Kabuki show brings splash of Japan to Bellagio — PHOTOS & VIDEO
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Ichikawa Somegoro performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
An adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" is performed on a stage at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" on a stage the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Nakamura Yonekichi performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
People find a spot inside the Bellagio hotel-casino to see an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro, left, and Nakamura Yonekichi perform during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro, center right, performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
An adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" is performed on a stage at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro, center, performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
An adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" is performed on a stage at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
An adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" is performed on a stage at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
An adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" is performed on a stage at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro, left, and Nakamura Yonekichi perform during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
An adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" is performed on a stage at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Nakamura Yonekichi, left, and Ichikawa Somegoro perform during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro, left, and Nakamura Yonekichi perform during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro, right, performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro, right, performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
An adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" is performed on a stage at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro performs during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
An adapted version of the Kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" is performed Friday at the Fountains at Bellagio. The show will run two times today, 9:15 and 11:30 p.m., and again on Sunday before closing. Kabuki is a traditional Japanese art form, and the show — with elaborate costumes combined with water movements, music and images projected on a screen — needed weeks of preparation.
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An adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" is performed on a stage at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
Ichikawa Somegoro, above, performs with the cast during an adapted version of the kabuki classic "Koi Tsukami (Fight With a Carp)" at the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him
After weeks of preparation, the Bellagio lake came alive with a Kabuki show unlike anything seen before in Las Vegas.
MGM Resorts International produced the show in collaboration with Shochiku at the Fountains of Bellagio.
Top Kabuki star Ichikawa Somegoro performed during the event, which was inspired by Kabuki, the most famous traditional performance art in Japan.
