Japan Adventures

Traditional Japanese Theater- Kyogen

Our Japanese education continued with traditional Japanese theater. An American, Don Kenny, did a presentation on kyogen. Kyogen is a form of comedy performed to musical accompaniment. Most of the plays are for 2 characters. The movements and dialogue in kyogen are typically very exaggerated and the emphasis is on the dialogue and action rather than music and dance.The play that Mr. Kenny and his fellow actor presented was called "The Dwarf Tree Thief".

Mr. Kenny showed us the masks that are used in kyogen. Masks are only used for nonhuman or for very ugly characters.

posted by Detra Jernigan @ 18:30