Yosakoi dance brings energy, culture and community to San Francisco’s Japantown

Yosakoi, a high-energy Japanese dance known for its colorful costumes, powerful choreography, and the rhythmic click of ...
KGW8

Japanese American dancer Sahomi Tachibana performed, taught students for nine decades

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 ...
WMUR

Manchester man becomes first non-Japanese person to participate in traditional dance

OUR MONICA HERNANDEZ HERE TO EXPLAIN. MONIKA TANIGUCHI DANCE IS AN IMPORTANT TRADITION, PART OF JAPAN’S CULTURAL HERITAGE. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 800 YEAR HISTORY, SOMEONE WHO IS NOT FROM JAPAN ...
Oregonian

Sahomi Tachibana, who performed and taught traditional Japanese dance, dies at 100

Sahomi Tachibana was a petite woman. She stood at just 4 feet, 9 inches tall. But when she performed, her diminutive size didn’t matter. “Her presence would just fill a stage,” said her daughter, ...
The New York Times

Ushio Amagatsu, Japanese Dancer Who Popularized Butoh, Dies at 74

He brought worldwide attention to a radical yet elemental form of contemporary dance that emerged in the wake of wartime destruction. By Alex Williams Ushio Amagatsu, an acclaimed dancer and ...
CBS News

New York City's first ever Japan Parade celebrates culture with music, dance and more

NEW YORK -- Thousands gathered Saturday for Manhattan's first ever Japan Parade. As CBS2's Thalia Perez reports, organizers say the event also showed solidarity for other Asian nations as it ...
usace.army.mil

Volunteer dance instructors devote decades to passing down Japanese cultural tradition on Camp Zama

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (July 30, 2021) – Two women who have spent a combined five-plus decades teaching a centuries-old touchstone of Japanese culture to Camp Zama residents were recognized earlier this ...
WAMC

East Asian Dance Offerings at PS21 and Japan Society

Japanese choreographer Ruri Mito made her North American debut at PS21: Center for Contemporary Performance in Chatham, NY, in early January. As part of Japan Society’s annual Japan + East Asia ...
Monsters and Critics

America’s Got Talent: Who is Japanese dance crew, Fusion Japan

There were a lot of amazing acts on the America’s Got Talent’s premiere, with comedians, ventriloquists, magicians, singers, and more. Now, this week’s episode had something new that was like nothing ...
The Atlantic

The Japanese Theater: A Rich Tradition of Drama and Dance

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, ...
NJ.com

East Winds Ensemble:Music and dance of Japan

Here's another preview of First Night Morris County, coming to Morristown on New Year's Eve. More previews, schedules and maps are here. If you're a member of the East Winds Ensemble, you never need ...