Report
Nō Theatre Seminar: “The Present and Future of Nō Theatre”
Day 1 / Sunday, October 19 “Nō theatre living in the present: Various on-the-spot reports”
11:00.11:30 Keynote presentation Yamanaka Reiko, “The present and future of Nō theatre: Thoughts for the moment”
11:30.12:30 Interview Kanze Yoshimasa, “What we protect and what changes: The boundaries of contemporary Nō”
13:45.14:30 Report Diego Pellecchia, “Noh for the world: Udaka Michishige and the International Noh Institute (INI)”
14:35.15:35 Interview Nomura Manzō, “Possibilities for the promotion of Nō: What should we do now?”
15:45.17:30 General discussion Commentators: Oda Sachiko, Yokoyama Tar., Diego Pellecchia, Nomura Manzō, Yamanaka Reiko, Miyamoto Keizō (Chair)
Day 2 / Sunday, October 26 Symposium: “The essence of Nō, the forms of Nō”
13:00.14:30 Report 1 Yokoyama Tarō, “The range of Nō in history: Its historical boundaries”
Report 2 Takeuchi Akiko, “New Nō plays by students: How to integrate Nō into lectures on drama studies”
14:40.16:20 Report 3 Oda Sachiko, “Nō and Contemporary Theatre”
Report 4 Okamoto Akira, “Putting ‘Contemporary Nō Plays’ on stage: What Renniku Kōbō aims to do”
16:30.18:00 General discussion Commentators: Kanze Yoshimasa, Shimizu Kanji, Yokoyama Tar., Takeuchi Akiko, Oda Sachiko, Okamoto Akitra, Yamanaka Reiko (Chair)
Day 3 /0 Monday, November 10 “Nō theatre and Western music”
18:30.19:30 Lecture Hosokawa Toshio, “New operas from Nō theatre”
19:40.20:30 Discussion Hosokawa Toshio, Aoki Ryōko, Miyamoto Keizō (Chair)
This seminar dealt with a variety of contemporary issues involving Nō theatre, such as experimental collaboration with other arts, Nō in English, and the creation of new Nō plays. The program of Day 1 centered on the perspective of Nō actors and other practitioners of the Nō theatre, with various reports on the situation “in the field,” so to speak. At the symposium of Day 2, reports from representatives of the fields of education and contemporary theatre were followed by a general discussion of the “Nohesque” elements common to these new endeavors. Day 3 explored possibilities for the inspirational influence on Nō on other genres, from the perspective of Western music. Publication of a report on the seminar is planned for the coming year.
Nō Research Studies 5 The Present and Future of Nō Theatre PDF Hosei University Repository
