Festival/Tokyo, which bills itself as ¡°Japan¡¯s leading performing-arts event,¡± is notable this year for its international collaborations ¡ª especially between Japanese and Korean dramatists, whose works comprise three of the 12 main programs in its Oct. 31-Dec. 6 span.
But as its subtitle of ¡°Border Fusion¡± suggests, F/T 2015¡¯s sights are set on even wider horizons, with its brochure declaring: ¡°Our lives are enclosed by many kinds of borders, including those of nationality, generation, values and experience. ... Yet, through the performing arts, F/T aspires to join with audiences in creating dialogue across borders.¡±
Among those three Japan-Korea collaboration programs, which reflect a growing trend in Japan¡¯s contemporary theater world, one is the latest of many co-creations by prominent director Junnosuke Tada, founder of the Tokyo Deathlock theater company, and playwright Kiwoong Sung from the 12th Tongue Theatre Studio in Seoul.
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