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A Fresh, Modern Kabuki
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Harlan, Heather
AsianWeek
08-25-2004
In Japan, the 400-year-old theater form known as kabuki is considered one
of the nation's greatest cultural treasures. Its movements are highly
stylized, and its language archaic. The troupes that perform it can usually
be traced back more than a dozen generations.
Today, kabuki is considered one of Japan's great traditional arts, but when
it was first created, it was seen as the height of avant-garde.
Nakamura Kankuro, the head of the Nakamura-za troupe, which was founded in
the 17th century, hopes to bring kabuki back to its roots in the word
"kabuku," which ...
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