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Cyrano de Bergerac - Japan
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| Time : |
Oct 16(Fri) 19:30
Oct 17(Sat) 15:00 |
| Venue : |
Myeongdong Theater |
| Ticket Price : |
R : 50,000 won
S : 35,000 won
A : 20, 000 won |
| Director : |
Tadashi Suzuki |
| Company : |
Suzuki Company of Toga |
| Original Work : |
Edmond Rostand |
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The French classics of Cyrano de Bergerac employing the Suzuki method, the training method for actors worldwide! Japanese warriors appear in the French classical comedy to show Europe through the author's eyes. A work that criticizes Japan's so-called 'Western Complex' stemming from interest and admiration of Europe. |
| Suzuki Tadashi has been curious as to why the French classic play of Cyrano de Bergerac has been so popular in Japan for such a long period of time. He has selected a Japanese warrior, Kyojo, to examine Japan's interest in, admiration for and psychological dependence on the West. The personal complex experienced by the talented Bergerac who has a huge nose has been juxtaposed with Japan's Western complex. This work explores the human body and language and raises questions about some of the hardened aspects in Japanese society through three themes - culture, love and desire and language and the body in the East and the West. |
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| Director |
Suzuki Tadashi was born in the District of Sichuoka in 1939. He set up the Waseda Small Theater (Currently, Suzuki Company of Toga) with Betsuyaku Minoru and Saito Ikuko in 1966. He hosted the first international drama festival in Japan in 1982 called the Toga Festival. Since then, he has been collaborating with international performance groups. Suzuki Method has become a leading training manual for actors worldwide. He has been considered one of the most influential artists in Japan in the 20th century along with the founder of the Toho Group, Gobayashi Ichijo, and the founder of Shochiku, Otani Takejiro. He has served as the artistic director of the Mito Art Museum, artistic director of the Theater Olympics, director of the Stage Arts Foundation's Actors Association, and artistic director of the Sichuoka Stage Arts Center. |
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