Thursday, April 12, 1973
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University Daily Kansan
Theatre Students to Perform Traditional Japanese Dance, Play
Kabuki, the classical theatre of Japan,
will be presented at 8 tonight at the
University Theatre in Murphy Hall. Performance
will also be given at 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday.
The student presentation will open with a dance number, "Ayame Yukata," or "Iris Summer Kimono." It will be followed by a movie, "The Subscription List," a favorite Kublai play.
Ka-bu-ki means song-dance-acting. A Kabuki actor speaks his lines with rich inflection and cuts a frozen posture known as a "mie" at a climactic moment. A Kabuki play consists of several of these frozen moments linked by a plot.
"Ayame Yukata" is an example of a dance number that is performed on the Kabuki stage as well as in special dance concerts, according to Sister Mary Francis Peters, assistant director of Kanjincho. Dance plays a very important part in all Japanese classical theatre and is a major element in any Kabuki program.
Kabuki actors must be accomplished dancers because roles of ten require skillful dancing. Richard Moses, who plays the character of Benkel, has been studying dance for his role. Andrew T. Tsubaki, professor of theatre and director of the Kabuki, said.
An exhibit of wood-block prints of Kabaku theatre is now on display at Spooner Museum of Art. One print is of an actor who is six characters, several of them women.
Kabuki artists in Japan were as popular in the 17th and 18th centuries as sports figures are today, Sister Mary Francis said. Their pictures were sought avidly. Wood-block print artists prospered from the demand for prints of the actors.
As in all theatre of the 17th century, men portrayed women. Actors who played women were often called 'women'.
Guatemalan Prof Says U.S. Aid Causes Distrust
Central American scholars and political leaders are becoming increasingly suspicious of U.S. aid in any form, according to Julio Quan, University of Kansas graduate and professor at the University of San Carlos at Guatemala.
Quan was one of about 25 Central American scholars who visited KU Monday and Tuesday in connection with a symposium on the role of university research and technology in Central America. The program was sponsored by a $200,000 Ford Foundation Grant.
"We have had too many unhappy experiences with American researchers who are trying to advance their personal interests by helping to develop Central America."
Quan said Central Americans welcomed assistance if the aid was intended to help develop the Central America. "We are attached to the things that are too often attached to such aid.
Since the "Camelot scandal" of a few years back, when it was discovered that U.S. researchers in Central America were being financed by the U.S. Department of Defense, people have become suspicious, Quan said.
To be of value, Quan said, collaborative research must be an equal partnership.
Ovidio Soto, assistant in the office of the Ministry of Education in Costa Rica, agreed with Quan's comments, and said that there are many opportunities for central American scholars in recent years.
Sato described the practice of attaching restriction to grants as "academic im-
Most of the symposium participants said that their comments were not aimed at a recently completed collaborative research program with KU.
Quan said that the project was a model of what collaborative research should be and that many significant contributions to the development of Central America had been made.
interpretations of womaniness that geisha often went to the theatre to study women, Sister Mary Francis said. Men still portray women in Kabuki theatre in Japan.
Japanese audiences can overlook this fact by concentrating on the beauty of the characters, who are often portrayed by Francis said. Japanese actors are oriented toward kinetics rather than toward character and conflict. Actors who are aesthetically pleasing are recognized for their talent.
Sister Mary Francis said the costumes for
the production were as close to the designs of Japan as possible. In Kabuki there is a specific costume for each character. Every character is dressed in a particular design on the side. Every Benkiet also wears the same kind of hat, wig and black jacket. In the search for exact duplication, Tambari obtained two parasols from Los Angeles. Their eyes were obtained from Los Angeles.
The production will be presented again at 8 p.m. Friday and at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Dean Says Photos Obscene
A photo exhibit by Dan Younger. St. Louis senior, was removed from Murphy Hall last Thursday at the request of Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts.
Younger described his pictures as hand-dusted nudes with some clothes on. Their genitals were exposed, however. The faces of his models were covered, he said.
Younger said that though he was told only that the pictures were taken down because the exhibit was not authorized, he the exhibit that it was more a question of propriety.
"Dean Gorton told me that my work was pernographic, obscure, in bad taste and not it to be shown." "Younger said," "My work is pernographic, obscure, in bad taste, a bit strange, but not pernographic."
He said that the lack of total nudity made his pictures shocking and more objectionable. Total nudity in art is a generally acceptable concept, he said.
The photo exhibit was arranged by Steve Cromwell, instructor at the Kansas City Art Institute and assistant instructor of Western Civilization at KU. Included in the exhibit are books by two other photographers, Gary Borkey and Lawrence McFarland.
Cromwell said that he thought he had received authorization for the exhibit. Cromwell said he worked with Steve Meriwether, Kansas City, Kan., senior, who obtained a supply voucher from Torn Rea, associate professor of speech and drama. Meriwether bought the clips to hang the exhibit.
"Taste is a matter of personality." Cromwell said. "I do not object to the pictures or feel that they are pornographic."
Rea refused to comment on the matter.
Gorton was unavailable for comment.
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