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PERFORMANCE

ARICA Performance Company
Kiosk

Thursday, September 18, 7:30 PM
Friday, September 19, 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 20, 7:30 PM

ARICA Performance Company presents its critically acclaimed, highly conceptual and visually arresting one-woman show, Kiosk.

WORKSHOP

Gagaku Workshop for Composers

Wednesday, October 8, 1:30 PM

This rare intensive workshop for music professionals and composers focuses on the three gagaku instruments made of bamboo—sho, hichiriki and ryuteki—and their particular pitches, scales and playing techniques.

SPECIAL EVENT

Gagaku Salon Concert

Wednesday, October 8, 7 PM
Wednesday, October 8, 8:30 PM

Master musicians of gagaku perform on and discuss bamboo instruments from medieval Japan in an intimate salon setting: inside the Japan Society Gallery exhibition New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters.

PERFORMANCE

Gagaku Revolution: New Sounds of Ancient Bamboo

Friday, October 10, 7:30 PM

Members of Reigaku-sha, the most celebrated gagaku ensemble in Japan, perform traditional works as well as contemporary compositions and world premiere commissions.

LECTURE

An Evening with Conductor Alan Gilbert

Monday, October 27, 6:30 PM

Conductor Alan Gilbert discusses his cultural and musical background, life and career as he prepares to make his Metropolitan Opera debut with Dr. Atomic this fall.

PERFORMANCE

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Thursday, November 13, 7:30 PM
Friday, November 14, 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 15, 7:30 PM

A spectacular collision of dance and technology, true is an extraordinary collaboration between three remarkable artists.

PERFORMANCE

Tzadik Music Label Series IV
Tribute to Teiji Ito

Friday, December 12, 7:30 PM

The fourth in the Tzadik Music Label series curated by John Zorn, this is the first ever large-scale tribute to the music of Ito, one of the pioneering composers who incorporated musical instruments from many world cultures into his work.

PERFORMANCE

12th Annual Contemporary Dance Showcase Phase 2
Japan + East Asia

Friday, January 9, 7:30 PM
Saturday, January 10, 5 PM
Saturday, January 10, 8 PM

This annual favorite displays the most cutting-edge dance from Japan, Taiwan and Korea.

PERFORMANCE

chelfitsch Theater Company
Five Days in March

Thursday, February 5, 7:30 PM
Friday, February 6, 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 7, 7:30 PM

The prestigious Kishida Kunio Drama Award-winning play by Toshiki Okada, the ground-breaking works of chelfitsch Theater Company have made them the most talked-about theater company in Japan.

PERFORMANCE

Inside the Mind of Basil Twist

Tuesday, March 3, 7:30 PM

With live demonstration / excerpt performances, spend an intimate evening with award-winning puppet artist Basil Twist as he discusses the influence of international puppetry traditions on his own work.

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