Japanese Puppetry Performance Oct. 19, 2007

[tedehara]

"Treasured Tales from Old Japan: Shinnai Narrative Singing and Kuruma Ningyo Puppetry"

Friday, October 19, 2007, 8:00 pm
J. C. Penney Auditorium at the University of Missouri-St. Louis

Tickets are complimentary. Call 314-516-7299 to request yours.

More info at http://www.shinnai-usa.org/stlouis.shtml

I'm not sure if this is the correct place or if there is a place for Japanese cultural events.  If the moderator has a better location, please move this thread.

[Saint Louis Ki Society]

Four of us went to the performance at UMSL. We all agreed, it was great. If you get a chance to see this type of theater done well. I highly recommend it. Unfortunately the performers at UMSL are headed back to Japan. The show was dramatic, funny, and an excellent presentation of skill and artistry.

I've heard there is a group that studies and performs this and similar Japanese puppetry at the University of Missouri-Columbia.