Kirizaki Japanese Classical Dance Academy & Associates

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伝統芸能

Our philosophy

Dancing in tatami room

 

 

The feeling what the Japanese focusing for a long period

 
 

The era in which the choreography was made - Aiming to approach the original choreography which was created in Edo and Meiji Period.

Pursuing the essence of tradition

Originally Zashikimai (Jiutamai and Kamigatamai) was performed in a tatami room. So we do not have any particular preference of performing place like a theater.
I think the essence of Japanese culture lies in the ambiguity of boundaries.  It could be described flexibility by another word.
 
For example, difficulty of drawing a line of inside and outside separate line at Japanese style porch, Engawa, a Japanese-style room that can be used as both a guest room or a bedroom, and even a view of life and death.
 
Of course, the lyrics and choreography of the dance are based on this sensibility, and the atmosphere that exists between the dancer and the audience as they move between inside and outside of themselves is also an important element.  I think a tatami room is a place where you can share that dense atmosphere more than anywhere else.
 
You could discover the significance of contacting old Japanese culture through Jiutamai feeling the sound of breathing, the sound of silk, rustling, the feeling of vague eyes under natural light and the echo sound sink to your body in the space made by wood and paper.
 
 

 
 

Universal Expression

 
This Mai is not a dance to play a role but to describe the "scenery in the mind" of the dancer, accompanied by "murmuring" lyrics.
 
The impression of the Mai shall be completely different even performed by the same dancer, the same song because it reflected by the atmosphere created by each dancer's personality and life experiences.
 
The true charm of enjoying Mai is that if you have some prior knowledge, you could enjoy even more but even if you do not have knowledge you could enjoy from your personal feeling.
 
Therefore, anyone could enjoy beyond language, time period.
 
 

To pass on to the next generation

In order to familiarize Zashiki-mai(Jiuta-mai and Kamigata-mai), it is necessary to increase the number of fans and enthusiasts, but it is also important to increase the number of dancers.
 
We would like our students to concentrate the practice continuously without any financial and mental concerns by corcing to participate the events or make the matching Yukata or our daily class lessons.  We also do not compare students with each other.  We will progress the event like recital by minimum cost and refund the profit.
 
This policy remains unchanged even at Kirizaki Japanese Classical Dance Academy & Associates.
 
It is needed to try hard to create the different structure from the traditional the head of school (Iemoto).  We are able to do this because we are not big organization.