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EDITOR’S NOTE: This entry is the first in a series by author Edith Newton concerning the work-in-progress piece In a Memory Palace. Edith will discuss the piece, the development process, and offer reflections we hope the reader will find rich … Continue reading
Posted in English-language noh, In a Memory Palace, Noh plays
Tagged noh, noh play, noh theatre
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2012 Costume Workshop video highlights.
Here is some highlight video of the 2012 TN Costume Workshop held in Kyoto & Fukuyama Japan. It features clips from the lecture component, various field trips to master artisans as well as the culminating trip to the Oshima Nohgakudo … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Costume Workshop, 2013 Costume Workshop, evelyn leung, gold leaf, jacquard loom, john oglevee, kristin jackson, monica bethe, noh, noh costume, noh theatre, Oshima Kinue, oshima noh theatre, richard emmert, sasaki noh ishou, shinichi iova-koga, theatre nohgaku, yugen, Ōkuchi
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Beyond the Agemaku (揚幕)
Contributed by David Surtasky Oshirabe. The flute and drums begin, unseen by the audience, their aural sigils reach out in preface to the story about to unfold. In a line the musicians sit, just beyond the edge of the agemaku. … Continue reading
Miya (Pt. II)
(Editor’s note: below is Part I of Carrie Preston’s English-language noh “Miya.” This entry includes the kuri/sashi/kuse sections as well as a brief ai-kyogen interlude. The Boat Captain appears in his true guise as Hata, the builder of the boat. … Continue reading
Miya (Pt. I)
(Editor’s note: below is Part I of Carrie Preston’s English-language noh “Miya.” It is patterned after a traditional first category (or Waki) play. The three plays posted here by Ms. Preston explore aspects of her life. In this entry we … Continue reading
Egret at San Diego Bay (Pt. II)
(Editor’s note: below is Part II of Carrie Preston’s English-language noh “Egret at San Diego Bay.” The kuri/sashi/kuse is included in this entry. “In the fullness of his love, he helped her to leave.”) (Entrance … Continue reading
Egret at San Diego Bay (Pt. I)
(Editor’s note: below is Part I of Carrie Preston’s English-language noh “Egret at San Diego Bay.” The play is modeled after traditional third category noh, and recounts part of Carrie’s personal history – life on a boat; and the story … Continue reading
Crazy Jane (Pt. IV)
(Editor’s note: the below is the final entry of David Crandall’s English-language noh “Crazy Jane.” Jane causes the Young Man to dance, and a question is raised about who is real and who is not, who is mad and who … Continue reading
Crazy Jane (Pt. III)
(Editor’s note: in Part III of David Crandall’s English-language noh “Crazy Jane,” the character Jane recounts dancing with the lost Tom.) CHORUS It must be many years ago by now, but I have lost the thread of time, and memories … Continue reading
Crazy Jane (Pt. II)
(Editor’s note: in Part II of David Crandall’s “Crazy Jane” the shite (Jane) makes her entrance and confronts the Young Man who has been given shelter at the church.) JANE The church bell tolls with sweet clarity Set like the … Continue reading
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