Noh Project II, 'Can't' is 'Night' performed by June Watanabe Dance Company, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Watanabe and Ansin Uchida collaborated for Noh Project II, 'Can't is 'Night' (2004) conceived and directed by Watanabe. A work in progress version premiered at the Headlands Center for the Arts in 2003 and then premiered at YBCA Forum. The work juxtaposed Leslie Scalapino's poem against the Afghanistan/Iraq War read live, the ancient Noh Master's authentic dance and song, improvised music performed and directed by Pauline Oliveros (accordion) and musicians Phil Gelb (shakuhachi), Shoko Hikage (koto), Toyoji Tomita (trombone), with Watanabe's improvisations. The final version premiered in 2004 and featured costumes by Sandra Woodall with lighting and production design by Jose Maria Francos. (Description from Museum of Performance + Design, Digital Dance Archive.

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• Watanabe, June

• Scalapino, Leslie

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