ANU ZA Kabuki will be performing a short Kabuki skit at the Harmony Day organized by the International Studnets Department(ISD)in Union Court at Australian National University. We are going to contribute to the Harmony Day by providing cultural experience and cultural exchange to celebrate such a great diversity on campus. Also we are taking this great opportunity for fund-raising activity through raffle ticket sale and drink sale to contribute to our funds for Performance in Japan this year.
Hope to support cultural diversity at ANU and at the same time raise awareness of ANU Za Kabuki at ANU and what we do.
haru
Harmony day at ANU in 2010: http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#!/event.php?eid=111497252221250&ref=ts
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
We'll blow your mind!
Yes, ANU ZA Kabuki will be back on the stage bigger and better than ever!
This year in 2010 we are proud to announce that we will be performing "Ninjyo Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi-Topknot Bunshichi". It shows gallant spirit of townsfolk in Edo, and it is a play with full of humanity, tears and humour.
The story goes...the Plasterer Chobei has ruined himself by gambling and drinking. He refuses to work and finally his daughter Oshika decides to leave the house and sell herself for 50 ryo to settle the debts. At the pleasure quarter where his daughter is going to be sold, madam Okoma sympathizes with the dutiful daughter and offers Chobei a loan on condition that he quits drinking and gambling. However on his way home...
If you want to know more then please come and join us for the performance.
We'll be performing on 3rd and 4th September 2010 at Street Theater. For further detail please refer to our website: http://sites.google.com/site/zakabuki2010/
You will regret if you miss out on the performance! . I guarantee it will be something that you never seen and never expected on the stage. As our annual audience would know we are different from authentic Japanese Kabuki production groups, we are inspired by them and we value their incredible use of various stage to depict scenery and their interaction with audiences. However we add some contemporary aspects into our production to make sure that all the audiences with different background can enjoy our performance. The play will be performed in a combination of Japanese and English, and we put jokes to add sense of Australian humour into the play. Last but not least the highlight of our production is the incredible dance!I will keep quiet about this, it is a little secret so you need to come and find out how it is done.
haru
ANU ZA Kabuki plans to go and perform in Japan!
We are excited to announce that this year 2010 ANU ZA Kabuki is planning a trip to Japan! Not just a ordinally tourist trip to go for sightseeing but to go and perform there! which is very exciting. Incredible thing does not just happen as we wish we got to make an effort into it. Our Japan trip is a big project and we are trying our best to make it happen!
It is not the first time for ANU Za Kabuki to make an appearance in Japan, in fact our legendary members made it happen 10 years ago. They performed in Nara and Kobe. And the group of students from Ko-nan University in Kobe returned a favor by visiting ANU and performing their Kabuki play here. We would like to continue the tradition of promoting cultural exchange and interaction between Australia and Japan.
Since it is Nara's 1300th years celebration since the transfer of the capital, it would be a great opportunity for us to go an perform in Nara to promote the sister-city relationship between Nara and Canberra for this special occasion.
At the moment we are putting a lot of effort into fund-raising activities. One of the major fund-raising include selling chocolates on campus, public office and to families of members who are very supportive for us (or perhaps just craving for sugar treat :) ). Also the activities include getting sponsorship for raffle ticket selling. We have been seeking sponsorship for the raffle vouchers from local food firms such as Japanese restaurants, cinema and cafes. Furthermore we are planning on school visits to primary and secondary schools to promote cultural interaction through short Kabuki performance and stage make-up and Japanese traditional costume experiences.
Moreover our sponsorship team has been working hard to approach Japan-related firms and institutions, as well as airlines to seek for support for the Japan trip.
And our amazing actors have been very enthusiastic about Kabuki performance ahead and have been practicing very difficult Japanese Kabuki script.It is a significant fact since most of our member is consisted of non-Japanese students who study Japanese and some of them do not even study Japanese.
My wish as an assistant Producer is that every member enjoy the company of each other, and break the barrier of language to perform together as a team. And hopefully they can refresh themselves from university workloads and experience some cultural aspect rather than just learning about Japanese Language.
Again I would like to mention that we are dedicated members to not just promote cultural exchange at ANU but also at Canberra community, and this year it will possibly be even larger scale.
haru
It is not the first time for ANU Za Kabuki to make an appearance in Japan, in fact our legendary members made it happen 10 years ago. They performed in Nara and Kobe. And the group of students from Ko-nan University in Kobe returned a favor by visiting ANU and performing their Kabuki play here. We would like to continue the tradition of promoting cultural exchange and interaction between Australia and Japan.
Since it is Nara's 1300th years celebration since the transfer of the capital, it would be a great opportunity for us to go an perform in Nara to promote the sister-city relationship between Nara and Canberra for this special occasion.
At the moment we are putting a lot of effort into fund-raising activities. One of the major fund-raising include selling chocolates on campus, public office and to families of members who are very supportive for us (or perhaps just craving for sugar treat :) ). Also the activities include getting sponsorship for raffle ticket selling. We have been seeking sponsorship for the raffle vouchers from local food firms such as Japanese restaurants, cinema and cafes. Furthermore we are planning on school visits to primary and secondary schools to promote cultural interaction through short Kabuki performance and stage make-up and Japanese traditional costume experiences.
Moreover our sponsorship team has been working hard to approach Japan-related firms and institutions, as well as airlines to seek for support for the Japan trip.
And our amazing actors have been very enthusiastic about Kabuki performance ahead and have been practicing very difficult Japanese Kabuki script.It is a significant fact since most of our member is consisted of non-Japanese students who study Japanese and some of them do not even study Japanese.
My wish as an assistant Producer is that every member enjoy the company of each other, and break the barrier of language to perform together as a team. And hopefully they can refresh themselves from university workloads and experience some cultural aspect rather than just learning about Japanese Language.
Again I would like to mention that we are dedicated members to not just promote cultural exchange at ANU but also at Canberra community, and this year it will possibly be even larger scale.
haru
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