Performance schedule for Spring 2025!

 

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Time to change wardrobe for spring clothes!

 やっと春の季節になりましたね、今年は早目の衣替えです。

"Sayonara" black coats and welcome colorful dresses. 

Here are some of my spring and summer long dresses. 

long sleeves

half sleeves

no sleeves

Mid-summer dress

Jumpsuits

2025 Spring Performance Schedule

 I would like to inform schedule for upcoming shows: 

 

            April 27: Long Island Sakura Matsuri 25 year anniversary (Stoney Brook University, Long                                 Island,     NY) Noon-5:00 pm

May 7: Queens Library (Ridgewood, Queens, NY) 4:00 - 5:00 pm Solo performance

May 10: Queens Library (Bayside, Queens, NY) 3:00 - 4:00 pm Solo performance

           May 12: Senior Center (Stanford, CT) Private event Solo performance  

May 13: Queens Library (Howard Beach, Queens, NY) 4:00 -5:00 pm Solo performance

May 21:  Ikebna International Gala (Downtown, NY) Private event Solo performance

May 22: Senior Center (Long Island, NY) Private event Solo performance

Theme of the programs:

1) Music Tour of Japan

2) Japanese Culture through Traditional Dance and Music 

Dance: 

Sakura, Kyo Mai, Nihon Buyo, Okinawan dance: Zei, Higasa Odori, Nuchi Bana, Iwai Taiko, Shiki Kuduchi, Kuti Busi

Sanshin play and sing Japanese traditional folk songs

Tusndara Bushi, Tinsagu Nu Hana, Uchina-, Okinawa Sodachi, Haru No Uta, Densa Bushi, Kokiriko Bushi, Shima No Bluce, Asadoya Yunta, Mamurgawa Ondo 

                                                                 Please join the program! 

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Dress rehearsal!

 I was doing a dress rehearsal without make up. 

Shortening Furisode Sleeves !

 This week I am working on shortening the long sleeves of my Furisode kimono. 

今週は中振袖を小振袖に縫い変える作業を行っています。

Happy Lunar New Year 2025!

Today was my first dance recital of 2025 at a private Lunar New Year event! 

演目：

（舞）

さくらさくら

京舞

日舞

日傘おどり

貫花

祝い太鼓

（民謡唄・三線演奏）

てぃんさぐぬ花

沖縄育ち

安里屋ゆんた

島のブルース

20th Anniversary !

 I started performing Okinawan dance in NY in 2005 and this year marks 20 years anniversary. I would like to introduce some photos from the past 20 years. 

 

Solo recital @ Amherst University, Massachusetts 

Asian Dance and Music @ South Haumpton Culture Center 

Rehearsal

State University

 Recital

Solo concert, Queens Library 

Long Island Sakura Matsuri

World Dance Festival, Brooklyn NY 

Recital: Queens Library Flushing Main Stage

Long Island Sakura Matsuri

New Year Celebration of Japan Society of Fairfield County, CT 

Asian Dance and Music, Commack Long Island

Multiculture Festival, Long Island

Randol's Island Cherry Blossom Festival 

Great Neck Culture Festival

Asian Culture Festival, Miami FL 

Hartford Dragon Boat Asian Festival, CT 

Okinawan and Japanese Dance and Music

Long Island Sakura Matsuri

Okinawan dance demonstration and workshop @ Japan Society NY 

Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival in Saint Poul, Minessota 

X'mas event @ Taiwan Center NY

Asian Music and Dance program, Long Island

Norwalk International Culture Exchange event in Norwalk Museum, CT 

Private party in NJ 

Great Neck Library Kimono and Dance demonstration 

Greenport Village Cherry Blossom Festival

Long Island Sakura Matsuri

 

First recital in New York 

Randol's Island (NY) Cherry Blossom Festival

New Jersey Cherry Blossom Festival

Solo Recital at the Northshore Library

Saga Harbor Japanese Festival (Hampton, LI)

Long Island Sakura Matsuri

Private event

Dragon Boat Festival, Hartford CT 

Aki Matsuri (bon odori) Festival

Japan Society of Fairfield County, CT

NICE Festival, CT 

Japan Society, New York

Summer 2024