JPPI Prodocers’ Mentorship Program

2026.7.21

インドネシアのプロデューサー・ネットワークであるJPPI (Jejaring Produser Pertunjukan Indonesia)が実施するProducers’ Mentorship ProgramにON-PAMが協力として参加いたしました。

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JPPI Prodocers’ Mentorship Program

ON-PAM participated as a partner in the Producers’ Mentorship Program organized by JPPI (Jejaring Produser Pertunjukan Indonesia), an Indonesian producers network.

The program overview is as follows.

Participation in the Producers’ Mentorship Program

Based on a survey of producers who have participated in forums organized by the Indonesian Performing Arts Producers Network (JPPI), extra knowledge and skills are required for those wishing to enter the international circuit. To address this, JPPI and MTN Lab organized a capacity-building program for Indonesian performing arts producers currently working on transnational collaborative projects.

Producers play a vital role in performing arts practices, particularly in expanding the production and distribution of developing artistic ideas. This is especially true in transnational collaborations, where the context and practice environment of each party must be clearly articulated and mutually understood.

Offered in the form of a mentorship, this program was open to both emerging and mid-career producers. Focusing on insights and soft skills, this support aimed to strengthen professional development at the international recognition stage, focusing on advancing producing practices and capacities within collaborative processes.

Producing Mentorship: Collaborative Works from Particular Traditions

International engagements take many forms. One approach involves exploring traditions and art forms rooted in the communities of collaborators from different countries. A producer’s role goes beyond ensuring logistical support; they must also be able to adopt tradition as a methodology and a strategic tool for production. This process of borrowing cultural frameworks as a working strategy was applied in this mentorship, focusing specifically on producers working within the context of Japanese traditions.

Program Design & Structure

1-on-1 Consultation: Each participant had one consultation opportunity with the ON-PAM team outside the main sessions.

Sessions (June – July 2026):

Session 1: Introduction
11th June　7PM -9PM(JST)
Mentor: Mariko Onoe

Session 2: Collaboration Case Study
18th June 7PM -9PM(JST)
Mentor: Fumi Yokobori, Yoko Kawasaki

Session 3: Collaboration Case Study
25th June 7PM -9PM(JST)
Mentor: Yukako Ogura, Tomoyuki Arai

Session 4: Closing
2nd July 7PM -9PM(JST)

Mentors:

Mariko Onoe

Secretary General of Open Network for Performing Arts Management ON-PAM. She worked at Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication PARC and the secretariat of Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama (TPAM) as a program officer from 2006 to 2017. As a grantee of the program of overseas study for upcoming artists 2009 by Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan, she did an internship at Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh and Riverside Studio in London.

Yoko Kawasaki

After working at CAN Inc. and Kyoto Art Center, she was a fellow for the Program of Overseas Study by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan and studied at HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin. She has been involved as production coordinator at Kyoto Experiment since 2011 and is co-director since 2020. In 2024 she received the 74th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (development of the arts).

Fumi Yokobori

Fumi Yokobori is Co-Director of DANCE BOX and Director of VIAN. Based in Shin-Nagata, Kobe, and works at the Art Theater dB Kobe as her base of activity. She carries out most works/projects through residency creation, and aims to develop unique international programs in Shin-Nagata, an area where multiple cultures from various regions in the world co-exist. She co-founded VIAN with her Vietnamese partner, through which she explores Vietnamese water puppetry in ways that engage deeply with Kobe’s local communities. She also serves on the board of ON-PAM (Open Network for Performing Arts Management).

Tomoyuki Arai

Born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1974, Tomoyuki Arai holds a B.A. in literature and an M.A. in theatre and film studies from Waseda University. After working in archival management at the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum’s library, serving as a staff member of Gekidan Kaitaisha, and producing videos for anti-nuclear and contingent workers’ labor union movements, Arai became a board member of Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication (PARC). Arai served as Director of Sound Live Tokyo (2014–2016) and has been a Program Officer of Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM) since 2017. Arai has translated more than forty works of contemporary theatre, contemporary dance, participatory performance, film, and video installation. His English translation of Jun Tsutsui’s Bottomless was published by the Japan Playwrights Association in ENGEKI: Japanese Theatre in the New Millennium 7 (2022). Since Hotel Aporia (Aichi Triennale 2019), he has served as dramaturg on five works by Ho Tzu Nyen.

Yukako Ogura

Yukako Ogura, Program Director, ROHM Theatre Kyoto.She started working at AI-HALL (Itami Municipal Theatre Hall) in 2001. After working as a freelance performing arts producer, she served as Director of AI-HALL from 2008 to 2013, where she planned and produced many dance performances and workshops. From 2010 to 2015, she worked for KYOTO EXPERIMENT: Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival. In 2015, she spent one year in London through the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Overseas Study Program for Upcoming Artists. She graduated from Kobe College and later earned a master’s degree in Cultural Management from the University of Tokyo. She is a board member of the Open Network for Performing Arts Management (ON-PAM) and Vice President of the Japan Association of Theatre and Music Halls (Geionkyo). She joined ROHM Theatre Kyoto in 2016 and has been in her current position since 2021.

Mentees:

Aik Vela Prastica

Since 2012, Aik Vela has been deeply involved in the performing arts world as an actor, director, arts and culture manager, and facilitator. Her focus lies in the creation and management of performances or cultural events that prioritize collaborative, empowering thoughts and sensibilities. To this day, she continues to grow alongside “Kelompok Hidup,” a creative collective engaged in performing arts, literature, and cross-disciplinary knowledge development.

Elyda K. Rara

Elyda K. Rara has dedicated herself as a theater producer since 2016, working alongside the Kamateatra Art Project and Padepokan Seni Madura. She has also published a children’s book titled Sapirin Mancelat, which highlights the socio-culture of the Madurese community. In addition to her artistic endeavors, she is a teacher of Indonesian Language and Literature, as well as a curator for the Biennale Jatim XI.

Putu Ardiyasa

Lecturer of Traditional Theater at Institut Mpu Kuturan and Manager of the Lemah Tulis Bali Art InstitutionI have been an academic and practitioner in the performing arts since 2009, focusing my work in the performing arts world as both a performer and a manager.

Muhammad Farid

Writer, curator, and producer. He writes news, essays, opinion pieces, and scientific articles for various local and national media outlets and journals. Currently, he serves as a Daya Desa Lau (Lau Village Cultural Facilitator) and is a member of the creative team at Kampung Budaya Piji Wetan, a cultural village in Lau Village, Kudus.