Workshop in Visalia, Calif., Oct. 13

Cultural News, August 2007

   The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture in Hanford will present the Traditional Japanese Storytelling and Puppetry Workshop with Tsuruga Wakasanojo XI and Nishikawa Koryu V on Saturday, October 13, from 1 – 5 p.m., followed by optional no-host dinner with the artists at Marriott Hotel, 300 South Court, Visalia, California, (559) 636-1111. 

   Workshop fee is $150 includes workshop materials, and complimentary admission to October 14 performance at the Hanford Fox Theatre. The fee for Clark Center members and registered students is $120. Space is limited to 30 participants.

     Participants in this exclusive workshop designed for practicing performing artists and traditional Japanese arts specialists will have the rare opportunity to work intensively in a small group setting with two of the preeminent practitioners of traditional Japanese performing arts in Japan today.

     The workshop will provide a brief overview of the history of the centuries-old arts of Shinnai narrative singing and Kuruma Ningyo puppetry.

     For more information, contact Cheryl Chan at the Clark Center at (559) 582-4915 or by email at cchan@ccjac.org. More information can also be found on the tour website at www.shinnai-usa.org.