A workshop in noh dance and chant led by master noh actor Yamai Tsunao. With Kashiwazaki Mayuko and Muraoka Kiyomi.
Date/Time: Oct 29 2017, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Vancouver, The Dance Centre | Event calendarCost: $100.00
Komparu noh actor Yamai Tsunao is returning to Vancouver to perform in the world premiere of Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited - a noh chamber opera . He is also offering this workshop on noh theatre's stylized movement and vocalization. Yamai is active in bringing the noh tradition to audiences in Japan and abroad. He performed in Vancouver as the lead actor in Hagoromo in April 2014, and Continuity & Connection a concert of noh and jazz piano in February 2015. Yamai Tsunao's website (Japanese only) http://www.yamaitsunao.com. Joining him will be two other professional noh actors from the Komparu School, Muraoka Kiyomi and Kashiwazaki Mayuko.
Workshop participants will learn sections of chant and movement from the noh plays and registration is open to to new students as well as to those who have studied with Yamai Tsunao in previous workshops.
Maximum 24 participants. Some knowledge of dance, movement or music is preferred but not required. Participants are required to wear comfortable clothing and tabi (Japanese split-toed socks) or white socks.
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