World Music and Dance Festival (WMDF)
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| Country and Region | Japan — Hokkaido |
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| Type of Festival | Dance, Music |
| Location of Festival | Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Festival Contact Information | Committee of the WMDF |
| Festival Description | The port city of Hakodate’s international festival supplies a long-awaited venue for international folklore and world music and dance groups to gather in Japan. Performers from all over the world meet together and exchange world culture with each other and with festival-goers through a series of events over the course of a week. The Festival is centered on an outdoor concert stage with a spectacular outlook on the famous night view in front of Hakodate Mountain, and also incorporates numerous smaller-scale performances and workshops at “Fringe” events around the town. The WMDF committee organizes the event under the theme of “Long Now, Big Here”, with the support and assistance of many volunteers, and especially the work of the traveling band “Hinokiya”. WMDF is organised by the Committee of the World Music and Dance Festival, which is an activity of the non-profit World Music and Dance Festival General Incorporated Association (WMDF GIA). Production is by Hitococochi Inc. |
| Festival Dates | August 4 - 11, 2013 |
| Festival Links | http://wmdf.org |
Festival Events:
Archived international participants 2010:
- Gruppo Folkloristico “Val Resia”
http://www.resianet.org - Kateryna
http://www.kateryna-music.jp/ - Solo Keita
http://douniyah.hp.infoseek.co.jp - Bayefall Revolution
http://www.mamadoulo.net/profile-english.html
http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/BAYEFALL/ - Chuvashian State Academical Ensemble of Song and Dance
http://www.centrfolk.ru - “ALKARTASUNA” Eskal Dantza Taldea
http://www.alkartasuna.org - Peruvian Folklore Group
http://tinyurl.com/2464aow - Ha Ga Rang (Korea)
- Brian Hulse
http://www.brianhulse.com
Archived participants 2009:
- Ballet “Ara de Madrid
http://www.arademadrid.com/ - Celtic Roots
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Celtic-Roots/94499379435 - Danzerini di Lucinico
http://www.danzerini.it/ - Hinokiya
http://www.hinokiya.com/ - Lo Ceu de Pau
http://loceudepau.eu/ - Toont (Russia)
- Dinamika Multiinovasi (Indonesia)
- Zemaitukas
http://www.zemaitukas.ten.lt/ - Satyananda Das & Hori Dasi
http://www.myspace.com/satyanandadasbaulsongs - Hugo Fattoruso & Tomohiro Yahiro
http://www.myspace.com/hugofattoruso
http://www.tomohiro-yahiro.com/
Archived participants 2008:
- Bunun
http://www.bunun.org.tw/ - Hinokiya
http://www.hinokiya.com - Kang Yun Sun & Shin Hye Kyung Dance Company
http://wmdf.org/lineup/2008/06/12/000033.php - Kateryna
http://www.kateryna-music.com/ - Kotobuki
http://www.kotobuki-nn.com/ - Saratuspersen
http://www.saratuspersen.com/ - Sofia-6 Ensemble
http://www.folkdanceseminars.com/folk-group/Folklore-Dance-Ensemble-Sofia-6.php - Tau Fuata Niue (Video)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=71v7f_2XGYA - Tokyo Groove Alliance
http://www.myspace.com/tokyogroovealliance
Other Sources:
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Podcast Interviews:
- If you like this festival — listen to…
- Yoko Shioya, Artistic Director at the Japan Society
http://kadmusarts.com/blog/?p=425 - Maure Aronson, World Music/CRASHarts
http://kadmusarts.com/blog/?p=465
- Yoko Shioya, Artistic Director at the Japan Society
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