For the past 20 years, Kazuhiro Morisaki has promoted the comical performing art form of kyogen, but that doesn't make him a purist.
In his time working within the kyogen world, 56-year-old Morisaki has noticed that some younger performers -- much like some noh and kabuki actors -- feel restricted by the limited scope of their inherited style, and are trying to find a broader identity beyond their own spheres.
As an experiment in styles that provides young actors with opportunities to try other forms of acting, Morisaki recently launched "Dento no Genzai (Traditions Re-assessed)," a series of productions that fuse the essence of traditional performing arts with contemporary theater.