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Kyogen workshop and performance at JACCC Garden, Aug 25
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Kyogen performer Manzo Nomura IX in "Bo Shibari" program. (Courtesy of the Japan Foundation. Photo by John Corney)
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Kyogen Performer Manzo Nomura IX will give a special one-night-only performance and workshop at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Aug. 25, from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm. $35 advance ticket must be purchased through the JACCC's website: www.jaccc.org
This program is organized by the Japan Foundation Los Angeles.
Audiences will have the rare chance to see this classical comic form of Japanese theatre in a Japanese garden of the JACCC. In the workshop portion, Manzo Nomura IX will explain some of the fundamental aspects of Kyogen and will teach the audience how to produce the unique sound of laughter that is particular to Kyogen.
Kyogen was originally developed to provide comic relief between heavier, more serious Noh acts.
Kyogen represents a wellspring for traditional Japanese performing arts and, as such, has had tremendous influence on kabuki and other arts that developed later.
Kyogen plays are almost all comedic spoken dramas, and are easy to understand. Performers wear traditional Japanese costumes without any make-up, using very unique vocalizations and particular methods of stepping around and across the stage.
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