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TAIHEN performance record


1983-1990 | 1991-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-  
Year/Month Title City Venue Notes
1983.06 Iro wa Niwoedo (Fragrance of Hue) Kyoto Seibu Kodo of Kyoto Univ.
1983.06 Iro wa Niwoedo (Fragrance of Hue) Osaka Ten San culture center
1984.05 Iro wa Niwoedo 2 (Fragrance of Hue 2) Tokyo Tiny Alice Alice Festival '84
1984.12 Iro wa Niwoedo 2 (Fragrance of Hue 2) Osaka Osaka Culuture Info. Center
1985.06 Guerrilla Kuyo-Kuyo ga onnen
 (Guerrilla Kuyo-Kuyo is Here with Grudge)
Osaka Suita May Theater
1986.05 Detainen Konchikisho (Damn! want out!) Kyoto Seibu Kodo of Kyoto Univ. Written by Kontani & kashiwagi / directed by Fukumori.
This piece is only one that was't directed by Manri Kim.
1987.04 Mizu wa Ten kara chirinuruwo
 (Water falling from Heaven)
Osaka Hu-mind
1987.04 Mizu wa Ten kara chirinuruwo
 (Water falling from Heaven)
Amagasaki Sun Civic Hall
1987.10 Kaigo KAIGO KAI-go! Kyoto Kaguraden Hall
1988.04 Kaigo KAIGO KAI-go! Osaka Ikuno Kodomo no Ie
1989.06 Rebel in Garaxy '89
-- Just wanted to kiss the moon
Itami AI HALL
1990.10 Izaihou in Nagai Osaka Osaka Nagai Park Our first open-air performance


1983-1990 | 1991-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-  
Year/Month Title City Venue Notes
1991.05 Heal Osaka Osaka Nakanoshima Park Open-air performance. Stage art by Cai Guo-Qiang.
1991.09 Rebel in Garaxy '91 Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
1992.03 A Bolt from a Silent Blue Osaka Hu-mind
1992.05 Dreaming Welwitschia Itami AI HALL
1992.09 Heavenly Forest Nairobi
Kakamega
Kisumu
National Theater
Kakamega School for the Deaf
Aga Khan Hall
Our 1st overseas performance was in Kenya.
Invited by Nairobi Players (a NPO of education by theater).
1993.10 Trilogy of "Heaven" Itami AI HALL Performed three works at once; "A Bolt from a Silent Blue", "Dreaming Welwitschia" and "Heavenly Forest"
1993.11 Vision Quest Osaka Nose Jo-ruri theater
1994.02 Vision Quest Osaka Yao Prism hall
1994.05 Mountain Moves Itami AI HALL A collaboration with Kazuo Ohno & Yoshito Ohno
1994.09 Spirit Dance - Flower Underground Osaka Wing Field
1995.05 Embrace! Osaka Isshinji temple theater
1995.06 Spirit Dance - The Glass Forest Ako Tinkarbell
1995.07 Spirit Dance - emergence 1 Kyoto Honen-in temple
1995.09 Embrace! Tokyo Tokyo metropolitan art space Tokyo international performing arts festival '95
1995.10 Embrace! Nagoya Kosei Nenkin hall
1995.11 Embrace! Nagano


1983-1990 | 1991-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-  
Year/Month Title City Venue Notes
1996.01 Playing with Cosmos Itami AI HALL A collaboration with Kazuo Ohno.
1996.01 Spirit Dance - Fire, Water and Soil Kobe Susano Park Hanshin earthquake memorial event.
1996.08 BLOOM Edinburgh Randolf studio Edinburgh Fringe Festival '96
1996.10 BLOOM Hachijo island Hachijo high school
1996.12 BLOOM Itami AI HALL
1997.01 Taihen & Tenko Live! Osaka OMS
1997.06 Departed Soul Itami AI HALL
1997.08 Departed Soul Edinburgh St. Bride's Center
Springwell House
Edinburgh Fringe Festival '97
1997.08 Departed Soul Bern Dampf Zentrale The 11th Berner Tanztage
1998.03 BLOOM Hirakata Hirakata-park youth center
1998.04 Spirit Dance - Move Hiroshima Minami kumin hall
1998.05 Spirit Dance - Move Fukuyama Higashi high school
1998.08 My Mother Edinburgh Theater Workshop Edinburgh Fringe Festival '98
Manri Kim's 1st solo piece.
1998.11 My Mother Osaka OMS
1998.11 Departed Soul Okayama Okayama Kohan Theater
1999.03 Kochu Ichimannen Sai
 (10000th anniv. festa in a pot)
Osaka TORII HALL The 1st Osaka Theater Festival
1999.05 La Partida -- departure Hiroshima Asterplaza hall
1999.07 My Mother Tokyo Tiny Alice Alice Festival '99
1999.09 Iro wa Niwoedo 3 (Fragrance of Hue 3) Osaka NGR tent (Osaka harbor warehouse) The 1st Osaka Open-air Theater Festival
1999.12 BLOOM Osaka
2000.03 Kochu Ichimannen Sai
 (10000th anniv. festa in a pot)
Osaka OMS The 2nd Osaka Theater Festival
2000.05 Body expresses Osaka Minpaku Museum theater
2000.06 My Mother Kochi Kochi Art Museum hall
2000.06 Spirit Dance - Fragil / My Mother Berlin Theater Forum Kreuzberg
2000.07 Jomon Soul Fukushima The 37th Wind Festival
2000.12 My Mother Osaka TORII HALL


1983-1990 | 1991-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-  
Year/Month Title City Venue Notes
2001.02 BLOOM Nara Ikoma Seseragi Hall
2001.03 Kochu Ichimannen Sai 2001
 (10000th anniv. festa in a pot)
Osaka OMS The 3rd Osaka Theater Festival
2001.07 Voltex Fusion Osaka IMP Hall
2001.09 The Legend of Maha-Laba Village Berlin Theater Karlshorst Asia-Pacific week, Berlin
2002.02 The Legend of Maha-Laba Village Itami AI HALL
2002.05 The Legend of Maha-Laba Village Okinawa Yomitan Culture Center
2002.09 A Midsummer Night's Dream Osaka NGR tent (Osaka-castle park) The 2nd Osaka Open-air theater festival
2002.10 My Mother Naha Palette civic theater Unai Festival 2002
2003.02 The Legend of Maha-Laba Village Kani (Gifu) Kani Public Arts Center
2003.04 The Legend of Maha-Laba Village Kyoto Kyoto Toba high school
2003.09 Hekiten Houkou (Wandering blue sky) Osaka Wing Field
2003.10 My Mother Taipei Crown Theater The Little Asia dance festival
2003.11 Hekiten Houkou (Wandering blue sky) Tokyo Tiny Alice Alice Festival '03
2004.06 Homecoming -- This was an alienland Osaka Art Theater dB
2004.09 Homecoming -- This was an alienland Seoul Theater Aroongji
2004.11 My Mother Osaka Art Theater dB Kazuo Ohno "The Cosmos and Flower"
2004.12 Homecoming -- This was an alienland Tokyo Tiny Alice
2005.03 Iro wa Niwoedo 4 (Fragrance of Hue 4) Osaka Wing Field
2005.06 The Legend of Maha-Laba Village Stuttgart Theaterhaus T2 Theater der Welt 2005
2005.10 Howl under the Moon Yokohama BankArt 1929 Kazuo Ohno Festival 2005
Manri Kim's 2nd solo piece.
2005.11 Howl under the Moon/
Forest of Remembrance
Osaka Seika theater


1983-1990 | 1991-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-  
Year/Month Title City Venue Notes
2006.01 My Mother KualaLumpur KL Performing Arts Center
2006.09 La Partida -- departure '06 Osaka NGR Raigyo Tent (Ohgimachi Park) The 6th Osaka Open-air theater festival
2006.12 Howl under the Moon Tokyo Tiny Alice
2007.01 Jomon Soul Fukushima The festival of Wind
2007.01 Dragon of Jiuzhaigou Yokohama Kanagawa pref. Youth Center Hall Kazuo Ohno Festival 2006
2007.04 Hutan Kenangan
(The Forest of Remembrance)
KualaLumpur KL Performing Arts Center Taihen in Malaysia Project
2007.04 improvisation performance Sizuoka Baron
2007.09 The Legend of Maha-Laba Village Osaka NGR Raigyo Tent (Ohgimachi Park) The 7th Osaka Open-air theater festival
2007.11 My Mother / Howl under the Moon Osaka Wing Field
2008.01 My Mother / Howl under the Moon Singapore The Arts House M1 Singapore Fringe Festival
2008.01 Howl under the Moon Jakarta TIM Teater Kecil
2008.09 El Aparecido (Sugata Arawasu Mono) Osaka NGR Raigyo tent (Ohgimachi park) "The man went on a journey" series 1; the journey of Che Guevara. (The 8th Osaka Open-air theater festival)
2009.05 The Legend of Maha-Laba Village Tsuchiura Ibaragi pref. Minami Lifelong Learning Center Real Maha-Laba Village (a commune of cerebral palsy people) was built at a Buddist temple near Tsuchiura (Ibaragi pref.)
2009.09 Hwang Ung-Do Senpuku-Ki
(Hwang Ung-Do, the chronicle of his perdue)
Osaka NGR Raigyo tent (Osaka castle park) "The man went on a journey" series 2. (The 9th Osaka Open-air theater festival)
2010.03 Get into Heaven, Go up to Earth Osaka Wing Field Manri Kim's 3rd solo piece
2010.09 Escape from Freedom Osaka NGR Raigyo tent (Osaka castle park) "The man went on a journey" series 3; referred to the famous book of Erich Fromm. (The 10th Osaka Open-air theater festival)
2010.11 Wolf (Excerpt from "Howl under the Moon") Yokohama BankART Studio NYK Ohno Kazuo festival 2010


1983-1990 | 1991-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-  
Year/Month Title City Venue Notes
2011.01 Hwang Ung-Do Senpuku-Ki
(Hwang Ung-Do, the chronicle of his perdue)
Osaka Seika theater
2011.03 Hwang Ung-Do Senpuku-Ki
(Hwang Ung-Do, the chronicle of his perdue)
Seoul
Goseong
Korea culture house(KOUS)
Culture and Sports Center