NIHON BUYO by Umekawa Ichinosuke at Gallery 2026 | Los Angeles | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center | Special Classical Dance Demonstration at Closing of “Healing with Gold: The Art of Kintsugi on Ceramics & Beyond” | Sunday, October 18 at 2:00PM
LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center presents a special classical dance demonstration by Umekawa Ichinosuke at the closing of Healing with Gold: The Art of Kintsugi on Ceramics & Beyond at the Doizaki Gallery on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 2:00PM
Free, RSVP now required https://jaccc.org/events/healing-with-gold-the-art-of-kintsugi-on-ceramics-beyond/
Umekawa was born in Hita City, Oita Prefecture and graduated from Niigata University. He began his dance career with the Tokyo Ballet and as a Kabuki actor before deciding in 2016 to focus on Japanese classical dance (Nihon buyō) as his primary art form. He studied under Living National Treasure Tamasaburō Bandō, who gave him his dance name Ichinosuke Umekawa. In addition to performing buyō throughout Japan and internationally, he collaborates with many artists to blend Japanese dance with poetry, haiku, orchestral music, animation, and other artistic genres. Recently, he has been performing as a partner to Tamasaburō Bandō in his acclaimed Talk and Su-odori stage series. He currently appears in the in-flight landing video shown on all Japan Airlines (JAL) flights.