KYOTO ¨C The 10th edition of the Kyoto Experiment (KEX) performing arts festival, will take place at multiple venues across the city throughout October, marking the end of a decade-long labor of love for Yusuke Hashimoto, who will step down from his role as program director for the festival and pass the baton on to three new co-directors.
¡°When we first started to plan for the festival, I thought we¡¯d do it for five years at most. I couldn¡¯t think beyond that,¡± Hashimoto says, adding that the first year was particularly challenging. ¡°It was a financial disaster and we even thought about stopping it.¡±
But, rather than write it off as a failure, Hashimoto saw it as ¡°a wakeup call¡± and quickly got to work on restructuring the festival.
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