Research Catalog

Title

Dondoro [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Okamoto, Hoichi.
• Shimizu, Atsuko.
• Stein, Bonnie Sue.
• Ueno-Herr, Michiko.
• Henson, Cheryl
• Cronson, Mary Sharp.
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
• Dondoro.
• International Festival of Puppet Theater.

Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (NTSC) (86 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

After a two-minute backstage view of Dondoro puppeteer Hoichi Okamoto, the program begins with his performance of the traditional Japanese tale Keshin, a ritual dance between a fox and a woman using Shinto-era music and life-sized puppets. A panel discussion follows, in which panelists discuss the Japanese tradition of itinerant puppeteers, Okamoto's development of his plays and his puppetmaking techniques, his transformation of traditional forms, and the existence of his work outside conventional theatrical boundaries in Japan. The public program concludes with a performance of Kiyohime Mandara, another well known Japanese tale about a monk and his betrothed. The recording continues for about 15 minutes, as audience members approach the stage to speak with Okamoto and examine his materials.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 056.

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subjects

• Video
• Puppet theater > Japan
• Dondoro
• Okamoto, Hoichi
• Puppet works

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Puppet works.

Credits (note)

• Lighting designer: Atsuko Shimizu.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 6, 1994.

Funding (note)

• With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography (note)

• Dondoro performed at the Public Theater as part of the International Festival of Puppet Theater in Sept. 1994.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1056

OCLC

105215629

Title

Dondoro [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1994.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 056.

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

Lighting designer: Atsuko Shimizu.

Performer

Puppet plays performed by Hoichi Okamoto. Panelists: Hoichi Okamoto, Bonnie Sue Stein, Michiko Ueno. Moderator: Cheryl Henson.

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 6, 1994.

Funding

With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography

Dondoro performed at the Public Theater as part of the International Festival of Puppet Theater in Sept. 1994.

Added Author

Okamoto, Hoichi. Puppeteer

Shimizu, Atsuko. Lighting designer

Okamoto, Hoichi. Interviewee

Stein, Bonnie Sue. Interviewee

Ueno-Herr, Michiko. Interviewee

Henson, Cheryl, moderator.

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Dondoro.

International Festival of Puppet Theater.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1056