DANCE BOX started in Osaka in 1996. Since 2009, DANCE BOX has been based in ArtTheater dB KOBE, a small theater in Shin-Nagata, Kobe and engaged with a wide range of programs/activities from contemporary dance performances, the cultivation of young artists, programs that nurtures children’s sensibility, international exchanges such as artist-in-residence, programs by artists with disabilities, to collaborations with the local community. Through the power of dance, DANCE BOX produces art programs that open up new visions for society where diverse people live together in harmony.

Dance Makers Camp II is a 10-day program held as one of the curricula for the 8 Months Residency Program 2023, a training program for dancers and choreographers organized by DANCE BOX. Selected young artists from abroad and the members of the 8 Months Residency Program 2023 will spend time together to conduct collaborative research, exchange and experiment with creative methods/techniques to expand their expression.

Participants take various basic classes in the morning and do experimental creations in theatres and studios or go out for research in the city of Kobe. During this period, there will be no instructor or facilitator, but participants make groups on the first day to discuss and decide on themes and research methods.

Participants will communicate in English and Japanese. Many expressions arise even when people good at manipulating words and those who are not work together or even when communication among participants does not go smoothly. We hope this program will be the period for participants to challenge themselves through collaboration in a new environment to make a great leap forward.