This year's series highlights some amazing female roles in kabuki and kabuki dance. We are also highlighting some "elite" onnagata (female role) actors: Nakamura Jakuemon IV (1920-2012) and Bandô Tamasaburô
Date/Time: Mar 13 2017, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Vancouver, Irving K Barber Learning CentreCost: by donation
A spectacular two-dancer version of the famous dance play Musume Dôjôji. The double spirit of Kiyohime comes to the Dôjô Temple as shirabyôshi dancers Hanako and Sakurako. They reveal their jealous serpent selves and destroy the bell that once hid the lover that ran from them.
We are screening full videos of live performances from Shôchiku's Kabuki Meisakusen Series, which feature some of the greatest kabuki performers of the 20th and 21st centuries. The recordings have English language commentary, and we will also discuss important story and performance elements. We will have green tea too!
All salons will be held at UBC's I.K Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall - in room 256 (The Chilcotin Room). The nearest parking to the Centre are the Rose Garden and North Parkades. Parking at UBC is $7 after 5pm. Presented by TomoeArts & UBC Library.
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