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News and EventsJET Program Information SessionMonday, October 20, 2008 • 4:15pm •Kohlberg 226Are you interested in living in Japan? Refreshments will be served!
"The Origins of Butoh in post-WWII Japan"--Katsura Kan Lecture with Video
Thursday, Oct. 30 • 7-9 pm • Lang Performing Arts Center (LPAC) Cinema ***Katsura Kan will also give an Introduction to Butoh workshop on Nov. 1 & 2. Click here for more information on the workshop*** Katsura Kan, a master teacher and Butoh dancer, will visit campus to give a special lecture on "The Origin of Butoh in post-WWII Japan" on Thursday, Oct. 30, 7-9 pm. The lecture will include video examples, as well as anecdotes from Kan's 29 years of Butoh performance and teaching. A question & answer period will follow the lecture. Watch excerpts from a recent performance by Kan at Naropa College here. Based in Kyoto, Japan since 1979, Master Butoh artist, choreographer and teacher Katsura Kan (b. 1948) is a Butoh artist among the ranks of Japan’s first generation of Butoh. He performed with the seminal Butoh troupe Byakkosha (1979-1981). For the past 29 years, Kan has worked with dancers in remote locations throughout Africa, Europe, and South East Asia, in addition to performing his creative works in cosmopolitan cultures. Katsura Kan seeks to spread knowledge of the art and practice of Butoh globally, while educating students, artists and audiences about the links between Butoh and classical Japanese Noh theatre. Sponsored by The Cooper Serendipity Fund; The Department of Music and Dance; The Department of Theater; Asian Studies; the Japanese Section of Modern Languages. Japanese Language Table, Fall 2008When: Mondays 12:15- 1:15 pm. Our language table meets every week for lunch on Mondays. We will chat in Japanese, listen to Japanese music, and sometimes have special events for Japanese holidays.
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