Yoshie KrisArtist, Arts Producer,Founder, Artistic Director of SLOW LABEL

Kris has been interested in Peace Activism since childhood, she works on the theme of ‘Diversityand Harmony’, traveling diverse worlds, connecting people from different cultures and creating newvalues through Collaboration and Dialogue. Her borderless approach crosses Arts, Design, Craft
and Entertainment to create project-based work with open-mindedness. Since 2008, she has been
engaged in the creation of Social Entertainment Projects involving citizens from communities ofdifferent backgrounds and ideologies. In response to the issue of community division, she hasdeveloped a methodology for the installation of shared, successful experiences of overcoming
community division in the everyday lives of participants. In 2010, after being diagnosed withosteosarcoma, she got involved in Disability Advocacy and founded the non-profit organization
SLOW LABEL. From 2014 to 2020, she produced the Yokohama Paratriennale, an international
contemporary art festival with the city of Yokohama and SPIRAL / Wacoal Art Center, improving
accessibility in creative environments for people with disabilities and developing new specialists
called Access Coordinators and Accompanists. Since 2017, she has produced the Japanese firstSocial Circus Company ‘SLOW CIRCUS’, supported by Cirque du Soleil. In the Tokyo2020
Paralympics Opening Ceremony, she fully supervised the show from a DEI perspective, including
concept development, choreography, casting, rehearsal management and audio-visual guide forspectators as Stage Advisor.
Education
MA_Business Design, Domus Academy Milan, Italy 2005-2006
BA_Arts Management, Tokyo Zokei University Tokyo, Japan
1998-2001
Current Position
Steering Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
DEI Creative Advisor, Ginza Sony Park
Board member, Kamiyama Marugoto College of Design
Regular Commentator, TV broadcast Hiruobi
Key ProjectsProducer, ‘Earth ∞ Pieces’ 2024 – present
Producer, ‘SLOW CIRCUS’ 2017- present
Accessibility Director, ‘Million Guides’ Dogo Arts Festival 2022, 2023
Presenter, ‘All Players Welcome’ by Dentsu Lab Tokyo, Cannes Lions 2022
Stage Advisor, Tokyo2020 Paralympic Opening & Closing Ceremonies 2021
Stage Advisor, Flag handover show in Rio Paralympic Closing Ceremony 2016
General Director, Yokohama Paratriennale 2014,2017,2020Program Director, Nippon Foundation Diversity in the Arts & True Colors Festival Singapore 2016-2018
Program Planner, Third Country Training for Community-based Inclusive Arts, JICA/TICA 2016
Producer, ‘kamiyama philFarmony’ , Kamiyama Artist in Residence 2011
Co-Producer, ‘Shutters 4’, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2009
Key Awards
65th Yokohama Culture Prize 'Culture and Art Encouragement Prize’ 2016
Face of Tokyo, Time Out Tokyo Award 2014
Key Grants
Noevir Green Foundation 2022,2023
Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership 2022,2023
Project to promote artistic activities by persons with disabilities,, Agency for Cultural Affairs 2022
Mitsubishi Foundation 2017
Asia Center of Japan Foundation 2016
The dissemination of arts activities for PwD, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare 2015,2016Tokyo Arts and Culture Creation and Dissemination Grant, Arts council Tokyo 2015-2019

Earth ∞ Pieces vol.1 World Premiere, music direction by Shuta Hasunuma ,2024

People who had lost the chance to play in an ensemble with someone else were invited toperform Beethoven's Ode to Joy in a one-day complete performance.

‘T∞KY∞-Too Good To be Bug’ directed by Keisuke Kanai, choreographed by Shigehiro Ide ,2020‘Onna Matsumushi’, directed by Keisuke Kanai, choreographed by Sonsherée Giles 2018

Kris works with Keisuke Kanai, the first Japanese circus artist to graduate from the CNAC. They create
circus shows of different sizes by civic performers with / without disabilities.

‘Wonder of View’ directed by Keisuke Kanai , 2017

Documentary

The Eternal Symphony 2nd mov. directed & choreographed by Kaiji Moriyama , 2015

Yokohama Paratriennale choreographed by Hiroaki Kumagai ,2017

Inclusive Aerial trainer’s training by Tina Carter 2017

Cirque du Monde trainer’s training by Frederic Loiselle, Cirque du Soleil 2018
Kris has invited leaders from abroad to train local leaders;
Cathrine Magis, Pedro Machad, Jenny Sealey, Daniele Giangreco, Ofer Amram, Maria Oshodi, Chisato
Minamimura, Melissa Colello, Charlotte Byram,

MARUIRO by Yui Inoue 2012

HAGOROMO 2021
by Ryoko Aoki, The Amplified Elephants, James Hullick, Jonathan Duckworth, Shigenori Mochizuki
Kris produces a diverse portfolio of projects, encompassing both analogue and technology-based works.
The former include initiatives based on handcrafts with citizen participation, while the latter are the result ofcollaborations with university research lab.

SLOW GELATO by Nonoshima Gakuen since 2016

Birds of Sasaki-san by Fusako Sasaki since 2013
Kris created products that were inspired by the unique abilities of autistic individuals.

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