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.
Traditional Performing Arts
The endeavor, the first of its kind, will introduce the traditional and the modern, such as contemporary dance, street dance, together in talk show, performance and workshop.
- Rakugo, the Traditional Story-telling and the Traditional Dance by Geisha - Ozashiki Entertainment –
- September 16, 2013 (Monday/National Holiday) / Yurakucho Asahi HallFinished.
- KAGURA meets JAZZ
- September 20, 2013 (Friday) / Mitsukoshi TheatreFinished.
- Breath of sound
- October 5, 2013 (Saturday) / Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Main HallFinished.
- An Introduction to Traditional Japanese Music - Scenes from Literary Classics -
- November 1, 2013 (Friday) / Bunkyo Civic Hall Sub HallFinished.
- Japanese Folk Performance“14th Tama River Basin Folk Performance Festival”
- December 1, 2013 (Sunday) (TBD) / Komae Ecorma HallFinished.
- “Tradtional+” 【vol.4】 Traditional Instruments of Japan Today
- December 8, 2013 (Sunday) / Spiral Hall (3rd Floor)Finished.
- Traditional Performing Arts × Street Dance
- December 14, 2013 (Saturday) / Nippori Sunny HallFinished.
- A Thrilling World of Traditional Performing Arts
- January 12, 2014 (Sunday) / Hachioji City Art & Cultural HallFinished.
Traditional Performing Arts for Kids
It provides children with a serious opportunity to learn traditional performing arts such as Noh and Nihon buyo (dance) from first-class performers for seven months, and show the result of their efforts on a big stage.
- March 21 (Friday/National Holiday)/27 (Thursday)/28 (Friday), 2014 / Hosho Nohgakudo,Asakusa Public Hall
Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2013
It is designed to provide an opportunity for the citizens of Tokyo as well as tourists visiting the Tokyo area from abroad and other parts of Japan to enjoy Japanese culture and traditional tea culture.
- September 28 (Saturday)/29 (Sunday), 2013 / Edo-Tokyo Open-air Architectural Museum in Koganei ParkFinished.
- October 12 (Saturday)/13(Sunday), 2013 / Hama-rikyū GardensFinished.
