CJS Noon Lecture Series | Fantasies of Ito Michio
Tara Rodman, Assistant Professor, Department of Drama, University of California, Irvine
Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 555 Weiser Hall and virtually via Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered, the joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at:
https://myumi.ch/AZbVA
Fantasies of Ito Michio narrates the transnational career of Japanese modern dancer Ito Michio as a story of fantasy-making, a strategy by which Ito made himself into an international success and maintained a sense of self-continuity across experiences of war, racialization, and imperialism. This talk provides an overview of the book, and offers a discussion of what research might look like when a scholar is faced not with archival paucity or erasure, but rather, an abundance—of fiction, if not fact.
Tara Rodman is an assistant professor in the Drama department at UC Irvine. A recipient of fellowships from the NEH-JUSFC, the Fulbright, and the Nippon Foundation, her research has been published in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre Research International, The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance ( eds. Bruce Baird and Rosemary Candelario), and Corporeal Politics: Dancing East Asia (University of Michigan Press; eds. Katherine Mezur and Emily Wilcox). Her book, Fantasies of Ito Michio (University of Michigan Press, 2024), works at the intersection of dance and performance studies, and of Japanese and Asian American studies, to examine the career of the modern dancer and choreographer Ito Michio.
This event is cosponsored by the U-M Department of Dance.
This lecture is made possible with the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at umcjs@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
Fantasies of Ito Michio narrates the transnational career of Japanese modern dancer Ito Michio as a story of fantasy-making, a strategy by which Ito made himself into an international success and maintained a sense of self-continuity across experiences of war, racialization, and imperialism. This talk provides an overview of the book, and offers a discussion of what research might look like when a scholar is faced not with archival paucity or erasure, but rather, an abundance—of fiction, if not fact.
Tara Rodman is an assistant professor in the Drama department at UC Irvine. A recipient of fellowships from the NEH-JUSFC, the Fulbright, and the Nippon Foundation, her research has been published in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre Research International, The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance ( eds. Bruce Baird and Rosemary Candelario), and Corporeal Politics: Dancing East Asia (University of Michigan Press; eds. Katherine Mezur and Emily Wilcox). Her book, Fantasies of Ito Michio (University of Michigan Press, 2024), works at the intersection of dance and performance studies, and of Japanese and Asian American studies, to examine the career of the modern dancer and choreographer Ito Michio.
This event is cosponsored by the U-M Department of Dance.
This lecture is made possible with the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at umcjs@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
| Building: | Weiser Hall |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | Asian Languages And Cultures, japan, Japanese Studies |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Center for Japanese Studies, International Institute, Asian Languages and Cultures, Department of Dance |
