Books on performing arts in English and French
– A history of Japanese theatre, Jonah Salz (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2016
– A history of butô, Bruce Beard, Oxford University Press, 2022
– Nouvelle histoire de la danse, Laura Cappelle, Seuil, 2020
– Yano, un artiste japonais à Paris, Chantal Aubry, CND, 2008
– Ecrits sur le théâtre, Yukio Mishima, Atelier Akatombo, 2023
Periodicals
– テアトロ (Teatro), monthly magazine on theatre in Tokyo and Japan, published on the 13th of each month, recommended spectacles until the middle of the following month, Best 3 theatre plays of the past month, thematic articles and scenarios. Mostly recommends plays in Tokyo, short list on Western Japan (Osaka/Kyoto).
– 悲劇 (Tragedy and comedy), a bimonthly on theatre, themes, essays, interviews and scenarii.
– 東京人 (tokyojin), a monthly magazine with regular special issues on performing arts (e.g. 12/2024 : Let us go to the theatre).
– DANCE Magazine (ダンスマガジン), a monthly focusing on ballet with extensive information on contemporary dance. The front page systematically features a ballet dancer, but the content and articles embrace a large world of dance. It includes a 6 to 7 pages rich Dance Calendar which highlights both classical ballet and contemporary dance performances for the 2 months to come (and even longer for international companies shows in Japan). The issue of the next/next month is published on the 27th.
Websites and webresources
– https://tokyostages.wordpress.com/ – great site, last update 2017
– Performing arts network Japan
– Resources on dance
– JSTOR
– Japan Times dedicated section
Museums and other places
– Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum (Enpaku, Tokyo, Waseda)
Books, translated plays
– Les tragédies bourgeoises, Chikamatsu, trad. René Sieffert, 1991
– Cinq jours en mars, Toshiki Okada, Les solitaires intempestifs, 2010
– Théâtre, Yukio Mishima, Atelier Akatombo, 2023
– In French, Les solitaires intempestifs propose a number of translations for contemporary authors.