Natalia Ciuchta

Bunraku puppets and puppeteers Bunraku is traditional Japanese puppet theatre. The puppets consist of hundreds moving parts. Each one puppet is controlled by three highly trained puppeteers. Some puppets can transform from human to supernatural forms such as demons before the audience's eyes. Takarazuka Review Takarazuka female actresses The group of all-female theatre troops founded in 1914 by a powerful Japanese industrialist. It is a unique theatre company which perform western style musicals with melodramatic plots. They sell around 2.5 million tickets a year. The audience usually consists of 90 percent of women. After each performance, Takarazuka fan clubs wait outside the theatre to see the actresses as they depart. Members stand in a strict order based on their status within the club as they wait. This is an amazing spectacle as it is unusual to see hundreds of people standing in a perfectly straight line. Dancing Geishas Geisha Dances There

Kabuki actors Kabuki is a type of Japanese dance-drama in which all roles are played by male actors. it historically created in pleasure districts and plays ran all night surrounded by food and drinks. Kabuki actors' names take the stage of their teacher, who is often their father or grandfather. they are first expected to live up to the height oh their teacher's career in terms of spirit, style, and skill. Noh actors Noh is a type of traditional dance-drama performed in masks. It is a unique art because all Noh plays are performed by only five schools. These schools have passed their traditions down for centuries. The masks are wooden and some of them have the ability to show different emotions by facing the audience from different angles. Kyogen actors Kyogen is a type of traditional comedy that features stock characters such a master and servant. It is heavy in slapstick and satire. Although actors are using an archaic version of the Japanese lang