Tag: 2/2026

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Contemporary dance

Dance 花 – Session house young dancers selection

On February 7th, Session House Kagurazaka will feature “Dance Bana,” Flowers of dance, a young dancer support project. Aiming to foster the next generation of dancers by electing recipients of the Session Award as well as performers for the international dance festival “New Dance of Asia” which was held in Korea, this program aspires to serve as a stepping stone for emerging dancers. Presenting 7 works, solos and duos, it will offer a rich range of styles and performers with alluring and intriguing titles such as Self, Reality , mo’,・ (vanishing point), call it a day – , One Fraction, Reverb, and By others.

For Session House website and more information
For more info – in Japanese – on the program

And for Session House English page – easy reservation with e-mails


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English Theater

Lemons lemons lemons (+2)

Boy meets girl at a pet funeral, and they fall in love. Sounds easy, but they live in a world where people are entitled to spend 140 words a day. Better than letters ! Tokyo International Player will bring Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner to Tokyo stages from February 12 to February 15. Reflecting on communication, language, resource scarcity, conveying emotions, this play looks challenging and fun, in a world where we are overwhelmed by so many messages and sollicitations. TIP is one of the few English speaking companies continuously operating in Tokyo, and that is a great opportunity to enjoy a good play for non Japanese speakers – if they had a choice of 140 good plays in English to see per year, they would be delighted, and so would we.
Some hints on the play from the Guardian
– Review on 2023 performance
– Lemons made a ballet

For other theater plays and Tokyo performing arts shows in Q1 2026, check here.

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Dance English subtitles Japanese tradition Theater

Launch of new festival for Traditional Performing Arts in Tokyo

The Meetup for Edo-Tokyo Traditional Performing Arts will take place from January to March 2026. This new festival focuses on Performing arts originating from the 14th century, like Noh, Kyogen, Gagaku, to more modern forms such as Japanese traditional dance or popular street arts and folkloric customs, covering theater, music and dance. The programme is rich and diverse, and inclusive of Non-Japanese figures, both with an accessible website and linguistic support for most performances. Even for those most attracted to new performing arts forms, it is a chance to have a glimpse into tradition and enrich the perception of the contemporary scene. Spread over Tokyo, it will offer glimpses of the various places which accomodate tradition in the city.

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Japanese tradition Theater

Unfulfilled ghost and monster, contemporary musical theater with Noh background

From February 3 to March 1st, KAAT presents a new release of Tokichi Okada Unfulfilled Ghost and Monster. A musical drama referring and employing Noh form, this is an update of Okada‘s original work created at KAAT already in 2021. As in his latest work, Dance Juror’s dance, the director and playwright incorporates other performing arts in his work, in this case he enhances further his play with music. Although the play will be performed in Japanese only, according to existing information, it will for sure be one of the remarkable plays in 2026, and definitely worth attending. Tickets will be on sale from November 23.

For other spectacles, check here for end of 2025, and here for first quarter of 2026.