BUTOH
Butoh is a dance form that emerged in Japan in the aftermath of World War II, inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and is traditionally performed in white body makeup with slow hyper-controlled motion, with or without an audience. There is no set style, and […]
New Delhi World Book Fair 2014
It’s again the time for us bookworms to cheer! Yes New Delhi World Book Fair 2014 is coming. The Japan Foundation, New Delhi is proudly participating in New Delhi World Book Fair 2014. The books and materials showcased will be broadly categorized into – Manga Corner, JLPT reference, Traditional Japanese culture and Japanese women. […]
Japanese Studies Intensive Course
The Japan Foundation, New Delhi is organizing 3 Day Japanese Studies Intensive Course for aspiring students in the field of Japanese Studies in India. <Program Content> This program aims to provide glimpse to the applicants in the field of 1. Japanese Modern History (Prof. Ryoichi Tobe) (CV attached) 2 Japanese Modern and Contemporary Literature (Prof. […]
Always – Sunset on Third Street – 3
Synopsis: The year is 1964. With Tokyo preparing to host the Olympics, buildings and highways are being constructed at a feverish pace, and excitement fills the air. Amidst all the change and commotion, the people of Third Street continue to carry on with their lives, as colorful and vibrant as ever. The novelist Ryunosuke Chagawa […]
Reading Place, Reading Space
The Japan Foundation, New Delhi invites you to “Reading Place, Reading Space – Japan in the eyes of a curator, artist and designer “ The Japan Foundation has held an Invitation Program for Asian Curators in Japan this September, for which it invited two curators and one designer from India. Through the three weeks intensive program, […]