Honolulu muimbi anogamuchira mubairo wepamusoro soro wenyika wevanhu uye zvechivanhu

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi akanzi mumwe wevane gumi nerimwe 2015 National Heritage Fellows, mubairo wepamusoro-soro munyika mune zvechivanhu uye zvechinyakare. Tsutsumi, anozivikanwawo nezita redanho rake Onoe Kikunobu, mumwe wevatambi vekutanga nihon buyo (Japanese classical dance) maartist muHawai'i uye ari kutora chikamu muState Foundation on Culture and the Arts Folk and Traditional Arts Program.

Gore rega rega, National Endowment for the Arts inopemberera nyanzvi dzechivanhu uye dzechinyakare maartist anoratidza simba iri uye kusiyana kwetsika. Vanogashira NEA National Heritage Fellowships yegore rino vanomiririra mafomu eunyanzvi kubva kune avo vakazvarwa uye vakarererwa muUnited States - senge Honolulu classical dance artist Tsutsumi - kune avo vatsva munyika yedu - sekutamba kwaRahim AlHaj, uyo. akatamira kuUnited States kubva kuBaghdad. Iko kuyanana kunosanganisira mubairo we $25,000.

Tsutsumi ndiye achave muenzi paHawai'i State Art Museum Nyamavhuvhu 25 sechikamu chehurukuro yayo yemahara yeArt Lunch.

Tsutsumi akatanga kudzidzira kutamba kwetsika dzechiJapan paaiva nemakore masere paChikoro cheBando muHonolulu. Muna 1956, akaenda kuTokyo kunoenderera mberi nedzidzo yake yekutamba naOnoe Kikunojo I uye akapiwa shihan (master of dance diploma) gore rakatevera. Akapiwa natori (zita renyanzvi) waOnoe Kikunobu, izvo zvakamubvumira kuti avhure chikoro chake uye nekupawo mazita ehunyanzvi.

“Ndichitarisa kumashure, makore makumi mashanu nekuwedzera ekudzidza nekudzidzisa Nihon Buyo anga ari chikamu chikuru chehupenyu hwangu. Kutenda nekuzvininipisa kwangu kumutambo uyu kwawedzera kudzika,” Tsutsumi akadaro.

Muna 1964, akatanga Kikunobu Dance Company Inc. senzvimbo yekudzidzisa, choreography, kuita uye kudzidziswa kwechizvarwa chinotevera. Kubva muna 2014, vadzidzi gumi nevatatu vari pasi pekudzidziswa kwake vakaonekwa sevatambi vakuru. Pamusoro pekupa makonzati, Tsutsumi anonyorawo mabasa matsva evadzidzi uye anoita mashopu nekuratidzira. Akabatana nemapoka akawanda emunharaunda, kusanganisira Honolulu Theater for Youth, Manoa Valley Theatre, uye Kumu Kahua Theatre, achibatsira kutsigira vanyori vemitambo yemunharaunda mukuita.

Kubva 1980, anga ari mudzidzisi muDhipatimendi reTheatre neDhani yeYunivhesiti yeHawaii, kwaakange ari mukuru wekutamba nekufambisa sosi yezvigadzirwa zvavo zveJapan kabuki theatre neshanduro yeChirungu. Tsutsumi anoenderera mberi nekusvika kuvadzidzi kwete muHawaii chete, asiwo kumahombekombe pakukumbira kwevanoverengeka vevaimbove vadzidzi avo zvino vanodzidzisa kutamba kwechiJapan kumayunivhesiti nemakoreji munyika yose.

Muna 2002, Tsutsumi yakagamuchira rubatsiro rweFolk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship kubva kuHawaii State Foundation paTsika neBudiriro. Muna 2004 akagamuchira mubairo weSilversword weCultural Excellence kubva kuPan-Pacific Festival. Pasi rose, Tsutsumi akawana ruremekedzo rwekuita pamatanho emitambo yemitambo ine mukurumbira muTokyo yakaita seKabuki-za, Shinbashi Embujo, neNational Theatre yeJapan mumitambo yekutamba yakabudiswa naOnoe Kikunojo I naKikunojo II. Pamusoro pekumhanyisa kambani yake yekutamba, Tsutsumi akashanda semudzidzisi wepuraimari kwemakore makumi matatu.

The 2015 National Heritage Fellows ichakudzwa muWashington, DC, pamutambo wemibairo paLibhurari yeCongress neChina, Gumiguru 1, 2015 uye konzati yemahara neChishanu, Gumiguru 2, 2015 paGeorge Washington University's Lisner Auditorium.