TOKYO (Reuters) - As the coronavirus outbreak leaves people cooped up at home, aficionados of classical Japanese dance are using modern technology to keep their passion for the art form alive.

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 ...

Influences from kabuki and karate inform her boundary-crossing body of dance work. “There are five major schools of Japanese classical dance,” she says. “The Fujima school is known for having very ...

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 ...

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).

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.

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, ...

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 ...