Thank you so much for going to the trouble televising and then sharing this production free of charge. I have seen only tiny samples of live performances of 5 Japanese theatrical traditions -- gagaku, noh, kabuki, bunraku, and kagura, all five vastly different from Western theatrical genres -- and I find kagura's theatricality stirs my juices the most. Not to detract from the polished performances of the dance-actors and musician, I want to particularly commend the video crew for creating the atmosphere of being in the front row of a small and intimate audience space.
Thank you so much for going to the trouble televising and then sharing this production free of charge. I have seen only tiny samples of live performances of 5 Japanese theatrical traditions -- gagaku, noh, kabuki, bunraku, and kagura, all five vastly different from Western theatrical genres -- and I find kagura's theatricality stirs my juices the most. Not to detract from the polished performances of the dance-actors and musician, I want to particularly commend the video crew for creating the atmosphere of being in the front row of a small and intimate audience space.