About me

Diego Pellecchia

髙谷大悟

Associate Professor, Kyoto Sangyō University

I received my PhD from the Drama & Theatre Department of Royal Holloway, University of London, with a thesis on the history of the reception of Noh theatre in the West. I have been studying Noh chant and dance with Udaka Michishige since 2007, and Udaka Tatsushige since 2020. I have performed and led workshops both in Japan and abroad as a member of the International Noh Institute. In June 2013 I took the shite lead role in the full production of the Noh KiyotsuneIn 2013-14 I have been a Japan Foundation post-doctoral fellow at the Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center. In 2020 I have become a shihan licensed instructor of the Kongō school of Noh. Currently, I am Associate Professor at the Department of Kyoto Studies, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Kyoto Sangyo University and coordinator of the INI Kyoto Summer Intensive training program.

Editor: Mime Journal Vol. 27 (2021) Present-time Nō plays: Ataka and Mochizuki LINK