
PERFORMANCE
Basil Twist
Dogugaeshi
featuring live shamisen music by Yumiko Tanaka
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Sold Out
“[Basil Twist]”…one of the era’s most audacious puppeteers.”
Dogugaeshi is back! Japan Society's 2003 commission and Bessie Award-winning work by New York puppet artist Basil Twist kicks off this momentous anniversary season. A swirling whirlpool leads into a mystical world, where a white fox acts as your guide through ever-unfolding, infinitely intricate images of ancient and modern Japan. Inspired by a traditional stage mechanism once commonly used in Japanese puppet theater, Twist's Dogugaeshi is a cross-cultural collaboration with master shamisen player and experimental musician Yumiko Tanaka, whose multi-layered music collage embraces everything from traditional tunes to popular songs.
Running time: 60 minutes
Limit 70 pp per performance; general admission
All performances are now SOLD OUT.
A wait-list for any seats that become available day of will begin one hour before curtain at the Japan Society box office.
Thursday, September 19 performance is followed by a MetLife Meet the Artists Reception.
Purchase tickets to all four theater events and save $15! Click here to download the Subscription and Package form (discount not available online).

Yumiko Tanaka’s travel is funded by The Japan Foundation. Ms. Tanaka’s residency in New York is made possible, in part, by The Globus Family.


MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception support is provided by MetLife Foundation.

© Richard Termine, courtesy of Tandem Otter Productions
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