Title supplied by cataloger. Dai Rakuda Kan (Great Camel Battleship) and its founder-director, Akaji Maro, made their United States debut at the American Dance Festival in 1982. "The Five Rings" is a two-hour work, and refers to the Chinese concept of the basic elements of the univers: earth, water, fire, wind, and sky. Photograph caption dated April 4, 1987 reads, "The dance form butoh, as seen in "The Five Rings," is influenced by surrealism and German expressionism." A second photograph caption, with the same date reads, "The Japanese butoh dance - "The Five Rings," made up of five segments, amazes as it mystifies." The women pictured are performing "Ninja's Tricks of the Trade", the second of "The Five Rings".
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Dai Rakuda Kan Dance--Production and direction--California--Los Angeles Dancers Dance--California--Los Angeles Buto¯ Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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