Beyond Noh

Beyond Noh

Beyond Noh

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Beyond Noh

2021

0h 4m

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"Beyond Noh" rhythmically animates 3,475 individual masks from all over the world, beginning with the distinctive masks of the Japanese Noh theater and continuing on a cultural journey through ritual, utility, deviance, and politics.

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