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SUMMARY:Hot Docs 2017: Made In Japan
DESCRIPTION:Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival\nMADE IN JAPAN\nThe Hot Docs 2017 Festival will showcase recent works from Japan in its Made In Japan program with six feature films.\n“Japan is a country that continues to fascinate the world\, and we’re excited to showcase new Japanese documentaries at Hot Docs this year\,” said Hot Docs director of programming Shane Smith. “An emerging movement of young\, independent filmmakers are bringing their passion and perspective to stories from their homeland\, with an eye to reaching global audiences. And Japan’s master filmmakers continue to set a high standard for non-fiction storytelling.”\nTogether with the six films\, there are two others that are Japanese productions and co-productions. This years lineup also includes the following three Japanese shorts and three films shot in Japan and produced by other countries: A Friendship in TOW/TOE\, Dish\, Sit\, The Departure\, Tokyo Idols and Shiners. These can be found in the programs Magnificent Obsessions\, Special Presentations\, Canadian Spectrum and Focus on Maya Gallus.\nMade In Japan Programming here >\nFestival Screening Schedule here >   Schedule PDF >\nTickets here >   Venues here >\nFREE Daytime Screenings > Seniors (60+) & students with valid ID can take advantage of free admission to films that start before 5:00 pm. Pick up your tickets at the screening venue’s box office the day of the screening\, subject to availability.\n  \nUkiyo-e Heroes\n\n\n96 MINUTES | 2016 | USA JAPAN | ENGLISH JAPANESE (SUBTITLES) | WORLD PREMIERE | RATING: PG\n\n\nCanadian craftsman David Bull and American designer Jed Henry work together\, despite being separated by an ocean and a generation gap\, to reinvigorate the ancient art of Japanese woodblock prints known as ukiyo-e. With fewer than 10 ukiyo-e artists left in Japan\, the threat to this world-renowned\, centuries-old tradition is real. David is a self-taught ukiyo-e artisan who learned the technique on his own\, without apprenticeship to a master. So when young Jed approaches him to collaborate\, he can hardly say no. Combining old-school craft\, new-school design and contemporary pop culture references from Super Mario to Pokémon\, the outsiders revive the art form known worldwide as the Face of Japan. Ukiyo-e Heroes is an addictive process-driven documentary that preserves hundreds of years of mastery by showing the creation of a woodblock print from start to finish\, and features iconic Japanese artists and grand masters whose tools and materials support the work. Angie Driscoll \nRamen Heads\n\n\n93 MINUTES | 2016 | JAPAN | JAPANESE (SUBTITLES) | WORLD PREMIERE | RATING: G\n\n\nConsidered an edible embrace\, comforting ephemera and an art form by master chefs and legions of fans\, ramen—the perfectly slurpable combination of broth and noodles—inspires umami poetry. Japan’s reigning king of ramen\, Osamu Tomita\, takes us into his kitchen\, where he shares recipes\, trade secrets and flavour philosophies. A mouthwatering survey of culinary history\, famous restaurants and specialty ingredients\, Ramen Heads makes a compelling case for finding Japan’s heart through its stomach. Chef Tomita takes the viewer on a tasting tour that includes visits to his favourite shops (some are even kept anonymous for fear of discovery)\, long waits in even longer lines and behind-the-scenes access to his restaurant’s 10th anniversary. Together with two other ramen masters\, he creates a once-in-a-lifetime batch of ramen he hopes will inspire the next generation. For this event\, foodies wait overnight for limited meal tickets. Ramen is a rock star. Angie Driscoll \nA Room of Her Own: Rei Naito and Light\n\n\n87 MINUTES | 2015 | JAPAN | JAPANESE (SUBTITLES) | CANADIAN PREMIERE | RATING: G\n\n\nShrouded in mystery\, artist Rei Naito refuses to appear on-screen. After two years of correspondence\, filmmaker Yuko Nakamura must find creative ways to reveal the elusive creator and the invisible-made-visible essence of her creations. A dynamic portrait that puts the fragile work in focus materializes. With space to breathe\, the sculptures and installations remind us of the faint presence of things that remain unseen unless we make the effort to see them. Surprising use of an intergenerational cast of women\, interactive voiceover\, text and segues allow the viewer to enter and fully experience the pieces. A Room of Her Own: Rei Naito and Light is like a deep prayer\, one that connects audience\, artwork and artist in intangible ways\, encouraging us to feel one another despite the taboo of that intrusion\, and to fully awaken to the existence of others. Angie Driscoll \n\nAbout My Liberty\n\n\n165 MINUTES | 2016 | JAPAN | JAPANESE (SUBTITLES) | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE | RATING: G\n\n\nA group of millennials mobilize against Prime Minister Abe after he passes a security bill erasing 70 years of pacifism by permitting the use of Japanese military in foreign wars. Forming the Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy and protesting with a style and scope Japan has never seen—noisy\, well-marketed\, fun—the younger generation makes itself heard in ways that rattle the old guard. Cell phone speeches\, colourful brochures\, catchy English slogans and cute t-shirts are all extensions of the cause\, and proof you can care about shopping and still protest for peace\, wear crop tops and still be political\, demand the president’s resignation and still manage the media with savvy. The future seems to belong to this youthquake. As the demonstrations grow to include all generations\, a nation determined to make peace a societal value and founding principle emerges loud and clear. Angie Driscoll \nRaise Your Arms and Twist\, Documentary of NMB48\n\n\n 95 MINUTES | 2016 | JAPAN | JAPANESE (SUBTITLES) | TORONTO PREMIERE | RATING: G\n\n\nOsaka supergroup NMB48 and its revolving lineup of singing and dancing dervishes in baby doll dresses offers a backstage pass into Japan’s pop idol craze. A fascinating immersion into pecking order\, competition\, individuality and independence\, Raise Your Arms and Twist takes a philosophical approach to the highly choreographed entertainment. Using quotes from Nietzsche and the performers’ thoughtful perspectives\, a bigger picture of empowerment through adulation emerges. The female performers are active producers of culture and celebrity while their male fans are passive consumers. Fame\, capitalism and human psychology collide in this pretty package that’s so much more than its veneer. Alpha group leader Saya\, hardworking underdog Okita and the next generation of girls coming up through the organization’s ranks are proof that the person and the product peddled to the masses don’t have to—and probably shouldn’t—match. Angie Driscoll \n\nRyuichi Hirokawa: Human Battlefield\n\n\n99 MINUTES | 2015 | JAPAN | JAPANESE|ENGLISH|HEBREW|ARABIC|BELARUSIAN(SUBTITLES) | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | RATING: PG\n\nRyuichi Hirokawa is a human being first\, a photojournalist second. He considers journalism the right to know\, and relief work the right to live—two things that have informed his character and career. Recently retired from Days Japan magazine as editor-in-chief\, the septuagenarian goes back into the field and revisits the sites and stories of his past. He returns to Israel and Palestine\, and remembers a Lebanese refugee camp massacre—images burned into his brain that sent shockwaves around the world. Then he travels back to Chernobyl\, where he was the first Western journalist allowed to enter the no-go zone after the nuclear disaster. But all roads lead home\, where his focus now rests on fundraising in the wake of Fukushima. Ryuichi Hirokawa: Human Battlefield is a reverential character portrait that ruminates on the man behind the camera and whether the purpose of journalism is to record things that happen or to stop them from happening. Angie Driscoll \n\n\n\nADDITIONAL JAPANESE PRODUCTIONS & CO-PRODUCTIONS\n\n\n\nLiving the Game\n\n88 MINUTES | 2016 | JAPAN | JAPANESE (SUBTITLES) | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE | RATING: G\n\nWith access to all the biggest players and tournaments\, director Takao Gotsu shows the professional Street Fighter gaming world in a fresh way\, tackling the essential nature of confidence and competition and focusing on Japan’s top talents. Emotionless champion Daigo delivers knockouts with more precision than personality\, while skillful couple ChocoBlanka and Momochi play with finesse not flair. But in a scene where winning in the flashiest\, most memorable way possible is what counts\, can these practice-makes-perfect players compete against those who deliver excitement and entertainment? Stars are born and myths are made of lesser players who create compelling narratives and signature moves without achieving the highest scores. Living the Game is an eye-opening look at the culture of modesty that shapes the Japanese style of play\, and the psychology of winning and losing\, pride and shame\, confidence and doubt that makes up the players’ mental game. Angie Driscoll \n\n\n\n\n Sunday Beauty Queen\n\n\n 95 MINUTES | 2016 | HONG KONG PHILIPPINES JAPAN | TAGALOG ENGLISH CANTONESE FRENCH (SUBTITLES) | CANADIAN PREMIERE | RATING: 14A\n\n\n\n\nFor Filipinas\, working overseas in Hong Kong brings financial opportunity but comes at a great cost. Most of the women work menial jobs\, where the bedroom is just an extension of the kitchen. Many live in fear of being deported if they’re out of work for more than 14 days. Over the course of four years\, Filipino filmmaker Baby Ruth Villarama tracks the lives of five charismatic and courageous women who choose to reclaim their dignity by competing in a pageant that serves as a voice for the 190\,000 Filipinas working in Hong Kong. One of those five women is Leo\, a fiery lesbian who’s been organizing beauty pageants in Hong Kong since 2008\, blazing a trail for the women who follow. Sunday Beauty Pageant is an empowering narrative that locates new voices among the growing body of work on migrant labour. Ravi Srinivasan
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/hot-docs-2017-made-in-japan/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:"Bring your own Bento" - Drop-in Lunchtime Language Lessons
DESCRIPTION:Have you been thinking about learning a new language but haven’t been able to find the time?\nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto is happy to offer a monthly drop-in starter Japanese-language lesson series over the lunch hour! In these lessons\, we will introduce helpful words and expressions to get you started on the path to communicating in Japanese! \nSo if you are in the Yonge/Bloor area\, why not stop by and sample the Japan Foundation’s approach to teaching the Japanese language? And these lessons are B.Y.O.B. (“bring your own bento“)\, so please feel free to bring your lunch with you! \nLessons are held the second Wednesday of every month at 12:15 pm\, and run for approximately 30 minutes. \nUpcoming Schedule: (subject to change) \n\nAugust 8: Learning Through Numbers\n\n… with more to come! \nRegistration is not required\, but space is limited so please feel free to let us know you will be joining us using the form below! \nIf you have any questions\, please contact us at koza@jftor.org!
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/byob/2017-05-10/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Language Class
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SUMMARY:TCAF: So Pretty / Very Rotten Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto and The Toronto Comic Arts Festival presents the book launch for So Pretty / Very Rotten\, part of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival\, May 13-14\, 2017. Illustration by Jane Mai and An Nguyen.\nSo Pretty / Very Rotten: Comics and Essays on Lolita Fashion and Culture by Jane Mai and An Nguyen\, with additional materials by Novela Takemoto\, Published by Koyama Press\, April 2017.\nIn a series of essays and comics that are at once academic and intimate\, cartoonists Jane Mai and An Nguyen delve into Lolita subculture and their relationship with it. Empowering and beautiful\, but also inescapably linked to consumerism\, the Rococo-inspired fashion is indulgent and sublime\, pretty and rotten. The book is published by Koyama Press. \nFor more on TCAF click here > \nAn Nguyen is a Canadian cartoonist and illustrator best known for her romantic comic series Open Spaces and Closed Places. She has drawn comics for Spera: Ascension of the Starless\, Electric Ant zine\, and various Love Love Hill anthologies. In addition to So Pretty / Very Rotten which makes its debut at TCAF this year\, she and Jane Mai also released a zine titled Don’t Talk to Me or I’ll Set Myself on Fire. More on An Nguyen here > Link \nJane Mai is an award winning illustrator from Brooklyn\, New York. She has written several books including Soft and See You Next Tuesday. More on Jane Mai here > Link \nNovala Takemoto is a Japanese author\, fashion designer and prominent promoter of the Lolita lifestyle. \nArtists Jane Mai and An Nguyen will be in attendance. \nMore about the book  here > More about the publisher Koyama Press here > \nIn conjunction with So Pretty / Very Rotten book launch\, there are two special events taking place at the Japan Foundation\, Toronto; \nMay 8 to 15\, 2017 – Exhibition of Comics & Illustrations by Jane Mai and An Nguyen\nMay 14\, 2017 – Lolita Culture Panel Discussion
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/tcaf-so-pretty-very-rotten-book-launch/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:TCAF: Lolita Culture Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Lolita Culture Panel Discussion\nPresented by The Japan Foundation\, Toronto and The Toronto Comic Arts Festival\nPart of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival\, May 13-14\, 2017\nFor more on TCAF click here > \nArtists Jane Mai and An Nguyen\, together with other experts in the field will discuss in this panel\, the fascinating subject of cross-cultural influences of Lolita culture. \nOther panelists TBD. \nIn conjunction with Lolita Culture Panel Discussion\, there are two other special events taking place at the Japan Foundation\, Toronto; \nMay 8 to 15\, 2017 – Exhibition of Comics & Illustrations by Jane Mai and An Nguyen\nMay 11\, 2017 – So Pretty / Very Rotten book launch\n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/tcaf-lolita-culture-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170528T130000
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SUMMARY:Teacher Workshop: "Japanese-Language Education and Social Media"
DESCRIPTION:国際交流基金トロント日本文化センター\n日本語教師研修のお知らせ\n国際交流基金トロント日本文化センター（以下JFT）では、トロント近郊の日本語の先生方が日本語の教え方について学び合うことのできる場の提供を目指し、日本語教師研修を実施します。今回は下記の通り、国際交流基金の日本語上級専門家としてアルバータ州教育省に派遣されている村上吉文(むらかみ よしふみ)による日本語教育とソーシャルメディアに関するワークショップを実施いたします。日本語教育にご興味をお持ちの方なら、どなたにもご参加いただける内容ですので、皆さま奮ってご参加ください。 \nご参加をご希望の方は以下よりお申込みください。 \n記 \nテーマ：日本語教育とソーシャルメディア\n会場からいろいろなウェブにアクセスして、実際に体験しながら、日本語教育の現場でソーシャルメディアを使う方法や、気をつけなくてはならないことを一緒に考えましょう。事前にアンケートで質問も受け付けます。普段からソーシャルメディアには触れているものの、実際には授業であまり使っていないという人たちを想定していますが、アンケート結果によっては、もっと基礎的なことや発展的な内容が含まれる場合もあります。ご自分のパソコンやタブレットなどをご用意ください。 \n日時：2017年5月28日（日）　午後1時　～　午後4時（開場：午後12:30）\n会場：The Japan Foundation\, Toronto 　　Seminar Room\n2 Bloor Street East\, Suite 300\, Toronto\, Ontario\n参加費：無料\n講師：村上吉文（国際交流基金派遣日本語上級専門家、アルバータ州教育省日本語教育アドバイザー）\n講師紹介：\n2017年5月より国際交流基金日本語上級専門家としてアルバータ教育省に派遣。国際基督教大学卒業。主な著作に『しごとの日本語 IT業務編』（アルク 2008）のほか、ウェブマガジン「日本語教育いどばた」に「ソーシャルメディアをめぐる冒険」を連載中。今年5月にココ出版より『冒険家メソッド』を出版の予定。2017年5月より国際交流基金の派遣日本語上級専門家としてアルバータ州教育省に勤務。「むらログ」管理人。 \n本研修に関するお問い合わせ先：齋藤典子　nsaito@jftor.org  416‐966‐1600 ext. 224 \n\nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto (JFT)\nWorkshop for Japanese Language Teachers\nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto (JFT) will hold a workshop which aims to provide a place for teachers to learn together about teaching the Japanese language. As detailed below\, this workshop will be a session on Japanese-Language Education and Social Media hosted by Yoshifumi Murakami\, Japanese-language Education Advisor for Alberta Education\, dispatched by the Japan Foundation. Those working in the field of Japanese language education as well as those with an interest in Japanese language education are welcome to attend. \nFor registration (required)\, please see below. \nTheme：Japanese-Language Education and Social Media\nTogether we will access different websites to experience them first-hand\, and think about ways to use Social Media in our classrooms and what we need to pay attention to. Before the workshop we will also be taking your questions through an online questionnaire. While most of us are often in contact with social media in our daily lives\, it is not a stretch to assume there are those who rarely use it in their classrooms. Depending on the results of the questionnaire\, this workshop may contain more introductory information\, or it may dive deeper into utilizing social media in our classrooms. Please bring your own computer\, tablet\, or other device. \nDate and Time: Sunday\, May 28th\, 2017   1:00pm – 4:00pm (Doors open at 12:30pm)\nLocation: The Japan Foundation\, Toronto            Seminar Room\n2 Bloor Street East\, Suite 300\, Toronto\, Ontario\nRegistration Fee: Free\nInstructor: Yoshifumi Murakami\, Japanese-Language Education Advisor\, Alberta Education (sponsored by the Japan Foundation)\nInstructor’s Introduction:\nYoshifumi Murakami has been working as the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Specialist dispatched to Alberta Education since May 2017. He graduated from International Christian University\, and has written books such as “Japanese for Business for the Information Technology Industry” (ALC Press Inc. 2008)\, as well as contributed to the online magazine “Nihongo Kyoiku Idobata (Content-free chat on Japanese language education)” with his “Social Media o meguru boken (Adventures in Social Media)” series. His new book “Bokenka method (Adventurers’ Method)” will be released by Coco Publishing in May 2017\, and he continues to update his blog targeting Japanese-language teachers\, “Mura-log.” \nFor inquiries about this workshop: Noriko Saito  nsaito@jftor.org or 416-966-1600 ext. 224
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/workshop170528/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Silent Revue Presents: Cecil B. De Mille's THE CHEAT (1915)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Silent Revue in partnership with The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \nThe Cheat\nDir. Cecil B. Demille (1915) 60 minutes 14 A \nTICKETS \nThe film that solidified Cecil B. DeMille’s name as Hollywood legend—THE CHEAT is scathing in its portrayal of greed\, sexual desire\, and deceit. Starring Fannie Ward and Japanese screen idol Sessue Hayakawa\, DeMille’s scandalous feature was the sensation of 1915\, leading to several riots upon its release. A box office sensation\, it’s “pre” Pre-Code and one of the silent era’s most notorious and transgressive depictions of sexuality and race. \nSessue Hayakawa in his most famous/infamous roles plays Japanese business man Hishituru Tori\, whose sexual obsession with flighty socialite Edith Hardy (Fannie Ward) sparks an illicit business deal. After defrauding the Red Cross to pay off her dressmaker’s tab\, Tori offers to loan Edith the money to cover her crime and keep her powerful husband (Jack Dean) unaware of her shameful deeds. However\, Tori refuses to let Edith pay back her loan\, and instead prefers to take his fee by defiling any pretence of her virtue. THE CHEAT’s “branding sequence” is one of the silent era’s most graphic scenes of violence\, one that leads to the film’s murderous conclusion. \nWhile it is undeniable that THE CHEAT depicts Hayakawa’s character in a racist light\, the actor’s performance\, regardless\, is a triumph. Japanese-Americans protested the film’s initial release\, leading the studio to change Tori’s nationality (as well as his name) to Burmese\, assuming that Burma and Burmese-Americans were too few to cause any real trouble when the film was re-released in 1918. \n \nLive accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis \nSilent Revue is sponsored by Hollywood Suite \nSilent Revue is curated by Alicia Fletcher \nThis screening is in partnership with The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \nPrint courtesy University of Toronto Media Commons \nSpecial Event Pricing $15\, Members $12 \nMore info  \nTICKETS
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/silent-revue-the-cheat/
LOCATION:The Revue Cinema\, 400 Roncesvalles Avenue
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Road of Song and Dance – Women seeking Pure Land in Medieval Japan
DESCRIPTION:This talk introduces the lives of female priests from the 14th and 15th century who belonged to a Pure Land Buddhist group known as jishū. A prominent and popular Buddhist movement\, the jishū attracted a wide and diverse audience throughout the medieval period in Japan. It was a mixed gender group\, with female members traveling\, preaching\, chanting and dancing alongside their male members. Women have long been active supporters and promoters of Buddhist rituals and functions\, but female presence and importance in the operations of Buddhist schools has often been minimized. By looking at the jishū movement\, we discover that outside the walls of institutional Buddhist monasteries\, there was a fluid and engaging community in which women held important roles\, including leadership of mixed gender congregations. \n\n \nDr. Caitilin J. Griffiths teaches Japanese history and cultural courses at the University of Toronto. Her new publication\, Tracing the Itinerant Path: Jishū Nuns of Medieval Japan\, from the University of Hawai’i Press (2016)\, fills in the lacunae that exists in our understanding of women’s participation in Japanese religious history through the example of the jishū\, a Pure Land Buddhist group. Her field research was made possible through the support of the Japan Foundation Fellowship. \n  \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/caitilin-griffiths/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170531T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170602T203000
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SUMMARY:Tenpyo Art Screening Series + Exhibition Artist Talk > June 2
DESCRIPTION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto will be presenting a film series called Tenpyo Art Screening Series and also an exhibition artist talk by Miro Ito\, in conjunction with the current exhibition “Road of Light and Hope: National Treasures of Todai-ji Temple\, Nara\, Photographs by Miro Ito”. For more information click here > \nNara was the capital of Japan in the 8th century. At that time a robust cultural style flourished called Tenpyo. The screenings series explores the precious legacy of the Tenpyo culture preserved and passed down in Nara for over 1\,200 years. \n\n\n\nFriday\, June 2\, 2017\, 6:30 pm \nTenpyo Art Screening Series V \nThe Book of the Dead\n\nAnimation\, 70 min. 2005 \nAn animation film by Kawamoto Kihachiro. Based on a novel by Shinobu Origuchi. \nRegister below > \n  \n\n\nPrevious Tenpyo Art Screening Series\n\nPhoto by Miro Ito (Media Art League) \nFriday\, April 7\, 2017\, 6:30 pm\nTenpyo Art Screening Series I \nGIGAKU\, Reviving a Mysterious Ancient Masque\nDocumentary\, 58 min. 2002 \nGiant masks from ancient times are stored at the Todai-ji Temple and Horyu-ji Temple. These are the reminiscence of Gigaku\, a performing arts tradition which became extinct more than seven hundred years ago. The late Mannojo Nomura V (1959-2004)\, a Kyogen master\, revived Gigaku in 2001 in the belief that the tradition of masked pantomime theatre travelled along the Silk Road\, absorbing local arts on the way to Japan. This is a documentary of the collaborative performance of multiple nationalities\, such as Chinese\, Korean\, Indonesian\, Indian\, Congolese\, and Japanese\, which resulted in an outstanding celebration of humanity. \n\nPhoto by Miro Ito (Media Art League) \nThursday\, April 20\, 2017\, 6:30 pm\nTenpyo Art Screening Series II \nDancing Flames in the Winter Night: The Ancient Capital of Nara\nDocumentary\, 25 min. \nIntroduction to the seasonal festivals of fire in Nara. The screening will include additional video presentations. \n\n Friday\, April 28\, 2017\, 6:30 pm\n \nTenpyo Art Screening Series III \nGAGAKU\, Music for Eternity\n\nDocumentary\, 28 min. 2009 in addition to other videos of full performances of Gigaku. \nTranscending time and space for hundreds and thousands of years\, Gagaku\, the traditional music of the Japanese Imperial Court\, represents the spirit of an ancient time. Gagaku was introduced from its continental birthplace to Japan between the 5th and the 9th century\, becoming fused with ancient Japanese music and adopted in the Nara and Heian periods as the traditional music of the Japanese Imperial Court\, a tradition which continues to the present. Gagaku is the oldest orchestral music in the world. \n\n\nPhoto by Miro Ito (Media Art League) \nFriday\, May 19\, 2017\, 6:30 pm \nTenpyo Art Screening Series IV \nDATTAN\nVideo presentation of the original festival ceremony and a dance performance inspired by the fire ceremony Dattan.  \nRegister below > \n  \n  \n \n\nFriday\, May 26\, 2017\, 6:30 pm\nPhoto by Miro Ito (Media Art League) \n\nExhibition Artist Talk \nArtist Talk: Miro Ito\nRegister below > \n  \nFor profile of artist Miro Ito click here > \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/tenpyo-art-screening-series-artist-talk/2017-05-31/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lecture
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