Performing Intermedia in Japan: Day 2

Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Stanford Humanities Center

9:30 am  Morning coffee

SESSION 2: New Perspectives on Noh
Beng Choo Lim, Chair

10:00-10:30 am  “From Dream to Reenactment: The Multimodal Structure of Imagination in Kokaji and Hashitomi”
Taro Yokoyama, Department of Expression Studies and Cinematic Arts, Rikkyō University, Tokyo

10:30-11:00 am  “The Other Side of the Noh Stage”
Ariel Stilerman, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University

11:00-11:30 am  “Time, Timbre, and Form in Noh” 
Takanori Fujita, Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music, Kyoto City University of Arts
François Rose, Department of Music, Stanford University

11:30 am-12:00 pm  “The Play's the Thing: But Why Kokaji and Why Hashitomi?”
Tom Hare, Comparative Literature in the Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University

12:00-1:30 pm  Lunch

SESSION 3: New Modes of Transmission of Traditional Japanese Culture
Jarosław Kapuściński, Chair

2:00-2:30 pm “Modes of Transmission in Contemporary Zen Chanting”               
Michaela Mross, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University

2:30-3:00 pm  “Analog/Digital Transmissions of Knowledge in Noh” 
Diego Pellecchia, Department of Kyoto Studies, Kyoto Sangyō University

3:00-3:30 pm  “An Approach for Archiving Noh Dances by Analysis and Synthesis of the Smallest Motion Units: Reflections on its Lack of Success”
Reiko Yamanaka, Nogami Memorial Noh Theatre Research Institute, Hōsei University

3:30-4:00 pm  “Can Sixth Graders Perform a Noh Play in Their Classroom?
An Imaginary Intermedia Platform for Noh Performance by Students”
Akiko Takeuchi, Department of Intercultural Communication, Hōsei University

4:00 pm  Coffee break

5:00-6:30 pm  Closing Panel Discussion
Indra Levy, Chair
Round Table and General Conversation