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TMT Autumn Selection
Damien Jalet × Kohei Nawa "Planet[wanderer]"
A unique collaboration between the Kyoto sculptor Kohei Nawa and remarkable choreographer Damien Jalet
The first collaboration between Kohei Nawa and Damien Jalet was Vessel, which premiered in 2016 at ROHM Theatre Kyoto, creating a portrait of two worlds from the Kojiki, the oldest Japanese book: Yomi (the underworld of the dead) and Takamagahara (the Plain of High Heavens where the gods dwell). Planet[wanderer] takes place in the world in between those two: Ashihara no Nakatsukuni, the Central Land of the Reeds—the world we inhabit. The human being is but a reed, the feeblest one in nature and the performance captures that oscillation in a fragile balance between power and vulnerability, harmony and survival, evolution and destruction. The subtitle gestures toward the Greek etymological root of “planet” as meaning a wanderer. Planet[wanderer] conjures up a unique world onstage as imagined by a Japanese sculptor and European choreographer: a liminal place between the living and the dead, showcasing the constituent elements of the human body and the cosmos as well as their inseparable relationship with gravity.
Dates
November 1st (Saturday), 2025 - November 3rd (Monday)
Schedule
Sat Nov 1, 3:00pm
Sun Nov 2, 3:00pm
Mon Nov 3, 3:00pm ◎
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Venue
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Playhouse)
Additional info about Runtime: Doors open 30 mins before the performance starts
Runtime: 60 MIN
Performance Language: Non-verbal
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*Partial nudity.
*The performance is recommended for ages 13 and older.
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S Reserve: JPY 7,500
A Reserve: JPY 6,500
Side Seat: JPY 5,000
U29s (A Reserve): JPY 5,500
High school students and younger: JPY 1,000
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Profile
© Rahi Rezvani
Damien Jalet
Damien Jalet is a choreographer and dancer whose work spans a wide range of fields—not only dance, but also visual art, music, film, theater, and fashion. His collaborations with Kohei Nawa include among others "VESSEL" (2016), the filmwork Mist (2021), and "Planet[wanderer]" (premiered in 2021). In November 2023, he collaborated with artist JR and composer Thomas Bangalter to create "Chiroptera," a work in which 154 dancers, including principal dancer Amandine Albisson, danced on the facade scaffolding of the Paris Opera House. In September 2024, he collaborated again with Kohei Nawa to present "Mirage [transitory]" at the THEATER 010 in Fukuoka, featuring a musical composition by Thomas Bangalter, and constituting a preliminary piece to a creation deployed for a large stage and 16 performers of the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève (premiere in Geneva in May 2025). In film, He choreographed for Luca Guadagnino’s "Suspiria" (2018), Paul Thomas Anderson’s "ANIMA" (2019), and Jacques Audiard’s "Emilia Pérez" (2024). In 2022, he was awarded the Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France (The Order of Arts and Letters).
© Michael Somoroff
Kohei Nawa
Kohei Nawa is a sculptor born in 1975 in Osaka. Based in Kyoto, he completed his doctorate in sculpture at the Graduate School of Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts in 2003. He currently serves as a professor at Kyoto University of Arts. In 2011, he presented Kohei Nawa ‒ SYNTHESIS, a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. In 2017, he participated in the exhibition Japanorama at the Centre Pompidou-Metz. From July 2018 to February 2019, his sculpture Throne was displayed under the Louvre Museum’s pyramid as one of the official works of Japonismes 2018, a joint project between Japan and France. In 2023, his 25-meter-tall outdoor sculpture "Ether (Equality)" was permanently installed on Île Seguin, an island in the Seine River in France.
Concept / Choreography: Damien Jalet
Concept / Scenography: Kohei Nawa
Music: Tim Hecker
Lights: Yukiko Yoshimoto
Costumes: Sruli Recht
Sound Creation Collaborator: Xavier Jacquot
Choreography Assistant: Alexandra Hoàng Gilbert
Outside Eye: Catalina Navarrete Hernández
Cast:
Shawn Ahern
Aimilios Arapoglou
Karima El Amrani
Francesco Ferrari
Vinson Fraley
Christina Guieb
Astrid Sweeney
Ema Yuasa
Production revival 2023: Theatre National de Bretagne, Centre dramatique National / Production creation 2021: Chaillot -Theatre national de la Danse
Coproduction: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Chaillot, Theatre national de la Danse – France ; Charleroi Danse – Belgium ; Sandwich Inc. – Japan ; Theatre National de Bretagne – France ; Festspielhaus St Polten – Austria ; Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre – Japan ; Rohm Theatre Kyoto – Japan ; Opera de Rouen Normandie – France ; Theater Kampnagel Hamburg – Germany ; Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve – Switzerland ; Nagelhus Schia Productions – Norway.
With the support of Grand Marble and Matsushima Holdings Co., Ltd.
Thanks to Theo Casciani, Prabda Yoon, Didier Deschamps et Fabienne Aucant.
Nominated for the FEDORA – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS prize for ballet 2020.
Co-financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Union.
Cooperation: Kyoto University of the Arts - ULTRA SANDWICH Project #14 #15 #16 #17, Kyoto University - Takenaka University Laboratory
Copresentation: ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Kyoto City Music Art Cultural Promoting Foundation
Support: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, Japan Arts Council
Under the auspices of: the Embassy of France in Japan/ Institut français du Japon
Organizer: Tokyo Festival Executive Committee [Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)]
Support: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan Japan Arts Council
Sponsor: Asahi Group Japan, Ltd.
Media Partner: Tokyo Art Beat
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[Tour Information]
Kyoto Presentation
Venue：South Hall, ROHM Theatre Kyoto
Schedule：Sat.,Nov. 8, - Sun., Nov. 9, 2025
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