All Events in Japan Society (24)

Butoh + Dance Workshop for Kids

October 4, 2015 from 10:30am to 12pm – Japan Society Butoh dancer Yukio Suzuki leads his kids dance/movement workshop, which is founded in the basics of butoh. Beginning with a craft activity, this session teaches kids body control through fun, free mo… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: workshop, kids, movement, butoh
Butoh Workshop with Yukio Suzuki

October 4, 2015 from 7:30pm to 7:30pm – Japan Society Yukio Suzuki, award-winning butoh dancer/choreographer and founder of the contemporary dance company YUKIO SUZUKI Projects, leads a movement workshop based on butoh method. Participants will expand t… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: workshop, butoh

Spectator Choreographed by Shuji Onodera (Company Derashinera)

November 13, 2015 at 7:30pm to November 14, 2015 at 7:30pm – Japan Society This highly conceptual multimedia dance work transports audiences back and forth between a seemingly quotidian space and an outlandish world. Inspired by a series of workshops with students from a sc… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: performance

A Night of Kyogen with Mansaku Nomura and Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company

December 10, 2015 at 7:30pm to December 12, 2015 at 7:30pm – Japan Society Octogenarian Living National Treasure Mansaku Nomura, together with illustrious members of the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company, including Mansaku’s son star of stage/film/TV Mansai Nomura and masterful… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: performance

Kyogen Movement Workshop for Kids

December 12, 2015 from 10:30am to 12pm – Japan Society Led by members of the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company, kids will enjoy a craft activity before becoming immersed in the world of traditional Japanese theater. The workshop will include basic greetings… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: workshop, kids
Kyogen Workshop: Movement + Voice

December 12, 2015 from 2pm to 4pm – Japan Society Mansai Nomura Members of the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company teach a workshop on the unique movements and vocalization found in kyogen, Japan's traditional theater form originally performed between noh… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: workshop, movement

Kanze Noh Theatre: Lecture + Demonstration

July 12, 2016 from 6:30pm to 8pm – Japan Society Presented in association with the Kanze Noh Theatre program at Lincoln Center Festival. Japan Society invites Kiyokazu Kanze, 26th Grand Master of the Kanze School and descendent of the founder of n… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: traditional, theater, dance, music, lecture, demonstration

Noh Workshop with Kita Noh Theater Company

November 20, 2016 from 1pm to 3pm – Japan Society Members of the Kita Noh Theater Company lead a workshop on noh theater’s unique stylized movement and vocalization. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to learn an excerpt from Yoro, a si… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: dance, theater, music, workshop, traditional

Hanasaka Jiisan (The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom)

December 10, 2016 at 7:30pm to December 11, 2016 at 2:30pm – Japan Society "...A Japanese Monty Python with a Beatles-like spirit..." —The New York Times on Condors One of Japan’s most popular mukashi banashi folktales comes to life through the playful interpretation of be… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: dance, family, folktales, japan

17th Contemporary Dance Showcase: Japan + East Asia

January 6, 2017 at 7:30pm to January 7, 2017 at 7:30pm – Japan Society This bi-annual favorite -- hailed by The New York Times as "a hot ticket" -- returns with five duos from Japan, Taiwan and Korea. This year’s line-up includes: Co. Un Yamada’s original interpreta… Organized by Lara Mones | Type: dance, japan, korea, taiwan

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