KABUKI Lecture and Demonstration

We will invite Sennojo Nakamura who is known as a kabuki actor in Japan,

It will be held an kabuki event that is presented by Theatre Japan Productions INC at Resobox.

Kabuki is a classical dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make up worn by some of its performers.

The history of kabuki began in 1603 when Izumo no Okuni, possibly a miko of Izumo Taisha, began performing a new style of dance drama in the dry riverbeds of Kyoto.

The three main categories of kabuki play are jidai-mono (時代物, historical, or pre-Sengoku period stories), sewa-mono (世話物, domestic, or post-Sengoku stories) and shosagoto (所作事, dance pieces).

Jidaimono, or history plays, were set within the context of major events in Japanese history.

Program

• Introduction about Mr, Sennojo Nakamura.
• Lecture about kabuki history
• Lecture abut a show that Mr,Sennojo Nakamura will perform at this time.
• (a name of program is Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees)
• Short Kabuki dance performance of the program by Mr,Sennojo Nakamura.
• Q&A time about Kabuki

Time to have a Kabuki dance experience for audience!