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The development of contemporary dance in Japan.

Title: The development of contemporary dance in Japan. 1 (division 1), Trailblazers [videorecording] / Contemporary Dance Association of Japan ; text/director, Shiro Kusaka.
Publication: 1989.

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Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Contemporary Dance Association of Japan.

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Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual films and programs.

Note

Title on original video container: Contemporary dance of Japan, Part I. Title on tape frame: History and Artists: Contemporary dance in Japan, Part I: The trailblazers. Produced by the Contemporary Dance Association of Japan. Text/director: Shiro Kusaka. English translation: Heikichi Arima and Taki Tajima. Narrators: Mayuko Tatewaki and John R. Harland.

Contents

SUMMARY: Documentary on the achievements of eleven pioneers of Japanese modern dance: Baku Ishii, Michio Ito, Toshi Komori, Masao Takata, Seiko Takata (also known as Seiko Hara), Kazuo Iwamura, Tomoyoshi Murayama, Goro Yamada, Takaya Eguchi, Eiichi [Yeichi] Nimura, and Yoshio Aoyama. The documentary examines the influence of western dance in Japan, beginning with the arrival of Italian balletmaster Giovanni Vittorio Rosi in 1912, and the influences that Japanese dancers encountered while working abroad with innovators such as Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Mary Wigman, Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, and others. Related efforts by Japanese modernists in other arts, such as those of the composer Kōsaku Yamada and the art group Mavo, are also discussed. The activities of Japanese dancers who returned to Japan are traced through the postwar period, encompassing the foundation of the Japan Performing Artists Association, the Takata-Yamada Dance Institute, and the magazine Modern dance. Historical footage of dance excerpts includes: The prisoner, danced by Ishii in Germany in 1923; Sacred orangutan, danced by Yamada; Juggler of the Teatro alla Scala, danced by Eguchi; Ballad on a seashore, choreographed by Yamada; Resounding drums of Japan, choreographed by Eguchi; and other works.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4414

OCLC

NYPY906013139-F

Title

The development of contemporary dance in Japan. 1 (division 1), Trailblazers [videorecording] / Contemporary Dance Association of Japan ; text/director, Shiro Kusaka.

Imprint

1989.

Local Subject

Television. Contemporary dance of Japan.

Local Subject

Motion pictures. The prisoner.

Added Author

Kusaka, Shiro. Director. Author

Ishii, Baku, 1886-1962, dancer.

Eguchi, Takaya, 1900-1977, choreographer, dancer.

Yamada, Gorō, 1907-1968, choreographer, dancer.

Contemporary Dance Association of Japan.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4414

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