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Hiromi Maruoka is President of the Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication (PARC) and Director of the Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama (TPAM). In these roles, she provides opportunities to connect people with people, and people with places, both in Japan and overseas. In 2003, she set up the Postmainstream Performing Arts Festival (PPAF) to bring foreign productions to Japan. Maruoka also conducted the Asia Satellite Meetings (2008, 2011) of the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM), and in 2012 initiated the festival Sound Live Tokyo. She is Vice President of the Open Network for Performing Arts Management (ON-PAM) and also one of the founders.
Last Updated: 2018