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Theatre of love and war
Kitakyūshū :: Japan | 20 days ago
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AFP Danielle Demetriou takes a seat in the renovated Kabuki-za Theatre to watch ancient dramas unfold...Their destination is not an office: it's a shiny new national theatre devoted to the ancient art of kabuki, which in April opened its doors for
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San Francisco International Film Festival: 10 films worth considering
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 29 days ago
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That's my advice for truly surrendering yourself to the San Francisco International Film Festival, kicking off its 56th year and running from April 25 to May 4. In case that's too overwhelming to ponder, here are 10 films in the ambitious lineup you
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Dance Review: Yasuko Yokoshi's ‘Bell' at New York Live Arts
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 months ago
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March 18, 2013 A Rudyard Kipling ballad starts with the refrain Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. In the choreographer Yasuko Yokoshi's Bell, which had its world premiere on Saturday at New York Live Arts, East and
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A peek into land of rising sun
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 months ago
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The city had a rare glimpse into the cultural nitty gritty of Japan as the two day Japan Habba wound to an end on Sunday at the Bangalore University. From various dances and performances that commemorated both the Japanese and the Kannada culture, it
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Living National Treasure keeps kabuki alive
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 months ago
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Tamasaburo Bando has dedicated his life to the intimate study of women; the way they walk, the way they move, the way they hold their hands...So good, in fact, that Japan has named him a National Living Treasure, an accolade given to individuals who
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Theater's collection of historical documents endangered
Nagoya :: Japan | 4 months ago
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Highly regarded as a symbol of the art world in Nagoya, its basement houses the only library for live theater in the Chubu region. The library contains a wealth of material on classical theater such as kabuki and bunraku. However, it will be closed
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Canadian has English-language rakugo dream
Ōsaka :: Japan | 4 months ago
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Staff writer Katsura Sunshine wants to spread the world of rakugo (traditional comic storytelling) to people all over the world, including his home country Canada, by delivering English-translated versions. The 42-year-old Slovenian-Canadian, who was
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‘The Tale of the Heike,' Translated by Royall Tyler
Kyōto :: Japan | 5 months ago
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January 4, 2013 Encountering Homer in a vivid translation made Keats feel like an astonished astronomer watching a new planet swim into view. Readers unfamiliar with medieval Japanese literature and that must mean most of us may feel a kindred
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2. Getting into character
Yuki :: Japan | 5 months ago
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Mansai Nomura (seated) and a fellow actor in Busu. Kyogen actor introduces traditional Japanese theatre art by bidding participants to act like mushrooms and mosquitoes...For Mansai Nomura, a Japanese actor here to present a kyogen lecture and
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Kanzaburo Nakamura, Kabuki Star, Dies at 57
Kyōto :: Japan | 6 months ago
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Japan's Kabuki theater who broke from tradition to bring that stylized art form to younger generations and audiences overseas, died on Wednesday in Tokyo...Everett Kennedy Brown/European Pressphoto Agency Kanzaburo Nakamura in 2007. The cause was
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