top of page

Past Projects

And, Into Thin Air

Westwood Gallery

October, 2021

 

Madama Butterfly (cancelled due to COVID 19)

Opera Saratoga

June, 2020

Bacchae

Cyprus Ancient Greek Drama Festival

Cyprus

July 18-22, 2019

I Cried Because I Had No Shoes Until...

(full-performance version)

Liverpool, the U.K.

June 11, 2019

Teaching workshop

Liverpool, the U.K.

June 10, 2019

Teaching workshop

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

May, 2019

 

Columnist

Theatre Guide Magazine, Japan

September-October issue, 2018

Panel speaker

on "Creative Process of Vaike Jumalanna:

A directorial memoir"

Belgrade, Serbia

July, 2018

Teaching workshop

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

June30-July 5, 2018

Le Sentier des Rêves

Toronto and Calgary, Canada

Summer, 2018

Columnist

Theatre Magazine, Japan

April issue, 2018

Script Translator and Dramaturg

Photograph 51

東京芸術劇場, Japan

Early Summer, 2018

Vaike Jumalanna

Estonian National Theatre, Estonia

January, 2018
 

Guest Lecturer

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre

Drama School, Estonia

December, 2017-January, 2018

Guest Lecturer

Aoyama University

December, 2017

Le Sentier des Rêves

Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne, Montreal, Canada

November, 2017

Le Sentier des Rêves

Theatre de la Ville, Montreal, Canada

November, 2017

 

Mysterious Lake

Japan Society in NYC

October 29th, 2017
 

Writer

Theatre Guide Magazine, Japan

September and November issue, 2017

Le Sentier des Rêves

Festival International des Arts de Saguenay, Canada

July, 2017

Columnist

Theatre Guide Magazine, Japan

August-September issues, 2017

I Cried Because I Had No Shoes Unitl...

The Arts Center, Liverpool, the U.K.

June, 2017

 

Le Sentier des Rêves

Mashteuiatsh, Canada

June, 2017

 

 

Workshop Tutor

The National Theatre of Cyprus

November, 2016

Woyzeck

Staller Center for the Arts Theater 1

November 10-20, 2016

Mysterious Lake: Obake Yashiki Haunted House version

Japan Society in Manhattan, NYC

October 30, 2016

Mysterious Lake

Long Island Children's Museum

August, 2016

 

Guest Lecturer

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

London, U.K.

May, 2016

Workshop Tutor

Physical Fest

Liverpool, U.K.

May, 2016

Kwaidan

Omaha, NE

April 13-23, 2016

 

Mysterious Lake: Reading

Long Island Children's Museum

February, 2016

 

The Woyzeck Project

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

London

June, 2015

 

Mysterious Lake

Staller Center for the Arts

April, 2015

 

Mysterious Lake

(screening)

Earth Matters On Stage Play Festival

Nevada

May, 2015

 

Mysterious Lake

Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY

 

Kwaidan

Washington DC

May 29-June 22, 2014

 

The Kojiki Project

Sofia, Bulgaria

December, 2013-on going

 

Guest artist/lecturer at Yale University

September 30, 2013

 

Dreams in the Arms of the Binding Lady

Philadelphia tour

August 6-7, 2013

 

Guest Artist at the National Theatre Conservatory in Romania

June, 2013

 

Guest Artist at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the U.K.

June, 2013

 

Dreams in the Arms of the Binding Lady

The Wang Center at SUNY Stony Brook

April 27, 2013

 

Dreams in the Arms of the Binding Lady

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

December 9, 2012

 

Dream in the Arms of the Binding Lady

Performance tour to Iowa and Chicago

September 7-21, 2012

 

Dreams in the Arms of the Binding Lady

The Studio Theatre, Washington DC

July 13-15, 2012

 

Dreams in the Arms of the Binding Lady

Performance tour to

Peru

July2-12, 2012

 

 

iKilL

written and created by

Izumi Ashizawa

November, 2011

 

ikill

written and created by

Izumi Ashizawa

July, 2011

 

Haoma and the Warrior

written, directed, and designed

by Izumi Ashizawa

in Iran

June, 2011

 

Minotaur

written and directed/puppet designed

by Izumi Ashizawa

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kogod Theatre

April, 2011

 

Collaboration project in Iran

December 2010-January 2011

 

Leading workshop at Carnegie Melon University

December 3-4, 2010

 

Leading workshop at National Academy of Arts in Norway

November 22, 2010

 

Volund

written and directed by Izumi Ashizawa

August 23-24, 2010

Norway

 

Leading workshop

August 13-15, 2010

Norway

 

Leading workshop

July 9-August 9, 2010

Bulgaria

 

Bake-Neko-Kyosokyoku

written and directed by Izumi Ashizawa

May 20-30, 2010

Russia

 

Gilgamesh

conceived and directed by Izumi Ashizawa

April 23-May2, 2010 

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kogod Theatre

 

Leading workshop

October 28-31, 2009

Austria

 

Gilgamesh tour

August 18-23, 2009

Boulder, CO

 

Volund

conceived and directed by Izumi Ashizawa

July 5, 2009

Oslo, Norway

 

Leading workshop

June 9-15, 2009

Oslo, Norway

 

Zahak

June 6, 2009

Romania

 

Leading workshop

May 9-12, 2009

June 2, 2009

Romania

 

Leading workshop

May1-3, 2009

Grand Cayman Island

 

Asajigahara

May2-3, 2009

Cay Fest

Grand Cayman Island

 

Gilgamesh

conceived and directed by Izumi Ashizawa

at the USF Theatre 2

April 2-11, 2009

Tampa, FL

 

Gala

at The Grape in Tampa

March 16, 2009

 

Asajigahara

created and performed by Izumi Ashizawa

February 26-27, 2009

for the 75th anniversary ceremony of the State Theatre, Kiev, Ukraine

 

Le Morte de la Fontaine, original performance piece directed by Izumi Ashizawa,

conceived by Izumi Ashizawa and Daniel Laws

December 20th, 2008

Maleny Playhouse, Australia

December 31, 2008-January 1, 2009

supported by the Australian Government Art Arts Queensland Fund

 

October 25, 2008

Leading workshop in Slovenia

 

June 9-11, 2008

Leading workshop in Turkey

 

May 23, 2008

Legislative Theatre performance presentation in Omaha

 

March 21, 2008

Leading Workshop and performance presentation in Flagler College, FL

 

March 18, 2008

Leading Workshop and performance presentation in Chicago

 

February 7, 2008

Leading Workshop and performance presentation in New Haven, CT

 

February 1, 2008

Leading Workshop and Performance presentation at University of Tampa

 

July 24, 2007

Zahak in Tehran, Iran

Special Award

 

April-June, 2007

UNESCO-Artist award art-residency in France

 

April, 2007

Leading workshop in Romania

 

March, 2007

Leading workshop in Turkey

 

July 22-23, 2006

The Blue Rocks in Tokyo, Japan

Arion Tokyo Summer Music Festival

 

July 21, 2006

National Public Television of Japan has broadcasted a documentary of Izumi Ashizawa and her "The Bue Rocks" during the evening news.

 

May 28, 2006

The Blue Rocks in Romania

 

May 18-30, 2006

Leading Workshop in Romania

 

April 28, 2006

Minotaur in Tehran, Iran

Best Performance Award

Tehran Municipality Arts and Culture Organization Award

 

February 1, 2006

Duo in Krakow, Poland

 

January 20-23, 2006

The Blue Rocks in Tehran, Iran

 

June 26-July 3, 2005

The Blue Rocks in Romania

 

August 2, 2005

Organized Color Intoxication in New York

bottom of page