12xHolland Art Festival
- When: 22/09/2009 - 23/09/2009
- Where: Hirado City Nagasaki Prefecture : Main Hall, Hirado Cultural Centre and Main Hall, Tabira Citizens Centre
- Organized by: Hirado City, Studio E, Amsterdam
- Admission fee: Free
- URL: http://artfestival.12xholland.nl
This year the 10th edition of the annual intercultural exchange
project 12xHolland will take place in and around the island of Hirado
in southern Japan. During 10 years about 40 Dutch artists were invited
by 12xHolland to live and work during one month in Hirado. Altogether,
they presented many workshops, school presentations, concerts,
exhibitions and more, during these 10 years. Also, in 2009 we are
celebrating the Hirado Holland Year and the 400 years of trade
relations between Holland and Japan. Because of all these festivities
a most special event will take place in Hirado this September: the
12xHolland Art Festival.
In the 12xHolland Art Festival 10 Dutch artists will present a music,
dance and art performance in Hirado. They will perform and combine
various styles of music, dance and visual arts in an atractive program
especially made for this occassion. Six of the artists are former
12xHolland-participators, two artist are new participators in 2009 and
two artists are actually initiator/producer of 12xHolland since 2000.
O Alex de Wolf - live drawing (12xHolland 2006)
O Annelinde de Jong - stage objects (12xHolland 2007)
O Mijke van Griensven - animation, boxing (12xHolland 2009)
O Armand van den Hamer - modern dance (12xHolland 2005)
O Gavin Viano Fabri - hip hop dance (12xHolland 2009)
O David van Ooijen - lute (12xHolland 2000)
O Kees Wieringa - piano (12xHolland 2006)
O Marjolijn van Roon - recorders (12xHolland 2000)
O Junko Ueda - voice, lyrics (12xHolland initiator/producer)
O Wil Offermans - flutes and general artistic direction (12xHolland initiator/producer)
Program:
O solo music: by recorder, flute, lute and piano
O solo dances: hip-hop and modern dance
O Horizon of Wind: a music-dance-art performance by all artists and directed by Wil Offermans. This piece will also introduce a new 'Hirado song', titled Kaze-no-Suiheisen (Horizon of Wind).
