{"id":15770,"date":"2023-09-19T19:54:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragone.com\/?p=15770"},"modified":"2023-10-16T22:10:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T22:10:12","slug":"the-gods-of-theatre-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragone.com\/the-gods-of-theatre-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gods of Theatre: Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15770\" class=\"elementor elementor-15770\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ded3c6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ded3c6a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e1e2aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e1e2aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Lucas Dragone has traveled around the world to capture iconic and significant instances of human performance across disciplines, traditions, and continents.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This work often involves meeting and videoing artists and theatrical practitioners that have dedicated their lives to their craft.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Most recently, Lucas has traveled throughout Japan meeting, learning from, and recording masters in the arts of Butoh, Bunraku, and Kagura.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e79a59 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e79a59\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a088c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a088c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Butoh<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31668c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31668c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e915c3e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e915c3e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2c539 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc2c539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8739-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15772\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8739-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8739-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8739-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8739-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8739-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8739-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-248f0c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"248f0c4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdfc094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdfc094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The journey began with a short trip to visit two Butoh masters an hour outside of Tokyo.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Butoh Masters Kayo Mikami and Yukio Mikami (Yukio Mikami is pictured above and below) invited Lucas to their space, a small black box behind a house, where they conducted a workshop with an ensemble of dancers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Their company is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torifune-butoh-sha.com\/About\">Torifune Butoh Company<\/a>. Many of the performers were at middle age or older, a characteristic not uncommon in Butoh dancers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f75920 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f75920\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8793-683x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15781\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8793-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8793-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8793-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8793-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8793-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8793-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac8f16 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ac8f16\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2919cfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2919cfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The 4-hour workshop, broken into two 2-hour sections, was spent mostly working with the dancers onstage, in the space.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Lucas excitedly explained that just like Franco\u2019s process, it made the actors work naturally in the space.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ceb7693 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ceb7693\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be76cf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be76cf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">In this experience, the Butoh masters and dancers emphasized energy and intensity.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Throughout the workshop, the masters would often work with the dancers on simply being present and focused.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Lucas pointed out that the most difficult moments, requiring the most experienced performers occurred when the performer was doing the least onstage.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This too seemed familiar and in line with European performance tradition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-023a610 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"023a610\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8290099 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8290099\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_0526-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15782\" alt=\"\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Pictured above and below is Butoh master Sanae Kagaya.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Lucas met and photographed her after the initial workshop with Torifune Butoh Company.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e8bad5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e8bad5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6f96c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6f96c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1706\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10525-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15783\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10525-scaled.jpeg 1706w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10525-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10525-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10525-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10525-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10525-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aeb592 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2aeb592\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abc6b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9abc6b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The origin of Butoh is often traced to a 1959 performance by Tatsumi Hijikata.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this original 15-minute performance, it is said that a large portion of the audience left before it finished.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It was rooted in post-war Japanese art, and was a form in response to other post-war styles.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Butoh was subversive, rebellious, and even today as Lucas described, it can seem absurd and be shocking to watch.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>For more information on Butoh, see the links at the bottom of the 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.elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b046076 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b046076\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8c879a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8c879a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Bunraku<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15a322 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c15a322\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6e9513 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6e9513\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The second stop in Japan was at the south of the archipelago in Tokushima.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Lucas visited with artist practitioners of Bunraku Puppetry and witnessed a performance of their company <a href=\"https:\/\/joruri.info\/jurobe\/\">Tokushima Prefectural Awa Jurobe Yashiki<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this Bunraku performance, three puppeteers manipulated a single puppet.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Lucas admired the synchronicity between the puppeteers and reflected that in this instance too, the art form seems familiar.\u00a0 He observed the same interconnectivity between the collaborating artists operating the puppet that we see in our ensembles in Dragone creations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2e56e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d2e56e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b7e07a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b7e07a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10149-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15784\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10149-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10149-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10149-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10149-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10149-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LUC10149-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c2a60a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9c2a60a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deacfc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"deacfc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The performance Lucas attended was at eleven o\u2019clock on a Monday morning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In a stroke of luck, he was the only audience member in attendance, so he could fully absorb the material and reflect on the experience.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The theatre, a 300-year-old completely wooden structure was simple and pure.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The artists were in their 60s and 70s and had all dedicated their lives to performing, preserving, and passing on this theatrical form.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8516c89 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8516c89\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e98ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1e98ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Lucas explained his realization that what he\u2019s looking for, the universal \u201cgods of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>theatre\u201d that connect international forms of human performance across mediums, traditions, and continents, is something beyond folkloric tradition.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s a lifelong dedication to an art form.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Lucas elaborated explaining that these forms require years of practice and sometimes only exist in the living bodies of the performers passed on from prior generations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This impermanence is something that drives his mission to understand, capture, and share these artists and forms with the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca86f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eca86f5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-106b2ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"106b2ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Unlike Butoh, Bunraku is hundreds of years old.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It isn\u2019t historically controversial or subversive in nature, but rather a traditional form of Japanese performance with origins in the seventeenth century.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>For more info see the links at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72c8a6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72c8a6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Kagura<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b25cd6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b25cd6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2cfe16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2cfe16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" 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<\/span>Similarly, Kagura allows more variation in masks than Noh theatre and provides room within the form to tell contemporary stories.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb71328 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb71328\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1faeaff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1faeaff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1501-Avec-accentuation-Bruit-1-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15775\" alt=\"\" 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class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d4d6e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d4d6e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">After witnessing the Kagura dancers and artists perform their craft, Lucas was struck by the similarity in approach they share with Dragone.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They offer a mixture of tradition and innovation wrapped in artisanal human performance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The work is rich in context, skill, dedication, and humanity in exactly the way we strive for Dragone creations to be.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68245d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68245d7\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Additional Information<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e21de4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e21de4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><b>Butoh:<\/b><\/p><p>Torifune Butoh Company<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.torifune-butoh-sha.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.torifune-butoh-sha.com\/About<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Google Arts and Culture<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/story\/RQVBF_sJHCrpLw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/story\/RQVBF_sJHCrpLw<\/a><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><b>Bunraku:<\/b><\/p><p>Tokushima Prefectural Awa Jurobe Yashiki<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/joruri.info\/jurobe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/joruri.info\/jurobe\/<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\">The History of Bunraku<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110906151701\/http:\/\/www2.ntj.jac.go.jp\/unesco\/bunraku\/en\/contents\/whats\/history01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110906151701\/http:\/\/www2.ntj.jac.go.jp\/unesco\/bunraku\/en\/contents\/whats\/history01.html<\/a><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><b>Kagura:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Shamanic Dance in Japan: The Choreography of Possession in Kagura Performance<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/1178756?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents\" target=\"_blank\" 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