REMINDER: April 24, 2015 (Friday) 5:00 PM at the Miller Theatre, Columbia University
Experiencing the World of Japanese Noh Theater Dance
Featuring Hisa UZAWA and Hikaru UZAWA

Hisa Uzawa and Hikaru Uzawa (Noh performers)

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture will host a Noh theater demonstration at the Miller Theatre. We are excited and honored to have Hisa Uzawa, a prominent Noh performer from Japan, and her daughter, Hikaru Uzawa, also a lead Noh performer, show us dance sequences and introduce us to the world of Noh.

The 2014-2015 Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture
Experiencing the World of Japanese Noh Theater Dance
Featuring Hisa UZAWA and Hikaru UZAWA
Friday 24 April, 5:00 PM
Miller Theatre (click here for directions), Columbia University
Free and open to the public

One of the first women to act as a lead shite performer in a traditional Noh lineage, Hisa Uzawa is a prominent member of the Tessenkai branch of the Kanze School of Noh theater. She has been designated as a “cultural treasure” by the Japanese government. In their New York debut, she and her daughter Hikaru will introduce the dynamics and techniques of the six-hundred-fifty year tradition of dance that lies at the heart of the Noh theater. The Uzawas will perform climactic dance sequences from four major plays and present behind-the-scenes details of costume and choreography.