April 2012archive

I started teaching on the course of "Tradition and Modernity of Cultural Creativity" at the Atomi University from this April.
  
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Schedule of Lectures 
"Tradition and Modernity of Cultural Creativity" 

No.1 Introduction - Tradition and Modernity of Cultural Creativity 
No.2 Noh and Kyogen in Modern Culture  
No.3 Kabuki in Modern Culture  
No.4 Bunraku in Modern Culture  
No.5 Experimental Works of Tetsuji Takechi  
No.6 Japanese Body and Space in Modern Theatre - Peter Brook, Robert Wilson, Tadashi Suzuki 
No.7 Contemporary Music and Japanese Music - Japanese Composers 1
No.8 Contemporary Music and Japanese Music - Japanese Composers 2
No.9 Contemporary Music and Japanese Music - Western Composers 1
No.10 Contemporary Music and Japanese Music - Western Composers 2
No.11 Contemporary Music and Noh - Performance 1
No.12 Contemporary Music and Noh -Performance 2
No.13 Presentations by Students  
No.14 Samuel Beckett, William Butler Yeats and Noh 
No.15 Yukio Mishima and Noh

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In March I went to Toronto, Canada! 

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2012.3.15-18 
Association for Asian Studies 2012 Annual Conference 

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2012.3.17 
Panel "Women in Noh" 

Chaired by Susan Matisoff, University of California, Berkeley 

The Construction of Japanese Noh Theatre as a Masculine: An Analysis of Its Traditional and Modern Discourses 
Ryoko Aoki, SOAS, University of London 

The Gendered Body in Noh Practice and Performance 
Katrina L. Moore, University of New South Wales 

Players, Performances, and Existence of Women's Noh: Focusing on the Articles Run in the Japanese General Newspapers 
Yusuke Suzumura, Hosei University 

Discussant: Susan Matisoff, University of California, Berkeley

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P1070376.JPG Oysters!! 
  
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I really enjoyed my stay in Toronto!!