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Shochiku
This event is an 04/05 Special Event. Single ticket discounts do not apply. Venue: Zellerbach Hall
Price: $40/$65/$90/$125 (hanamichi runway seating)
Don't miss this first opportunity at Cal Performances in almost 10 years to experience one of the world's most treasured performing art forms. The Chikamatsu-za troupe of Japan's revered Grand Kabuki Theatre has for more than 350 years been the world's center of the refined kamigata style of Kabuki theater and yet is seldom seen outside of its native country. On this rare U.S. tour stop at Cal Performances, the 80-member company — named for Japan's greatest classical playwright, Chikamatsu Monzaemon — will present one of his best-loved masterpieces, Sonezaku Shinju ("Love Suicides at Sonezaki"). Featuring full Grand Kabuki sets (including a specially constructed traditional hanamichi runway) and lavish costumes, the production stars Living National Treasure Nakamura Ganjiro III in his signature role of O-hatsu.
Event Sponsor:
The Shochiku Grand Kabuki Chikamatsu-za 2005 U.S. Tour is sponsored by the Boeing Company and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Toray Industries, Inc., ANA, United, and Japan Society of Northern California.
Program Notes: Program notes are available online, click here.
Education and Community Events:
Kabuki, the art of theatrical exploration into human passions and flaws, has been performed exclusively by men for more than 300 years. Male actors play all roles, including women characters, or onnagata.
Grand Master of the kamigata style of Kabuki, Nakamura Ganjiro III, who has played the female lead in Sonezaku Shinju ("Love Suicides at Sonezaki") for over 50 years and who has been designated a Living National Treasure, will talk about the history and forms of Kabuki Theatre. The lecture will be illustrated on stage by his apprentice, Nakamura Gankyo, who will be transformed into a beautiful woman through the application of full traditional make-up and costume, and will then demonstrate the theatrical conventions of the Kabuki female character role.
Co-sponsored by Cal Performances, The Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, UC Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies, and the Department of Music in conjuction with the performances of Japan's Shochiku Grand Kabuki Chikamatsu-za, Friday-Saturday, June 17-18, 2005 at Zellerbach Hall.
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