March Calender of events :

Sat 6th : Bharathanatyam & Kuchippudi ARANGETRAM of ANUSHA MITTAPALLI

Sat 13th : V.E Poetry presented by Maru-a-Pula school.

Thurs 18th :

Come experience SOLVENIAN SOUNDS OF THE GROUP RED FIVE POINT STAR as they dish out SKA-SWING PUNK rythms AND SMOOTH JAZZY  SETSWANA FOLKTALE SOUNDS OF KABO LEBURU!!!
 
Now this is one cultural exchange event you can not afford to miss. It will all be happening at;
 
Venue: Maitisong
Date: 18.March.2010
Time: 7PM
  

All this for P50 ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!

Sat 20th :  Launch of " Miss Cutie and Little Miss"at RIVERWALK  - free AUDITIONS  for Miss Cutie and Little Miss - The Final will be held at Maitisong in April

Traditional Japanese Music UB Library Auditorium 5 pm 8^th March 2010

Free

Gagaku is the oldest form of Japanese classical music and was introduced into Japan together with Buddhism and political systems from the Asian continent around the eighth century. Serving mainly as Japanese imperial court music, gagaku is performed in the Imperial Palace at several court functions, at state banquets, and on the occasion of the spring and autumn garden parties. Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines have also played highly important roles in preserving this music. There are three forms of performance in gagaku: kangen (instrumental music), bugaku (dance with music), and kayo (music with chanted poetry). Gagaku ensembles include wind, string, and percussion instruments.

Noh is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama, which has been performed since the fourteenth century. It consists of dance together with instrumental and vocal music; all the musicians appear on stage. Generally, only the main characters are masked, with men playing both male and female roles. The contemporary noh repertoire consists of a specific set of approximately 250 historical plays. Today, noh performance is often presented along with another shorter, humorous genre, called kyogen. Both are performed on a very special type of set, known simply as a “noh stage,” which resembles a shrine or temple building, with a main stage open on three sides and having no curtain separating the stage from the audience. 

Bunraku is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, established in the city of Osaka in 1684. Three types of performers take part in a bunraku performance: the puppeteers, a chanter, and a shamisen (a three-stringed, plucked instrument) player. Typically, the single chanter not only recites the dialogue for all the characters, but also relates the spectacle of the scene, and explains the background behind the events taking place. Unlike other types of accompaniment, the shamisen used in bunraku must “play the strings of the heart,” that is, it must assist in conveying the actual emotions of the puppet characters. All but the most minor characters require three puppeteers, who perform in full view of the audience, generally covered by black robes, except for the main puppeteer, whose face remains visible.