Tag: 7/2026

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Contemporary dance Dance Live Music Visual arts

Odyssey Creative Center Opening Festival

A new space for performing arts is opening in Tokyo. Director Hiroshi Koike is launching Odyssey Creative Center, a space to mix performing arts experiences, and favor creativity throughout various forms and genres. To celebrate this new adventure of Pappa Tarahumara founder, a festival will take place from July 17th to July 20th. Tickets will give access to a number of diverse performances, live music including Gagaku jazz (yes, Gagaku jazz !!!), contemporary dance and other screenings, talks and performances.
Program can be found here.

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Contemporary dance

The Rite of spring by Noism

Noism, Niigata famous contemporary dance company, will perform on July 25 and 26 two choregraphies at Saitama Arts Foundation : an original interpretation of the Rite of spring, and a creation inspired by 2oth century writer Ango Sakaguchi on a music by Eric Satie. A full program to enjoy this leading company, headed by Jo Kanamori. Further to Ryohei Kondo Company Grande own version of Stravinsky’s work, and ahead of Dairakudakan very own and private Rite of spring which will be revived in Kobe in September, another view on this masterpiece.
As of July 5th, there are still seats available.

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French Theater

Jean Reno – un chameau traverse le Japon

L’acteur français a quitté Tokyo, pour présenter son solo, si émouvant, dans les provinces japonaises. Les dates à venir sont les suivantes SHIZUOKA｜2026.06.07 公演詳細
MIYAGI｜2026.06.16 公演詳細
ISHIKAWA｜石川 2026.06.20 公演詳細
KOCHI｜高知 2026.06.27 公演詳細
FUKUOKA｜福岡 2026.07.04
YAMAGUCHI｜ 26.07.06 – 08 公演詳細
KYOTO｜京都 2026.07.11 – 07.12 公演詳細
AICHI｜愛知 2026.07.14 – 07.15 公演詳細
OKAYAMA｜岡山 26.07.18 – 19 公演詳細

C’est une chance unique de découvrir l’intime de cet acteur célèbre, sa face cachée, une grande leçon de modestie et de rêve. A consommer sans modération – à la différence des bouteilles de vin de riz fermenté Dassai offertes aux heureux spectateurs de ce très beau spectacle.

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ballet Butoh Circus Contemporary dance Dance 舞踏 Japanese tradition Opera Theater

Recommended performances from July to September

We just released our list of recommended theater plays, contemporary dance shows, ballets, and so on, for the months of July, August and September 2026.
This is a first draft, and it will get richer as new programs are publicized – stay tuned.

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Dance

Virtual and real 3D dance merged together

From July 22 to 29, Larumbe Danza, a Spanish company known for its dance x 3D video series, proposes a completely new immersive dance program that fuses VR (virtual reality) with live performance! 4 short VR pieces are presented, in which the public can immerse himself, while a 15 mn live performance, Whispers of the time, will also be presented.
Move between the digital and real worlds, watch, feel, and immerse yourself— it is an unprecedented immersive dance experience. After the VR Cannes Festival – and we could at YPAM Fringe festival enjoy some of the works presented in 2025 – it is a new opportunity to feel how VR / 3D strives to find a place in performing and visual arts.

Recommended over 10 years old. A great mixed experience in Setagaya Public Theater

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ballet

Ballet for kids : Story of a little mermaid

The New National Theatre Tokyo has been running the “Ballet for Children” series since 2009. For their fifteenth session, they will be performing from July 23 to July 27 an original 1h30 minutes ballet based on Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Story of a Little Mermaid, featuring music from Debussy and Massenet.

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Circus English

Circus duet from Canada

In the heart of the summer, from July 21st to July 23, refresh mind and body in Theater Tram. Two Canadian circus artists, unconstrained by physical size or gender, switch roles and ask the question, “What does fairness really mean?” Questioning N.Ormes, an acrobatic performance for adults and children alike.

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French Theater

Jean Reno gets emotional in Tokyo

I had the chance to watch Jean Reno solo, らくだ／The camel / Le chameau premiered in Tokyo Metropolitan Theater last Sunday. I wasn’t sure what to expect, given the profile of the actor, but I was in no way disappointed. Much more emotional and intimate than imagined, this was a great one man show, revealing the scars of fame, as well as its scarcity. It very much sounded like an autobiographical testimony, blended with solo songs supported by the piano performance of Pablo Lanty. A great spectacle both for fans and non fans of the famous French actor, which ended in warm applause and a final song ! The camel is leaving the capital on May 24, heading North to Toyama and then West : Hyogo, Shizuoka, Fukuoka, Yamaguchi, Kyoto and many more cities, ending on July 19 in Okayama. If there are still tickets available, do not miss the chance to enjoy, and bring back a bottle of Dassai sake !

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French Theater

Jean Reno Tokyo solo premiere !!!

Jean Reno, the famous French actor, will be on stage, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre from May 10 to May 24. The one man show, The camel / Rakuda, supported by pianist Pablo Lanty, and subtitled in Japanese, is a world premiere. It will reveal his travel around the world since his birth in Morocco and Leon. Verses of the description hint it will also be poetic. It is a premiere and we are not sure what it will be all about. But we have to be there – the more detailed description is in Japanese only, Geigeki really needs to improve.
For booking in English at the Geigeki.
The camel will travel throughout Japan, in Kansai (Nishinomiya in May, Kyoto in July), in Kyushu, in Shikoku, in Toyama, Miyagi … check the tour !
In the official site above you can find a short video from Jean Reno talking about this world premiere, what it is about, and why Japan first.
For a short review of the show, click here

More performances in French in the months to come here and here.
And recommandations for shows in the first and second quarters of 2026.

『らくだ』