Fantasies of Ito Michio

Rodman, Tara

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Michio Ito, Blue Danube costume

From Introduction

Fig. 1. Ito Michio in Blue Danube costume. Photo by Toyo Miyatake, 1937. Toyo Miyatake Dance Collection, courtesy of Alan Miyatake.

Michio Ito, Javanese Dance costume

From Introduction

Fig. 2. Ito Michio in Javanese dance. Photo by Toyo Miyatake, Toyo Miyatake Dance Collection, courtesy of Alan Miyatake.

Ito, Michio

From Chapter 1

Fig. 3. Ito Michio by Arnold Gente, 1921, courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

A dancer with blond hair, and wearing a blue silk shift dress with a rope cord around the waist, lunges forward with one arm stretched forward and the other raised overhead. Her focus is forward and down, over her leading arm.

Sarah Halzack performs Ave Maria (Itō, 1914)

From Chapter 1

Fig. 4. Sarah Halzack performs Ave Maria (Itō, 1914). Photo by Jeff Watts, courtesy of Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company.

Ito, dressed in a kimono, posed with a large namahage demon mask.

Dancer Michio Ito, 1

From Chapter 1

Fig. 5. “Dancer Michio Ito” (Ito with namahage mask). Photo by Alvin Langdon Coburn, ca. 1916, courtesy of the George Eastman Museum.

A drawing that records the dance’s choreography. It depicts Ito’s swirling arms and legs by showing their positions all at once, as if he had multiple pairs of arms and legs.

Drawing of Pizzicati by Ito Michio

From Chapter 2

Fig. 6. Drawing of Pizzicati by Ito Michio. Toyo Miyatake Dance Collection, courtesy of Alan Miyatake.

Ito wears a fox mask that appears to be of carved wood, a short kimono with gold embossing, and short black pantalons.

Michio Itō performing his Fox Dance

From Chapter 2

Fig. 7. “Michio Itō performing his Fox Dance.” Photo by Alvin Langdon Coburn, ca. 1916, courtesy of the George Eastman Museum.

Ito, dressed in a kimono, standing next to a ukiyo-e mounted on the wall.

Dancer Michio Ito, 2

From Chapter 2

Fig. 8. “Dancer Michio Ito” (Ito with ukiyo-e). Photo by Alvin Langdon Coburn, ca. 1916, courtesy of the George Eastman Museum.

Ito rehearsing the role of the Hawk, in costume, outside on a stone garden path. He is in the middle of a pivot turn, legs crossed, and his arms both stretched to the right across his body, so that his wings are fully displayed.

Michio Itō as The Guardian of the Well from W.B. Yeats's play At the Hawk's Well

From Chapter 2

Fig. 9. “Michio Itō as the Guardian of the Well from W. B. Yeats’s play At the Hawk’s Well.” Photo by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1916, courtesy of the George Eastman Museum.

Ito stands on his left foot, knee slightly bent. His right leg is kicking out in a low extension on the forward diagonal. His right arm rests on his hip, while his left arm extends out from his body. He looks over his right shoulder to the side of the stage. He wears a black suit, with black cummerbund and tie tucked in, and a black brimmed hat. The bolero jacket and pants have black small pompom fringes along the sides. His shadow is cast large behind him.

Michio Ito in Tango

From Chapter 3

Fig. 10. Ito Michio in Tango. Photo by Toyo Miyatake, Toyo Miyatake Dance Collection, courtesy of Alan Miyatake.

Illustration featuring the cast members of the Ballet Intime. Each dancer is given a caricature-style illustration.

Manhattan Nights and Exotic Entertainers

From Chapter 3

Fig. 11. “Manhattan Nights and Exotic Entertainers,” by Alfred J. Frueh, source unknown, 1917. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Ito poses nude between two gold columns.

Michio Ito

From Chapter 3

Fig. 12. “Michio Ito,” photograph by Nickolas Muray, ca. 1922–1930, courtesy of the George Eastman Museum, © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives.

A black-and-white collage includes cutout head-and-shoulders photographs of three artists: Tetsu Komai, Ito Michio, and Kamiyama Sōjin. Below their faces are inset photographs of a film set, of the Hollywood Bowl for Ito’s upcoming performance, and of people using a film camera to film a starlet.

"Welcoming the Imperial Naval Exercises"

From Chapter 4

Fig. 13. “Welcoming the Imperial Naval Exercises” [“Kangei teikoku renshū kantai”]. Rafu Shimpo, August 23, 1929.

Seven Nisei girls posed in a dance formation.

Nisei girls dancing

From Chapter 4

Fig. 14. Nisei girls dancing. Photo by Toyo Miyatake, Toyo Miyatake Dance Collection, courtesy of Alan Miyatake.

Three young women dancing in a line, linked arm over arm. Each hover one knee up, juxtaposed in direction against their torso; they all look to the right. They are dressed in ceremonial Japanese costumes evoking ancient court regalia.

Etenraku

From Chapter 4

Fig. 15. Etenraku, photo by Toyo Miyatake, 1937. Toyo Miyatake Dance Collection, courtesy of Alan Miyatake. Department of Special Research Collections, University of California–Santa Barbara Library.

Twelve male and female couples arrayed across an amphitheater stage. The men stand erect, with feet together and hands behind their backs; the women hold their right hands out toward their partners, and hold up a corner of their dresses’ skirts with their left hands. Below the dancers is a short set of stairs, and behind them, another set of stairs. The upper half of the photograph is filled with the Southern California landscape, of hills with bushes, some trees, and a few unused set pieces.

Blue Danube rehearsal at the Hollywood Bowl

From Chapter 4

Fig. 16. Blue Danube, photograph by Toyo Miyatake, 1937. Toyo Miyatake Dance Collection, courtesy of Alan Miyatake.

A collage printed as part of a Hollywood Bowl Summer Series program.

Ito Michio Dance-Symphony at the Hollywood Bowl

From Chapter 4

Fig. 17. Hollywood Bowl Publicity Collage, August 17, 19, 20, 1937. Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives.

Drawing of Makiko dancing in a studio, with S—Sensei watching.

Ito Michio, Echiketto

From Chapter 7

Fig. 18. Echiketto by Ito Michio. The Japanese reads: “Know your body well.” [Jibun no karada wo yoku shiru koto]. Asian Division, Library of Congress.

Fantasy Japonica

From Chapter 7

Fig. 19. Fantasy Japonica, 1946. Senda Koreya Collection, Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University.

Women dancing in a kick line. They wear shiny short skirts and no shoes.

Fantasy Japonica (?)

From Chapter 7

Fig. 20. Fantasy Japonica (?), 1946. Senda Koreya Collection, Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University.

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Ito, Michio

Sarah Halzack performs Ave Maria (Itō, 1914)

Dancer Michio Ito, 1

Drawing of Pizzicati by Ito Michio

Michio Itō performing his Fox Dance

Dancer Michio Ito, 2

Michio Itō as The Guardian of the Well from W.B. Yeats's play At the Hawk's Well

Michio Ito in Tango

Manhattan Nights and Exotic Entertainers

Michio Ito

"Welcoming the Imperial Naval Exercises"

Nisei girls dancing

Etenraku

Blue Danube rehearsal at the Hollywood Bowl

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