Ninin Dōjōji - Two Maidens at the Dojo Temple
Date/Time: Mar 20 2017, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Vancouver, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre UBCCost: by donation
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. 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.
Ninin Dōjōji is a special and spectacular version of the kabuki classic dance play, Kyōganoko Musume Dōjōji, featuring two lead dancers instead of just one. The legend is of Kiyohime, a young woman who has been scorned and abandoned. She chases her lover to his hiding place at the Dojo Temple. During her voyage her jealousy, rage and grief have transformed her into a serpent, and when she finds her lover hiding inside the temple bell, she wraps her serpent self around the bell, destroying both the bell and her lover. The kabuki dance play version takes place during the dedication of a new bell at the temple. A beautiful young shirabyōshi dancer (or in this version TWO dancers!) arrive to perform at the dedication....but they are actually the spirit of Kiyohime....
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