Language, memory and identity politics are at the core of the fourth edition of Kyoto Experiment, the annual feast of progressive and experimental theater now being served up by organizers the Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival.
Along with artists from Japan, the event, running through Oct. 27, features companies from Brazil, France, England, Germany and Argentina — so enhancing its reputation for showcasing challenging, cross-disciplinary works from around the world.
To have made such a mark so fast — and in tradition-loving Kyoto — is a real coup in Japan's largely Tokyo-centered contemporary performing arts scene lured by safe choices in these times of economic uncertainty.