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SPECIAL EVENT
110th Anniversary Arts & Culture Bash
Wednesday, November 8, 6:30 PM
Support the Society’s arts & culture programming with a festive evening of live and silent auctions, entertainment and more!
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LECTURE
The Southern Barbarians Arrive: Navigating the Nanban Screens
Friday, December 1, 6 PM
Explore nanban images from Japan's "Christian Century" with Prof. Matthew McKelway (Columbia University), who will address questions of artistic competition and collaboration, and the thematic adjustments that underlie what these works of art say about their time and audience.
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THEATER / PART OF NOH-NOW
Hanjo
Thursday, December 7, 7:30 PM
Based on a 14th-century noh play with the same title, Hanjo, by provocative Japanese author Yukio Mishima (1925-1970), is a timeless tale of love, loneliness and betrayal. Performed in English and Japanese.
Friday, December 8, 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 9, 7:30 PM
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LECTURE
Architecture of Time: Enoura Observatory, Where Consciousness & Memory Originate
Friday, December 15, 6 PM
Join exhibition artist Hiroshi Sugimoto for this introduction to Enoura Observatory, the headquarters of his Odawara Art Foundation, which received Japan Society grants in 2011 and 2014 and opened to the public this October. Sugimoto will also discuss his other recent architectural projects and their connection to his photographic practice and exhibitions, including Gates of Paradise
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THEATER / PART OF NOH-NOW
Mugen Noh Othello
Thursday, January 11, 7:30 PM
Following a sold-out run of Medea in 2011, Satoshi Miyagi and his company SPAC return to New York with another literary masterpiece, Othello. Miyagi re-tells Shakespeare’s famed tragedy through noh theater’s most distinct storytelling structure, mugen noh. Performed in Japanese with English titles.
Friday, January 12, 7:30 PM
Saturday, January 13, 7:30 PM
Sunday, January 14, 4 PM
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WORKSHOP
Theater Technique with SPAC
Saturday, January 13, 1:30 PM
SPAC training, which incorporates the methodologies of Satoshi Miyagi and Tadashi Suzuki, includes intensive practice in vocalization, physicality and rhythm. During this workshop led by SPAC company members, participants will learn body exercises required for SPAC’s unique voice production. Professional movement experience required.
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Japan Society
333 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
Japan Society Closures:
October 1 & 9
Gallery Hours:
The Japan Society Gallery is currently closed for the installation of Hiroshi Sugimoto: Gates of Paradise, opening October 20, 2017.
Box Office Hours:
Monday—Friday, 11 AM—7 PM
Select Weekends, 11 AM—5 PM
Telephone: (212) 715-1258
Business Hours:
Monday—Friday, 9:30 AM—5:30 PM
Open evenings and weekends (times vary) for special events.
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