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Dance as inspiration: Robert Bolle. Photo by Luciano Romano

Be Inspired

Joseph Houseal 9 January 2021

The path toward artistic practice, personal growth, and transformation

The Noh play Tousen. Right to left, in boat: main actor shite, Mikata Shizuka, 54; two boy kokata, Satoro Mikata, 6, and Haruka Mikata 11, sons of Noh actor Mikata Madoka; two girl kokata, Mikata Nodoka, 20, and Mikata Azusa, 15; daughters of Mikata Shizuka. Musicians: o-tsutsumi (large hip drum) Masaru Dai, 60; small shoulder drum (ko-tsutsumi) Kichisaka Ichiro, 55; flute (fue) Ichikaza Sugi, 70. Kanze Kaikan Noh Theater, Kyoto, 7 November 2020. Image courtesy of Theater Noh

Noh Now

Joseph Houseal 12 December 2020

The family transmission of an ancient art

Noh Actor Mikata Shizuka performs Atsumori. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2009. Photo by Jonathan Greet

Atsumori

Joseph Houseal 2 February 2019

Tales of transience, honor, and transcendence

A typical Shuramono Noh stage, featuring the ghost warrior on the left and a seated priest on the right. From wikimedia.org

Pure Land Buddhism in Noh: The Shuramono Plays of Zeami

Itsuki Hayashi 28 January 2019

Tales of ghost warriors and salvation

Hagoromo by Kimura Busan (1876–1942). The angel flies above Mt. Fuji before she flies to the shores at its base. Image courtesy of Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art

Hagoromo

Joseph Houseal 5 January 2019

Portraying the dance of a natural, spiritual wisdom

Stick Dance, Devil Dance, Part 1: The Rockettes

Joseph Houseal 29 April 2016

A dance by any other name . . . would probably be better described, when looking at ancient and Asian dancing, including the dances of