The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum held a special workshop with Philippe Chehere as the instructor on May 5 as part of the museum’s celebration of Children’s Day in Japan. Mr. Chehere is a French performing artist, choreographer and contemporary dancer.
Held at a TFAM exhibition hall, the workshop ran for some 90 minutes, with infant-toting mothers to children and adults of all ages, including senior citizens and even several passers-by, taking part in the program. Participants were encouraged to draw inspiration from the artworks on display, using their imagination to assume poses of situations prior to and following that depicted in a painting, for example, or become characters themselves.
The next workshop will be held during the summer, when school is out on break.
