Research Catalog

Title

Dances in junihitoe [videorecording] : old and new / presented by the Asia Society.

Publication

1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gordon, Beate.
• Kondō, Tomie.
• Ichinohe, Saeko
• Leigh, Hilary
• Tuzun, Renee
• Woods Valdés, Andrea E.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Villa-Lobos, Heitor.
• Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
• Irino, Yoshirō, 1921-1980.
• Hosono, Haruomi, 1947-
• Yamaguchi, Eiko.
• Petrilli, Steven.
• Saeko Ichinohe and Company.
• Asia Society.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (71 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Dance performance preceded by a demonstration of the junihitoe, or multi-layered kimono.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Saeko Ichinohe.

Uniform Title

Variations in Junihitoe (Choreographic work : Ichinohe)

Subject

• Costume > Japan
• Dance > Japan
• Kimonos
• Japan > History > Heian period, 794-1185

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Educational/cultural films and programs.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by house program.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Performer (note)

• Danced by Saeko Ichinohe and Company: Hilary Leigh, Renee Tuzun, Andrea Woods, and Saeko Ichinohe.
• Guest artists: Tomie Kondo of the Cultural Foundation on Promoting the National Costume of Japan ; Shizue Tomoi, Takano Bushida, and Yumiko Mizushima of the Hakubi Kyoto Kimono School ; Fumiko Ishizuka.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium, Asia Society, New York, on December 2, 1989 (matinee).

Contents

• Opening remarks / by Beate Gordon, director, Performing Arts Department, Asia Society.
• Demonstration (ca. 33 min.) / narrator, Tomie Kondo ; translator, Mariko Higashi ; model, Yumiko Mizushima ; dressers, Shizue Tomoi, Takano Bushida ; makeup, Fumiko Ishizuka. As the model is dressed in the many layers of the traditional Japanese junihitoe, Ms. Kondo presents a history of the costume, which originated in the Heian period (794-1185). She describes the costume's components, the art of layering colors harmoniously, and the lifestyle of the Heian women of the court who wore the kimonos.
• Gosechi-no mai (ca. 12 min.) / choreography and music, traditional ; instruction, Shoko Hara ; makeup, Fumiko Ishizuka ; danced by Saeko Ichinohe.
• Variations in junihitoe (ca. 26 min.) / choreography, Saeko Ichinohe ; music, J.S. Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos, George Gershwin, Yoshiro Irino, and Haruomi Hosono ; costume design, Eiko Yamaguchi ; costume execution, Sahomi Tachibana ; lighting, Stephen Petrilli ; danced (in order of appearance) by Saeko Ichinohe, Renee Tuzun, Andrea Woods, and Hilary Leigh.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2262

OCLC

NYPY96-F393

Title

Dances in junihitoe [videorecording] : old and new / presented by the Asia Society.

Imprint

1989.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Danced by Saeko Ichinohe and Company: Hilary Leigh, Renee Tuzun, Andrea Woods, and Saeko Ichinohe.

Guest artists: Tomie Kondo of the Cultural Foundation on Promoting the National Costume of Japan ; Shizue Tomoi, Takano Bushida, and Yumiko Mizushima of the Hakubi Kyoto Kimono School ; Fumiko Ishizuka.

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium, Asia Society, New York, on December 2, 1989 (matinee).

Added Author

Gordon, Beate. Speaker

Kondō, Tomie. Narrator

Ichinohe, Saeko, choreographer, dancer.

Leigh, Hilary, dancer.

Tuzun, Renee, dancer.

Woods Valdés, Andrea E., dancer.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Composer

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer

Irino, Yoshirō, 1921-1980. Composer

Hosono, Haruomi, 1947- Composer

Yamaguchi, Eiko. Costume designer

Petrilli, Steven.

Saeko Ichinohe and Company.

Asia Society.

DHCA.

Added Title

Variations in Junihitoe (Choreographic work : Ichinohe)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2262