■Performance Date:

    August 2018 – 13(Mon), 14(Tue), 20(Mon), 24(Fri), 27(Mon), 28(Tu) and 30(Thu)

■Member Introductions:

koto: Shoko Katsui

shakuhachi: Chozan Imoto

Nihon Buyo: Yuki Yamane

■Profile:

Be fleetingly beautiful.

Hanayura was named containing the wish to express flowerily the harmony of the traditional Japanese instruments and brilliant dancing.

According to the change of time, we have so little chances to come in contact with the traditional Japanese performing arts today.

Under such circumstances, we have been training from childhood and were organized to make many people feel the traditional Japanese performing arts intimately and value the pride as Japanese.

We are trying not only classic performances but also new trials with a flexible mindset to familiarize and carry on the traditional Japanese performing arts.

■Past Performances:

(a group of “tokiwazu ballad”, “nagauta” and dancing

*tokiwazu ballad: style of joruri narrative used for kabuki dances

  nagauta: ballads sung to samisen accompaniment)

■Performance Date:

 　　August 2018 – 24(Fri)

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■Member Introductions:

samisen and dancing: Einojo Senju

samisen and nagauta: Toyotayu Tokiwazu

■Profile:

Senkiku performs not only classic pieces but also collaborations with many kinds of music and musical instruments. They have performed in Paris and held workshops of the traditional Japanese instruments, and in Japan, given children opportunities to experience such instruments in Japan.

■Past Performances:

Shizuko Watanabe

(a koto player)

■Performance Date:

 　　August 2018 – 13(Mon) and 14(Tue)

■Profile:

Shizuko Watanabe has participated in many performances held in China, Singapore, Australia, U.S.A., and other countries from 17 years old. She teaches in several educational institutions and performs at many TV shows and music events. She studied koto, jushichigen and sangen under Kazue Sawai and now teaches in Sawai Koto Institute. She won the Gold Award at the Third National Japanese Music Competition, the Cultural Encouragement Award at the Eleventh NOVYI International Music Competition and the Encouragement Award at the Qualification Examination of Sawai Koto Institute. Besides, she participated in the Hasekenko National Japanese Music Competition and Kenjun National Japanese Music Competition for the final. She exhibits her performances that mainly contains collaborations with many kinds of music instruments in all parts of the world.

 * jushichigen and sangen: kinds of koto

Maki Matsuoka

(a painter in abstract)

■Performance Date:

■Profile:

Maki Matsuoka is good at the performance drawing abstractly and without preparation. She has held many audience participation performances and proposed a plan in the event that invigorate the local community.

She is exhibiting a series of “Small Abstract Painting”, based on the concept that makes arts more close and easy.

As literally, she draws an abstract picture on the canvas of 6 cm by 4 cm at the minimum.

From March 2018, she started the series of “纏う絵(matou-e)”, which is the works of art done on clothes.

*In Japanese, 纏う(matou) means put on and 絵(e) means a painting.

She gets requests from avant-garde dancers and pop bands to draw on their stage costumes and is making an effort to expand her style that utilize painting to other artistic fields than painting.

The information about other performers will be updated as soon as they are decided.

We are looking for performers, actors, actresses, musicians and trainees!

Would you like to make the most of your motivation and possibility

 in Kyoto?