Teaching Personality With Gracefulness: The Transmission of Japanese Cultural Values Through Japanese Dance Theatre

By Barbara Sellers-Young

This book includes both a description and a discussion of the methods used by Kanriye Fujima, a member of the Fujima school of Japan, to teach Nihon Buyon to primarily Japanese-Americans. Sellers-Young discusses Fujima's life as a teacher in three Pacific Northwest communities, providing an explanation of her teaching processes and contexts of performances. Incorporating the themes and images associated with the pieces, Sellers-Young discusses Fujima's vital role in the maintenance of specific Japanese cultural values.
Contents: Preface; Becoming a Student; Kanriye Fujima's Life and Traditional Japanese Dance Theatre; The Movement and Its Aesthetic Base; The Students; The Studio: The Process of Teaching; The Performance Elements; Contexts of Performance; Nihon Buyo: From Japan to the Pacific Northwest; Appendices: The Dances and Program Notes of Fujinami-Kai; The Ten Most Taught Dances in Each Age Category; References; List of Illustrations; Tables and Charts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819190152
• ISBN13: 9780819190154
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"