Veteran Japanese classical dancer Mme. Hisami Wakayagi and her Los Angeles dance group “Hana no Kai” will celebrate their 30th anniversary with special guests from Japan at Armstrong Theatre in Torrance on Thursday, June 23, and Friday, June 24, at…
History of “Tsunayakata” First debuted in Shintomiza in 1883. Song Writer: Kawatake Mokuami. Music: Kineya Shojiro. This traditional Japanese dance was adapted from the traditional myth “Watanabe no Tsuna.” Dance versions of the “Watanabe no Tsuna” story were inherited as…
Cultural News 2007 December Issue The Hana-no-Kai branch of the Seiha Wakayagi School in Tokyo, led by Mme. Hisami Wakayagi of South Pasadena, will present a “2008 New Year Celebration – Hana-no-Kai and Hisami Wakayagi Recital” on Saturday, January 19,…
Cultural News, 2005 April issue Mme. Hisami Wakayagi of South Pasadena and her troupe “Hana-no-Kai” presented their 25th anniversary performance on March 5 and 6, 2005 at Aratani/Japan America Theatre in Little Tokyo. In the two-day performance, five new natori-title…