Invitation to the Splendor of Kabuki: Kyôzô Nakamura

Japan's Agency of Cultural Affairs presents a lecture and demonstration with celebrated actor Kyôzô Nakamura, of the world-renowned Shôchiku Company of Japan. The program includes two Kabuki dance classics in full costumes, makeup and wigs: Fuji Musume (Wisteria Maiden) and Shakkyô (Lion Dance), contrasting the lyric style of the onnagata (actor specializing in female roles) with that of the dynamic, acrobatic style represented in the heroic Lion Dance. $5 - $10.