my kabuki play

my kabuki play is called KASANE, its original name is Kesakake Matsu Narita no Riken , it is a dance drama, this means that almost all the play is build of dances. The play has 2 main character who are Kasane, the beautiful young woman and Yoemon, the handsome young samurai. The play is about this couple who intend to die together, but when they were about to die, a skull with a sickle stuck in the eye socket floats by. Yoemon recognizes it as the very one with which he long ago slayed a man called Suke.What Yoemon doesnt know is that Suke is Kasane´s father. Two police men arrive and accuse Yoemon for the murder of Suke, as this is happening, the soul of Suke possess Kasane. Yoemon had to kill her with the sickle and then tries to flee. But her ghost beckons, then drags him back to the scene of this crime, where his dead love lays ghostly her hands on him.

Music is very important in this Kabuki plays, for example starting the play there is a stage direction that says, "A drum pattern represents a rain shower." There are no sounds which are taped, all the representations of nature sounds etc are produced a live. This is for the audience to feel the music closer to the play and to feel the vibrations of the music also helps when the audience tries to get really into the play.
Also singing is important, all the first plart of the play is sang. It is used as an introduction for the play, it speaks of love, the setting of the play, a little bit of the characters, it is all used as a type of narrator. All this is for preparing the audience get into the atmosphere.
The text is very simple, there is a plain dialogue between the characters, because what its important in Kabuki plays are the actions, which are described very well in the stage directions, also the costumes and make-up.
The actions are very repeated. Very often the characters say something and then act it, this in our type of theater would look bad, is called "mantequilla sobre grasa", we look to avoid it, in Kabuki they look to do it. For example: "I had not a hint of the true deepness of your heart." (He holds his hands at his chest, suggesting his heart.)
I think they do so because they want for the audience to understand the important actions, like this one.
This is the reason why the choreography is so important, almost all the play is represented more than through words, but through actions. The actors have to be also dancers, all they say have to be somehow represented by difficult actions.

I think the choreography part will be the difficult part next year with the play...