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Atsumori (敦盛): Final Scene
Video of the final scene from the takigi noh performance of “Atsumori,” Bloomsburg Town Park August 3, 2012. Performed as part of the Noh Training Project under the auspices of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (and the cooperation of Bloomsburg University … Continue reading
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Atsumori (敦盛): Otoko-Mai (男舞)
Video of the otoko-mai from the takigi noh performance of “Atsumori,” Bloomsburg Town Park August 3, 2012. Performed as part of the Noh Training Project under the auspices of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (and the cooperation of Bloomsburg University of … Continue reading
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Atsumori
Three weeks from today (August 3) the first performance of Atsumori will be held at the Bloomsburg Town Park, Bloomsburg Pennsylvania. It is a charming setting on the banks of the Susquehanna River in this rural college town. This will … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, juroku, Kitazawa Hideta, matsui akira, noh, Noh Training Project, Oshima Kinue, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku
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Dressing for Atsumori
Contributed by David Surtasky Below are a series of (more-or-less) sequential photos of workshop participant Shinichi Iova-Koga being dressed in the nochi-shite costume for Atsumori: [Please note that a practice mask is being used, and that this mask of a … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, monica bethe, noh, noh costume, oshima noh theatre, richard emmert, shinichi iova-koga, theatre nohgaku
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Composing Zahdi, Pt. 1
Photos and Contribution by David Crandall [EDITOR’S NOTE: Part of the continuing conversation surrounding Carrie Preston’s Zahdi Dates and Poppies, premiering on March 30, 2016 at the Tsai Performance Center, Boston.] In their delightful posts, Carrie and David S. both … Continue reading
今何時、我々は何処ですか
Contributed by David Surtasky The specifics of place: the Sumida River, Dan-no-Ura, Suma Bay, the forest of Ikuta, Mount Hakone, the plains of Adachigahara, the beach at Sumiyoshi, the Palace of Hōrai . In many noh plays, the place-names appear … Continue reading
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Tagged architectures of poetry and time, bridge, buddhism in noh, Dan-no-Ura, fence, full moon, Fushimi Inari Taisha, gate, Kawara-no-in, kyoto, Minamoto no Tōru, Mount Hakone, mountain, osaka checkpoint, pine tree, place, road, royall tyler, suma bay, sumida river, the beach at Sumiyoshi, the forest of Ikuta, the Palace of Hōrai, the plains of Adachigahara, the water's edge, water, 伏見稲荷大社
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一期一会
Contributed by David Surtasky Photographs by David Surtasky Japanese Textiles and the Art of Sculpting Kimono, Theatre Nohgaku’s Costume Workshop, June 2014 (Pt. 3) Having been permitted the opportunity to experience noh both as performer and observer for a number … Continue reading
Haunted.
Contributed by David Surtasky Spirits that visit us in our dreams. Furtive and unbidden. The story is told through noh over and over. The traveler, a priest, a monk, a courtier, a messenger – comes to a particular place, and … Continue reading
James Joyce at Ichi-no-Tani with a Glass Harmonica
Contributed by Kevin Salfen Assistant Professor of Music History, University of the Incarnate Word This summer I heard the flute that Renshō heard and thought of Joyce’s “The Dead.” In early August in Bloomsburg’s heat and bugs I heard the … Continue reading
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