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Kazuo Ohno Festival 2006
2006 Oct.27(Fri.)-29(Sun.)


Starting on Oct.27, the Kazuo Ohno’s 100th birthday, Kazuo Ohno Festival 2006 will be held at BankART1929 in Yokohama till Oct.29.
Kazuo Ohno Festival has been held intending to establish the Kazuo Ohno Archives in Yokohama. During Kazuo Ohno Festival 2006, those materials which belong to Kazuo Ohno Archives will be open to public at BankART1929 Yokohama. This year Kazuo Ohno Archives starts to rebuild and preserve the Kazuo Ohno’s workshop studio as the most important treasure of the archives besides of the routine work of collecting and sorting materials.
　There will be an exhibit of the new collection of photographs “A butterfly’s dream : a Butoh dancer, Kazuo Ohno”taken by Eikoh Hosoe, who has been shooting Kazuo Ohno since 1950s. The new film on Kazuo Ohno directed by Koki Tange, a rising film artist,in this July will be shown as well. In the memorial of Swiss director Daniel Schmid, who passed away suddenly this August, 3 Schmids’films featuring Kazuo Ohno will be shown. Inuhiko Yomoda, a film historian, will give a lecture on the relationship between Daniel Schmid and Kazuo Ohno. As part of the project of Kazuo Ohno Archives,“Kazuo Ohno:Reflections of 1000 People,”Tamotsu Watanabe and Fumiaki Nakamura will give lectures and Yoshito Ohno will present a new Butoh piece with a hand puppet.

《Reservation and further Information about the events below》
BankART1929
045-663-2812
info@bankart1929.com
http://www.bankart1929.com

＞Oct.27 (Fri) The 100th birthday of Kazuo Ohno
Kazuo Ohno was born on Oct. 27 in 1906 in Hakodate, Hokkaido. This year he will become 100 years old. We will cerebrate his birthday with him at BankART 1929.

Place　BankART Studio NYK /Gallery A
Hour　18:30
Fee 2,000yen(including the party attendance)

■　The birthday party with Kazuo Ohno
■　The presentation of the plan for Kazuo Ohno Archives
■　The presentation of Eikoh Hosoe’s photograph collection “A butterfly’s dream: a Butoh dancer, Kazuo Ohno”
■ Stage acts open to anybody: You are welcome to perform the piece stimulated by Kazuo Ohno on the stage.
※Please apply to info@bankart1929.com by 12:00 of Oct.26(Thr.) if you would like to present a piece.

＞Oct.28(Sat.) Daniel Schmit and Kazuo Ohno　　
A Swiss film director Daniel Schmit, who passed away suddenly last August, first met Kazuo Ohno at Nancy Festival in 1980 and had been a friend since then. Finally in 1995 long hoped collaboration of two was realized. The outcomes of that occasion will be screened.

Place　BankART Studio NYK / Gallery A
Hour　12:00-
Fee 1,500yen(with a cup of drink)

■　Screening of Daniel Schmid’s films featuring Kazuo Ohno
“The Written Face”(1995) 12:00 15:15 17:30
　Featuring: Tamasaburo Bando, Haruko Sugimura, Han Takehara, Kazuo Ohno
“Kazuo Ohno at his workshop studio” 13:35 16:50 19:05
※This is the first time that this film is screened to the public.
　Featuring: Kazuo Ohno, Yoshito Ohno
“KAZUO OHNO”(1995) 13:49 17:04 19:19
　Featuring: Kazuo Ohno, Chie Ohno
■　14:10-15:10“About immortality,”a lecture by Inuhiko Yomoda(film historian)

＞Oct.29(Sun.) The project: “Kazuo Ohno: Reflections of 1000 People”　
One of the Kazuo Ohno Archives’project, “Kazuo Ohno : Reflectins of 1000 People”collects reflections on Kazuo Ohno from artists, dancers, critics, audience, related persons and so on intending to record how his contemporaries see Kazuo Ohno.

Place　BankART Studio NYK / Gallery A
Hour　15:00-
Fee 2,000yen (with a cup of drink)

■　“Kazuo Ohno,”a Butoh performance with a hand puppet by Yoshito Ohno
■　A lecture by Tamotsu Watanabe(a play critic)
■　A lecture by Fumiaki Nakamura(a dance critic)

　 ＞Photo Exhibition Oct.27(Fri.)-Oct.29(Sun.)
The new collection of photographs of Kazuo Ohno by Eikoh Hosoe, who has been taking Kazuo Ohno’s photos for 46 years, appears to the public for the first time. The new film on Kazuo Ohno directed by Koki Tange, a rising film artist, in last July is shown for the first time. The materials which belong to Kazuo Ohno Archives are shown as well.

Place　BankART Studio NYK / NYK Hall
Hour　11:30-19:00 (On 27th it will open until 23:00)
Fee　Free

■　The first exhibition of Eikoh Hosoe’s photograph collection “A butterfly’s dream : a Butoh Dancer, Kazuo Ohno”
■　The first screening of the newest Kazuo Ohno film “Jesus Flower Death Life”directed by Koki Tange (Shooted in July,2006)

　* Kazuo Ohno Archives will be open (11:30-19:00)
Place: Kazuo Ohno Archives preparation room at BankART1929 Yokohama 3F

○The ticket reservation/Information
BankART1929 045-663-2812
info@bankart1929.com
http://www.bankart1929.com
Sponsord by Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio and BankART1929
Co-sponsord by Yokohama city 150th Anniversary of the Port Opening and Creative City Headquarters
With support by the Swiss Embassy