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, "Dai Rakuda Kan dancers become moving letters in "Ninja's Tricks of the Trade," the second of the "Five Rings". The troupe's eight women wear baby bonnets, which frame their chalk-white faces, and white hospital gowns.
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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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