Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:45:42 -0500 (EST)
From: bclark-AT-bgnet.bgsu.edu (Bradford Clark)
Subject: Re: puptcrit-digest V1 #367


The Awaji Puppet Theatre from Japan  has started it's US tour in Ohio.
These are the play dates:

11/10/97    LIMA , OH    Memorial Hall
11/12/97    COLUMBUS, OH     Ohio State University
11/14/97,   11/15/97 NEW YORK, NY   Japan Society
11/16/97      DETROIT, MI    Detroit Institute of Art

I saw  them in Cleveland Saturday, and they are wonderful.   The Awaji
tradition is that which eventually developed into the Bunraku.  The figures
and their three-person manipulation techniques are very similar, as is much
of the repertory (Saturday, they did the final act from Chikamatsu's The
Love Suicides at Sonazaki).   They differ in that they contain a strong
ritual element to their work -- Saturday, they performed a ritual to bless
a sand mandala being created by a group of Tibetan monks in the museum (I
only found out after, alas).    They demonstrate both the manipulation
techniques and structure  of the figures during the performance.  If you
are anywhere near one of these venues,  I highly recommend that you go see
them.

Bradford Clark
Assistant Professor / Scenic Designer
Theatre Department
322 South Hall
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0236
Phone: (419) 372-7174
Fax: (419) 372-7186
e-mail: bclark-AT-bgnet.bgsu.edu




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