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Kazuo Ohno's third recital, which was held in November 1951. Structured in three parts, the program featured solo works by Ohno as well as group pieces performed with students of the Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio. Nine pieces were presented including a duet work with a female performer. Composition and choreography were by Kazuo Ohno and Shinji Kobayashi. Kobayashi had appeared in the Ohno’s recital series since its first edition and, after working as a physical education teacher at schools including Kantō Gakuin where Ohno also once taught, was at the time teaching at Chiba University. No reviews or critical articles concerning the performance have been found, and many details remain unknown.

PROGRAMME
　Part One
　　1. Sea
　　　A. Nocturne
　　　B. Sea
　　　C. View
　 Part Two
　　　2. Treading on Pedals (Duo of Kajigaya and Ohno)
　　　3. Downtown Rain (Kazuo Ohno solo)
　　　4. Mask Dances (Kazuo Ohno solo)
　　　　 A. Laughing
　　　　B. The Devil’s Cry
　　　5. Spriing Tide
　　　6. The Honeybee’s Song (Kazuo Ohno solo)
　　　 7. Tango (Kazuo Ohno solo)
　Part Three
　　　8. Fate Seller
　　　　 A. “Roulette” by the Roadside
　　　　 B. On the Flower Cart of Fate
　　　　 C. The Turtle Seller Calls

STAFF
Composer: Shugo Yasuda
Piano: Teruko Uchiyama
Set and Costume Design: Shozo Masuda
Costume Making: Mayumi Koyama
Masks: Nobumichi Inoue
Lighting: Kunio Matsuzaki
Composition and Choreography: Kazuo Ohno, Shinji Kobayashi