News Release
November 18, 2022
1/6Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2022
(YPAM2022) returns for latest iteration in December

Photo by Chen Tien-shi (in New York Chinatown)

December 1–18, 2022 at KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, BankART KAIKO,
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1, The Cantonese Club, Amazon Club,YPAM Fringe Center, and more venues

YPAM Secretariat | Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication, 2-43-6 Hatsune-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0053
Tel 045-264-6514 Fax 045-264-6598 info@ypam.jp https://ypam.jp｜｜｜

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ABOUT YPAM
YPAM (Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting) is a professional meeting andperformance festival where arts workers gather to exchange ideas, build networks, and discussvarious issues within contemporary performing arts. Founded in 1995 as TPAM (Tokyo PerformingArts Market) and relocating in 2011 to Yokohama, YPAM is recognized as one of the mostinfluential platforms for international performing arts exchange in Asia and the world.

YPAM2022 PROGRAM
Since 2021, YPAM has been increasing its focus on and engagement with the local areas ofYokohama. We have opened a new Fringe Center in Hatsune-cho, launched the “Unique VenueDevelopment” program to highlight alternative performance spaces in the city, and this year we will
host our YPAM Exchange meetings at The Cantonese Club in Yokohama Chinatown.
While supporting artists and industry professionals to engage with the creative history ofYokohama, we are also embracing new approaches to international exchange. This year, theYPAM Exchange program will take place both in-person and online, providing multiple ways for
professionals to meet and collaborate both in Yokohama and from around the world.
This year, YPAM Direction features works by artists from China, Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan. The
award-winning Taiwanese dance piece LUNA by Bulareyaung Dance Company and the newdance work Jasmine Town by young Beijing-based choreographer Yang Zhen in collaboration
with multiple dancers and local residents of Yokohama Chinatown will be presented alongside Five
Arts Centre’s A Notional History, which examines the history of the Communist Party of Malaya,
and OLTA’s Nippon Ideology (tentative title), a YPAM commission that examines how Japanesenational ideology is encountered in daily life.

PROGRAM OUTLINE1）YPAM Direction (official performance program)

Bulareyaung Dance Company (Taiwan)
LUNADecember 3 at 18:30
KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Hall
General (Audience): ¥3,500
YPAM Participants (Professional): ¥1,500
Photo by Lafun PhotographyAward-winning contemporary dance performance inspired by the songs and rituals of the Bunun indigenouspeople. Led by the Paiwan choreographer Bulareyaung Pagarlava, Bulareyaung Dance Company features
dancers from various Indigenous Taiwanese tribes as well as from the Han race.

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OLTA (Japan)
Nippon Ideology (tentative title)
Dec 9 at 18:00 / 10 at 13:30 / 11 at 13:00
KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Large Studio
General (Audience): ¥2,500
YPAM Participants (Professional): ¥1,000
Hyper Popular Art “Stand Play”
Photo: Yuichiro Tamura

The genre-defying, multidisciplinary artist collective OLTA works on a performative examination of forms thatJapanese ideologies take in daily life. A work-in-progress is presented this year, and the completed work will
be unveiled in 2023.

Yang Zhen (China)
Jasmine Town
Dec 10 at 18:30 / 11 at 17:00
KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Hall
General (Audience): ¥3,500
YPAM Participants (Professional): ¥1,500
Image: Zhang Yongji

The first iteration in a series of projects led by the Beijing-based choreographer Yang Zhen, working withresidents in various Chinatowns around the world. Jasmine Town looks at the diverse identities that coexist
in Yokohama Chinatown, the largest Chinatown in East Asia.

Five Arts Centre (Malaysia)
A Notional History
12.14 Wed 19:00 / 12.15 Thu 19:00
12.16 Fri 19:00 / 12.17 Sat 18:00
BankART KAIKO
General (Audience): ¥3,500
YPAM Participants (Professional): ¥1,500

Photo by Komunitas Salihara / Witjak Widi

Presented as a work-in-progress at TPAM2019, A Notional History makes its return for YPAM2022. Buildingon the critically-acclaimed Baling, this performance examines the conflicting historical accounts of theAnti–British National Liberation War in Malaysia, drawing on interviews with exiled members of theCommunist Party of Malaya.

YPAM Secretariat | Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication, 2-43-6 Hatsune-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0053
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4/62）YPAM Exchange (for professional networking)

The Cantonese ClubYPAM Exchange is a program for performing arts professionals to meet, exchange ideas, anddiscuss issues facing contemporary performing arts. The exchange program takes place acrossmultiple venues in Yokohama, including The Cantonese Club in Yokohama Chinatown, BankART
KAIKO, Former Daiichi Bank Yokohama Branch, as well as via the online platform Swapcard.
Swapcard is a platform for new forms of events that use digital communication to expand themeeting experience. It also offers social networking features that enable you to build a network
across multiple events, and is now being deployed by such performing arts markets and platforms
as PAMS (Korea), APAM (Australia), and CINARS (Canada).
Fondly remembered as a highlight of previous TPAM programs, the late-night meeting point
Amazon Club is back again! Relocated to a new venue in Yokohama, but still with all the sameunique atmosphere, the Amazon Club is the spot to meet new people, spark collaborations andunwind from the day.
More details about the YPAM Exchange program will be released on the YPAM website.

YPAM Secretariat | Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication, 2-43-6 Hatsune-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0053
Tel 045-264-6514 Fax 045-264-6598 info@ypam.jp https://ypam.jp｜｜｜

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The YPAM Joint Program is a program in special cooperation with arts and cultural organizationsof Yokohama and abroad. This year the joint program is presented with the long-term partner ofYPAM, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre; the long-standing performing arts market since 1984,CINARS; and Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1 that established contemporary dance
culture in Yokohama.
●Backyard in RyCom (produced by KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, written by Takuya
Kaneshima, directed by Maiko Tanaka)
Nov 27 – Dec 4 @ KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Middle Studio●CINARS Showcase
Dec 7–8 @ KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Middle Studio●Yokohama Dance Collection 2022
Dec 1–17 @ Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1, Yokohama Nigiwaiza Small Hall, Kannai
Hall, and Zou-no-hana Terrace4）YPAM Fringe (open-call program)

YPAM Fringe is an open-call program for independent performances taking place in theYokohama/Kanagawa Area during YPAM2022. The Fringe program is an opportunity for emerging
and independent artists to show their work to the professional participants and audience of YPAM.
The YPAM Fringe Center (2-43-6 Hatsune-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama) has officially opened. Thiscozy bar offers a place to meet other Fringe participants and learn about the performing arts scene
in Yokohama. It will be open everyday during YPAM2022.
YPAM Fringe 2022 Lineup (as of September 27th)∀∃Nanako Matsumoto, Kengo Nishimoto / team chiipro | Multimedia Performance Company I/O | SC L R | RAU (Reciprocal units within
Art and Urbanism) | SIVOUPLAIT | Doukyusei. | Penghao Theater | Katarzyna Pastuszak, Natalia Chylińska (Amareya Theatre &Guests) | Takao Kawaguchi, Naoyuki Sakai, Pechika Satoh, Kentaro Tsuda, Marie Arishiro | ARICA | dasman | Integrated Dance
Company Kyo | Kamome Machine | Kazuya Sakae | SLOW CIRCUS / SLOW LABEL | Kim Itoh & Physical Theater Company GERO |Office Mountain | Object Theater (Yoshiya Yoshimitsu + Sanghae Kwon) | “miro” | Kota Yamazaki / Body Arts Laboratory | asamicro andKai Maetani

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PARTICIPATION
Professionals are required to register. General public are able to purchase general admission tickets bymaking an account on the YPAM website.
Registration Fee
In-person & online: ¥5,500
Online: ¥3,300
The majority of the YPAM Exchange programs are accessible both in-person and online. The online programis designed not only to provide access to remote participants but also to enhance the experience forin-person participants.

EVENT OUTLINE
Name:
Period:Main venues:

Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2022 (YPAM2022)
December 1–18, 2022
KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, BankART KAIKO, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1,
The Cantonese Club, and Amazon Club
Organized by:
Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting Executive Committee (Kanagawa Arts
Foundation, Yokohama Arts Foundation, and Japan Center, Pacific Basin ArtsCommunication)
Co-organized by: The Culture and Tourism Bureau and City of Yokohama and the Association of Public
Theaters and Halls in Japan
Supported by:
The Saison Foundation
Cooperated by:
BankART1929, Koganecho Area Management Center and YOKOHAMA CHINATOWNDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Endorsed by:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Kanagawa Prefecture and The JapanFoundation
Supported by:
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, Fiscal Year 2022

FURTHER ENQUIRIESFor further information, media enquiries and additional images please contact:
Shiro Amemiya (Public Relations)shiro@ypam.jp / Tel 045-264-6514 / Fax 045-264-6598

YPAM Secretariat | Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication, 2-43-6 Hatsune-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0053
Tel 045-264-6514 Fax 045-264-6598 info@ypam.jp https://ypam.jp｜｜｜