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RomaFest - Gypsy Festival- 2011 JAPAN TOUR

Romani people who are known as gypsies will gather in Japan from 5 different countries of Balkan and middle Europe!
Gypsies from five different countries share a national anthem called "Gelem Gelem."
Its melody and lyrics with beauty and deep sorrow will remain in your heart forever.
Cast members from award-winning director Tony Gatlif movies, “Swing (2002)”, “Gadjo Dilo (1997)”, “Transylvania (2006)” by Tony Gatlif) will be in the tour. ….Alexandra Beaujard, Szanto Attila, Iacab Attila (Violine), Gondos Tibor (Bass), and more!

Gypsy Festival Concert Schedule

Date Day Start Program Location   Seating Order
February
 9 Wed 13:30 A Shizuoka Fuji-shi Bunka Kaikan (Rose Theater)  Assigned
11 Fri 13:30 A Kanagawa Morino Hall Hashimoto Assigned
12 Sat 13:00 A Chiba Chiba City Civic Hall Assigned
13 Sun 13:30 A Saitama Saitama Hall  Assigned
16 Wed 18:30 A Aichi Nagoya City Youth Cultural Center Assigned
21 Mon 13:30 A Kumamoto Kumamoto Harmony for Gender Equality  Free
23 Wed 13:30 A Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Minami Sogo Center  Free
24 Thu 18:00 A Hiroshima Aster Plaza Assigned
26 Sat 13:30 A Kagawa Kagawa Pref. Educational Building Muse Hall  Free
27 Sun 13:00 B Osaka Takatsuki Modern Theater  Assigned
March
 2 Wed 18:30 B Tokyo Nerima Cultural Center Assigned
 3 Thu 13:30 B Kanagawa Kamakura Art Center  Assigned
 4 Fri 13:30 B Ibaraki Omitama City Shiki Bunkakan  Free
 6 Sun 14:00 B Yamanashi Kofu City Sogo Shimin Kaikan Art Hall  Assigned
 7 Mon 18:30 A Gumma Maehashi Terrsa Assigned
 9 Wed 18:15 A Miyagi Sendai City Seinen Bunka Center  Assigned
10 Thu 18:30 B Tochigi Utsunomiya City Cultural Hall Assigned
11 Fri 18:30 SCW Tokyo National Olympics Memorial Youth Center
12 Sat 12:00 S Tokyo National Olympics Memorial Youth Center
       14:00 A Tokyo National Olympics Memorial Youth Center

A: Improvised Performance and Music (It can be changed daily.)
B: Choreographed Performance
C: Gypsy Party Style Performance (Improvised)
S: Symposium
*:Performance Exchange Event (special performance before the show by selected dance performers)
Ticket Price is varied depending on venue. Standard setting is 5000 yen.
Discount will be applied for a group of 10 people. Please contact for details.
For performance of 3/11(Fri) and 3/12(Sat) at Tokyo venue,
accommodation is available at 3,500yen (single person per night.)

Mar 11 Fri
S) Roma (Gypsy) Symposium I
C) Concert with gypsy dance explanation by organizer Tetsuo Masunaga
W) Workshop with all cast members
Workshop itself can be taken as a single event, however, combination of all programs from 1 to 3 is strongly recommended!
 

Workshop Schedule ( Total of 2 hours per workshop)

Month Date Day Start Time Venue Workshop Description
February
 9 Wed 19:00 Tokyo1 Gypsy Introductory 1(Macedonian and Slovak)
12 Sat 19:00 Tokyo1 Gypsy Introductory 2(Romanian and Macedonian)
13 Sun 19:00 Tokyo1 Gypsy Introductory 3(Hungarian and Romanian)
14 Mon 19:00 Tokyo1 Gypsy Dance (Slovak and Hungarian)
15 Tue 19:00 Tokyo1 Slovak Dance 1
15 Tue 19:00 Nagoya Gypsy Dance
17 Thu 19:00 Osaka Gypsy Dance Introductory
28 Mon 19:00 Tokyo2 Gypsy Dance
March
 1 Tue 14:00 Tokyo2 Gypsy Dance
 1 Tue 19:00 Tokyo2 Gypsy Dance
 3 Thu 19:00 Tokyo2 Gypsy Dance
 3 Thu 19:00 Tokyo3 Slovak Dance 2
 5 Sat 13:30 Tokyo2 Gypsy Introductory 4 (Romanian)
 5 Sat 16:00 Tokyo2 Gypsy Introductory 5 (Hungarian)
 5 Sat 18:30 Tokyo2 Slovak Dance 3 (Sold out!)
 8 Tue 19:00 Sendai Gypsy Dance
11*Fri 20:30 Tokyo4 Gypsy Dance with live music band
12 Sat 18:00 Tokyo2 Gypsy Dance with live music band

For workshops that do not have specific description, they will be decided accordingly.
Tokyo1: 4th Gym at National Olympics Memorial Youth Center
Tokyo2: Music Drama Room 42 at National Olympics Memorial Youth Center
Tokyo3: 5th Gym at National Olympics Memorial Youth Center
Tokyo4: Conference Hall at National Olympics Memorial Youth Center
Nagoya(Aichi Pref.):
Osaka: Itami Hall (Tel: 072-778-8788, Location: 3 mins walk from Hankyu Itami stn. on Hankyu line)
Sendai (Miyagi Pref.): MG Studio (Tel: 022-398-6448, Location: Sendai-shi)

More Venue Information for Tokyo:
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center (Location: 7mins walk from Sangubashi stn. on Odakyu line)

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