Women play all roles in lavish, broadwaystyle productions of westernstyle musicals, and sometimes stories. You could say the idea was a bust, as to this day the town isnt much more than a bit player in japans competitive hot springs travel. The following are some best things to do in takarazuka. Though there were many girls opera companies in japan, now the popular one is only takarazuka. Transcription and translation were done by the three of us.
The womens theatre of takarazuka lorie brau scores of dancers in colorful kimonos weave patterns on a huge stage, recalling the lavish spectacle of busby berkeley musicals. Takarazuka is a city in hyogo prefecture, japan understand. Googles free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between english and over 100 other languages. The women are gorgeous and the men well, the men are womenand every bit as stunning to look atin takarazuka, the allfemale japanese musical revue that is the setting for susan soon he stantons fascinating new behindthescenes playwithmusic takarazuka, now getting its west coast premiere at east west players. The main destination of interest on this line is the hot spring town of takarazuka, but there are some other tourist sites of note on. Parking was moved under the buildings to allow more landscape area and. This page was last edited on 27 january 2019, at 10. Takarazukaan a shop with locations in takarazuka and tokyo that sells mostly secondhand takarazuka and general musical theater. Todays production is adapted and directed by koike shuichiro.
A heian period courtier in gorgeous robes postures to the strains of lush orchestral. Alternatively, driving from osaka to takarazuka station is the cheapest option and takes around 19 min. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Sun city takarazukas public spaces were designed to feel residential rather than institutional, revolving around five courtyards that include water elements, gardens, heirloom bonsai and bamboo displays, stroll paths, and generous terrace spaces. Heres what you need to know about the unique, centuryold tradition of the takarazuka revue, which launched the stars careers. Omegat is a free opensource translation memory application for professional translators written in java. Not only was it standing room only for 3 hours but the plot was strange with louis xiv appearing in a production timed in our present day and it was all japanese dialogue without any music.
Takarazuka revue in english the is a japanese allfemale musical theater troupe based in takarazuka, hyogo prefecture, japan. Takarazuka, city, hyogo ken prefecture, honshu, japan, on the northeastern slope of mount rokko. Welcome, everyone, to the tokyo takarazuka theater. In general, takarazuka plays the musical in first act of. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Women play all roles in lavish, broadwaystyle productions of westernstyle musicals, and sometimes stories adapted from shojo manga and japanese folktales. The 20023 flower troupe was the first takarazuka version of elisabeth to include this song.
Use the free deepl translator to translate your texts with the best machine translation. At that time, our unique way of incorporating it and multimedia into art education attracted great attention as a pioneering approach. Takarazukaan uses translation software, so their english can be hard to. Using takarazuka as a key to understanding the logic of everyday life in japan and placing the revue squarely in its own social, historical, and cultural context, she challenges both the stereotypes of the japanese and the eurocentric notions of gender performance and sexuality. The popular takarazuka revue company, based in takarazuka, hyogo prefecture, is the oldest established musical theater company in japan. Application programs that enable people to translate content from one language to another on a computer. Its translation tool is just as quick as the outsized competition, but more. The takarazuka revue highlights only the female performers, which is opposite to conventional kabuki, which is performed exclusively by men.
Taking takarazuka by strategy my experience backstage at japans unique takarazuka revue. By ryan sands, fall 2009 photos taken by ryan sands, images from my collection of 1950s takarazuka graph magazine its august 18, 2003, and im standing backstage at a lunch reception next to two top stars of the takarazuka revue. The takarazuka revue companyactually five separate troupesis managed by the hankyu railway corporation. Artistic creation can be described as an act of seeking to indirectly connect oneself with those who are not present, while nursing is an act of directly dealing with those who are right before oneself. My own first inkling of this cultural phenomenon came just after i arrived in japan. Lincoln center festival presents the north american premiere of takarazuka chicago from july 20 to 24. Lincoln center festival, new york the kander and ebb musical gets a new lease of life. Contains wenn ich tanzen will, which is usually not in takarazuka performances of elisabeth. A case study of character creation through language usage in. Free online translation in french, spanish, italian, german, russian, portuguese, hebrew, japanese, english. The city is known for both its hot springs and its allfemale takarazuka revue, both of which are now the main draw for visitors. Takarazuka wiki takarazuka dance guide to the future. Takarazuka revue all you need to know before you go. Use systran translate, the first free online translator providing indomain translation models trained by a network of worldwide experts.
The takarazuka revue was formed by railroad tycoon ichizo kobayashi in 19 to help draw tourists to hot springs of takarazuka, hyogo prefecture. The takarazuka revue, takarazuka kagekidan is a japanese allfemale musical theater troupe based in takarazuka, hyogo prefecture, japan. May 17, 2016 lincoln center festival presents the north american premiere of takarazuka chicago from july 20 to 24. Takarazuka revue company is the allfemale theater group, which performs the musicals and the revues from 1914. Rome2rio has found 3 ways to get from osaka to takarazuka station by train, taxi and car. Japans famed takarazuka revue adds a touch of taiwan for next tour there.
Takarazuka is a bedroom community city, in which residents typically work in nearby osaka. It portrays the life and death of empress elisabeth of austria, wife of emperor franz joseph i. The hankyu takarazuka line for minoo, ikeda and takarazuka. May 17, 2016 it is additionally known for its hot springs which draw in travelers from all around the japan. Osaka to takarazuka station 3 ways to travel via train. The city is a hotsprings resort and is renowned for its female opera company.
Takarazuka revue company how to make an attractive revue in takarazuka. Elisabeth is a viennese, germanlanguage musical commissioned by the vereinigte buhnen wien vbw, with booklyrics by michael kunze and music by sylvester levay. It has been translated into seven languages and seen by over ten million spectators worldwide, making it the most successful germanlanguage musical of all time. In addition, no text, documents or images of hankyu corporation, the takarazuka revue company, or takarazuka creative arts co,ltd. First put on in 1996, it has been performed by all troupes, for 708 performances and an audience count of over 1. The present beautiful production was not my cup of tea.
Takarazuka revue company 19 routledge encyclopedia of. It has not yet been staged in the english speaking world. The takarazuka revue was founded by ichizo kobayashi, an industrialistturnedpolitician and president of hankyu railways, in takarazuka, japan in 19. Takarazuka ai to shi no rondo with eng subs youtube. The moon troupe grand theater production, a mitsuisumitomo visa musical elisabeth, will run from may 22nd to june 22nd. The opera house, which has been operated by the railway society since 1919, has a seating capacity of 4,000, making it.
Performing and consuming japans takarazuka revue, is a welcome supplement to our knowledge because of her unprecedented access to takarazuka actors, administrators, and staff, but ultimately the book does not fulfill the promise of its title to clarify the gender implications of the group. But when they glide off, the lights dim to reveal another mood, another century. Jan 10, 2012 a scene from musical elisabeth performed by japanese allfemale theater group takarazuka. Elisabeth snow 2007 subtitles, act i and act ii epiphany star bow hall 1999 script, translated by caithion excalibur. Elisabeth is a viennese, germanlanguage musical commissioned by the vereinigte buhnen wien, with booklyrics by michael kunze and music by sylvester levay. Walking through the pouring rain along a back street in the hibiya theater district of tokyo, i and a japanese friend turned a corner and ran into a buzzing crowd of hundreds of umbrellatoting people. To establish context, a brief description of takarazuka and its performance style will be given, leading into introducing the aims of the research. Takarazuka wiki elisabeth script part 1 translated by tip. Voglers character archetypes as well as other theories.
The oldest and most successful of the all women groups is the takarazuka revue, founded in a hotsprings resort near osaka in 19 by kobayashi ichizo 18731957, a male industrialist, impresario, and politician. Get babylons translation software free download now. Takarazuka universitys unique education in art and nursing. The city is known for its hot springs and for its allfemale takarazuka revue, both of which are now the main draw for visitors. We recommend taking the train from osakaumedahankyu to takarazuka, which takes around 33 min. The research will be in the form of a survey based on the language used by characters in recorded takarazuka performances. Jan 29, 2016 the takarazuka revue was formed by railroad tycoon ichizo kobayashi in 19 to help draw tourists to hot springs of takarazuka, hyogo prefecture. The hankyu takarazuka line runs between osakaumeda station in osaka and takarazuka station in hyogo prefecture. Classic takarazuka dance a guide to the future takarazuka flower poems 100.
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