PROGRAM

ROHM Theatre Kyoto Program

〈10th Anniversary〉

Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa『Planet [wanderer]』

2025.11.8 (SAT) – 11.9 (SUN)Saturday, November 8, 2025, 7 p.m., Sunday, November 9, 2025, 3 p.m.

Dance Art/Film/Video South Hall

©Rahi Rezvani

A unique collaboration between the Kyoto sculptor Kohei Nawa and remarkable choreographer Damien Jalet

The previous collaboration between Kohei Nawa and Damien Jalet was Vessel, which premiered in 2016 at ROHM Theatre Kyoto, creating a portrait of two worlds from the Kojiki, the oldest Japanese book: Yomi (the underworld of the dead) and Takamagahara (the Plain of High Heavens where the gods dwell). Planet [wanderer] takes place in the world in between those two: Ashihara no Nakatsukuni, the Central Land of the Reeds—the world we inhabit. The human being is but a reed, the feeblest one in nature, as Blaise Pascal famously said, and the performance captures that oscillation in a fragile balance between power and vulnerability, harmony and survival, evolution and destruction. The subtitle gestures toward the Greek etymological root of “planet” as meaning a wanderer. Planet [wanderer] conjures up a unique world onstage as imagined by a Japanese sculptor and European choreographer: a liminal place between the living and the dead, showcasing the constituent elements of the human body and the cosmos as well as their inseparable relationship with gravity, all intermixed with a contemporary reinterpretation of the Japanese garden.

Information

2025.11.8 (SAT) – 11.9 (SUN)Saturday, November 8, 2025, 7 p.m., Sunday, November 9, 2025, 3 p.m.

Venue : South Hall

Performance Time：60 minutes

About

Cast & Staff

Concept and Choreography: Damien Jalet
Concept and Stage Design: Kohei Nawa

Music: Tim Hecker
Lighting: Yukiko Yoshimoto
Costumes: Sruli Recht
Sound Design Collaboration: Xavier Jacquot
Assistant to the Choreography: Alexandra Hoàng Gilbert
Outside Eye: Catalina Navarrete Hernández

With:
Shawn Ahern
Karima El Amrani
Aimilios Arapoglou
Francesco Ferrari
Vinson Fraley
Christina Guieb
Astrid Sweeney
Ema Yuasa

Profile

©Rahi Rezvani

Damien Jalet

©Michael Somoroff

Kohei Nawa

Production revival 2023: Théâtre National de Bretagne
Production creation 2021: Chaillot -Théâtre national de la Danse
Coproduction : Chaillot, Théâtre national de la Danse – France ; Charleroi Danse – Belgium ; Sandwich Inc. – Japan ; Théâtre National de Bretagne – France ; Festspielhaus St Pölten –Autstria ; Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre – Japan ;Rohm Theatre Kyoto – Japan ; Opéra de Rouen Normandie – France ; Theater Kampnagel Hamburg – Germany ; Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève – Switzerland ; Nagelhus Schia Productions – Norway.
With the support of Grand Marble and matsushima holdings co., ltd.
Thanks to Théo Casciani, Prabda Yoon, Didier Deschamps et Fabienne Aucant. Nominated for the FEDORA – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS prize for ballet 2020. Co-financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Union.
Cooperation: Kyoto University of the Arts – ULTRA SANDWICH Project #14 #15 #16 #17, Kyoto University – Takenaka University

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the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
through the Japan Arts Council
With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Nominal Supported by the Embassy of France in Japan/ Institut français du Japon
Kyoto Experiment Partner Program 2025
Tokyo

November 1-3, 2025, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Playhouse.

Contact

ROHM Theatre Kyoto　TEL.＋81 75-771-6051

Tickets

Ticket Prices

Reserved seating (Taxes included)
1F: ¥7,000 (Club Members: ¥6,300)
2F: ¥6,000 (Club Members: ¥5,400)
25 and Under: ¥3,000
18 and Under: ¥1,000 *No admission permitted for pre-school children *Recomended for ages 12 and above *Proof of age is required for the holders of 25 and Under and 18 and Under tickets

Pre-release

2025.7.5 (SAT)
Advance ticket sales for members
Available for: Kyoto Concert Hall, ROHM Theatre Kyoto Club, Friends of City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
More information on becoming a club member, supporter, or partner (perks include early access for ticket reservation, special discounts, etc.) here

Tickets on Sale

2025.7.12 (SAT)

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Accessibility

Accessibility
We have the following support for the audience.

■For the audience members using wheelchairs
There are limited number of seats for wheelchairs available for this performance. Please also consult us about the helpers’ seats.
For application and inquiry: ROHM Theatre Kyoto Box Office　TEL.075-746-3201

Accessible parking space and accessible toilet room are also available, as well as rental wheelchairs.
For application and inquiry: ROHM Theatre Kyoto　TEL.075-771-6051

Babysitting Services

Babysitting is available for audiences with young children so that they can better enjoy performances.
For ages: from 3 months up to school age
Fee: ¥1,000 (per person and performance)
*Fee may vary for certain performances.
If you would like to use childcare, please contact us by email below.
info@rohmtheatrekyoto.jp

If you would like to use childcare, please contact us by email below.
info@rohmtheatrekyoto.jp

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