On the other hand, The New York Post labeled Bunraku as “mind-numbingly dull”. In their own review, Variety also hopped on the same bandwagon and said that the two-hour excursion was ...

This is bunraku, a type of puppetry born in 1600s Osaka. Traditionally, there are three puppeteers per puppet. They wear hoods that obscure their faces. Each aspect of the performance is handmade ...

They have previously performed in France, Taiwan, and the United States. Additional support for performances and demonstrations will be provided by the Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe, based at the ...

The parade of puppetry continues with a performance of National Bunraku Theater (October 3 – 5) produced by Japan’s National Theatre, bringing their authoritative bunraku puppetry theater to ...

The National Bunraku Theatre, in New York recently for the first time in more than thirty years, presented an evening of suicides. The performance, at the Japan Society, consisted of excerpts from ...

THE DOLLS MOVED GRACEFULLY TO MUSIC, MUSIC AND MOVEMENT THAT TELL A STORY. WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS KNOWN AS BUNRAKU. BUNRAKU IS THE GENERAL TERM OF THE PUPPET SHOW. THE MYSTERIOUS SHADOWS BEHIND ...

Bunraku, or ningyo joruri bunraku as it’s officially known, is Japan’s traditional form of puppet theatre. Developed by townsfolk during the Edo period (1603–1867), it assumed its modern ...

This included drawing inspiration from Japan’s distinctive Bunraku puppets, which have carved heads and hands with elaborate costumes, co-operated by a trio of puppeteers dressed in black.

Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is at 2700 F Street NW , Washington, DC.