Japan Society will present Nihon Buyo in the 21st Century: From Kabuki Dance to Boléro, with three performances only taking place Wednesday, January 24 through Friday, January 26 at 7:30pm at Japan ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sahomi Tachibana, a Japanese American master teacher and performer of Nihonbuyo (traditional Japanese dance) lives in Portland. Tachibana just turned 100 in April. The legacy she ...

Kabuki master Nakamura Gankyō will take workshop participants on a journey through this unique Japanese theatrical style, demonstrating highlights from the dance drama Mirror Lion (Shunkyō Kagami ...

Witness a breathtaking union of Japan's most talented nihon buyo dancers, featuring the esteemed Hanayagi Motoi and rising young star Azuma Tokuyo (also known as Nakamura Kazutaro in kabuki theater).

FROM the busiest intersection of Tokyo’s main street, the Ginza, it is only a few steps to the Kabuki-Za, the principal theater dedicated to the presentation of Japan’s most colorful form of drama, ...

To understand Amagatsu’s work, it helps to know a bit about Butoh. Butoh (roughly translated as “dance step”) originated as a revolutionary performance art in Japan in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

A 74-year-old surfer and master of classical Japanese dance may seem an unlikely member of a seniors’ breakdancing group, but Saruwaka Kiyoshie said getting her feet wet in the sport was a no-brainer ...

Ukrainian students perform a classical Japanese dance in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Feb. 3, 2024. (Mainichi/Hibiki Yamaguchi) FUKUOKA -- Four Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion of their homeland to ...

Japanese artist Chigusa Kamamasu recently performed at Triveni Kala Sangam. Chigusa Kamamasu began her dance journey with Classical Ballet at the age of four and has spent over two decades mastering ...

The beauty of Japanese tradition will be unveiled at two special events in Bangkok this week by Sakura Fujima School in collaboration with Soke Fujima. The first is "Kimono Exhibition", which will ...

Japanese artists embracing Indian culture greet PM Modi with classical dances and songs Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a rousing welcome from the Japanese artists upon his arrival at a hotel in ...