Kyogen Lounge 2024 (5 performances)
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Seishokai Co., Ltd.
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY Reiwa 5(2023) 2nd Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
This project was intended to promote the creation of opportunities to appreciate Nohgaku Kyogen in Tokyo and to improve opportunities to appreciate Nohgaku Kyogen for a wide range of ages, including young people. What should we do to make the younger generation in particular see the live stage more? and what is a stage performance where you can enjoy Kyogen? He planned and performed performances with various ideas. Main Performers Motonari Okura, Yasunari Okura, Noritoshi Okura, Chuzaburo Shigeyama, Nobukai Yoshida, Naoto Kokaji, Masami Tomita, and Atsushi Tanaka appeared. In addition to the above main performers, the following appeared:. 3/6 Tamagawa Daifuku (guest appearance) 5/23 Taiji (guest appearance) 8/10 Sento-kun (guest appearance) 10/26 Fujita Takahiro (flute player) 12/26 Tanaka Fukunosuke (ko-kata), Ishikura Shoji (kyogen-kata) Main programs: Reception opens ~ Bar Lounge Time (approx. 45 minutes ~ 1 hour) ~ introduction 1, "About Kyogen and Okura-ryu" workshop by theater actors (approx. 15 minutes) 2, the first kyogen performance (approx. 15 minutes) 3, closing address (approx. 15 minutes) ~ Bar Lounge Time ~ Interchange time with performers/photo taking (approx. 30 minutes) Total of approx. 2 hours ~ 5 performances were held.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Thursday, December 26, 2024 - Venues
- Cerulean Tower Noh Theatre
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
【 Seishokai Co., Ltd 】
Since May 2023, they have been active as "Seishokai Co., Ltd," creating planned performances with Motonari OKURA as the main.
Focusing on social issues in Japan and the ability of traditional performing arts to be handed down to future generations, from 2016 to 2023 he has held planned performances throughout Japan. A series of performances in Tokyo, Hida-Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, Anan City in Tokushima Prefecture, and Nara City in Nara Prefecture, particularly dealing with the social issue of business succession in Japan. Combining the traditional art of Nohgaku Kyogen with movies, local tourism resources, and local human resources, performances have been held with a high degree of locality and planning.