Video from my workshop in Lisbon

Here some documents from my workshop in Lisbon last year.

You Go Where You Should Go - 12, 13, 14 November, Contagiarte(Porto)

[vamos onde devemos ir]



performance/installation introduced by Hajime Fujita

12, 13, 14 November 2009
Festival TRANSdisse 2009 / Porto, Portugal

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We are living, here and now, wherever and whenever we are... even however we are.

We are different.
We have different life, different situation and condition of life.
Although, all we are living.

Living with family, lover, friends... Living with properties such as money, house, car... Living with a full of joy, pleasure, satisfaction... Living with fear, sorrow, pain... Or to be living under cold sky on the street...

Life is unfair, and difficult.

Then, what helps us?
To what can we ask a help?

This performance would formalize a space to show one body.
Life would be, of course, there on that body, and [hopefully/naturally] it would bring a moment we see a 'possibility'.

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Hajime Fujita
Choreographer, dancer and performance artist. Born in 1982, in Yokohama of Japan. His piece has been introduced in Centro Cultural de Bel ém(2009), Centro Cultural Malaposta(2009), Mandala Performance Festival(Wroclaw-Poland/2009), SKITe/Sweet and Tender in Porto(2008), Festa da Dança(Lisbon/2008), Festival Ananil(2008/2007), Maus Hábitos(2008, 2007, 2006) and other venues in Portugal, Japan, France and Spain.

Studied in Kyoto University of Art and Design for Performing Arts between 2001-2005. Participated PEPCC programme of Forum Dança in 2008. Participated international projects of danceWEB(Vienna, 2006), Pointe to Point(Warsaw, 2006) and SKITe/Sweet and Tender(Reims, 2007/Porto, 2008). Nominated for Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative programme(Geneva) in 2008.

http://hajimefujita.com

[Local/Date]
Contagiarte
Rua Álvares Cabral, 37219, Porto, Portugal

12, 13, 14 November
22h45 (to be confirmed)

[Organization/Production]
Terra na Boca - Cultural Association

[Co-Production]
+Art Link (Romania)
+Jardin'd Europe
with a support of European Union Cultural Programme
+Oficinas do Convento (Montemor-o-Novo)

[Support]
+Maus Hábitos (Porto)

Workshop "Open Your Body to All The Possibilities" + final presentation

Photo: Bartłomiej Bielecki

Aqui, neste momento, o quê e como vemos, ouvimos, cheiramos, tocamos, sentimos, pensamos, o que evocamos…?

É desnecessário referir que o corpo tem um sistema automático, que certamente influencia os nossos sentidos e a nossa cognição: muitas vezes não vemos o que estamos a ver. Por exemplo, é normal não pensar que o nosso coração bate a não ser que tenha um problema, sendo que a nossa perspectiva cria, normalmente, uma certa atenção que a “exclui” para fora do seu foco.

Este workshop de improvisação guiará os participantes na consciência da invisibilidade da nossa percepção. Mesmo antes de criar qualquer coisa de novo, posicionamo-nos sempre diante de inúmeras possibilidades. Por outras palavras, o workshop irá concentrar-se no “antes do movimento”, para que assim, possamos movimentar-nos livremente.

Especificamente em espaços públicos, estações do metro, praças, onde será feita a apresentação final do workshop, serão sítios onde sempre podemos descobrir muito desta “invisibilidade”.

Quem aprecia a arquitectura e a paisagem? Quem pensa na atmosfera desta plataforma? Quem vê as questões sociais dos aglomerados de pessoas que ali estão ou passam? A Arte pode estar lá presente.


Sample Videos of his Improvisation
http://hajifuji.ciao.jp/works_html/ff.html




Hajime Fujita
Hajime Fujita é choreógrafo e bailarino. Nasceu em 1982, em Yokohama no Japão.

As suas peças foram apresentadas no Centro Cultural de Belém(2009), Centro Cultural Malaposta(2009), Mandala Performance Festival(Wroclaw-Polónia/2009), SKITe/Sweet and Tender no Porto(2008), Festa da Dança(Lisboa/2008), Festival Ananil(2008/2007), Maus Hábitos(2008, 2007, 2006) entre outros, em Portugal, Japan, France and Spain.

Estudou na University of Art and Design for Performing Arts, em Kyoto entre 2001-2005. Participou no PEPCC do Forum Dança in 2008. Participou em projectos internationais de danceWEB(Viena, 2006), Pointe to Point(Varsóvia, 2006) and SKITe/Sweet and Tender(Reims, 2007/Porto, 2008). Foi nomeado para o programa Rolex Mentor e Protege Arts Initiative (Genebra) em 2008.

http://hajimefujita.com


Condições e datas do Workshop:
Sábado, 31 de Outubro
das 17h às 20h
e Domingo 1 de Novembro
das 10h às 18h
- às 18h Finaliza com a performance (em local público a definir com o criador) de entre 15 a 20 minutos.


Preço:
Para Guerreiros da Dança e outros alunos do Estúdio Mandinga 7a posição - 30€
Para alunos externos - 40€


Local: Estúdio Mandinga 7a Posição
R. de Sto António à Glória, 38 (metro Restauradores)


Inscrições e informações: dancaparapeles@gmail.com
919122371 / 931783435 / 966189406
http://www.artbetyou.blogspot.com

Improvisation Dance Workshop in Porto/Montemor-o-Novo - June

Improvisation Dance Workshop by Hajime Fujita
"Open Your Body to All The Possibilities"



First of all this atelier focuses on "before the movement". Namely, exploring what we can interpret to the movement, what possibilities of dance actually we are having as of momentum.

The main issue is that, "what we are seeing and what we are NOT seeing?" The atelier starts with opening participants' eyes to our perception. Always the participants would try to remind the possibilities which each of them already has but which he/she is not noticing well. Internal information of our mind, intention, sense, cognition, memory, history, society etc. and outside information of physical shape, rhythm, materiality, human body(existence of the Other) etc. This atelier would guide a pathway to engage and entangle all those information as possibilities of movement.

info/video http://hajifuji.ciao.jp/workshop.html

PORTO
Inscription: 45 euros (36 euro for the friends of NEC)
* Please inscribe until 27th May, hurry!

1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 Jun 2009 - 18h-21h
Espaço NEC/Fábrica Social - Rua da Fábrica Social s/n 4000 201 Porto
+351 961424668 / +351 913211428
nec@nec.co.pt
http://www.nec.co.pt

MONTEMOR-O-NOVO
Inscription: 15 euros

16, 17, 18, 19 Jun 2009 - 19h-22h
Centro Juvenil Montemor-o-Novo - Av. Gago Coutinho 58, Montemor-o-Novo
+351 266 898 100(ext. 309)
hajimefujita.official@gmail.com

forgiveness

A lot of works, or a pressure from "a lot of works".
I was quite depressed last and this month sometime from my situation, especially from a lot of paper works!! I hate it.
Yes, but I'm getting better.

Just I started to read Jacques Derrida's "Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness", although I have not yet finished to read "Writing and Difference" :P
Forgiveness is very interested for me now. And also cosmopolitanism.... last month I read a book about a situation of immigrants in France(well, that was in Japanese though).
There's a lot I have to confront it. As a person, and (maybe... or hopefully) as an artist.
Somehow I will make an installation again in Instituto Franco Portuguese, as a consequence of my thought these days.

And I am also working with one Portuguese artists for her new piece. It would be shown on January.

Coming back from Ananil

just coming back from Ananil. 2 performance + 1 workshop(my first workshop!!) in 3 days, pretty busy, but really great people and familiar beautiful festival. Now time to back to the reality again, and rest somewhat... zzz...

"f/f" on 13th/15th June in Montemor-o-Novo

I would represent my improvisation piece called "f/f" in the festival Ananil in Motemor-o-Novo(eastern Portugal). This is 2nd time to show this piece in the same festival since last year. Please visit and enjoy the great summer atmosphere surrounded beautiful Portuguese country side :) :) :)

"f/f"
   f/f is improvisaton dance project, which is core of all of Hajime Fujita’s dance works, and has been presented in several places (Reims, Motemor-o-Novo, Osaka, Kyoto and Yokohama) since 2001. The original theme is showing the existance of himself, not only showing “dance” or “performance”. To do that, he trys to be honest and to show everything what he feels/thinks/reminds.... on the each moment. So sometime he losts, he hesitates, even sometime he starts to speak

   Recently, this piece is also involved by presenting in the alternative places. Especially, in the Festival Ananil in Motemor-o-Novo, Portugal, Fujita represented this piece on the path of country side besides old house, collaborating with Spanish musician, Andreu Jacob, was quite appreciated. All of the nature surrounding him affects his sence, and make the movements diverse and flexible. Also in the French momument, Palais du Tau, he danced in the outside place.

=videos from last year in Ananil (collaboration with Andreu Jacob)=

pois...

Last 2 weeks were the busiest moments since I came to Portugal.
I worked in Festa da Dança in Lisboa and showed 2 pieces: "dontdiemyfriendtommy" in Alkantara and "f/f" in Terreiro de Passo, in collaboration with Hana Kogure.
Then I went to Porto to show "f/f" in Maus Hábitos and support the concert of Hana Kogure, as general cordinator and translator.
All of things were just great and I really appreciate all the people we met there: public, stuff, artists. It is incredible that I met how many great people... Muito obrigado.

Though, afterwards, I got really tired and sick again. Now still on the way to recover. But I think it takes time. So here just I apologize to be late to send a plenty of e-mails to thank a lot of people. Anyway I am here and slowly getting back the pleasure of my life.

I have a show of "f/f" and a workshop on Festival Ananil next month in Motemor-o-Novo. If you have a chance or have some friends (near from) there, please (ask them to) visit and have a nice summer time together in beautiful outside festival :)

Beijinhos,

Hajime

CoffeeGeek.com: Coffee: Portugal's Other National Drink

CoffeeGeek.com: Coffee: Portugal's Other National Drink


What can you expect in a Portuguese coffee shop?

In Portugal most people don’t have an espresso machine in their house. If you’re entertaining friends you offer them Port wine. If they want a coffee, you invite your guests to go with you to your neighbourhood pastry shop/ coffee shop/ bakery, where coffee is affordable and the atmosphere is relaxing. What can you expect when you get to the coffee shop?

When you enter, the first thing to catch your eye will be a large cabinet containing a coffee grinder and an espresso machine that can make anywhere from four to eight cups of coffee at the same time. Here are the different types of coffee you can order in a Portuguese bar or restaurant:

+Bica: Espresso shot
+Café Pingado: A dripped coffee, served in a beaker with a bit of hot water.
+Café Longo: Similar to a Café Pingado, but taller.
+Galão:A Café Longo with the ratio of 1:3 milk in it. It can be foamed and/or steamed.
+Garoto: Garoto also means "kid" and this drink is mostly milk and a favourite for children. It is made like a Galao but the coffee has been run through twice on the espresso machine and is weaker.