SHINJU – 2008 -
We laughed. We cried. We hoped for the lovers’ success.
Review from “the Bulletin”
YAYOI THEATRE MOVEMENT Society
Yayoi Theatre Movement produces and presents work that blends traditional Japanese dance and theatre with telling contemporary and modern narratives.
We are also consulting firm focused of Japanese cultural arts and provides these services.
* Choreograph Noh, Kabuki, Kagura and mime movement
* Rental and dressing service
YTM has a large inventory of traditional Japanese kimono and accessories.
* Paper mache masks
YTM can create paper mache masks based on traditional Japanese design.
* Teach Kurogo movement or provide trained Kurogo for your theatre project.
Kurogo is an “invisible” stage hand used in Japanese Kabuki theatre.
* Presents workshops on noh, kabuki, Kagura and mime movement.
Please contact us for a consultation.
Mothers – 2007 -
This project, “Mothers”, with four contributing artists will consist of four different stories based on Japanese, Jewish, Canadian First Nations and Chinese legends.
STORIES – 2006, 2007 -
Based on a Jacques Ibert composition, “Stories” consists of ten short stories.
Four Seasons -2005-
Human life overlaps the four seasons.
Wearing four self-carved Noh-theatre style wooden masks; Teenage Girl, Young Woman, Middle Age Woman and Old Woman, Yayoi lives the four different lives of these women.
Using slides and hanging some plastic mannequins she performs solo.
Dance – 2007 -
Shinju: Monzaemon Chikamatsu’s classic love story adapted by Yayoi Hirano and Manami Hara.