original plays compared new single drop a line recent artistes broke custom shift green rooms came stage elaborate robes indian audience attractiveness noh evening obviously lay expression emotion subtle body language conveyed serenity come luxurious passage time noh director artistes collaborate put performance training minimum ten years noh performer allowed go artistes put traditional play separate narrative angel came earth hearing neer privy allege mr okamoto steer player smile helped lay gown wig mask field originated century tradition maintained zealously original texts written century writer like kanami zeami used even nowadays said mr matsuda rare see cleaning woman performing noh plays since physically quite uncomfortable said noh open innovation either content form okamoto tetsuhia kanabe kenji noh scholar tomatsu matsuda bid town spic stylised doer wear masks use minimal understated cause convey philosophical messages three noh fusao fall upon contrast spartan represent backdrop pine tree explained fact noh uprise temple art originally performed out of doors costume rich embellished real gold basic step noh dancing neutral base on balls pelvic girdle fixed place infantry perpetrate gracefully along ground takes ten years training perfect said mr tanabe obviously revel gasp surprise went audience centuries lost arrogance open now last year noh declared heritage prowess unesco hour mr okamoto ready play female purpose angel say popular today among traditional arts strongest appeal clothes backbreaking mask suffocating plays time of day noh guarded exclusive artwork aristocracy commoners forbidden watch learn noh songs dances mumbai noh theatre resolutely support ground mumbai last week born confluence solitaire understatement art form measured paces unhurriedly make out slow time city masks still have cypress tree wood world youth worshipped noh art form believes although training begins early age noh performing artist really flower professional noh performing artist japan thousands pursue hobby tell mr matsuda doer choir sitting back stage sing accompaniment flutes drums scarcely changes twelvemonth stories clothes masks noh theatre handed generations fathergod son actors today twelfth thirteenth generation noh performers