*** The Invitation to “Nohgaku” through the dance ***

ONMAENI--- from a theatre piece of Kyogen, “Boshibari”

Kyogen” is a comic interlude between each “Noh” chapters. But, unlike other Kyogen plays, which are made up of dialogues, “Boshibari “ looks more like, a dancing piece, because of its characters’ unique movements.
《Aware that his two servants will drink his precious sake during his absence, the Master has a great idea : he decides to bind one of them to a stick and to tie up the other one’s hands in his back with a rope. After the Master left the house, the two servants run into the sake cellar and try to drink it, at all costs. Sake lovers can’t help behaving the same way ! 》.
The two dancers revive the “spirit” of the original piece through the choreography.

Music: Sawako Hiraiwa    Lighting: Reiko Fukuda
Stage direction: Tetso Takahashi
Direction: Sengiku Bando    Choreography: Ryohei Kondo, Sengiku Bando
Dancers: Yoshihiro Fujita, Michiko Kamakura, Masaharu Imatsu

ITO AWARENI NATSUKASHIU OKASHI _
from“Aoi no ue” in“Genji Monogatari”

Piece of dance-Noh, inspired by the chapter “Aoi no ue” from “Genji Monogatari”,
famous Japanese classical novel of 11th century, which is about the life of a noble, Hikaru Genji.
《Aoi no ue, the wife of Hikaru Genji, is suffering from the invisible and terrible jealousy of her husband’s mistress. The jealousy of this woman exerts an incredible evil power on of Aoi no ue’s body 》.
Free from the limit of time and space, the empty stage of “Noh” invites us to the world of passions that occurred a thousand years ago, through the contemporary dance movements.
Masque: Jiro Ariga Lighting: Reiko Fukuda Music: Mitsuo Miyamoto
Stage direction: Tetsuhiko Takahashi Direction: Sengiku Bando
Choreography / Dance: Sengiku Bando, Ryohei Kondo