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MARCH 1, 2001
From the streets of Japan: Japanese street performers
present a cultural show at Lenox Square Mall of Atlanta
ATLANTA
Japanese street performers
will entertain the residents of
Atlanta on Friday and Satur
day, March 2 and 3, at Lenox
Square Mall. Organized by
the Consulate General of Ja
pan and sponsored by the Ja
pan Foundation, the event is
free of charge and is co-hosted
by Lenox Square Mall.
Performingfor the first time
in Atlanta, the five-member
troupe will provideresidentsa
glimpse into daidoger (street
performance). Dressed in col
orful traditional kimonos, the
group includes a peddler, a
kamikiri (art of cutting paper
silhouettes) artist, a kagura
juggler-acrobat team, and a
circus top spinner. Atlantais
the final stop for the group,
after performancesin Venezu
Club hosts 2001
Spring Fling
The 14* Annual Junior
Spring Fling will be held
March 3-5, 2001 at the Pe
tersburg Racquet Club in
Martinez, Ga. The tourna
ment, part of the presti
gious USTA National Jun
ior schedule, is by invita
tion only and featuressome
of the very best junior ten
nis players in the country.
The 224 players will com
pete in boys and girls 12s,
14s, 16s and 18 and under
divisions.
Admission to the Spring
Fling is free to the public.
The tournament is head
quartered at Petersburg
Racquet Club, with addi
tional matchesat Newman
Tennis Center and West
Lake Country Club.
Spring Fling alumni are
making abigsplash all over
the rankings. Out of the
eight division winnersfrom
last year’s tournament,
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nation cultural awareness
mission sponsored by the Ja
pan Foundation,
Dating back to at least the
four of them were ranked
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rankings. Roddick played
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directions, contact Craig S.
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tor, at (706) 860-9288 or
Miriam Demyan at the
Greater Augusta Sports
Council (706) 722-8326.
AUGUSTAFOCUS
12'* century, Japanese street
performance traditionally took
place on the roadside where
people gather, or at religious
functions outside shrines and
temples. Some historical ac
counts suggest that perhaps
300 different types of street
entertainers were active dur
ing the Edo period (1600-
1868), including illusionists
and candy and medicine ped
dlers, who amused crowds with
their lively monologues and
acrobatic feats.
Only a few types of tradi
tional street entertainment
have survived. Following the
postwar period of economic
growth, street performance
was revived as a nostalgic art
form that audiences can enjoy
at events and festivals. Com
bining traditional dress,
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speech and style with elements
from the present day, they
delight audiences today at sea
sonal festivals, amusement
and theme parks, industry
fairs and at other promotional
events.
The delegation consists of:
- Mr. Goro Gen, Comical
Toad Grease Peddler &
Samuri style Traditional 17t
Century Magician - In a per
formance similar to the West
ern snake oil hawking of old
times, Mr. Gen makes an
elaborate display of the amaz
ingcurative powersofhistoad
grease concoctions.
- Mr. Chuu Momokawa,
Kamikiri Artist - Mr.
Momokawa creates paper sil
houettes and intricate images
of almost anythingon demand.
He improvises _and creates
nearly any character from old
Japanesestandardsto current
favorites. His reperteire is
essentially unlimited, from
animalstoinsects, caricatures
of famous people, to charac
ters from fables, legends and
animation.
- Mr. Katshunosuke
Okinaya and Mr. Katsumaru
Okinaya, KaguraJuggler- Ac
robat Team - An amazing
stage performance by this
master-disciple team includes
balancing and juggling vari
ous items. Master
Katshunosuke Okinaya has
been performing for morethan
40yearsandreceived the 1978
Award for Excellence at the
National Art Festival in To
kyo sponsored by the Agency
for Culture Affairs.
- Mr. Monya Mimasu 111,
Circus Top Spinner - The win
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ner of several awards, Mr.
Mimasu hasperformed around
the world. His acts include
spinning a top on a folding
fan, balancing a top on a piece
of thread or the blade of a
sword. Mr. Mimasu is cur
rently director of the Tokyo
Performing Arts Association,
where he also teaches his tra
ditional art of koma-kyokugei
(top spinning).
Friday, March 2, perfor
mances will be held 6 - 7:30
p.m. Saturday, March 3, from
12 noon - 1:30 p.m. and 3 -
4:30 p.m. The performances
at Lenox Square Mall will take
place at the main malllevel, in
front of Rich’s, 3393 Peachtree
Road, N.E. of Atlanta.
For more information,
please contact Lenox Mall at
(404) 233-7575.