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Kabuki & Onna-Kabuki
Kabuki
Kabuki is a form of traditional Japanese drama with highly stylized song, mime, and dance, now performed only by male actors, using exaggerated gestures and body movements to express emotions, and including historical plays, domestic dramas, and dance pieces. Kabuki is less about the story than it is about the visuals.
In Japanese, "ka," means song, "bu," means dance, and "ki" means art. So literally, "kabuki," translates to, "the art of song and dance.
Onna-Kabuki
Onna Kabuki. ... Kabuki ("music/dance/craft") soon became incredibly popular. But in 1629 the government banned women from performing Kabuki. Kabuki performed by women continued in fragmentary form underground over the centuries, until Onna Kabuki resurfaced in the middle of the Meiji Period.
Onna Kabuki differs from regular Kabuki in the fact that it is performed solely by women.
In Japanese, "ka," means song, "bu," means dance, and "ki" means art. So literally, "kabuki," translates to, "the art of song and dance. In Japanese, "onna," means, "woman."
Kabuki
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, or Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, is a Japanese play, one of the three most popular and famous in the Kabuki repertoire. Originally written in 1747 for the jōruri puppet theater by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shōraku and Namiki Senryū I, it was adapted to kabuki the following year.
Kabuki Theatre One
Weeknights (Mon-Fri) at 8:00pm
Shibaraku
Shibaraku is a play in the Kabuki repertoire, and one of the celebrated Kabuki Jūhachiban. The flamboyantly dramatic costume and makeup used in this scene is famous and associated with the average Westerner with Kabuki in general. The English translation of the title is akin to "Stop a Moment!"
Kabuki Theatre One
Weekends (Sat-Sun) at 8:00pm
Onna-Kabuki
Kanjinchō
Kanjinchō is a kabuki dance-drama by Namiki Gohei III, based on the Noh play Ataka. It is one of the most popular plays in the modern kabuki repertory. Belonging to the repertories of the Naritaya and Kōritaya guilds, the play was first performed in March 1840 at the Kawarazaki-za, in Edo.
Kabuki Theatre Two
Weeknights (Mon-Fri) at 8:00pm.
Dōjōji
Dōjōji is a famous Noh play of the fourth category, of unknown authorship. Traditionally it is said to be written by Kan'ami and revised by Zeami, while others assign it to Kanze Nobumitsu; there are many variations in different texts, and a popular adaptation for kabuki theatre.
Kabuki Theatre Two
Weekend Nights (Sat-Sun) at 8:00pm.
