Kyoko Iwaki's Page
Profile Information
- What I do:
- Theatre Journalist / Researcher
- A little more about me:
- I'm a theatre journalist based, mostly, in Tokyo, writing for journals and newspapers such as the Asashi Shimbun Newspaper. Traveling is big part of my life. I'm abroad half of the year to cover articles on interesting art festivals and theatre performances. For the past few years I have been working also as an independent artistic adviser, contributing to organizations like Festival/Tokyo. I was appointed Associate Creative Partner of Kanagawa Arts Theatre in 2010. I'm also a PhD researcher / visiting lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London. On 2011, I've published a book called Tokyo Theatre Today on contemporary Japanese theatre which you can read in English. All in all, I'm a busy person with many hats.
- Location:
- Tokyo
- Projects I’m working on:
- I will be working on the WalesLAb project this summer, specifically with two exciting Japanese companies visiting Wales for the first time.
- Personal Website/CV:
- http://kyokoiwaki.com
- Twitter @username:
- KIIWAKII
Kyoko Iwaki's Blog
Seeking Cardiff Based Artists - Meet Up with Japanese Artists in mid August
Two Japanese artists, Underground Airport and Yo Nakamura are invited for this year's Wales Lab project.
The theater collective, Underground Airport, will be heading North to Anglesey to do some research on the Wylfa Nuclear Power Station and its sociocultural effect on the local residents. Yo will be heading West, near Lampeter, to work on her choreographic project focusing on the relationship of memory and native land.
They are all…
ContinuePosted on July 31, 2014 at 3:24 — 2 Comments
A Japanese Journalist coming to Wales
Way back in January 2013, The Japan Foundation sent me off to Wales to do an interview with the director of the company John McGrath. Having lived in London for the past several years, I've heard so much good things about the company and was extremely excited to visit Cardiff. Frankly, however, at first sight, the town of Cardiff was a bit monotonous... But, the good news was, that the creative people living there were far from monotonous.
John and the whole…
ContinuePosted on July 1, 2014 at 6:00 — 1 Comment
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