfavorites, performed by a proficient
Austrian organist.
Organ: Matthias Maierhofer(Sat)Mini

Theater©Akihito AbeMusicMini

TheaterTaro Yasuno Zombie Music“Mausoleum Beyond”
A special edition of a live
performance that boldly takes on anew expression of sound withoriginal instruments and distinctive
performances.

©Martin Richardson(Sun)

21st AAF Drama Award Winning
Commemorative Performance

Drama Award that
explores a question of“What is Drama?”©Kosaku Nakagawa

PerformanceWritten by: KunikoMoriyasu
Directed by: Shirotama
Hitsujiya (Director,Playwright, Actor,“YUBIWA Hotel” Artistic
Director, Social Worker)

12 15Concert/16(Fri) 19:00(Sat) 15:00

Christmas Organ Concert
by Eri Niiyama 2023

The annual Christmas pipe organconcert. Featuring organ and otherinstruments.

(Sun)

Sound Performance
Platform Special Live[Contact] Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts,
Art Information and Public Relations Division
0561-76-2873

(Fri)

Hall

10 14 /15

Aichi University of the Arts Orchestra
34th Annual Concert

11 24 - 26(Wed) 15:00/19:30

Organ Premium Hour(Sun)

An annual concert by the only public arts
university orchestra in Tokai region, conductedby Tadaaki Otaka, the music director of theOsaka Philharmonic Orchestra.
MusicHallMusic©Akihito AbeHallYasutake Shimaji & Tamaki
ROY Jiri Pokorny (ex-NDTmember)

9 27

Direction, Lighting, Costumes, Music Selection, Dance :SaburoTeshigawara
Artistic Collaborator, Dance: Rihoko SatoDanceConcert(Series at Aichi Prefectural Art Theater)

Organ: Yuka Ishimaru© Takashi Shikama

11 19(Sun)

DaBY Performing Arts
Selection 2023

9 23(Fri) 15:00/19:30

A one-hour concert with classiccal mostfavorites.
MusicDanceA new collaborative project tocreate new works with DaBY
and premiere at APAT.

Highly and widely acclaimed
two artists will dance with
Bach’s late masterpiece, “TheArt of Fugue,” accompanied bylive piano.

The Organ HourConcert

9 16 /17(Sat)

Akira Kasai & Motoko Hirayama

6 23Experience

Let’s explore the Main Theater
together and discover areas you
can’t normally see!

MusicOrgan: Eri Niiyama

Notice of closure of the Aichi Prefectural Art Theater due to elevator renovation work
Due to elevator renovation work, the theater will be closed during the following period.
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Mini Theater

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