Ayaka Ono & Akira Nakazawa / Spacenotblank

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Formed in 2012 as a performing arts collective comprising Ono Ayaka and Nakazawa Akira. Its work explores new values and approaches for the performing arts, developing fresh methods and ideas unconstrained by conventional ideas. With an output based on natural communication and the interrelation between people and the environment, the group actively collaborates with different artists for each work.

Recent activities:
"Modest Difference (Playwright: Matsubara Shuntaro)," SCOOL, Tokyo / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 2021
"Alice in Wonderlight (Playwright: Matsubara Shuntaro)," ROHM Theatre Kyoto, 2020
"Love Dialogue Now," UP Kannabe, Hyogo / Sunpu Castle Park, Shizuoka / BIRD Theatre, Tottori, 2020
"Physical Catharsis," Komaba Agora Theatre, Tokyo, 2020
"Themselves," Announced on the Spacenotblank official website as an online work, 2020

Recent awards:
"The 8th Sengawa Theatre Competition," First Prize, Tokyo, 2017

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