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Recycling: Washi Tales (Complete)

NEW YORK, March 24, 2016 — Recycling: Washi Tales is a performance that brings to life the stories contained in sheets of washi, Japanese handmade paper, as they are recycled through time. Amidst an evocative set of cascading handmade paper and shadows, four stories of spiritual devotion, beauty, love, and tragedy unfold, shaping an intimate theatrical world of old Japan. (1 hr., 3 min)

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