ABOUT NORIYUKI SAWA
[2006.06.25] [about Noriyui Sawa]
MEMBER OF NIHON-UNIMA, UNION INTERNATIONALE DE LA MARIONNETTE,
INSTRUCTOR OF DAMU, ACADEMY OF PERFORMANCE ARTS IN PRAGUE.
SINCE 1991, STARTED HIS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE,
SELECTED AND SUPPORTED BY THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
AND THE CULTURAL MINISTRY OF JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
1993, CAST IN "TOWER OF BABEL", A PROJECT CO-PRODUCED BY INSTITUT INTERNATIONALE DE LA MARIONNETTE, CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES, FRANCE,
AND DAMU-PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC.
1994, FILMED WHILE BEING A COMMENTATOR AND PERFORMER OF HIGH-DEFINITION TELEVISION PROGRAM IN THE INTERNATIONAL PUPPETRY FESTIVAL
OF FRANCE BY NHK (PUBLIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN).
THE PROGRAM WAS BROADCAST IN JAPAN, 1995 and 1996.
BETWEEN 1994 AND 1995, FILMED IN JAPAN,
CZECH REPUBLIC, AND FRANCE, THE SUBJECT OF AN
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION
PROGRAM CALLED "WANDERING MACBETH" BY THE
PRODUCTION STUDIO C.A.T.PRAHA, IN COOPERATION
WITH NHK.
IT WAS BROADCAST IN CZECH NATIONAL TV,
CHANNEL 2, 1996.
1996, STARTED THE WORLD TOUR: PARIS, FRANCE;
NEW YORK, USA; BERLIN, GERMANY; BUDAPEST,
HUNGARY; AND ATHENS, GREECE.
ALSO INSTRUCTED A 35-DAY WORKSHOP IN JAPAN
WITH PETR MATASEK OF THEATRE DRAK.
1997, THE "FOREST" TOUR '97. VISITED 9 COUNTRIES,
50 TOWNS, AND MADE 89 PRESENTATIONS.
1998, DESIGNED AND PRODUCTED 60 MASKS,
PUPPETS AND SCENIC ARTS OF "ALICE'S
ADVENTURES IN WONDER LAND" PRODUCED BY THE
TOKYO PUBLIC THEATRE.
THE "FOREST" TOUR '98 AND THE "EGG" TOUR STARTED.

Awards
[2006.06.24] [about Noriyui Sawa]
1991
The special prize of culture,
The Hokkaido Youth Foundation of Science and Culture
in Japan, to the artistic activities.
1998
The special prize of audience "CENA DIVAKA"
to the performance "Forest"
in the international theatre festival in Moravia
"Kopriva'98",Czech Republic.
1999
The European Award "FRANZ KAFKA MEDAL",
to the performance "Forest" and global activities.
2001
The Grand-Prix of the international puppetry festival
in Pecs, Hungary to the performance "A Plague O' Both
Your Houses ! -Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet".
2003
The prize "Best Performance For Children"
to the performance "Fairy Tales"
in the international puppet festival in Ostrava
"Spectaculo Interesse 2003", Czech Republic.


