Fantasies of Ito Michio (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance). Rodman, Rodm PB**

The University of Michigan Press

Fantasies of Ito MichioAuthor(s): Tara Rodman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472056835, 978-0472056835\nSynopsis\nBorn in Japan and trained in Germany, dancer and choreographer Ito Michio [tel] achieved prominence in London before moving to the [url] in 1916 and building a career as an internationally acclaimed artist. During World War II, Ito was interned for two years, and then repatriated to Japan, where he contributed to imperial war efforts by creating propaganda performances and performing revues for the occupying Allied Forces in Tokyo. Throughout, Ito continually invented stories of voyages made, artists befriended, performances seen, and political activities carried outstories later dismissed as false. \n\nFantasies of Ito Michio argues that these invented stories, unrealized projects, and questionable political affiliations are as fundamental to Itos career as his real a.