Festival Report フェスティバル レポート 2024

Splended Juggling "Slinky" /Perfomer sasaman

"Slinky" - a toy that a lot of people played with when they were children.
Performer sasaman is the only one artist who juggles it in DAIDOGEI WORLD CUP in SHIZUOKA.

His juggling fascinated spectators.
Spectators cheered when they saw him controlling colorful slinkys.
A little boy's eyes lit up the moment he saw the performance, and he said "Awsome!"

Performer sasaman juggled various size of slinkys as if he danced with them for about three minutes.
Moreover, he threw a slinky into the plate on the stic of 7m height.
Spectators cheered when he succeeded in his performance.

Performer sasaman left a message to children who want to use slinkys.
"I would like them to play with slinkys. I came up with some tricks when I saw children play with slinkys."

(Y)

Enjoy the "CHAOS"/Compagnia Bellavita

Two men who came from Italy for the first time, are amazing performer called "Compagnia Bellavita"!!
They literally made "Chaos "during their performance.

Antonio, performed his sophisticated juggling skill and Andrea, showed his charming Japanese and eggs performance.
These two unique men make you not be able to look away.

Their shows start with delightful Italian music and tempo from the very begging.

Thought they set the tablecloth and have dinner; they started playing juggling with wine bottles!
Audiences cannot get their mind off from Bellavita.
Their Italian gestures, we could sometime see, added special spices which made the performance more attractive.

As we are admired by Andrea's pasta magic, suddenly, music changed incredibly and soon began the performance,"cocorito".
The audiences got extremely excited with upbeat music and their vibes.

They performed with soccer ball, throwing and bouncing but... is this a mistake??
Well, no. This might surprise you though, this is completely on purpose.

They said that they become happy when the audiences are confusing whether this mistake is real or fake.
It is actually a prank toward the audiences which they enjoy playing.

Also, they stated that the performance here was one of the best one of all as they grim.
We cannot wait for them performing next year too!

(Alba)

Vielen Dank to Daidougei! / Cia. JoCa

The premium stage is more gorgeous and more exciting.
The first artist of today's premium stage was a unit from Germany, Cia JoCa (Compania JoCa).



Their buddies are a massive ring and a metal pole. They will dance with the pole and an unbelievably powerful body.

They also control the ring with many ways. During the performance, the movement of the ring looks like a vehicle or even an animal.
But, they are also human just like us. They get sulky when they failed. This charming point also attract the interest of audiences.



This is their first time to join this event. They were a little nervous because usually they don't perform in Japan.
But with heartful and polite welcoming call of audience, they received courage and confidence.

"We are going to improve our performance through this stage. Our future goal is to perform all over the world.
We want to send Vielen Dank("Thank you" in German) to Daidougei." they said.



Written by Mr. Tu

Soap bubble brought you smile! / Sogni di Sapone

The comical Sogni di Sapone makes his entrance as if he is slipping.

At first, people looked uneasy, not knowing if they were really falling, but the smile on Sogni di Sapone's face soon brought laughter back to audiences.

People were immediately drawn in his happily move with the music.
The numerous bubbles created as if dancing with the music brought smiles to the children's faces.

Big and small bubbles flew and blew toward the audience, entertaining even those who were far away from him.



Songi di Sapone is aware of the importance of non-verbal communication by bubbles, because he can't communicate with audience in Japanese.

His non-verbal communication has definitely hit the hearts of Japanese audiences.

He said,
“This is my first time performing in Japan. Japanese people are very polite and give me a lot of reactions.”

Only one day has left to see his performance in this event, why don't you smile with his comical bubble performance?

(dekapurin)

Performance of Fire and Traditional Japanese Magic

Four men wearing traditional Japanese clothes appeared on the stage.

They formed a team called "HINOKAGUYA" to perform on DAIDOGEI WORLD CUP in SHIZUOKA.

Team leader Aki Ueno said that they had wanted to perform on this stage.

Two performers showed traditional Japanese magic "Wazuma," using traditional umbrellas, masks and paper, while the others danced with fire.

Their performance was powerful and sophisticated, and the children who saw it cheered with joy!

Their performance during the daytime was so exciting!

And when you see their performance in the evening, their performance with fire will fascinate you!






(Y)