Research Catalog

Title

Dances in junihitoe [videorecording] : old and new / presented by the Asia Society.

Publication

1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Asia Society.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• DHCA.
• Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
• Gordon, Beate.
• Hosono, Haruomi, 1947-
• Ichinohe, Saeko,
• Irino, Yoshirō, 1921-1980.
• Kondō, Tomie.
• Leigh, Hilary,
• Petrilli, Steven.
• Saeko Ichinohe and Company.
• Tuzun, Renee,
• Villa-Lobos, Heitor.
• Woods Valdés, Andrea E.,
• Yamaguchi, Eiko.

Description

1 videocassette (71 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Saeko Ichinohe.

Uniform Title

Variations in Junihitoe (Choreographic work : Ichinohe)

Subjects

• Japan > History > Heian period, 794-1185
• Kimonos
• Dance > Japan
• Video
• Educational/cultural films and programs
• Costume > Japan

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Educational/cultural films and programs.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by house program.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Performer (note)

• Danced by Saeko Ichinohe and Company: Hilary Leigh, Renee Tuzun, Andrea Woods, and Saeko Ichinohe.
• Guest artists: Tomie Kondo of the Cultural Foundation on Promoting the National Costume of Japan ; Shizue Tomoi, Takano Bushida, and Yumiko Mizushima of the Hakubi Kyoto Kimono School ; Fumiko Ishizuka.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium, Asia Society, New York, on December 2, 1989 (matinee).

Contents

• Opening remarks / by Beate Gordon, director, Performing Arts Department, Asia Society.
• Demonstration (ca. 33 min.) / narrator, Tomie Kondo ; translator, Mariko Higashi ; model, Yumiko Mizushima ; dressers, Shizue Tomoi, Takano Bushida ; makeup, Fumiko Ishizuka. As the model is dressed in the many layers of the traditional Japanese junihitoe, Ms. Kondo presents a history of the costume, which originated in the Heian period (794-1185). She describes the costume's components, the art of layering colors harmoniously, and the lifestyle of the Heian women of the court who wore the kimonos.
• Gosechi-no mai (ca. 12 min.) / choreography and music, traditional ; instruction, Shoko Hara ; makeup, Fumiko Ishizuka ; danced by Saeko Ichinohe.
• Variations in junihitoe (ca. 26 min.) / choreography, Saeko Ichinohe ; music, J.S. Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos, George Gershwin, Yoshiro Irino, and Haruomi Hosono ; costume design, Eiko Yamaguchi ; costume execution, Sahomi Tachibana ; lighting, Stephen Petrilli ; danced (in order of appearance) by Saeko Ichinohe, Renee Tuzun, Andrea Woods, and Hilary Leigh.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2262

Title

Dances in junihitoe [videorecording] : old and new / presented by the Asia Society.

Imprint

1989.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Danced by Saeko Ichinohe and Company: Hilary Leigh, Renee Tuzun, Andrea Woods, and Saeko Ichinohe.

Guest artists: Tomie Kondo of the Cultural Foundation on Promoting the National Costume of Japan ; Shizue Tomoi, Takano Bushida, and Yumiko Mizushima of the Hakubi Kyoto Kimono School ; Fumiko Ishizuka.

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium, Asia Society, New York, on December 2, 1989 (matinee).

Summary

Dance performance preceded by a demonstration of the junihitoe, or multi-layered kimono.

Added Author

Gordon, Beate. Speaker

Kondō, Tomie. Narrator

Ichinohe, Saeko, choreographer, dancer.

Leigh, Hilary, dancer.

Tuzun, Renee, dancer.

Woods Valdés, Andrea E., dancer.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Composer

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer

Irino, Yoshirō, 1921-1980. Composer

Hosono, Haruomi, 1947- Composer

Yamaguchi, Eiko. Costume designer

Petrilli, Steven.

Saeko Ichinohe and Company.

Asia Society.

DHCA.

Added Title

Variations in Junihitoe (Choreographic work : Ichinohe)

Gift of Saeko Ichinohe.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2262