Below is the 2006 event information.
For the 2007 event information, please refer to the "Echigo-Tsumari in Summer 2007 - Festival of the Earth" page.

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*Please refer to p146 -p152 of the BT edition
*( ) : Admission price when purchased in advance

In commemoration of the opening of the Noh Theater "Papillon/Pavillon", designed by Dominique Perrault, leading Noh and Kyogen actors will perform on the eve of the Triennial opening.

Date & Time: Friday, July 22, 18h00 (doors open at 17h30) 　
Venue: "Papillon/Pavillon", Shinmei Waterfront Garden, Tokamachi area
(in the event of rain: please proceed to Tokamachi Cross 10)
Admission: S 8,000 yen (7,200 yen) / A 6,000 yen (5,400 yen) / B 4,500 yen (4,000 yen)

Capacity: 800 seats
Program: (Noh) "Hagoromo (Angel's Robe)"; (Kyogen) "Sado Fox"
Actors: Kiyokazu Kanze (26th generation performer of the Kanze Noh school), Yukio Ishida and others
Producer: Keiichiro Tsuchiya

Tomoko Mukaiyama Piano Recital "Line"

Date & Time: Tuesday, July 25, 19h00 (doors open at 18h00)
Venue : Tokamachi Shiminkaikan
Admission free (Reservation Required! Please reserve your seat by calling the phone number below)
Organized by Asahi Breweries Ltd., Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial Executive Committee
Inquiry: 025 246 2381 (Asahi Beer Niigata Branch)

Date & Time: Saturday, July 29, 19h00 (doors open at 18h30)
Venue: Matsudai Nobutai
Admission: 2,500 yen (2,000 yen) under 15 years: Admission free
Performers: STOWYK
Yuji Tsunemi (Arabian instrument), Keishi Ota (violin), Seiji Yoshimi (Indian instrument), Kei Wada (Indonesian instrument), Yoshihiko Kawada (Aboriginal instrument), Masahiko Sato (jazz piano)

Butoh dancer Shigeya Mori expresses the ambience and memory of the land. He will create and perform a dance symphony, "Matsudai Dance: Picture of Rice Production," and other works at the "Rice Field", Nobutai, and various locations throughout the Tsumari region.

◇Program 1 : Matsudai Street Theatre
Dates & Places: July 29 (Sat) =Koarado Community, July 20(Sun) = Takizawa Community, August 20 (Sun)= Higashiyama Community, August 26 (Sat) = Kiriyama Community
Time: 17h00 Admission free

◇Program 2: Festival for Matsudai Memories
Dates & Places: July 30 (Sun) = Tofuya (Toge Community), August 20 (Sun) = Gimyo Theatre "KURA"
Time: 20h30 Admission free

◇Program 3: Tanada (rice field) Theatre
Date & Time: August 27 (Sun) 17h00 (opens at 16h30)
Place: "Rice Field" (by Ilya & Emilia Kabakov)
Admission: 1,500 yen (1,200 yen) under 15 years: Admission free

◇Program 4: Shigeya Mori Solo Dance Performance
Date & Time: September 9 (Sat) 19h00
Venue: Matsudai Nobutai
Admission: 1,500 yen (1,200 yen) under 15 years: Admission free

Chiba University Kuriu Laboratory will hold a fashion show featuring kimono, a traditional industry of Tokamachi. The show will be performed on a runway made of straw with projected images of snow providing the background.

Dates & Time: August 10 & 11 19h30 - 20h30
Venue: Tokamachi Shopping Street
Admission: 2,000 yen (1,800 yen)
Capacity: 100
Organized by Chiba University, Kuryu Laboratory
Directed by Takehiko Sanada

This ongoing project was launched in 2000: An international symposium discussing and investigating new possibilities in the relationship between human beings and nature in our radically changing civilization.

Program:
Aug 5 (Sat)　14h00 -17h30　Symposium
Aug 6 (Sun) 10h00 - 12h30 Group sessions
12h30-15h00 Report
Keynote speaker: Hirofumi Uzawa
Panelists: Keiichi Taira, Kunihiro Ando, Shoji Nakamura, Prospector
Group session participants: Satoru Ikeuchi, Akira Shinoda, Tomoyuki Hakamada, Shigeya Mori, others
Admission (includes lunch): for one day 1,200 yen (1,000 yen); for two day 2,000 yen (1,500 yen)

Ten groups of drum musicians from Japan, Europe, America, Asia, and Africa will perform together. The natural amphitheatre formed by the longtime process of agriculture will be transformed by the especially created banners and towers of artist Yukihisa Isobe

Dates & Places: August 5 Nobugaku Corridor, Murono
August 6 Matsudai Nobutai
Time: 18h00
Admission: for one day 1,200 yen; for two days 2,000 yen (1,800 yen)
Performers: L'Acousteel Gang (France), PURI(Korea), BAMI(Cameroon) & MAKOTO, Za Ondeko (Japan), Hachijo Drum, Bamboo Orchestra Japan, Daita, Monori Drum, Matsuri World

Date & Time: August 12 19h30 (doors open at 19h00)
Venue: Matsudai Nobutai
Admission: 1,800 yen (1,500 yen) under 15 years: Admission free

Date & Time: August 19 19h30 (doors open at 19h00)
Venue: Matsudai Nobutai
Admission: 2,000 yen (1,600 yen) under 15 years: Admission free

From U.S., Ei Arakawa will bring four artists together to Echigo-Tsuamri. They will simultaneously dance, sing and play the instruments in different classrooms of the high school. Unexpected joyful performances will happen!

Date & Time: August 29 13h40
Venue: Tsunan High School
Performers: Ei Arakawa, Jutta Koether, Jay Sanders, Emily Sunblad, Stefan Tcherepnin,
Admission free

Bunraku (traditional puppet theatre) is one of the three classic performing arts in Japan being awarded the classification of "World Cultural Heritage". It originated from farmers' dances to pray for peace and a good harvest. A joint performance of Bunraku and jazz marks a new epoch in the 350-year-history of Bunraku. Produced by Kanroku Yoshida

Dates & Places: September 2 : Gimyo Theatre "Kura"
September 3 : Matsudai "Nobutai"
Time: 19h00