Overview

Established in 1953, the Performing Arts Program has introduced audiences to Japan's contemporary performance scene as well as its traditional dance, music and theater through more than 500 individual programs. Highlights include premiere presentations of the Grand Kabuki to the popular annual Contemporary Japanese Dance Showcase. A recent commission, the Bessie Award-winning Dogugaeshi by puppet master Basil Twist, toured Japan in 2007 as part of Japan Society's centennial celebration.

Upcoming Performing Arts Events

Spring 2008: New York Woman

The New York-based Japanese women artists featured this season shatter the stereotype of the “Japanese woman” as subservient and quietly humble. With bold ferocity and poetic imagination, they have sculpted individual artistic visions that weave into the diverse cultural landscape of the extraordinary city we call New York.

Performance
Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks: POOM²
A Page Out Of Order M to M
Thursday, May 15, 7:30 PM
Friday, May 16, 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 17, 7:30 PM

Workshop
SOLD OUT The Art of Traditional Japanese Hospitality: A Two-Day Workshop in Dance & Ritual with Geisha Komomo
Wednesday, May 21, 1:30 PM
Thursday, May 22, 1:30 PM


Lecture
Frank L. Ellsworth Performing Arts Lecture Series: Komomo: Geisha in Contemporary Japan
Thursday, May 22, 6:30 PM




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