Hirotada Ototake and Ryucheru are appointed as ambassadors
Through performing arts, the Japan Foundation will hold an art festival, "True Colors Festival Super Diversity Arts Festival-more interesting when connected to the world-", which you can enjoy with people with rich personalities such as disability, gender, generation, language, and nationality. The program to be held in 2021 has been decided. We will aim for a form in which the creator and the audience can share their experiences and enjoy together, even in the case of Corona, such as barrier-free and multilingual online distribution efforts. In addition, Hirotada Ototake and Ryucheru have been appointed as True Colors Festival Ambassadors.
・ True Colors Festival 2021 Super Diversity Arts Festival
True Colors FASHION
Photo: LILY SHU
Documentary video release
"Dialogue clothing"-Conflict with pairs of "parties"-
Release date: March 5, 2021 (Friday)
Public site: True Colors Festival official YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/truecolorsfestival
There are as many minds and bodies as there are people.
A video work that records the dialogue and conflict between models and designers who are parties to various body types, including bodies with wheelchairs and artificial limbs.
True Colors DIALOGUE
Mamalian Diving Reflex / Darren O'Donnell
"All the sex I have ever experienced"
Date: April 8th (Thursday) to 11th (Sunday), 2021
Location: Spiral Hall (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
The story of laughing and crying sex and life told by seniors.
A documentary drama that sends ale to young people.
True Colors CIRCUS
SLOW CIRCUS PROJECT
"T∞KYO∞-a good story about insects"
Date and time: April 25th (Sun) and 26th (Mon), 2021 18:00 start
Location: Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park Outdoor Theater Global Ring Theater
Different personalities become special skills.
An outdoor circus performance by Japan's first social circus company launched by SLOW LABEL.
* Click here for details of the above 3 events https://prtimes.jp/a/?f=d25872-20210301-4433.pdf
Official site https://truecolorsfestival.com/jp/
* In addition, future programs and details will be announced at any time.
・ True Colors Festival Ambassador
Hirotada Ototake
Born in Tokyo in 1976. Due to a congenital limb defect, he has been living in an electric wheelchair since childhood. "Five Body Dissatisfaction" (Kodansha) published while attending Waseda University has become a bestseller with a cumulative total of over 6 million copies. After graduating, he worked as a sports writer, elementary school teacher, and Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education. He has traveled abroad in about 80 countries. Currently, he is working on a project to walk with a state-of-the-art artificial limb. His major books include "Daijobu 3 Gumi", "On the Wheel" (both by Kodansha), and "Oto Kotoba." ] (Bungei Shunju) etc.
Inauguration comment:
"I like performing arts and go there every month, so I think one of the attractions is that the stage and the audience work together to create a space. However, the corona wreck made it difficult. Still, we will not give up. "True Colors Festival" has prepared a new program, desperately exploring what can be done in such a situation. Overcoming walls and connecting. Now that we are in an era where we truly realize its importance, I hope that many people will enjoy it. "
Ryucheru
Born in Okinawa in 1995. Talent artist.
When I was a student, I found it difficult to live because I was sticking out of the "ordinary" boy image. After graduating from high school, I decided to move to Harajuku, a city that accepts any personality, and express myself as I am. After appearing on a variety show on TV, he became a national talent with a free-spirited character. In July 2018, the eldest son was born between his beloved wife Pekoto. In September of the same year, he was appointed as "Shibuya Diversity Evangelist". Through his own YouTube / SNS and media appearances, he has gained a lot of sympathy by disseminating "the importance of affirming himself" through various lifestyles such as fashion, makeup, and child-rearing.
Inauguration comment:
"Let's have people with great colors express their talents, and sometimes we'll come together to liven up the True Colors Festival with us!"
"True Colors Festival Super Diversity Arts Festival-More interesting when connected to the world-"
True Colors Festival is an art festival that you can enjoy with people who are rich in individuality such as disability, gender, generation, language, nationality, etc. through performing arts. We aim to lead to the realization of a comfortable society for everyone. Many of you may have experienced being separated from those close to you due to the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus. However, that is why I think I was able to reaffirm the importance of connecting with people and having fun together. In 2021, this art festival will be a new environment for artists and spectators to share their experiences and enjoy together. We will restart the project while thinking with you.
Official site https://truecolorsfestival.com/jp/
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