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archive 2006
FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Interpreting Elements of Japanese Design
Nieves Carrasco, Marta Dal Farra, Judith Fielder
and Lorraine Pritchard
Curated by Arlene Gehring
October 13, 2006 - January 19, 2007
(Closed Dec. 18 - Jan. 3)
The Japan Foundation, Toronto
131 Bloor St. W., 2nd Floor of the Colonnade building
Opening Reception:
Friday, October 13, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Artists' Talk and Panel Discussion:
Friday, November 3, 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
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Image: detail from "Desert" by Nieves Carrasco
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The integrity of the traditional Japanese design aesthetic, with its techniques and resources, survives permutation and translation with great strength and identity. The clear and compelling components of visual design invite practice. Just as the Japanese artists and craftsmen who are the "natural" heirs of this tradition have practiced through generations, so are craftspeople and artists in other countries and other settings compelled to practice as well. But coming from different cultural contexts, they speak the traditional vocabulary with different accents.
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For Lorraine Pritchard, the Japanese paper washi is more than surface; it is integral to her work. Patterning and variation relate to the repetition and irregularity in the Japanese aesthetic. The "written drawings" reflect the importance of gestural line to convey meaning. The layering, folding, and painting strongly allude to textile design.
Image: detail from "Vertical Rhythm"
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Weaving all of her own cloth, Judith Fielder then dyes it using shibori techniques. The cloth itself reflects nature in its movement, strength and fragility which respond physically in the dyeing process. Texture and pattern emerge in two and three dimensions, with luminescent shading of blue and white.
Image: detail from "Leaf Veins"
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While living in Japan, Marta Dal Farra found objects such as pieces of old kimonos, manga comic books and hand-made stationery which inspired these works. Working without preliminary sketches, much like sumi-e, the process was most important. The results are tribute to the objects, the skills of their makers and the culture they represent.
Image: detail from "Grail"
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Combining shibori and sashiko, Nieves Carrasco works to create a dialogue between the more spontaneous dyeing and the more controlled stitching. Consisting of smaller modules, each piece contrasts the elements of freedom and containment. The stitched thread brings line, shapes space, and plays colour over the background of the dyed pattern.
Image: Detail from "Shore"
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This is a show of work of the second generation. It is not the artists who are nisei; they are all western. Rather, it is the elements of design which have arrived in a new country and are being interpreted in a new context by another generation. Here, four artists working with fibre - paper and textiles - have produced work which is uniquely their own. Some of the work follows tradition quite closely, other gives a looser rendition. Yet, the Japanese influence is clearly identifiable in every piece.
The physical elements of design and the techniques for achieving them are given depth by the accompaniment of more abstract elements and inspirations. Philosophy and religion, landscape and nature, the aesthetic that combines unpredictability and control, a particular resonance with the symbolic, and an appreciation of the beauty in simple materials all contribute to the creative understanding of these artists.
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RAKUGO
Traditional Japanese Comic Storytelling
Performed by Katsura Koharudanji
Presented in Japanese with English subtitles
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
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Rakugo is a form of popular entertainment best described as traditional comic storytelling. It is presented with the solo performer, dressed in kimono, sitting on a silk cushion with only a fan and a tenugui (hand towel) for props. From ghosts to geisha, samurai to salarymen, the performer brings a cast of characters to life, drawing on 400 years experience and the imagination of the audience to create the impression of a full theatrical production.
The Japan Foundation presented master storytelling Koharudanji, performing Kamigata Rakugo, a style that originated in Osaka. He was accompanied by musicians playing the shamisen, flute and traditional drum.
The program included stories from the classical repetoire, such as The Valuable Cow, and the ghost story, Plate Mansion. It opened with a topical comedic introduction called the makura, based on the news of the day and Koharudanji's experiences.
Koharudanji's Canadian tour included stops in Ottawa on December 9, Montreal on December 11 and Calgary on December 13.
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LECTURE: "IS EUROPE WESTERN?"
Yoko Tawada
October 24, 2006
(Please note the date of the lecture was changed from Oct. 25)
6:30 PM
The Japan Foundation, Toronto
131 Bloor St.W., 2nd F
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Yoko Tawada is a Japanese writer currently living in Germany, and writes in Japanese and German. She won Japan's Gunzo Prize for New Writers in 1991, and the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1993. In 1996, she won the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, a German award granted to foreign writers who contribute to German culture. She will discuss her article "Is Europe Western?", which was published in the Kyoto Journal in 2005.
To read the article, visit www.kyotojournal.org/kjselections/Tawada_Europe.html
Photo credit: Thomas Karsten
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SANKAI JUKU:
KAGEMI - Beyond the Metaphors of Mirrors
Directed, choreographed and designed by Ushio Amagatsu
Performances in Canada
October 10, 2006
Southam Hall in National Arts Centre, Ottawa,
October 12, 13, 14, 2006
Theatre Maisonneuve in Place des Arts
October 17, 2006
The Hummingbird Centre for the Peforming Arts, Toronto
Photos by Jacques Denarnaud |
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From the moment the eye lights on the giant lotus leaves floating majestically above half-man, half-sprit creatures , it's clear why Sankai Juku, formed in 1975 by Ushio Amagatsu, is internationally renowned for its powerful, mesmerising performances. From its 2000 premiere at Paris's Theatre de la Ville, Kagemi has enticed with its timeless and universal beauty.
Sankai Juku's North American Tour 2006 includes Williamstown, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Tempe, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
For more information, visit www.pomegranatearts.com.
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September 6 - October 4, 2006
Opening Reception and Lecture by Curator Dr. Masami Toku, California State University: September 6th, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
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The Japan Foundation, Toronto presents the exhibition Shojo Manga! Girl Power! Girls' Comics From Japan curated by Dr. Masami Toku of California State University. In conjunction with the exhibition, curator Dr. Toku will present a lecture entitled "The Power of Shojo Manga: Its Value and Contribution to Visual Culture and Society" on September 6, 2006.
Featuring more than 200 works by 23 artists, this exhibit is the first of its kind to explore the unique styles of female manga artists and examines their contributions to the development of Shojo Manga. The exhibit is divided into three main periods: 1) The dawn of Shojo Manga, 2) The diversity of Shojo Manga, and 3) The new generation and new directions in Shojo Manga. In a sense, Shojo Manga serves as a commentary and a narrative of the lives of Japanese girls and women as they negotiate their changing social roles, aesthetics, and societal expectations. Interpersonal relationships, love, sex, and women's self-representation are amongst some of the many themes found in Shojo Manga.
Overall, this touring exhibition is a comprehensive introduction to newcomers and an in depth exploration of the evolution of themes and expressions in Shojo Manga. It provides convincing explanations for manga's enviable role in Japanese popular culture and its increasing international appeal.
Shojo Manga! Girl Power! is part of an international touring exhibit that has traveled to California State University, Chico; University of Mexico, Albuquerque; Columbia College Chicago; and The Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NYC.
Dr. Masami Toku is an Associate Professor of art education at California State University, Chico. Her research interest is the cross-cultural study of children's artistic and aesthetic developments in their pictorial world and how visual popular culture influences children's visual literacy. In her lecture, Dr. Toku will provide an overview of the works exhibited in the current exhibit and examine more closely the individual creators of Shojo Manga, providing a deeper look into the development and impact of this form of visual pop culture.
For more information about the curator and the exhibit, visit: www.csuchico.edu/~mtoku/vc
Image above: Rose of Versaille by Riyoko Ikeda
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WATERSCAPE: Hommage to Toru Takemitsu
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Noriko Saito
July 12 - August 18
Opening Reception:
Wednesday, July 12 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Talk by Prof. Robin Engelman (Nexus):
Friday, July 21, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk by Noriko Saito:
Saturday, August 5, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
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Noriko Saito's latest series of paintings, Waterscape, is dedicated to the iconic Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu on the 10th anniversary of his death.
Water has been a recurring theme in the work of both artists. Saito's previous exhibition at the Japan Foundation, Currents, in 1997, presented ocean currents as a metaphor for human migration. For this exhibition, Saito has drawn her inspiration from the "water" in Takemitsu's music. Saito uses the sound-world of Takemitsu, as well as the evocative titles the composer borrowed from literature, poetry and art, to create her own visual expressions.
Noriko Saito was born in Japan. Having studied cultural history, geography and art in Japan and Germany, she went on to receive her Master of Arts at HdK (Berlin University of the Arts). She worked as an artist in Berlin for 10 years before moving to Toronto in 2000. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Berlin, Basel, Cologne, Kyoto, Munich, Tokyo, Toronto, Verona and Vienna. From 1994 to 1996 she was Artist-in-Residence of the Art Foundation PRO ARTE in Ulm, Germany, while in 1995 she was a lecturer at the University of Ulm. Noriko Saito has received the Canada's Year of Asia Pacific Grant, the Yokohama Women's Forum Grant, and the Japan Art Fund Grant. Her work is included in the public collections of The Ulm Museum, and the Japanese-German Centre in Berlin.
Toru Takemitsu, the most renowned Japanese composer of the late 20th century, was awarded the prestigious Glenn Gould Prize in Toronto shortly before his death in 1996.
Robin Engelman, as a member of the internationally acclaimed percussion ensemble NEXUS, premiered several of Toru Takemitu's works, and developed a close professional and personal relationship with the composer. Mr. Engelman's presentation on Toru Takemitsu and his music will take place on Friday, July 21, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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DOCUMENTARY SCREENING SERIES
July - November 2006
7:00 PM
Event Hall
The Japan Foundation, Toronto
131 Bloor Street West, 2nd Floor
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The Japan Foundation, Toronto presents a screening series introducing aspects of contemporary Japanese life, selected mainly from its library reference collection. Screenings are held every month on the second and fourth Thursdays.
SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
JULY 13
To Become a Fisherman: Oki Island, Shimane Prefecture
NHK, 1996, 29 min.
The Summer I Dove for Abalone
NHK, 1997, 29 min.
JULY 27
Gardener
NHK, 2000, 10 min.
Dream Window
D. John Junkerman, Smithsonian, 1994, 57 min.
AUGUST 10
Food and Meals
NHK, 2001, 20 min.
Families Fostering the Forest
NHK, 2001, 20 min.
Weekend Farmers
NHK, 2001, 20 min.
AUGUST 24
Confectionery Maker
NHK, 2000, 10 min.
Japanese Cuisine Expert
NHK, 2001,10 min.
The Artistry of Japanese Cuisine
TBS, 1993, 30 min.
SEPTEMBER 14
Acupuncture Expert
NHK, 2002, 10 min.
Sleepless Nights in Tokyo
TBS, 1993, 46 min.
SEPTEMBER 28
Passport to Canada
D. Alexander Pappas, JumpPoint Entertainment, 2005, 46 min.
OCTOBER 12
A Portrait of Solitude
D. Junko Miura, 1996, 53 min.
OCTOBER 26
Shodo: The Path of Writing
D. Stephen Chodorov, Creative Arts TV, 1980, 25 min.
Japan Blue: The Art of Indigo Dyeing
CTV, 1995, 27 min.
NOVEMBER 9
Swordsmith
NHK, 2000, 10 min.
Alone to the North Pole
NHK, 1998, 49 min.
NOVEMBER 23
Tile Roofing Expert
NHK, 2000, 10 min.
A Father, Two Sons & A Factory
NHK, 2000, 24 min.
The Drum Taiko - The Brothers Who Create Drums
CTV, 1996, 26 min.
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POTTERY EXHIBITION
Yumiko Katsuya
June 24 - June 30, 2006
Hours:
Saturday, June 24
12pm - 5pm
with Tea Ceremony demonstrations at 1:30pm & 3:30pm and a Reception (with light refreshments), 5pm - 7pm.
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Monday, June 26 to Friday, June 30: 11:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday, June 29: 11:30am - 8:30pm
with Tea Ceremony demonstrations at 6:30pm & 7:30pm
Exhibited work for sale.
Enchanted by Crystalline Glaze
Yumiko Katsuya, a potter and a master of the tea ceremony, encountered crystalline glaze in 1999 on her trip to Australia. Fascinating natural patterns, mysterious colours, and a sense of translucent depth … a totally new world of pottery-making has unfolded in Katsuya's creations. She says, "It has been the days of trial and error. So challenging, but so rewarding. I still want to experiment with many things."
In this collection of Katsuya's recent works an entire set of tea ceremony utensils will be on display, forming an integral part of her tea ceremony demonstrations. Exhibition visitors will have the chance to taste Japanese tea as an all-encompassing aesthetic experience.
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TWO FRIENDS, TWO BOOKS:
Joy Kogawa and Tomio Nitto
Co-presented by Penguin Books Canada and Groundwood Books
Friday, May 26, 2006
6:30 PM
The Japan Foundation, Toronto
Doors open at 6:30pm
Talk starts at 7:00pm
Book signing from 8:15pm - 8:45pm |
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For the event, TWO FRIENDS, TWO BOOKS, Joy Kogawa will read from her book Emily Kato, and Tomio Nitto will talk about his book The Red Rock: A Graphic Fable. A book sale and book signing will follow the talk, as well audience members will have the opportunity to view Tomio Nitto's new original artwork on display.
Joy Kogawa was born in pre-WWII Vancouver, Canada and survivor of wartime policies of internment. Her novels, poetry, essays and activism are rooted firmly in the Canadian cultural mosaic and her accolades speak for themselves. Made a Member of the Order of Canada, Kogawa's writing has been prolific having published such novels as Obasan, Naomi's Road, and The Rain Ascends. Emily Kato is her most recent novel having been published this year. She revisits the account of the Japanese Canadian fight for redress in her second novel Itsuka, which has been retitled Emily Kato this year.
Tomio Nitto was born in post-WWII Yamagata, Japan and declared his trade once completing high school. Having finished studies at Tokyo's Nippon Design School, Tomio Nitto took employment with the K2 Design Office. Beginning a career in Toronto, Canada as a graphic designer in 1971 he then went on to establish his freelance illustration in 1980. Having received numerous awards for print design, Tomio Nitto's illustrations have been published in Esquire Magazine, Washington Post Magazine and Toronto Life. His work was also used in the movies The Fly, and M. Butterfly. HIs environmentally conscious children's book, The Red Rock: A Graphic Fable, was published this year.
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| UNIFORMS
Marco Bohr
May 18 - June 23, 2006
Artist Talk: May 18, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Opening: May 18, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
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The Japan Foundation, Toronto is proud to present Uniforms by Marco Bohr. The exhibition will be on view from May 18 - June 23, 2006 at the Japan Foundation, Toronto.
Marco Bohr offers a composite portrait of our times in a project that seeks to characterise people by their photographic likeness rather than just by their assumed profession. Having grown up in Germany where since the Third Reich uniforms and uniformity are avoided, even despised, Bohr's personal attraction towards uniforms was reasoned with curiosity inspired by the apparent categorisation of employees and workers in contemporary Japan. Since a uniform can also be interpreted as a byproduct of cultural and sociological background, it is once again in correlation with the things you do and places you visit. As Bohr explains, "Since the uniform is merely uniform, the attention is drawn to minute differences in facial expression, stance or posture. Somewhere there, we might extract a condition that is simply unique."
Marco Bohr (www.macobo.com) studied photography at Ryerson University in Toronto and Napier University in Edinburgh. In 2003 he moved to Japan for one year supported by a du Maurier Visual Arts Grant. During this time he studied Japanese at Nihon University and gave a guest lecture at the University's renowned photography department. His Uniforms Series was first exhibited at the Days Photo Gallery in Tokyo in 2004. In 2005, Bohr was part of an exhibition and publication titled reGeneration: 50 photographers of tomorrow at the Musee de l'Elysee in Lausanne. In late 2005, his work appeared at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, in Enseigner / Produire curated by Christophe Kihm. Invited by the magazine Phat Photo, Bohr returned to Japan to exhibit and give an artist talk at the Photo and Imaging Expo at Tokyo Big Sight in 2006. Following his participation at this year's Contact Festival, Bohr is showing the Observatories Series at the Japan Foundation in Cologne. Marco Bohr is currently a student at the Royal College of Art and lives and works in London.
This exhibition is part of the Contact 2006 Toronto Photography Festival: www.contactphoto.com
Image: Park Cleaner, 2004
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TOOLS FOR DAILY LIVING
Susan Low-Beer
March 9 - May 12, 2006
Opening: March 9, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Artist's Talk: April 1, 2:00 PM
Second Artist Talk Added: April 27, 6:00 PM
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| Tools for Daily Living refers to the "tools" of the body, our life-sustaining organs which give us our energy and life force. The beauty of the materials-Japanese washi (which has a textual quality more like a layer of skin than paper), fired clay, (representing the earth from where we come), and the found object (the detritus of modern life) are combined into unified and compelling compositions. The sensibility of these pieces is often reminiscent of the visual beauty and seemingly simplicity of Zen aesthetics. However the sensual, tactile nature of the work, the intricate rubbings, delicate drawings, and subtle poses of the figures, layer the meaning, which is mysterious, sometimes hidden and at other times an entryway into the spiritual and sublime.
Born in Montreal, Susan Low-Beer is a Toronto-based artist with a career spanning 40 years. She was awarded the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts in 1999, and was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts in 2000. Her work is in the collections of Canadian galleries, as well as the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan.
Tools for Daily Living has been previously exhibited at Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa in 2003, McClure Gallery, Montreal in 2004, and MATERIA, Quebec City in 2005. Rocksbreathe was first installed in the courtyard of the Burlington Art Centre during the summer of 2001. Rocksbreathe II, an Improvisation, was exhibited at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo in 2002.
Image: #7 Tools for Daily Living
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Images Festival presents:
SOME CATS FROM JAPAN
Friday, April 21, 2006
11:00 PM
The Vatikan
1032 Queen St. W.
Last year's headliner Aki Onda returns to the festival as organiser of this special live event, featuring three of the most urgent, inventive performers now operating in Tokyo's notoriously agitated underground electronic art and music scene.
Audio performance - Taeji Sawai
The sounds of our multi-functional daily existence are supplied by various information systems. Sawai explores the possibilities of a total auditory design derived from these unconsciously experienced sounds by mixing and amplifying them into extreme ultra- or infra-sonic frequencies,confounding our usual sensory division of sound into "waves perceptible by hearing" and "vibration perceptible through touch."
EM#2 - Kanta Horio
A large electromagnet is connected to an audio amplifier used as an electric power amplifier. The audio signals input into the amplifier cause a significant rise in the magnetic field. A large number of paper clips are set under the electromagnet that is dangled on a mic stand and audio signals actuate the paperclips. Various patterns of paperclip motion are generated by different frequencies of the audio signal. The state of the paperclips is recorded with a video camera and displayed in real time on a screen behind the performer.
Optron - Atsuhiro Ito
"Whirr Extreme Optical Noise Core that consists of Anomaly Harcore Punk approach, and the original sound optical instrument OPTRON, that outputs amplified noise discharged by fluorescent lights. Thoroughly original in the respects of without using melody playing instruments and live performance that is not gentle to the eyes or ears either." - Atsuhiro Ito
Co-presented by the Music Gallery. Supported by The Japan Foundation.
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LECTURE: "Japan and the Western Imagination" by Dr. James King
featuring his latest book Pure Inventions
Friday, March 3, 2006
6:30 PM
Pure Inventions, the title of James King's new novel, is taken from Oscar Wilde's remark: "The whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people." Wilde, commenting facetiously on the inventiveness and refinement seen in Japanese art when it was introduced to the West in the 19th century, was noting how vastly different it was from what he and his contemporaries were accustomed to.
James King will discuss his fascination with Japan, and his scholarly interest in Japanese art, concentrating on how his travels to Japan inspired him to write a kind of Madame Butterfly story about a young man born to a courtesan in the Yoshiwawa. In this book, the protagonist Hiroshi grows up in Tokyo (at that time Edo) and then immigrates to Boston in the United States. In exile, he wonders if Japan exist or if it is a product of his imagination.
James King is a Professor in the department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. He has been a John Simon Memorial Fellow and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has witten eight biographies and four novels.
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NEW NATIONAL THEATRE TOKYO POSTER EXHIBITION,
1997 - 2006
January 4 - March 4, 2006
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| The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) is a state-operated theatre facility complex for Western and contemporary style performing arts, including opera, ballet, theatre, and dance. With its state-of-the-art facilities the NNTT houses three auditoriums which celebrated its inaugural opening in 1997: Opera House (1814 seats), Playhouse (1038 seats), and The Pit (340-440 variable seats). The NNTT has become a new attraction of Tokyo's cultural life.
These performances are promoted with excellent printed materials. The NNTT inherited its high standard of graphic design from earlier national theatres. For the inaugural opera season, Kazumasa Nagai created a series of five enigmatic posters. The late Ikoo Tanaka supervised all posters in the Drama department until his sudden death in 2001. Nobuyoshi Kikuchi, a book designer, continues to add fresh spirit to theatre posters.
This 90-piece exhibition gives a retrospective view of the first ten years of the NNTT's activities through their striking yet elegant posters.
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| Harbourfront Centre presents:
PAPA TARAHUMARA (Tokyo)
Toronto debut
February 14 - 18, 2006
8 PM
Premiere Dance Theatre
207 Queen's Quay West
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"devastatingly beautiful..." The Japan Times
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Photo credit: Sakae Oguma/ Katsui Sato |
Otherworldly spectacles that transcend cultural barriers are the calling card of Japanese performance art ensemble Pappa Tarahumara. Artistic director Hiroshi Koike creates unique and magical stage poetry, merging traditions - ancient and new - with contemporary dance and a bit of theatrical alchemy. His captivating works of refined abstraction offer exquisite panoramas of light, darkness, shadow and sound.
Harbourfront Centre: www.harbourfrontcentre.com/noflash/perfarts.php
Pappa Tarahumara: www.pappa-tara.com
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IKEBANA DEMONSTRATION
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Demonstration 1: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM;
Demonstration 2 (repeat): 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Demonstrators:
Professor Seiha Sugihara
Professor Yasuhito Sasaki
The Japan Foundation, Toronto is proud to present demonstrations by ikebana masters Professor Seiha Sugihara and Professor Yasuhito Sasaki from Japan who are both affiliated with the Ikenobo tradition.
These special Ikebana demonstrations have been organised by the Japan Foundation to celebrate the recent opening of the permanent art gallery, Prince Takamado Gallery of Japan, at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Demonstrators' Biographies:
Professor Seiha Sugihara is from Sapporo, on the northern island of Hokkaido. He began his study of Ikenobo ikebana at age16. Professor Sugihara is Special Life Professor at the Ikenobo Central Training Institute in Kyoto, Japan, and a permanent member of the Governing Board of the Ikenobo Junior Colleges. He was appointed as Special Visiting Professor of Ikenobo ikebana to North America in 1976 and 1980. He has taught, demonstrated, and exhibited Ikenobo ikebana in countries throughout South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Professor Yasuhito Sasaki also comes from Sapporo. He began his study of Ikenobo ikebana at age 26. Professor Sasaki has graduated from the Advanced Specialised Courses at Ikenobo Headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. In 1998 he was appointed to the Central Governing Board of the Ikenobo Society of Floral Arts, and in 2004 to the Central Advisory Board of Ikenobo Headquarters in Kyoto. In 2003 he was Special Visiting Professor of Ikenobo ikebana to North America, teaching, demonstrating and exhibiting throughout the United States and Canada.
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The Royal Ontario Museum presents:
Tea Ceremony Demonstration by Soshitsu Sen
January 27, 2006
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Royal Ontario Museum
Signy & Cleophee Eaton Theatre
100 Queen's Park
In conjunction with the opening of the Prince Takamado Gallery of Japan at the Royal Ontario Museum, Soshitsu Sen XVI, Grand Master of the Urasenke Chado Tradition will make a rare appearance to conduct a traditional tea ceremony that has been practiced for over four centuries.
Chado, or "The Way of Tea", abides by four principles: harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility. This living art will be featured as a public event to celebrate the opening of the Prince Takamado Gallery of Japan at the Royal Ontario Museum.
This event is supported by The Japan Foundation.
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