Performing Arts
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Takarazuka Revue Company’s School Removes ‘Good-Looks’ Application Requirement; This Year’s Acceptance Rate 1 in 12
TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo — Takarazuka Music School, where performers train for the all-female Takarazuka...
November 10, 2024
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New Play Depicting Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Staged in London
London (Jiji Press)—”Love in Action,” a new play by Japanese playwright Hideki Noda depicting the...
November 3, 2024
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New Headlining Star Kazuki Tsubasa Flies High; From Exam to Big Stage
Tsubasa joined the all-female revue company in 2013. She is a talented performer — good at singin...
November 1, 2024
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Kadokawa Dreams Shooting for the Stars; Reinventing Themselves in Fight for 3rd D.League Championship
Just as breakdancing was in the spotlight at this summer’s Olympics in Paris, Japan’s dance scene...
October 25, 2024
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‘Young Orpheus:’ Novel for Children Receives Opera Adaptation; Cast, Music Carries Audience on Interplanetary Journey
“Shonen Orufe” (“Young Orpheus”) is based on a novel for children of the same name by Yukio Yonez...
August 12, 2024
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Shibaigoya Spring: Kabuki Performances in Cozy Edo Period Playhouses Return After Pandemic Delays
Shibaigoya, or quaint kabuki playhouses that carry on traditions from the Edo period (1603-1867),...
June 10, 2024
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Kabuki Returns; University of Hawaii Students Revive Traditional Japanese Theater in Gifu Pref. After 130 Years
MIZUNAMI, Gifu — Jikabuki, a folk performing art, which took root among Japanese immigrants to Ha...
June 4, 2024
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Karagumi Theater Troupe Revives Beloved Play “Doro Ningyo;” Young Actors Carry on Performing Despite Playwright’s Death
The iconic red tent theater shakes with excitement as the actors inside leap about the stage. The di...
May 24, 2024
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Hawaiian Students to Celebrate 130 Years of Kabuki in Hawaii with Commemorative Program in Gifu; Kabuki Star Ichikawa Monnosuke Advises
Kabuki has been passed down from generation to generation in farming villages throughout Japan an...
May 19, 2024
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Pop Idol Koichi Domoto’s Musical ‘Shock’ Rewrites Japan Record
Tokyo, May 10 (Jiji Press) — The musical series “Shock” starring pop idol Koichi Domoto, 45, has ...
May 10, 2024
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Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Spirited Away’ Stage Adaptation Premieres in London’s West End, Featuring Japanese Cast, English Subtitles
LONDON — The stage adaptation of "Spirited Away," the popular anime film directed by Hayao Miyaza...
May 10, 2024
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Japan’s Yamada Wins 1st Place in U.S. Ballet Contest
New York (Jiji Press)—Japanese dancer Yuna Yamada won first place on Saturday in the women’s prec...
April 21, 2024
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Ahead of Osaka Expo, Playhouses Add English, Anime Tie-ins to the Program
OSAKA — With the Osaka-Kansai Expo set to open in a year, there is a growing push to get overseas...
April 14, 2024
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Okinawa Theater Nurtures New Performances for Future of Traditional Performing Arts
NAHA — National Theatre Okinawa marked its 20th anniversary with an eye-catching new production, ...
April 1, 2024
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Wagner’s ‘Tristan Und Isolde’ Returns in Much-Awaited Revival at Tokyo Theater
The acclaimed production of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” which premiered in 2010, has b...
March 28, 2024
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