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Kamigata-mai is pure poetry translated
into dance and music within an unfolding meditative space.
Keiin YOSHIMURA uses dance to express
the whole range of innermost feelings of a woman based on this traditional
Japanese dance style. She translates them into slow, earth bound
movements, accentuating them and adding more expression by using small
objects like a folding fan or parasol or the kimono sleeve.
The kimono itself symbolizes the beauty of the dance.
The jiuta singer,
representing the popular folk song tradition of the Kamigata region and
accompanying herself on the shamisen, the three string instrument that creates
with it's sawari (buzzing) sound a sensory space, adds to an atmosphere
of a highly stylized reflection of emotions in the boundless space of time.
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