演 · Theater
“Drop by Drop” – dance performance by Zan Yamashita and Vietnamese artists (KYOTO EXPERIMENT)
山下残＆ニャー・トゥイェン with プロジェクト・デイ・サン「giọt-giọt | しずくたち」
Before you go
A stage work in KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2026, Kyoto's international performing arts festival. Artists based in Kyoto, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City first weave dialogue, poetry and dance notation into a 'book', then build the performance from it. As the audience turns the pages, the sound of paper marks a rhythm like falling drops, opening up passages of dance, reading and conversation. The title, giọt-giọt, is Vietnamese for droplets falling one by one.
- A three-city collaboration between choreographer 山下残, Hanoi-based poet Nhã Thuyên and the Ho Chi Minh City collective Project Đẩy Sàn
- Five performances include a 6:00 a.m. show (25 Oct) and a post-performance talk (23 Oct evening)
Programme
- 22 Oct, 14:00Opening performance
- 23 Oct, 19:00Followed by a post-performance talk
- 24 Oct, 11:00
- 25 Oct, 6:00Early-morning performance
- 25 Oct, 12:00With a sharing café; childcare available (reservation required, at least 7 days ahead)
Who is in it
- 山下残Choreographer, co-creatorA choreographer who uses language as a choreographic method; his past works include a piece in which the audience turns the pages of a 100-page book as the performance proceeds
- Nhã ThuyênPoet, writerA Hanoi-based poet and writer who runs independent publishing ventures; co-founded the bilingual small press AJAR in 2014
- Project Đẩy SànArtist collectiveA collaborative project in Ho Chi Minh City founded in 2024 by independent artists and producers, supporting learning, collaboration and experimentation among emerging Vietnamese performance artists
- Booking
- On sale since 12:00 on 7 August, online or at the Kyoto Art Center ticket window (10:00–18:00; window sales only, no reservations by phone or fax). Adults ¥4,000; youth (25 and under) and students ¥3,000; high-school age and under ¥1,000; pair ticket ¥7,500. Same-day tickets cost ¥500 more (except high-school and under). Wheelchair users receive ¥500 off each price and one carer is admitted free.
- Good for
- For audiences interested in contemporary dance, poetry and cross-border co-creation.
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