Master Mei-Shu gave Mei-Shun a lesson from 18:00. Since it is too hard to drive midday in summer, lesson time would be late in the afternoon. As for winter, daytime is preferred to steer clear of sunset. In the first place, driving in kimono is quite dangerous …
kimono
2013 Performance
StandardMei-Shun posted a short column on her last performance “Shima-no-Senzai (=Senzai, the priestess)” to the public relation brochure of Tsuchiura City. It follows partly below.
… “Shima-no-Senzai” features a woman who originated the geisha girl: she is said to be the first one who served dance entertainment to a party site. In the first half of this performance, you put on a long-hem kimono with a sash bound in maiko (=younger geisha) style. Chou-Ken, a light kimono coat is added on the kimono. Plus the ponytail wig with flower-shape accessories, a golden cap and a sword hung around the waist, it weighs approximately five kilograms …
That means a stage performance is the best exercise for a dancer.
Japanese Dance
StandardKiku-no-e, Mei-Shun
Interested in Kimono? Or Japanese Dance? Let’s share it with Mei-Shun.
Seven years have passed since she started Japanese dance. It joined her cat and piano, making long-dreamed life with music and dance come true, at the middle point (?) of her journey.
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