Short Course on Japanese Dance and Kotsuzumi
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Tachibana-kai
- subsidy category
- Traditional Arts Practice Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 3 (2021) Traditional Arts Practice Grant
Business Overview
[Event to be experienced] Nihon buyo or kotsuzumi [Number of experience sessions (per person, including presentations)] 7 sessions (including presentations) [Name of main instructor] Sumizo Tachibana (Nihon buyo), Sadasuke Mochizuki (Japanese music festival) [Feature of the project] Since there are two activities in one class, such as Nihon buyo and kotsuzumi, it is a project that makes you feel that you have experienced something different after experiencing one. When they make presentations, they show each other their achievements, which gives them a chance to get to know other genres of performing arts. [Environment for participants to continue practical experience (practice) of traditional performing arts] The participants will experience the difficulty and enjoyment of practice, and the enjoyment of practice by holding a recital with a professional performer. For those who want to continue practicing more deeply, introduce instructors of this project or create a new practice experience program and ask them to participate.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Thursday, April 14, 2022 - Thursday, June 30
- Venues
- Lecture: Spase sen (Taito-ku, Tokyo) Presentation: Asakusa Public Hall, Assembly Room 2 (Taito-ku, Tokyo)
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Profile
[Tachibana-kai]
A school established in Showa 33 (1958) by the first iemoto, Sumizo TACHIBANA. He trained himself as Saburo ICHIKAWA the first at the age of six under Chusha ICHIKAWA the seventh (shop name: Tachibanaya), and was active as a Kabuki actor and a dancer under the name Sumizo HANAYAGI. After the seventh died, he left the Kabuki world saying 'I can't see two people,' and started the Tachibana school as a dancer, taking the stage name of the seventh, Tachibana. After that, he was active as a dancer from Nagoya. He is now the third generation and is active mainly in Tokyo.