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6/22/2022 OKI: Music of the AinuFriday, May 6 at 7:30 pm—followed by a MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception SOLD OUT Japan Society performances Oki Kano, known professionally as OKI, is a leading musician of Ainu music—the music of Japan’s northernmost indigenous people. Born to a Japanese mother and an Ainu father, OKI has recovered and recreated traditional music on the tonkori, a stringed instrument of the Ainu people of Karafuto (a region also known as Sakhalin). The rich, reverberating twang of the tonkoristrings, which are traditionally made from deer tendons, allowed Ainu shamans to communicate with spirits that control the wind, rain and other natural phenomena called kamuy. In this program, OKI performs solo pieces as well as contemporary works with his band members from their new album, Tonkori in the Moonlight, released in January 2022. OKI is also featured in the film Ainu Mosir (2020). 11/5/2021 SHEEP #1SHEEP#1
A performance by Sachiyo Takahashi (Nekaa Lab) Inspired by the writings of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince Japan Society Performing Arts PROGRAM A, with Emile Blondel on piano: Thursday, November 4 at 7:30 pm—followed by a MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception Sunday, November 7 at 2:30 pm PROGRAM B, with Kato Hideki on bass guitar: Friday, November 5 at 7:30 pm Saturday, November 6 at 7:30 pm The Unknown Dancer in the Neighborhood
Written and directed by Suguru Yamamoto Japan Society Performing the Arts One-man dance theater piece, performed by Wataru Kitao 10/24/2019 Kwaidan readingJAPAN SOCIETY PERFORMANCE
Kwaidan (Call of Salvation Heard from the Depths of Fear) With Shiro Sano and Kyoji Yamamoto 7/26/2018 JAPAN CUTS 2018: Q&A with Kirin KikiJAPAN SOCIETY FILM
Mori, The Artist’s Habitat モリのいる場所 (Mori no Iru Basho) North American Premiere Intro and Q&A with star Kirin Kiki, with CUT ABOVE Award ceremony 9/12/2017 Four nights of dreamsFour Nights of Dream
(Based on a novel by Natsume Soseki) OPERA | WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION Japan Society 110th Anniversary Commission Music and Libretto: Moto Osada Conductor: Ken-David Masur Director: Alec Duffy Set Designer: Mimi Lien Costume Designer: Oana Botez Lighting Designer: Tuce Yasak Singers: Marisa Karchin, Gloria Park, Christopher Sokolowski, Makoto Winkler, Jesse Malgieri, Rocky Sellers Instrumentalists: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Chamber Orchestra 2/16/2017 HANCHU-YUEI12/10/2016 Hanasaka jisan by CondorsOne of Japan’s most popular mukashi banashi folktales comes to life through the playful interpretation of beloved all-male contemporary dance company Condors, led by Ryohei Kondo.
Hanasaka Jiisan (花咲爺さん The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom) Dance performance by Condors/Ryohei Kondo Japan Society Perfoming Arts Saturday, December 10, 2016 Sunday, December 11, 2016 |
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