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"All The World's A Stage": Takarazuka Revue And Its Theatralisation Of Culture(S)
Published 2014“…Founded in 1913 by Kobayashi Ichizō, one of the most significant entrepreneurs in prewar Japan, Takarazuka Revue proved itself along its centennial existence both a faithful mirror of and an influential model for the Japanese society. …”
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Towards a Phenomenology of Awe: Suspension of Disbelief for the Moment and Takarazuka Revue’s Sublimation of Ruptures
Published 2024-06-01“…This paper aims at critically observing the alternating concatenation of seasonally inspired numbers and Japanese legends from time immemorial in the show Sekkashō (「雪華抄」, Snowflake Anthology), staged by the Japanese all-female musical company Takarazuka Revue’s Flower Troupe in late 2016. The goal is to disclose some of the strategies employed by Takarazuka Revue’s administrators in pursuing a necessary agenda of breaking with the tradition while steadily moving forward towards a future of self-reinvention, without disappointing the deeply conservative fans’ vast community. …”
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Towards a Historical Be(com)ing into Universal Benevolence: Anastasia and Geopolitical Reconfigurations in Late Modernity
Published 2023-12-01“…Focusing on two iterations of the Anastasia topos – the 1997 animated musical movie produced and released by Fox Animation Studios and Takarazuka Revue’s Japanese theatrical musical live performance from 2020 –, this article analyzes the significance and impact of historical events and their dialectic renegotiation by means of mass entertainment in crosscultural cross-media perspective. …”
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