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Learning to Stand
Contributed by John Oglevee Photographs by David Surtasky Japanese Textiles and the Art of Sculpting Kimono, Theatre Nohgaku’s Costume Workshop June 15 2014, Fukuyama component So goes another successful “kneeling” as I emerge from working backstage at the Oshima Noh … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 costume workshop, bloomsburg pa, blue moon over memphis, dai-sho, examining details, fukuyama, hayashi, ji-gashira, kakegoe, kakitsubata, kaneko kyoichi, kikaigashima, matsui akira, nagashima shigeru, narita natsushi, Noh Training Project, omura sadamu, Oshima Kinue, Oshima Masanobu, richard emmert, sasaki noh robe, Sesshōseki, Shunkan, sugi shintaro, takigi noh, taniguchi masatoshi, theatre nohgkau, 大島, 佐々木能衣装
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Newsletter, Vol. 7, Nos. 3-4
The newest edition of our newsletter is now available. Please click above, or on the image to download the PDF. In this issue we’ve got an article covering our 2012 Costume Workshop, an article by Traditional Theatre Training founder Jonah … Continue reading
Posted in Atsumori, Costume Workshop, Newsletter Articles, Noh Music, Performances
Tagged atsmori performance, bloomsburg pa, diego pallecchia, ezra pound, fukuyama, instrumental tone-color, jonah salz, joyce s. lim, kensuku tsutsui, kevin salfen, kotsuzumi, lian hearn, michael gardener, monica bethe, noh costume workshop, noh in books & on film, noh music analysis, Noh Training Project, nohkan, oshima nohgakudo, otsuzumi, richard emmert, sasaki noh workshop, spectral analysis, taiko, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku blog, theatre nohgaku newsletter, traditional theatre training kyoto, ttt, uzawa hisa, w. b. years, women in noh
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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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Tagged atsumori, chu-no-mai, Genpei War, heike, minamoto, noh theater, noh theatre, Noh Training Project, otokomai, Renshô, samurai, story of atsumori, taira no atsumori, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku, 敦盛
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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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Tagged atsumori, chu-no-mai, Genpei War, heike, minamoto, noh dance, noh music, noh theatre, Noh Training Project, otokomai, Renshô, samurai, taira no atsumori, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku, 敦盛
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Funabenkei, Final Scene
Video of the spirit of Tomomori attacking Yoshitsune and Benkei in their boat. The final scene from the takigi noh performance of “Funabenkei,” Bloomsburg Town Park, 2009. Performed as part of the Noh Training Project under the auspices of the … Continue reading
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Tagged benkei, funabenkei, hayashi, kotsuzumi, noh, noh music, Noh Training Project, nohkan, otsuzumi, taiko, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku, tomomori, yoshitsune
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Drums of the Moment
Contributed by Matthew Dubroff For this summer’s Noh Training Project (NTP) performance of Atsumori, I began preparing one year in advance to play the kotsuzumi (small shoulder drum). I practiced the last half of the play under the guidance of … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, ôkawa, kakegoe, kiri, kotsuzumi, kuse, matthew dubroff, noh, Noh Training Project, nohkan, Oshima Kinue, oto-ko-mai, otokomai, otsuzumi, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku, utaibon
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Jo-ha-kyū (序破急)
Contributed by David Surtasky “We sweep the needles that fall without end.” Takasago Time: Things begin slowly. Then they speed up. Then they end rapidly. What has become fascinating to me is the fractal nature of this structure within … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, hosho-ryu, jo-ha-kyu, mae-shite, nochi-shite, noh, noh plays, takigi noh, the life structure of noh, theatre nohgaku, yugen, zeami, 序破急
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Musical Tapestry
Contributed by David Crandall After a week of intense rehearsal in Bloomsburg, I’m excited to see the pieces taking shape. My own contribution this year is mainly on the otsuzumi (hip drum), and I guess my deepest impression this time … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, david crandall, james ferner, joyce s. lim, kama mitsuo, matthew dubroff, noh, otsuzumi, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku
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Nohkan Revisited
Contributed by Kevin Salfen, Assistant Professor of Music History, University of the Incarnate Word (Secretary, Theatre Nohgaku) Like David Surtasky, who wrote about this topic in a previous entry, I’m also playing nohkan (Japanese transverse flute) during the Noh Training … Continue reading
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Tagged ashirai, atsumori, fue, kevin salfen, kote, maibayashi, noh, nohkan, notare, shūra-mono, takasago, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku, tome, waki-noh
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Mae-shite
Contributed by David Surtasky My role is mae-shite. Lead actor of the first half, one of the grasscutters. In a traditional noh, the mae-shite and nochi-shite would be the same person, but in our production we’ve divided the role between … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, hayashi, kumagae no jiro naozane, mae-shite, nochi-shite, noh, Noh Training Project, Renshô, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku
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