Miracle Magical Musical Theater 

☆About...

”MAHOUTSUKAI” means a sorcerer. Our theme is miracles of nature. Our start was as a puppet theater. And now, our show is a unique mixture of puppetry and Butoh dance and performance art and music. After tragedy FUKUSHIMA, we love to join many outdoor festivals and gatherings for peace in Japan and Overseas.

 

☆Profile

2015-2012  Shambara

festival in Thailand

2014 performance with classic musician and visual artists in Taipei, Taiwan

2014-1997 The puppet theater festival in Nagano, Japan

2014 Jeju International peace festival in Korea

2014 New studio open in Osaka 

2014, 2011 Chungju performance art festival in Korea

2012 the puppet theater festival in Osaka, Japan
2012 a supporting event for FUKUSHIMA’s children

2012 Bucheon and Chungju performance art festival in Korea

2011  the puppet theater festival in Tokyo, Japan 2011

2011 Organized a performance festival in Osaka, Japan 

2010 Opened own studio in Osaka, Japan

2011-2010 Australia Woodford Folk Festival

1998 founded by Shohei Tanaka in Tokyo

 


☆Main members

Showheyhey Tanaka (show hey hey)

Shohei is a natural-born actor with the presence. His expression which comes from his pure heart like a child gives intense impression to the audience. He has a very unique fantasy world. He creates dance movements by observing animals such as cats and snakes.
A director of theater MAHOWTSUKAI. He learned about a puppet theater in Tokyo. Also, he learned from Gaishi Mizuta. And he graduated a theater school of Takeo Matsuura, known as a producer of Yukio Mishima. Now he tries to express himself  more freely by learning belly dance and violin.


Miyon Tanaka

She is a Butoh dancer. She started to dance from 1994 in Kyoto, Japan. She learned Butoh dance and then founded a Butoh company “H” with other three women. They call themselves as “pop Butoh dance.” Their dance had a unique aspect of woman's body. Their activity is based is Kyoto. And they performed not only in Japan but overseas. They performed at a club under the Opera House in Sydney in 2006, and performed at the national theater in Lille, France in 2008. After she quit the company, she was invited to some international performance art festivals in Korea, Finland, and Australia as a solo dancer. She wants to dance herself as a part of nature. She loves improvisational dance and way of life.