- Date & Time
July 2nd, 2015 (Thur) 6:15-7:45pm (Door Open 6:00pm) - Place
1st Fl., Okuma Garden House (Bldg. 25) - Eligibility
Waseda Students & Staff & General Public - Fee
Free - Language
English - Registration
Not Required
With a history of about 300 years starting from the Edo-period, RAKUGO is a traditional Japanese comic story-telling performance where a single performer stirs up the audience with laughter through his story.
Without relying on various props, costumes or music, RAKUGO storytellers mainly use their narratives and body language to play multiple roles and to create different contexts during the performance.
The guest speaker of this upcoming ICC talk session, Shinoharu Tatekawa, who spent his childhood years in America and then graduated from Yale University, is one of the few RAKUGO storytellers that can perform in both Japanese and in English.
At this event, he will not only give us an English RAKUGO performance, but will also speak about his life changing journey of becoming a RAKUGO storyteller after seeing his first RAKUGO act, which eventually led him to leave his job at a major Japanese trading company.
Apart from the above, he will share with us his experiences performing English RAKUGO in Japan and abroad along with his personal thoughts on the globalization of RAKUGO. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to experience the charm of Shinoharu Tatekawa and the traditional art of RAKUGO!
Speaker
Shinoharu Tatekawa
