Tag Archives: performance

Event: Watching a Geisha Dance: Choreography as Historical Source, University of Michigan

Posted on February 12, 2013 by LM

Via the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Alumni mailing list: Friday, March 29 ~ 7:00 to 8:30PM @ North Quad, Space 2435, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. A Show-and-Tell Event with MARIKO … Continue reading →

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Kodo Performance: One Earth Tour 2013: Legend [US] [Japan]

Posted on February 2, 2013 by LM

Via the Pacific Northwest JET Alumni Association: US Tour: February – March 2013 Japan Tour: May – June 2013 The world is a kaleidoscope of people and cultures. In this age of exploding populations and lightening-fast communication, it is more … Continue reading →

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Day of Remembrance Taiko Festival 2013 at Seattle University

Posted on February 2, 2013 by LM

Via the Pacific Northwest JET Alumni Association: http://www.minidokapilgrimage.org/ Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:00 PM Seattle University, Pigott Auditorium 1016 E. Marion Street Seattle, WA 98122 $20.00 General Admission In honor of Japanese American Day of Remembrance, the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning … Continue reading →

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Funding: [general] Fellowship in Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Paula

Yale ISM Fellows in Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts The Yale Institute of Sacred Music is accepting applications for the 2013-2014 ISM Fellows in Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts. Scholars and practitioners whose work is in sacred music, … Continue reading →

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Event: Double Performance of Noh play Sumidagawa and Benjamin Britten’s Curlew River

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Paula

If theater is your thing and you’re anywhere near England at the moment, you may be interested in the following double-bill performance of the Noh play Sumidagawa and Benjamin Britten’s Curlew River in London and Orford (September 7 & 9 – event … Continue reading →

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Funding: Saison Foundation (Contemporary Theater and Dance)

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Paula

[The deadline for these grants have passed, but bookmark it for next year!] http://www.saison.or.jp/english/application/01.html Contemporary Theater and Dance: International Project Support Program (For medium to long-term artistic collaboration projects) This program offers grants and/or priority use of space at Morishita … Continue reading →

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Conference: Association for Asian Performance, Washington, DC, August 1-2, 2012

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Paula

The 2012 Association for Asian Performance annual conference will take place in Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. from August 1-2 in conjunction with the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. The full conference program (including directions) is now … Continue reading →

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Announcement: Noh Training Project UK

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Paula

22nd August – 7th September 2012 Department of Film, Theatre & Television University of Reading, UK ONLINE BOOKING NOW OPEN: http://www.reading.ac.uk/ftt/research/ftt-NohTrainingProject.aspx Last booking: July 15th! The Department of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of Reading is delighted to announce … Continue reading →

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Study Traditional Theatre in Kyoto this summer!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Paula

Traditional Theatre Training 2012 is accepting applications for its 28th annual intensive program July 20-August 10th. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, teachers and researchers, and artists from many fields are invited; Japanese language is not necessary. Designed to overcome obstacles … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Paula

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History Bruce Baird Palgrave Macmillan, January 2012 ISBN: 978-0-230-12040-2, ISBN10: 0-230-12040-7, 6.000 x 9.250 inches, 310 pages, Includes 59 pgs illus, Hijikata Tatsumi’s explosive … Continue reading →

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