Ken Hagiwara

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Ken Hagiwara is professor at the School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan. He is an expert on the history of modern and contemporary performing arts in Japan and Germany. Before joining Meiji University, he was research associate at the Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. 

Ken has published articles in books such as Sano Seki, Hito to Shigoto 1905-1966 (Seki Sano, The Person and the Works 1905-1966, Fujiwara Shoten, 2015), Stage-Show no Jidai (The Era of Stage-Show, Shinwasha, 2015) and Murayama Tomoyoshi, Gekiteki Sentan(Tomoyoshi Murayama, A Dramatic Extreme, Shinwasha, 2012). His publications in English include “The gap between the and on Fukushima as seen in the change of Festival/Tokyo’s lineup” in Performance Studies international Fluid States 2015 Tohoku, Japan: Select conference proceedings (2016) and “The City as Stage, the Audience as Performer: ‘Tour-Performances’ by the performance group Port B in Tokyo” inComparative Theater Review 11(1) (2012). 

Ken also translates modern German straight plays into Japanese language. Previous works include norway.today by Igor Bauersima. He also translates, arranges and operates subtitles for guest performances in Japan by artists from German-speaking countries. He has worked with artists including Rimini Protokoll, Christoph Marthaler and René Pollesch, using his married name Ken Hagiwara-Wallentowitz.

Last Updated: 2017

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