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Kabuki techniques

Portrays Kabuki, the ancient and stylized form of Japanese theater, which remains very popular to this day.

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  • "Portrays Kabuki, the ancient and stylized form of Japanese theater, which remains very popular to this day."@en
  • ""Two of the greatest stars of Japan's kabuki theater reveal what has only rarely been seen, the actual acting techniques used in the most difficult and splendid of theater forms. Onoe Shoroku II and Onoe Baiko VII discuss and demonstrate their craft in conversation with the well-known author of works on Asian arts, Faubion Bowers"--Container."@en
  • ""Two of the greatest stars of Japan's kabuki theater reveal what has only rarely been seen, the actual acting techniques used in the most difficult and splendid of theater forms. Onoe Shoroku II and Onoe Baiko VII discuss and demonstrate their craft in conversation with the well-known author of works on Asian arts, Faubion Bowers"--Container."
  • "In conversation with the English author of works on Asian arts, Faubion Bowers, kabuki stars Onoe Baiko VII and Onoe Shoroku II discuss and demonstrate their craft--actual techniques used in this difficult and splendid theater form. These great kabuki actors make the mechanics of theater kata (poses) clear and show some of the gestures and nuances of body language that communicate specific emotions and situations. Baiko and Shoroku act out a fight scene, and Shoroku also demonstrates one of kabuki's elaborate exit walk sequences. Includes filmed excerpts of great kabuki performances of the past."
  • ""Two of the greatest stars of Japan's kabuki theater reveal what has only rarely been seen: the actual acting techniques used in the most difficult and splendid of theater forms. Onoe Shoroku II and Onoe Baiko VII discuss and demonstrate their craft in conversation with the well-known author of works on Asian arts, Faubion Bowers" -- from container."
  • "Overview of the special characteristics of Japan's kabuki theater, illustrated by pre-recorded performance excerpts and demonstrations by two noted kabuki actors, Onoe Baikō VII and Onoe Shōroku II. Baikō, a famous onnagata (player of women's roles), is seen onstage in full costume and makeup, and in street clothes in the television studio, performing an excerpt from Sukeroku in which he plays a courtesan taunting an old man. Shōroku, in turn, performs the old man's role among several examples of kata, movement sequences expressing a meaning, mood, or moment. Baikō depicts the virtuosic and expressive uses of the fan in kabuki dance, including the pouring and drinking of wine, a sequence in which Shōroku joins. After viewing an excerpt from General Kumagai's battle camp, filmed in the 1940s, Shōroku comments on the acting of Nakamura Kichiemon as the protagonist, and demonstrates his own interpretation. He and Baikō perform a battle between a lord and an evil demon. A sequence demonstrating a display of maximal speed and power is first played by Shōroku in the studio, then seen in full costume and makeup onstage."
  • "Two of the greatest stars of Japan's kabuki theater reveal what has only rarely been seen, the actual acting techniques used in the most difficult and splendid of theater forms. Onoe Shoroku II and Onoe Baiko VII discuss and demonstrate their craft in conversation with the well-known author of works on Asian arts, Faubion Bowers."@en

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  • "Video"
  • "Short films"
  • "Filmed dance"
  • "Filmed interviews"
  • "Interviews"
  • "Dance films"
  • "History"
  • "Dance"

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  • "Kabuki techniques"@en
  • "Kabuki techniques"

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