Streaming of Salon Series No. 69 on June 27, 2021

Transformation and Transition: Shakespeare, Kabuki, and Now

The Salon Series #69 will explore a topic of transformation from various perspectives: gender transformation, the ordinary to the unordinary in performing arts, development of character changes, from Shakespeare through Kabuki to the present.

Theater director, actor, and writer Ernest Abuba will share discussions with Ito. The program will include Ito’s demonstration on techniques of transformation in Kabuki dance, joined by company members, Misha DuLac, and Jonathan Wong Frye. The program will conclude with the example of transformation by Ito portraying the male character in an excerpt from Ninin Wankyu (Wankyu, the Two Shadows), the Kabuki dance first staged in 1774, with Sato Kiyotomi.

Date: June 27, 2021 3pm EST

*Salon Series: Japanese Performing Arts*

The Salon Series is an on-going series of performances and lecture-demonstrations on Japanese performing arts held three times a year. With world-class guest artists and speakers, the program has inspired NY audiences for the last 2 decades, 2021 will be the 23rd season of the series.

The Salon Series No. 69 is, in part, supported by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in partnership with NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.