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"The Five Rings", Dai Rakuda Kan

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Order Number	00087895
Title	"The Five Rings", Dai Rakuda Kan
Photographer	Jarzomb, Leo.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE_b083_f5_i2
Date	1987
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Dai Rakuda Kan (Great Camel Battleship) and its founder-director, Akaji Maro, made their United States debut at the American Dance Festival in 1982. "The Five Rings" is a two-hour work, and refers to the Chinese concept of the basic elements of the univers: earth, water, fire, wind, and sky.
Description	Photograph caption dated April 4, 1987 reads, "Dai Rakuda Kan dancers become moving letters in "Ninja's Tricks of the Trade" the second of the "Five Rings". The troupe's eight women wear baby bonnets, which frame their chalk-white faces, and white hospital gowns.
Subject	Dai Rakuda Kan. Dance--Production and direction--California--Los Angeles. Dancers. Dance--California--Los Angeles. Buto¯. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection