“The [Japanese] folk dance is more fun and social.” Whether these dances are fast or slow, folk or classical, an additional benefit is the cultural education that accompanies them. What Yeo ...

“It is the dance that is speaking, interpreting, since we do not smile, shout or laugh.” Kihara won’t reveal her age, but she’s been practicing Japanese traditional dance for almost 24 year ...

David Cowland-Cooper (front in a red T-shirt) fell in love with Awa Odori, a Japanese traditional folk dance, and started a local dance group in Brisbane. Source: Tensui Australia Mr Cowland ...

Forty-one ritual folk dances from around Japan were added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity List in 2022. The Kuta Hanagasa Dance is performed in a rural community in the very ...

For 24 years, Willoughby City resident, Kay Tang has been teaching Japanese folk dance or 'bon odori' at MOSAIC multicultural centre in Chatswood, NSW. Originally from Taiwan, and having picked ...

Japan's biggest dance festival. Thousands of dancers, dressed in colourful traditional costumes, parade through the streets performing elaborate dance routines to the tune of live music and song.