This program aims to promote the appeal of Japan’s traditional performing arts and culture to a wider audience by organizing performances of traditional arts based on a new perspective that incorporates modern elements.
Themed on “Encounter,” this performance explores bodily expression – from the perspective of the harmony and confrontation of tradition and modernity – through the collaboration of National Theatre and Arts Council Tokyo. Our life has been heavily affected by Covid-19. Yet even amidst these challenges, we present these two new pieces in anticipation of the pleasure of meeting with each other again through theatrical performances.
Tradition and modernity, sound and body, Kabuki and Bunraku, contemporary dance and Shōmyō (Japanese Buddhist Chant), and then artists and an audience – please enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime performance woven by various encounters commingling with each other.