Summer 2025 dates announced, Apply below
A new opportunity for growth
The Noh Training Project Japan is a comprehensive course for learning the chant (utai) and dance (mai) of classical Japanese noh in the Kita School style. 2025 is Theatre Nohgaku’s 25th year of existence and we continue in our mission to share noh with with as many people as possible. This year will also mark the return of our final recital in the newly renovated Kita-ryu Nohgakudo. The workshop is being helmed again this year by Kita-ryu shite-kata Oshima Teruhisa and Oshima Kinue in collaboration with Ko-ryu kotsuzumi player Omura Kayu.
It isn’t necessary to speak Japanese or have any prior experience with music or theatre to participate.
WHAT: Noh Training Project Japan
WHEN: July 7-25 2025
COST: ¥200,000 (¥175,000 for returning students)
Course includes:
All instructional materials
Lessons with certified Japanese professionals
Open group chant sessions
All materials necessary for learning excerpted chant sections from up to four noh pieces
Handouts and downloadable pdfs of the chant notation
Access to online audio and video material for review
Noh performance viewings available at additional cost
A final group recital at the Kita School Noh Theatre in Meguro with video documentation
Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be welcome to continue their practice online in Theatre Nohgaku's ongoing Noh Training Project online utai series with Kita School instructors.
Course fee does not cover: airfare, room and board, ground transportation.
Mandatory practice attire (yukata, hakama, tabi, and rehearsal fan) available at an additional cost
why study noh?
Noh is unique in the world, boasting one of the oldest continuous performance practices dating back to its origins in 14th century Japan. It combines dance, chant, music, and mask into a multifaceted live experience. Along with a rich literary legacy, ornate costumes, and a ritualized stage space, noh practice evokes stillness and an intense mysterious beauty. Noh Training Project Japan provides an opportunity for people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds to explore and understand this living cultural treasure.
Challenge yourself. Challenge your abilities.
The skills derived from a study of noh have been utilized by performance artists in all fields of creativity and actors, directors, dancers, musicians, and academics interested in a non-Western performance experience are encouraged to apply.
