TOKYO TRADITIONAL ARTS PROGRAM

In the fifth year of "Tokyo Traditional Arts Program" we organize ten wide-ranged programs with workshops for beginners and performances combining tradition and contemporary to open Japanese traditional arts for wider audience.

We organize various performances such as Noh Play, Traditional Music, Dancing, Storytellers' Show and other excellent Folk Performing Arts. They all will be performed by the greatest artists and also include short talks and acts, to show wider audience the fresh and brand new original style for our time.

Rakugo, the Traditional Story-telling and the Traditional Dance by Geisha - Ozashiki Entertainment –
2013.9.16
Rakugo, the Traditional Story-telling and the Traditional Dance by Geisha - Ozashiki Entertainment –
Fun to listen. Beautiful to watch.
Singing together doubles the pleasure.
KAGURA meets JAZZ
2013.9.20
KAGURA meets JAZZ
Folk classic KAGURA meets Kazumi Watanabe, celebrated jazz guitarist
Breath of sound
2013.10.5
Breath of sound
A joint performance featuring traditional wind-instruments such as Ryuteki, Nohkan, Shakuhachi and Shinobue in collaboration with contemporary dancers (Motoko Hirayama, Kaiji Moriyama)
An Introduction to Traditional Japanese Music - Scenes from Literary Classics -
2013.11.1
An Introduction to Traditional Japanese Music - Scenes from Literary Classics -
Lecture and performance with selected pieces for "Classics Day"
“14th Tama River Basin Folk Performance Festival”
2013.12.1
Japanese Folk Performance “14th Tama River Basin Folk Performance Festival”
The Tama River comes alive with local folk arts
“Tradtional+” 【vol.4】 Traditional Instruments of Japan Today
2013.12.8
“Tradtional+”【vol.4】
Traditional Instruments of Japan Today
Featuring the yesterday, today and tomorrow of Shakuhachi through Dozan Fujiwara (player)
with world premiere of commissioned work for the instrument by Kyo Ichinose (composer)
Traditional Performing Arts × Street Dance
2013.12.14
Traditional Performing Arts × Street Dance
High school students perform street dance on traditional Japanese music / Hiromitsu Agatsuma (Shamisen player) collaborates with DAZZLE (performing group)
A Thrilling World of Traditional Performing Arts
2014.1.12
A Thrilling World of Traditional Performing Arts
Objects from everyday life create traditional music

Practicing traditional arts or keiko, involves more than simply mastering the skills. It is about nurturing traditional sensitivities through established discipline and styles.

Traditional Performing Arts for Kids
2014.3.21/27・28
Traditional Performing Arts for Kids
Enriching the spirit through learning Japanese traditional arts with leading artists

We will hold a large-scale tea ceremony event to introduce the art of Japanese tea and the Edo/Tokyo culture that brought it all together to people who have not yet experienced it or those who are from overseas.

Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2013
2013.9.28・29/10.12・13
Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2013
A moment to absorb the spirit of hospitality

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*The program contents may change.