Coronavirus threatens Japanese Noh performances, one of the world’s oldest extant theatre forms

Coronavirus threatens Japanese Noh performances, one of the world’s oldest extant theatre forms

The coronavirus pandemic has closed theatres across Japan, including venues for a type of performance which had already struggled with dwindling audiences and performers before Covid-19 started spreading. People involved in traditional Japanese Noh dance and drama say the coronavirus could be the final straw for a performance art considered to be one of the oldest extant theatre forms in the world.


User: South China Morning Post

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Uploaded: 2020-09-04

Duration: 02:29

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