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Good Morning Praying Mantisグドモーニングかまきり

Good Morning Praying Mantis

Presented during Part Two of the First Kazuo Ohno Modern Dance Recital, which took place on 27 November 1949.
In the programme is written: 'Watching the dealings between haughty rich gentlemen and a woman lavishing her feminine wiles, a praying mantis is reminded of the predestined death of a male mantis as it is eaten by the female'.

Cast
Praying Mantis: Kazuo Ohno
Gentlemen: Shinji Kobayashi, Funi Oshima,
Woman: Michie Kajigaya

The praying mantis seems to have appealed strongly to Kazuo Ohno, and also appears in films he created in the 1960s.

Basic Information

ID
WKS20
Title
Good Morning Praying Mantis
Genre
Modern Dance
Year Premiered
1949
Premiere Venue
Kyoritsu Kodo Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Performers/ Production Staff at Premiere
Performer(s)
大野一雄 / Kazuo Ohno, 小林信次 / Shinji Kobayashi, 大島フニ / Funi Oshima, 梶谷道江 / Michie Kajigaya
Production copyright
大野一雄 / Kazuo Ohno

Venues Performed

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