キーワード Performing Arts

名匠アラン・パーカーによる青春映画。ニューヨーク・マンハッタンの芸能学校を舞台に、一流のアーティストを目指して奮闘するさまざまな若者たちの姿をドキュメンタリータッチで描いた青春群像ドラマ。アカデミー作曲賞、歌曲賞受賞。 音楽・ダンス・演劇の世界に若き才能を輩出するニューヨークの公立芸能学校に、期待に胸膨らませてやってきた若者たち。才能に満ちあふれた者や、挫折し別の道を歩む者、それぞれがさまざまな出会いを通して新しい日々をむかえる。

『宮城野』（みやぎの）は、2008年製作・2010年公開の日本映画である。 矢代静一作による同題戯曲を映画化した作品である。謎多き浮世絵師である東洲斎写楽をモチーフにした新感覚の時代劇。矢代の娘の毬谷友子が主演している。 “もう一つのエンディング版”である『宮城野〈ディレクターズカット版〉』も製作され、この作品はお蔵出し映画祭2011のコンペ部門にノミネートされて、審査員特別賞を受賞した。

果たして音楽とは耳から聴くだけのものなのだろうか？この映画は無音であり、言語は手話である。耳の聞こえない聾者（ろう者）たちが自ら「音楽」を奏でるアート・ドキュメンタリーだ。楽器や音声は介さない。彼らは、自身の手、指、顔の表情から全身に至るまで、その肉体を余すことなく駆使しながら視覚的に「音楽」空間を創り出していく。出演者は国内外で活躍する舞踏家から、演技経験のない一般の聾者まで多彩な顔ぶれが集まる。彼らは各々に「音楽が視える」と語り、「魂から溢れ出る“気”のようなもの」から「音楽」を感じるという。複数の手話詩を交えながら「四季」を表現する初老の男性、木々のざわめきの中で風を歌う少女、波打つ浜辺で魂を叫ぶ女性、親密な愛情を共鳴させる夫婦……。

Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school.

The story is set in Tonakishima, a small island with a population of 600. Hana, a high school girl who lives on the island, loves recitals, and holds regular reading sessions for the island's children. Mizuki, the president of the Broadcasting Club, senses Hana's power to attract people through her reading and invites her to join the club. Hana joins the Broadcasting Club and experiences many firsts with the other members.

Her father passed away very early and her mother lives and works in a crowded Chinese restaurant. Kitajima Maya, a 13-year old girl, has to carry the burden of making ends meet as she fights against her ill fate. However, she is able to overcome the trials and tribulations in her life with her passion and enthusiasm. She happens to encounter the reclusive actress Tsukikage who decides to train and mould her into the foremost actress of her generation.

Six dedicated students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry.

In 1937 Beijing, a revered opera star and a businessman unite to preserve culture, love, and hope as their city falls under the shadow of invasion.

When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's rendition of the story called "Shinigami," he is determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone's surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him "Yotaro." As Yotaro happily begins his new life, he meets others in Yakumo's life, including Yakumo's ward Konatsu. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father's tragic death. Konatsu loved her father's storytelling, and would love to become a performer in her own right—but that path is not available for women.

Kabo is a high school student with a stutter who struggles to express his feelings. He finds himself drawn to his classmate Wanda, who pursues dance without worrying about how others see her. Seeking a form of freestyle expression, Kabo takes on the unfamiliar world of dance.

Tender emotions and new yearnings awaken in childhood friends Teh and Oh-aew when they cross paths in a Chinese language class during senior year.

The scheming Mallikajaan rules over an elite house of courtesans — but a new rival threatens her reign as rebellion brews in British-ruled India.

8 years after the adventures of Hino Kahoko, it is now time for Koihinata Kanade to step on the stage. Soon after transferring to Seiso Gakuen, Kanade finds the orchestra club in the middle of preparing for the National concur. Teaming up with the other members, she will improve her skills, meet new rivals and create memories for what will become an unforgettable summer...

Hoshitani Yuta enters Ayanagi Academy, a school focusing on show business activities, specifically music. The academy has a group of the grade three students with the highest grades in the musical department, and they are known as the Kao Kai (Cherry Blossom Flower Association). This organization stands at the top of the pecking order within the academy. The shortcut to entering the musical department is to enter the Star Frame class, which is directly taught by the members, and to be recognized by them. Unfortunately, due to their own problems, students Nayuki Toru, Tsukigami Kaito, Tengenji Kakeru, Kuga Shu and Hoshitani Yuta are all struggling to even remain candidates for the musical department. By a stroke of luck, however, the five are spotted by Kao Kai member Otori, and they pique his interest.

Tsukishima Yui and 5 other girls were summoned into the Edo period by a mysterious stones and each one of them had a power to protect people from evil and yui's power were ''words'' her hope-giving kind words.

A male student's body is found at school. Authorities assume that the student killed himself in a fall. Other students at the school hold a trial to uncover the truth behind his death.

The story centers on Hinano, a very normal and mild-mannered 17-year-old girl. Since she was very young her grandmother ran a planetarium that Hinano loved, but one day Hinano found out that the planetarium would be closing down. Hinano worried about whether there was anything she could do for her grandmother and for the planetarium, and she coincidentally one day catches sight of a woman dancing on a pole under a starry sky. She gathers her friends and together they set up a stage in the planetarium to perform shows, and they jump into the world of pole dancing.

Akane Osaki, captivated since childhood by the magical performances of her father, Shinta Arakawa, witnesses a shocking incident during his decisive performance for promotion to shin'uchi (master rank). Six years later, now a high school student, she sets her sights on becoming a shin'uchi herself—pushing forward in the highly competitive world of rakugo.

Students at an arts high school strive to prove that they are the “real deal” amidst a culture where mimicking one another is the norm.

"The Century of the Theater" - From the "birth of the director" to the "heroes of modernity" - an overview of the world of theater - illuminates the interaction with the history of the past hundred years is also shown.

Set during the early Showa period, Yakumo enters the world of rakugo. He forms a friendship with talented storyteller Yurakutei. Yakumo admires Yurakutei’s talent and struggles to achieve his level of performance. With the help of geisha Miyokichi, Yakumo grows up as a rakugo storyteller. Yurakutei and Miyokichi get married, but they die in a mysterious accident. Yakumo takes Konatsu, who is the child of Yurakutei and Miyokichi, and raises her. Konatsu grows up blaming Yakumo as her parents’ enemy. Konatsu and Yakumo’s disciple Yotaro chases after the truth of her parents’ death, which Yakumo hides.

Nearly Famous is a television drama mini-series about a group of British teenagers at a top London school of the performing arts. It is shown in the UK and Ireland on E4. The show has been compared to other teen drama series such as The OC and Skins. The show debuted on E4 on 8 November 2007 and ended its run on the 13th of December 2007. It is filmed in Kent, England. There are no plans to continue into a second series, but the series has been left open so that a second series could be made on demand. The series ends with Owen leaving school, and his devastated friends, after being kicked out. Although it was virtually ignored, it gained a large fanbase between 13-20-year olds. It had many story lines which related well to this target market, including drinking, drugs, money, sex and virginity.

When a “superstar” who is used to the spotlight must step into the artistic world behind the curtain of a charming “Likay leading actor.”