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251 Index Abe, Keiko, 136 Abe, Kobo, 90, 108, 114–15, 164 Abe Studio, 108, 114–15 Abrons Arts Center, 4, 191 Actors Studio, 63 Admiring La Argentina, 116 Afrirampo, 99 Agatsuma, Hiromitsu, 19 Agency for Cultural Affairs, 7, 45, 68 Ainu people, performing arts of the, 16, 141–42 Akalaitis, Joanne, 101 Akihito, Crown Prince, 54, 80 Akiyoshi, Toshiko, 3, 21, 95, 187, 189– 90, 195–96 Almost Dusk, 142 Amagatsu, Ushio, 13, 18, 118, 193 American artists inspired by Japanese culture. See taxonomy of artists American Symphony Orchestra, 122–23, 135–36 Ame to Ame, 76 Anderson, Joseph L., 45 Aoyagi, Junichi, 139 Aoyama, Sugisaku, 34 Aoyama, Yoshio, 130, 187 ARICA Performance Company, 94 Asahi newspapers, 68 Asahi Performing Arts Award, 14 Asakura, Setsu, 184 Asami Maki Ballet, 151 Ashton, Sir Frederick, 151 Asian Cultural Council, 26, 100 Asia Society, 4–6, 16–17, 50, 70, 82, 86–87, 90, 117, 123, 137–38, 145, 181, 187 Association of Performing Arts Presenters , 13, 95 Ates, Marc, 76 Atkins, E. Taylor, 20, 94 At Suma Beach, 98–99 Attic, The, 98, 166 Auslin, Michael, 79 Auto-da-Fe, 167 Avery Fisher Prize, 21 Awaji Puppet Theatre, 17, 69, 74, 100 Azechi, Keiji. See Keiji Azechi Kokyu Ensemble Azuma, Tokuho IV, 42–45, 54, 195 Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians, 8–9, 32, 42–50, 53–54, 57–59, 65, 83, 130, 145, 176, 180–81, 195, 198 Bacchae, The, 90 Bach Collegium Japan, 187 Balanchine, George, 28 Bando, Tamasaburo V, 70 Bando, Tsurunosuke IV, 43 Banes, Sally, 6 Baruch Performing Arts Center, 193 Bassnett-McGuire, Susan, 31, 165 Beacon Theatre, 69, 132–33 Benedict, Ruth, 40, 183 Bergman, Ingmar, 10, 118 Berhman, David, 138 Bernstein, Leonard, 67, 132 Betsuyaku, Minoru, 91, 97 Bhabha, Homi, 170 Big Dance Theater, 26, 99, 104 Bither, Philip, 100 Bloomgarden, Kermit, 111 Blue Bird, The, 167 Blue Note, 118, 193 Body Poems—Reflections, 101 Bones in Pages, 157–58 Bottoms, Stephen, 108 Bourdieu, Pierre, 17 Bowers, Faubion, 33, 38–42, 45–49, 252 Index 51–52, 54, 59, 61–64, 67, 72, 88, 173--76, 197 Bowl of Summer, A, 104 Bradshaw, Graham, 182 Brando, Marlon, 55 Brandon, James, 38, 64, 100 Braxton, Anthony, 138 Brazell, Karen, 100 Bring Me a PPPeach, 104 Broadway Theatre, 53 Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), 5–6, 10, 21, 104, 117–18, 129, 134, 156–57, 178, 180, 182–83. See also Next Wave Festival Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, 187 Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, 123, 134, 140 Brown, Elizabeth, 27, 123, 140, 193 bugaku, 28, 54, 147 Bugaku, 28 Bungaku-za, 34 bunraku, 5, 7–8, 16, 25, 29, 32, 65–67, 69–70, 93, 108, 110, 182. See also national treasure; UNESCO butoh, 14–15, 18–20, 22, 28, 76, 87, 96, 104, 107, 116–20, 132, 157–58, 162, 183, 188, 192–93, 197 Cage, John, 136–37 Cantor, Arthur, 111 Carlson, Marvin, 171, 176 Carnegie Hall, 3–6, 22, 31, 69, 104, 123, 135–37, 140, 143, 186–90, 196. See also JapanNYC (festival) Castile, Rand, 90 Castle Tower, The, 97 CAVE New York Butoh Festival, 104 CAVE Organization, 28, 118 Century Theatre, 42, 48 chelfitsch Theater Company, 13, 98, 166 Chijinkai, 91 Chinda, Viscount, 81 Chrysanthemum and the Sword, The, 40, 183 Chuma, Yoshiko, 22–24, 101, 103, 116, 178 Chushingura. See Treasury of Loyal Retainers, The Cibo Matto, 4, 191 City, The, 111–12 City Center, 61, 67, 69, 119, 128, 171–72, 174 City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center, 100, 167 Clark, Steven, 106, 114 Closeup of Japan, 118 Coba, 187 Cocoon Kabuki, 155 cokaseki, 76 Columbia Pictures logo, parody of, 69 Columbia University, 82, 135 Miller Theatre, 3, 187, 191 Comet Messenger-Siegfried, 118, 178 Complicité, 152–53 Concerto for Koto and Orchestra, 132 Concerto Pour Piano et Orchestre, 136 Condors, 13 Coney Island Play, 111–12 Contemporary Dance Showcase. See Japan Society Continuum, 134 Cowell, Henry, 132 Crandall, David, 136 Crossing the Line Festival. See French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) cultural diplomacy. See cultural exchange cultural exchange, 2, 4, 7–8, 12, 14–15, 17, 26, 29–30, 32–33, 36, 42, 44– 45, 52, 54, 56, 68, 70, 72–74, 77, 79, 81–85, 87, 98, 104–5, 108, 114, 119, 122, 124, 126–27, 129–30, 134, 139, 142, 145, 151, 153, 164, 175, 183, 186–98 cultural heritage artists. See taxonomy of artists cultural mobility, 2, 12, 15, 126, 151, 186–98 Cultural...

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