JACCC Presents KABUKI: BACKSTAGE TO HAMANICHI Today, 10/15

The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center and The Japan Foundation will present BACKSTAGE TO HANAMICHI-A Behind the Scenes Look at the Color, Magic and Drama of Kabuki with lead actors Kyozo Nakamura and Matanosuke Nakamura of the world-renowned Shochiku Company. Performances will take place today, October 15, 2009, at 2 pm & 8 pm.

Kabuki with its magnificent beauty and highly refined skill stands as a rare jewel among the great theater traditions of the world. BACKSTAGE TO HANAMICHI provides the audience with a rare glimpse into the traditional world of this centuries-old theater and the painstaking preparations that lead up to an actor's grand entrance onto the hanamichi stage.

The lecture/performance includes two kabuki classics: Sagi Musume (The Heron Maiden) and Shakkyo (Lion Dance), contrasting the lyric style of the onnagata (actor specializing in female roles) with that of the dynamic, acrobatic style represented in the heroic Lion Dance. This program is presented in conjunction with the 100th Anniversary Celebration of The Japan America Society of Southern California.

Tickets cost $25 or $20 for JACCC members, students, seniors and groups of 10 or more please call 2130680-3700 for ticket prices.  Click here for a full schedule of upcoming JACCC events and to order tickets.

The Aratani/Japan America Theatre at the Japanese American Cultural and
Community Center is located at 244 South San Pedro Street (between 2nd and 3rd Streets)
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012

Founded in 1971, the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center is one of the largest ethnic arts and cultural centers of its kind in the United States. The mission of the JACCC is to present, perpetuate, transmit and promote Japanese and Japanese American arts and culture to diverse audiences, and to provide a center to enhance community programs. The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center is the preeminent presenter of Japanese and Japanese American, and Asian American performing and visual arts nationally. The JACCC also provides office space to a wide variety of nonprofit cultural, educational and community-based organizations in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit http://www.jaccc.org/09kabuki.htm.