Katanaya Ichi
From your seat attending Katanaya Ichi's show, you'll feel like you've been transported into a real chambara movie! This band of actors plays the blades in an extraordinary show!
It's a scenic return to feudal Japan: samurai warriors, acrobatic moving ninjas, sword battles that make the blades dance in a demonstration somewhere between historical reproduction and staging.
This silent show makes the body and steel speak for themselves before language, making it easy to understand for everyone.
Tate (the art of sword fighting) is a martial art form developed primarily for theater, film and TV drama.
Members of the troupe use their katana in choreographed clashes, adapting traditional East Asian tales through body language.
The actors, like the samurai of cinema and pop culture, import an increasingly popular art form.
Katanaya Ichi, with their 17 years of experience, is enjoying a growing reputation thanks to its performances in many countries (Croatia, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, etc.) and its exemplary mastery of tate.
Their aim is to promote this art form, as well as Japanese culture, in hope of multiplying international exchanges with Japan
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