Frank Hoff

Biographic Data

ID736761
NAMEFrank Hoff
GIVEN NAMESFrank
FAMILY NAMEHoff
SIGNATUREHOFF F
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Toronto
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR16
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
H-INDEX1

  • The Artistry of Aeschylus and Zeami

    Frank Hoff, Mae J SmethurstARTICLEAsian Theatre Journal1991

  • Zeami's Style

    Frank Hoff, Thomas Blenham HareARTICLEAsian Theatre Journal1990

  • On the Art of the Nō Drama

    Frank Hoff, J Thomas Rimer et al.ARTICLEAsian Theatre Journal1986

  • Audience and Actors

    Frank Hoff, Jacob RazARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1986

  • Killing the Self

    Frank HoffARTICLEAsian Theatre Journal1985

    Joruria, theJapanese puppet theatre, is a type of animated storytelling illustrated with puppets. One or more tayub (reciter, narrator, chanter, or storyteller) and a musician sit apart from the main stage, where puppeteers silently manipulate large dolls without the use of strings (Plate 1). One Western observer, Roland Barthes, finds in this type of theatre, where words and movement are produced separately, an opportunity to reexamine certain W…

  • Hokushū. 1977

    Llyn de Danaan, Frank Hoff et al.ARTICLEAsian Theatre Journal1984

  • Chushingura. Studies in Kabuki and the Puppet Theater

    Frank Hoff, James R BrandonARTICLEPacific Affairs1984

  • Warlords, Artists and Commoners

    Frank Hoff, Donald Keene et al.BOOKWarlords, Artists and Commoners1981Cited by: 2

  • Song, Dance, Storytelling. Aspects of the Performing Arts in Japan

    Mark Morris, Frank HoffARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1979

    Cornell University East Asia Papers, No. 15, 223 p

  • Dance Notation Preserved at Mōtsuji (An addendum to “Dance to Song in Japan” 1 )

    Open AccessFrank HoffARTICLEDance Research Journal1977References: 1

    In the northeastern part of the main island of Japan at the temple of Mōtsuji, documents survive which show notational practices used to preserve the choreography of dances performed there as part of the Buddhist ceremony of Ennen. I have discussed the Ennen of Mōtsuji in the section called “ Ennen: Dance to a Buddhist Text” in my article on “Dance to Song in Japan” and would like to explore here the records of some of its dances since they exemp…

  • Workshop on Nō Drama and Greek Tragedy

    Open AccessFrank HoffARTICLEDance Research Journal1977

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  • Dance to Song in Japan

    Open AccessFrank HoffARTICLEDance Research Journal1976Cited by: 1

    Although there are dance types in Japan where movement is unaccompanied by song, dance to song comprises a major part of the various traditions of dance in its classical theaters and is widely found in the countryside as well. In some cases, of course, song includes meaningless words, or the voice is used like an instrument, simply to provide a musical element or beat to which to dance. But it has seemed to me that a unique aesthetic underlies a …

  • Yamabushi "Kagura" and "Bangaku"

    Frank Hoff, Honda YasujiARTICLEEducational Theatre Journal1974

  • Concerned Theatre Japan. Discrimination. Vol. II, nos. 3 & 4

    Frank Hoff, David Goodman et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1973

  • The Genial Seed

    Roy E Teele, Frank HoffARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1973

  • Twenty Plays of the No Theatre

    Frank Hoff, Donald Keene et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1972