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Text Box: 井筒 Izutsu傍he Well Cradle  Directed by Sonoko Kawahara Original music by Diedre Murray LeeAnne Hutchison Nicole Cherniak Hyde  An old love story told by a village woman who is haunted by the siprits of old lovers. Known as the most subtle of the Noh plays, Izutsu is presented with original music and song by Obie winning composer Deidre Maury       Text Box: 砧 Kinuta 傍he Fulling Block  Directed & Butoh choreographed by Jeff Janisheski   Co-founder of the NY Butoh Festival, Jeff Janisheski, uses his Butoh and Noh training to direct KINUTA (The Fulling Block) -- a tragic ghost story of obsessive love that Donald Keene has described as "Zeami's most powerful play." Text Box: Noh Fusion Staged reading of two Noh Plays, each incorporating a different art form   Izutsu 傍he Well Cradle/ Kinuta 傍he Fulling Block by  Zeami, translated by Royall Tyler April 12 & 19 Thursday 7:30pm New York Theater Workshop Studio         Text Box: Crossing Jamaica Avenue presents two Japanese Noh plays. The staged readings interpret each of the old texts from the fifteenth century with a different art medium: Butoh dance and original contemporary Western music.    Text Box: This presentation is made possible by The Small Organization Arts Regrants (SOAR) program from AAAA, Nancy Quinn Fund from ART/N.Y. and NYTW's Suspect Studio series.

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