Report
Noh Theatre Seminar: “The Present and Future of Noh Theatre”
Day 1 / Sunday, October 19 “Noh theatre living in the present: Various on-the-spot reports”
11:00.11:30 Keynote presentation Yamanaka Reiko, “The present and future of Noh theatre: Thoughts for the moment”
11:30.12:30 Interview Kanze Yoshimasa, “What we protect and what changes: The boundaries of contemporary Noh”
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 Manz., “Possibilities for the promotion of Noh: What should we do now?”
15:45.17:30 General discussion Commentators: Oda Sachiko, Yokoyama Tar., Diego Pellecchia, Nomura Manz., Yamanaka Reiko, Miyamoto Keiz. (Chair)
Day 2 / Sunday, October 26 Symposium: “The essence of Noh, the forms of Noh”
13:00.14:30 Report 1 Yokoyama Tar., “The range of Noh in history: Its historical boundaries”
Report 2 Takeuchi Akiko, “New Noh plays by students: How to integrate Noh into lectures on drama studies”
14:40.16:20 Report 3 Oda Sachiko, “Noh and Contemporary Theatre”
Report 4 Okamoto Akira, “Putting ‘Contemporary Noh Plays’ on stage: What Renniku K.b. 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 “Noh theatre and Western music”
18:30.19:30 Lecture Hosokawa Toshio, “New operas from Noh theatre”
19:40.20:30 Discussion Hosokawa Toshio, Aoki Ry.ko, Miyamoto Keiz. (Chair)
This seminar dealt with a variety of contemporary issues involving Noh theatre, such as experimental collaboration with other arts, Noh in English, and the creation of new Noh plays. The program of Day 1 centered on the perspective of Noh actors and other practitioners of the Noh 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 fosallowed by a general discussion of the “Nohesque” elements common to these new endeavors. Day 3 explored possibilities for the inspirational influence on Noh on other genres, from the perspective of Western music. Publication of a report on the seminar is planned for the coming year.
Noh Research Studies 5 The Present and Future of Noh Theatre PDF Hosei University Repository
