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The development of contemporary dance in Japan.

Title: The development of contemporary dance in Japan. 2 (division 2), Period of great change [videorecording] / Contemporary Dance Association of Japan ; text/director, Shiro Kusaka.
Publication: 1990.

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Description

1 DVD (NTSC) (56 min.) : sd. color 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 II. Title on video tape frame: History and Artists: Contemporary dance in Japan, Part II: Period of great change. Produced by the Contemporary Dance Association of Japan. Text/director: Shiro Kusaka. English translation: Heikichi Arima, Yuka Maruyama. Narrators: Carey McIntosh, Robert Belgrade. For Part I of this series, see: *MGZIDVD 5-4414.

Contents

SUMMARY: Documentary on the second generation of Japanese contemporary dancers: Midori Ishii, Takashi Masuda, Tonao Hiraoka, Suzuko Kawakami (also known as Aida Kawakami), Masatoshi Shigyo, Masami Kuni, Nobutoshi Tsuda, Kenji Hinoki, Misako Miya, Otoya Eguchi, Masao Takeuchi, and Shoki Sai. Takumo Kansui and Hideki Sakaki are more briefly discussed. The documentary examines their early training in Japan (primarily with Baku Ishii and Masao and Seiko Tanaka); their studies abroad with Mary Wigman, Rudolf Laban, Max Terpis, and others; and their achievements as dancers, choreographers, and teachers. Among the companies and schools they established were the Masuda Trio, the Hiraoka-Shiga Dance Company, the Eguchi-Miya Company, and the Japanese Ballet (headed by Masao Takeuchi and buyo dancer Miho Hanayagi). Dance excerpts include: Cathedral, chor/perf: Ishii; Brandenburg concerto, chor: Ishii; Bonze in high spirits and Three kinds of feeling, both chor/perf: Masuda; Spanish dance, perf: Kawakami; Dance of fear, chor: Masatoshi Shigyo, perf: Nobuyoshi Shigyo; Fruits of love, chor: Masatoshi Shigyo; Dry pampas (b&w), chor/perf: Hinoki; Ban ban (solo version, b&w; trio version, color), chor: Hinoki, perf: Hinoki (solo) and others; Hokkaidoite, Seashore Kujûkuri, and Hoîchi, biwa player, all chor/perf: Eguchi; Snow, chor/perf by Eguchi and unidentified partner.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4415

OCLC

NYPY916062425-F

Title

The development of contemporary dance in Japan. 2 (division 2), Period of great change [videorecording] / Contemporary Dance Association of Japan ; text/director, Shiro Kusaka.

Imprint

1990.

Local Subject

Television. Contemporary dance of Japan.

Spanish dancing.

Mask dances.

Added Author

Kusaka, Shiro. Director. Author

Ishii, Midori, 1913- choreographer, dancer.

Masuda, Takashi, 1910- choreographer, dancer.

Kawakami, Suzuko, 1902-1988, dancer.

Shigyo, Masatoshi, 1908-1989, choreographer.

Hinoki, Kenji, 1908-1983, choreographer, dancer.

Eguchi, Otoya, 1911- choreographer, dancer.

Contemporary Dance Association of Japan.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4415

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