WMDF: World Music and Dance Festival in Hakodate, Japan » YokoyamaNamiko http://2019.wmdf.org/en WMDF and the Mogu Mogu Festival are brought to you by "Worlds Meet Japan". We are non-profit, and run by volunteers. Any proceeds of our event go to our work on transformational social and educational projects locally and internationally. Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:51:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 Fourth Artists Announcement http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2019/0713101610.html http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2019/0713101610.html#comments Sat, 13 Jul 2019 01:16:10 +0000 http://wmdf.org/?p=13510

Another addition to our lineup.

The festival secured access to a long-term dream space in  the center of the park. We straight away found an installation artist to bring a completely new experience to the event. 

 

■ In-Japan artist

Tokachi「Ambient Flow」Dates: Entire festival, interactive from 19:00-21:00Ambientflow_photo01

 

 

]]> http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2019/0713101610.html/feed 0 Thank you for coming to WMB early summer! http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2019/0617173835.html http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2019/0617173835.html#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:38:35 +0000 http://wmdf.org/?p=13346 World Meet Bar of this year was excellent! This event is held every June or July as a pre-event of WMDF.

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We were afraid bad weather might come, but we escaped. We made tent front of entrance and we enjoyed drinking there. It was great time!

We made our third artists announcement, to build excitement of event for this year.

2019 will see artists from Algeria and Argentina for the first time.

Please feel our theme “World meet in Japan”.

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Announced in J to coincide with June 16th’s “Worlds Meet Bar” even

■ International Artists

Lithuania「Folk Trio」Dates: 5-11, with days offRenatos Drukteinytės (11)
https://www.ethnoprojects.lt/folk-trio/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AZ1HA_20II

－ Slovakia「Folk Music Band Rendošovci」Dates: 5-11, with days off
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http://www.rendosovci.sk/video.html
https://youtu.be/XiZSVoYWKME

－ USA「Brian Hulse」Dates: 5-11, with days offD09T2234

 

■ In-Japan Artists

【Street Peformers】

－ Tokyo「Clown Rio」Dates: Aug 6-11
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Look for details on our artists pages

 First and second artists announcements (J) below ↓↓↓

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第012回芸術祭、出演アーティスト発表第２弾！

]]> http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2019/0616095303.html/feed 0 Second 2018 Staff Meeting http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2018/0615194316.html http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2018/0615194316.html#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:43:16 +0000 http://wmdf.org/?p=12135 Thanks to all who came to our first meeting at the Machi-tsukuri Center. Great to see many new and many familiar faces. Many nationalities and walks of life, too. These images are of talk session and group photo, but we also went a little of the wall (as usual) playing bingo and practising jingles.

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More is to come in our next meeting, where we will be spending much of the time doing
festival preparation work, including making WMDF bags out of T-shirts (yes, you read that right: come along to find out how).

WMDF 2nd Staff Meeting
June 25 (Mon) 18:30-20:30
Place: Hakodate Josei Center（http://www.hakodate-josen.com/）
Please note location is different to 1st meeting
Details: Festival prep work, poster & flier distribution, etc

As usual, we welcome all, including anyone who just wants to come along to take a look.

Hope to see you soon!

 

]]> http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2018/0615194316.html/feed 0 2018 First Staff Meeting http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2018/0514202209.html http://2019.wmdf.org/en/2018/0514202209.html#comments Mon, 14 May 2018 11:22:09 +0000 http://wmdf.org/?p=12095 With the ending of Japan’s “Golden Week” season, we are now less than three months away from this year’s WMDF. We have been quietly been working hard to bring you yet again a gathering of world cultures. Join us in Motomachi Park for music, dance, goods, gourmet and more.

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Always on the lookout for new ideas, this year we have introduced “Challenge Booth” spaces at our co-located “Mogu Mogu” Festival. Expect to see some new faces in our lineup, including some who are trying out the business end of festival life for the first time.

Another place for new faces is our staff meetings. Each year, some  veteran staff move on, and a new wave of enthusiasts appears.

IMG_0911[1]Last year’s opening Staff Meet

We cater for all levels of interest and all kinds of skill-sets. Our first meet gives a run-down of the festival organisation structure, a sneak preview of this year’s groups, and a chance to get hands dirty with some of this year’s preparation work. Observers are happily welcomed (but be warned that we have been known to run our own specialised version of “speed dating” to get as many people as possible talking to each other…)

■2018 Staff Meeting #1

Date: May 31 (Thu) 18:30-20:30
Place: Machi-Tsukuri Center（https://goo.gl/maps/mRfMZvSqvS82）
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For first-timers, here is the answer to every year’s most asked question: “No you don’t need to be available for the whole festival. Even one day is a huge help to us…. Even a couple of hours on one day is a huge help for us”

No time for meetings? Our staff mail can keep you up to date. Registration is quick and easy, and carries no obligation.

Whichever route you choose,  we hope you will play a part in this year’s blending of old friends with new encounters…

Let “worlds meet” again in 2018!

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