Seiji Shimoda
dal 21/3/2008 al 21/3/2008
Segnalato da
21/3/2008
Seiji Shimoda
Lower Ossington Theatre, Toronto
On The Table. Shimoda's performance in Toronto is presented in the context of Fado's on-going thematic series entitled IDea, which invited performance artists from around the world to respond to and create performances that relate to social, cultural or personal identity.
Seiji Shimoda is one of Japan’s most active, well-known and respected performance artists. He is a performer, a poet, an arts advocate, organizer, curator and lecturer at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo. Since graduating Osaka City University in 1977, Shimoda’s work has been presented at over 100 international festivals, conferences and galleries, in more than 30 countries across western and central Europe, North and Central America and throughout Asia.
Shimoda is the Director of NIPAF (Nippon International Performance Art Festival, established in 1993) and has presented the work of over 300 international and Asian performance artists from 45 countries around the world in 2 annual festivals that take place in several cities in Japan. Under Shimoda’s direction, NIPAF has become one of the most influential festivals in the global performance art community and is a sought after destination for performance artists from around the world.
Shimoda also organizes tours under the umbrella of NIPAF to promote art exchange and dialogue about performance art to the US, Poland, Philippines, Germany and Spain. In 2000, Shimoda was the first Asian artist to receive a prized Bessie Award (New York Dance and Performance). Shimoda's own performance work is a combination of action poetry, performance and movement, employing simple objects like chopsticks, a chair, a table and his physical body in unique ways.
On March 22, Shimoda will perform his seminal work entitled On The Table, at the Lower Ossington Theatre. Shimoda's performance in Toronto is presented in the context of Fado's on-going thematic series entitled IDea, which invited performance artists from around the world to respond to and create performances that relate to social, cultural or personal identity.
Thanks to Marilyn Arsem, Mobius and the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston for their support in bringing Seiji Shimoda to Toronto.
Saturday March 22, 2008 at 8:00pm
Lower Ossington Theatre
100A Ossington Avenue, Toronto