THE SOUND OF BREATHING
A Lecture/Demonstration/Performance of Noh theater
Saturday, March 10th, 2018 at 5PM
Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10010
The Sound of Breathing explores aspects of this profound Japanese art form through utai (songs) and ko-tsuzumi (small hand drums).
The presentation was led by the 16th Grand Master of the Okura School of ko-tsuzumi-kata (small hand drum), together with Yoshinari Shimizu and Nobuyuki Kizuki, who are shite-kata performers from the Kanze Noh School .
The program culminated in a short performance of Noh play in full costume.
This was a rare opportunity to discover and experience Noh, art form handed down for over 650 years.
The program was in Japanese with English translation.
Supported by: THE TOKYO CLUB
In conjunction with “The Sound of Breathing” Noh Society presented events below:
MASTER OF THE NOH THEATER IN PERFORMANCE
Thursday, March 8th, 2018 at 5pm
Drapkin Studio
Lewis Center for the Performing Arts
Princeton University
In cooperation with Princeton University Noh Society was able to present a lecture-performance of Noh Theater led by the 16th Grand Master of Okura School of Ko-tsuzumi, together with the Kanze School Noh performers Yoshinari Shimizu and Nobuyuki Kizuki.
Lecture & Workshop of Profound Japanese art form through UTAI and KO-TSUZUMI
Friday, March 9th, 2018 at 2:10 to 3:25pm
In cooperation with Hunter College Japanese Program Noh Society was able to present a lecture-performance of Noh Theater led by the 16th Grand Master of Okura School of Ko-tsuzumi, together with the Kanze School Noh performers Yoshinari Shimizu and Nobuyuki Kizuki.
EXPERIENCE NOH - A WORKSHOP
Friday, March 9th, 2018 at 7PM
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A W 13th St. New York, NY 10011
In conjunction with “The Sound of Breathing” Noh Society hosted an “Experience Noh” workshop on March 9th (Friday) at the Tenri Cultural Center.
This workshop was led by the internationally acclaimed Kanze School Noh performers Yoshinari Shimizu and Nobuyuki Kizuki, together with the 16th generation “kotsuzumi” (small hand drum) master Genjiro Okura.
In addition to instruction in Noh chanting and movement, there was opportunities to wear Noh masks. Walking the stage with the restricted vision of a mask, accompanied by the sound of chanting and drums, gave a glimpse into the altered sense of time and space within Noh. An explanation of costumes and a demonstration of how they are worn rounded out the event.
