Videos: Glimpses of the Floating World of Kyoto and Osaka. Hana No Kai Dance Company: promotional video, performance, lecture demonstration, Japanese art of flower arranging (Ikebana) and Japanese tea ceremony (1996)
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Video 1. Short promotional video for classical Japanese dance company, Hana No Kai Dance Company. (Founded 1989.)
Video timecode: 00:00:14–00:04:59.
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Video 2. Dance and music performance. 1996 November 23. Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona. Pre-curtain introduction. Video timecode: 00:00:08–00:02:45. 12 performance segments: 1. Dance, two female dancers. Video timecode: 00:02:46–00:12:09. 2. Dance, solo female dancer. Video timecode: 00:13:07–00:17:27. 3. Music, two female musicians performing on koto (large 13-string instrument, national instrument of Japan); one female musician performing on shamisen (three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument). Video timecode: 00:19:36–00:27:20. 4. Dance, two female dancers with fans. Video timecode: 00:27:51–00:33:37. 5. Dance, solo female dancer. Video timecode: 00:35:46–00:45:52. 6. Music, solo male musician performing on shakuhachi (Japanese and ancient Chinese longitudinal, end-blown bamboo-flute). Video timecode: 00:45:24–01:08:50. 7. Dance, two female dancers and solo female dancer with fans. Video timecode: 01:09:07–01:13:05. 8. Dance, solo female dancers with fan. Video timecode: 01:13:33–01:18:34. 9. Music, two female musicians performing on koto. Video timecode: 01:19:30–01:28:05. 10. Music, two female musicians performing on koto. Video timecode: 01:28:55–01:40:48. 11. Music, two female musicians performing on koto. Video timecode: 01:42:30–01:48:51. 12. Music and Dance. Two female musicians performing on koto, one female musician performing on shamisen, three female dancers. Video timecode: 01:49:14–01:56:53. [End of concert was not recorded.]
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Video 3. Lecture demonstrations: video, slide show, informative lecture and demonstrations of Japanese dance, make up, costuming, and music. 1996 November 22. Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona. Video timecode: 00:00:07–01:52:26 Introduction by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Video timecode: 00:00:37–00:10:30. Illustrated lecture by Josefina [last name unknown]. Video timecode: 00:10”32–00:40:30. Lecture demonstration: application of performance makeup, musical instruments (shakuhachi, shamisen, koto) Video timecode: 00:40:54–1:10:54. Lecture demonstration: performance makeup, performance kimono (costuming). Video timecode: 01:10:54–01:26:32. Dance demonstration performance: "Voices of the Cranes." Video timecode: 01:27:30–01:32:42. Question and answer period for audience. Video timecode: 01:32:42–01:52:26.
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Video 4. Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, and the Japanese Tea Ceremony. 1996 November 23. Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona. Video timecode: 00:00:16–01:26:16. Pre-show Japanese Flower Arrangements: Ikebana. Tradition dates back to the 7th century. Video timecode: 00:00:16–00:04:35. Ikebana viewing and lecture with translation (low volume). Video timecode: 00:04:36–00:10:48. Japanese Tea Ceremony. Video timecode: 00:13:30–01:19:01. Community experience. Video timecode: 01:19:16–01:26:16.
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These events were presented by Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR), Inc. with support from the Arizona Humanities Council.
Localities: Japan; Osaka, Japan; Kyoto, Japan
Ephemera: Click to view: Article: Hana No Kai Dance Company, Photo: Hana No Kai Dance Company
Restrictions: Preferred use is for personal study, research, education, and cultural exchange. Out of respect to original contributors, video may not be monetized or used for commercial purposes. Authorization is to be obtained from the administrator at Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections prior to any public display, publication, quotation, or reproduction.
Digital File: Digitization of this media item [2019] was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) which was made possible through funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Metadata Source: “Descriptive, Administrative and Technical Metadata: Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections Digital Media Archive” (featured item; video tab; rows 93, 280, 281, 283)