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OVERVIEW:
Introduction
Ainu music and dance
Early Japanese ritual performance - kagura
Chinese and Korean influence - gigaku, gagaku
Japanese theatre before 1868
Japanese theatre 1868-1940
Japanese theatre 1960-present
Modern and contemporary dance
Early developments
The pre-war period
Butoh as postmodern dance
Post-butoh
Classical music and opera
Modern and contemporary dance
by Kazuko Kuniyoshi
Dumb Type (photo by Masahiko Yakou)
The history of western dance in Japan began with the introduction of western European modernism and has since embodied a variety of attempts to transcend this cultural legacy.
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Date updated: 1 March 2008
 
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