Honestly, I couldn't even tell that Harumi was nervous. Even though she forgot one minor movement, she didn't let that show in the rest of her performance. Harumi has learned quite well in the 9 months since she began. Bravo!
Yes, that is what seperates the amateur wannabes from true performing artists! We amateurs can't recover from the smallest mistakes and the rest of the performance suffers as a result. But true artists can not only recover but grow from it!
I’m amazed at how the Sensei can do all those moves, but only breath through her nose, and not open her mouth. Her facial expression didn’t look tired at all. Very cool! Harumi was also very beautiful and graceful!
I can easily imagine your daughter's reaction to seeing her mom dressed up special and looking so happy! I remember those seemingly rare occasions that my mom got to dress up for a very special occasion. For a child it's almost like Mommy must be magical! Both performances were wonderful!!!
I think this dance is a perfect example of the culture of Japan that you are seeking to preserve. It combines graceful motions of the feet, hands, head, and even eyes in a pantomime that tells a story. It is very beautiful and I enjoyed it completely. I hope for your success in your quest.
Thank you for posting about Nihon Buyo. I actually took my first lesson yesterday via Zoom! Like Harumi-san, I use to do a lot of other styles of dance like ballet, modern and aerial and it’s just exciting learning a new dance style. Yay Harumi! You look beautiful! とてもきれいでした！
It adds so much atmosphere when Harumi adds the makeup and has the full space of the stage to move around. We can get a bit of the idea from the training livestreams, but this was the full experience. 👏👏👏
I am not qualified to comment but personally, I really enjoyed Harumi’s performance. It was lovely and graceful. I did not see the “mistake” because Harumi maintained her poise perfectly. Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. The teacher’s dance is formidable! She certainly deserves her reputation. Lovely ❤
Actually, a number of cities in the US have Nihon Buyō instructors and performers in them. Especially if you live in a city with a large Japanese diaspora community, I'd recommend looking to see if there's any performers in your area
This was so beautiful! Shizuki Sensei is fabulous! And Harumi is so graceful. I have no doubt she can become a professional Nihon buyo dancer. I so enjoyed every moment of her dance. Excellent Harumi!!👏👏👏❤️
You can tell Harumi spent a lot of time practicing--her movements seem so confident and precise! ... and she's so graceful too!!! It's hard to imagine her preforming hip-hop dancing! ☺️
Hearing Harumi speak about how earnestly she wanted to chase her goals made my heart so warm! I hope she continues to succeed! This was a beautiful watch!
Thank you for including subtitles of what was said in the beginning. It really helped give context and set the mood of the performance. I could imagine a young girl watching cherry blossoms fall in early spring. Harumi was so beautiful and graceful! I hope she continues!
Well done, Harumi. I was like hypnotized... you danced so gracefully and you looked so beautiful. So many moves, and you learned them all in such a short while? To me that only means that you DO have a great talent for this and want to master dancing. Keep following your dream, Harumi...because you do belong there on stage. Wonderful performance. Madam Shizuki "makes" it look so effortless, so fluent... Simply ..beautiful and fantastic
Both dances were so beautiful. Harumi was the prettiest looking lady there, too. And her sensei's grace of movement was a wonderful sight to behold. Thank you for the video and thank you to Wakayagi Shizuki for letting you film her.
Such a treat! I did Nihon buyo for 10 years and my sister has her natori from the Bando school. I'm pretty sure she did both of the dances in this video! It's interesting to see the differences between schools.
Growing up and watching this type of dance I have always been drawn to the elegance and grace that is shown within the dance. Harumi done amazing for the first dance and shows great promise, I really hope she sticks with it and we get to see her growth. So beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.
✋🥳🤚 Yayy Harumi & Shizuki Sensei 👏👏👏 Both The Stories Of The Dancers Was Incredible! And Very Educational In The Culture Which Is A Plus ✌️😁! I’m So Glad Everyone Enjoy The Show!
I like the the fact that Harumi has experience with a lot of different forms of dance. It is interesting to see a person with experience in one discipline, pick-up skills in another.
Im new to seeing things like this, but this made me cry. For some reason, it made me think of my partner, who passed away 8 years ago. It had a romantic feel to it, but there was a sense of sadness. I think Harumi gave a beautiful performance!
So beautiful! Great job Haruni! I think i never seen such excellence in Japanese dancing as the performance of Shizuki. The dance is so complex and her execution is beyond words. Breath taking.❤
Wow Harumi! To remember such a complicated dance routine is really very difficult. I’ve done classical ballet, jazz dance, street dance, flamenco and Kathak (indian classical dance) amongst others, in the past so I know a little bit of what I am talking about. It was mesmerising and I sincerely hope you’ll continue. Best of luck to you and ganbatte ne❣️
Oh 🤩 WOW!! Absolutely beautiful and graceful! Harumi, you are an amazing performer!! Your sensei’s performance was so wonderful! This was a such a treat to wake up to this video. Thank you 🙏🏼
Harumi's performance was absolutely stunning! The poise and graceful movements of the fan and kimono. Beautiful. Just beautiful. Shizuki Sensei's performance was just something else altogether. Harumi's dance was so soft and wistful, but Shizuki Sensei's was commanding and powerful. The difference in energy is striking and yet both were so incredibly elegant. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Such beauty, such grace. It has been sometime since I’ve experienced such emotions for some thing that it’s not native to my culture. Thank you so much for posting this.
Harumi, thank you for sharing your beautiful dance performance. You are very graceful, beautiful , and talented. So well done and I look forward to future dance videos.
Thank you for sharing this journey, and explaining the dances to us. Nihon-buyo is something I never would have been able to experience otherwise and its really beautiful and peaceful to watch.
thank you for sharing the experience, Shogo, Harumi and family☺️♥️♥️. all the best to all. performer working hard for the art. its all interesting and beautiful.♥️
“Mama-sensei” had me in tears how precious 🥹🥹🥹❤️ great job harumi-San! You did amazing!! I know it isn’t easy that’s for sure switching such vastly different styles of dance; I have a friend who did ballet most his life and then turned to hip hop. Completely different form and movesets
So graceful and gorgeous!! Lovely hair and hair decoration, matches kimono so beautiful. 🌺🌸 Thank you for sharing this very special performance Harumi. 🙏
It's truly beautiful seeing the Nihon-buyo dancers doing a dancing performance, Harumi's Maiko dance was really elegant and gracefully lovely. Thank you so much for a great video!
Harumi did wonderful although she doesn't make the the stage sparkle she made it shine and rain with petals. You done amazing so happy to see your journey
OMEDETŌGOZAIMASU, HARUMI-SAN!!! Beautifully danced!! ❤❤❤ And congratulations team Shogo on how beautifully this was FILMED!! Thank you so much for doing it with a 3-camera setup so we never missed a turn or expression. EXCELLENT job everyone!!
Thank you for being able to share the two dances with us. A rare treat indeed. As for the mistake, that's the sign of a true artist. If you recognize your mistake but the audience doesn't notice. Even gymnasts and figure skaters performing their routines, if they fall or not land a tumble. Move right along don't even draw attention to it. Illustrators and I am sure content creators, do it with the physical or digital medium. To themselves, the flaws are highlighted with a bright spotlight on the mistakes. But for the rest of the world, we are too enamored with the entire performance or piece. Fantastic work. Thank you again. I have two questions though, how does Harumi's family respond to her studying and doing a Japanese cultural dance and what do the white banners/flags/really wide ribbons that her sensei used in hers represent. I know the Koreans use ribbons a lot in their dances, but this was the first time I've seen such wide lengths of fabric used in a dance. To do all of that movement for so long, in a Kimono, and NOT fall on her face. If I was to practice that it would be years before I could master it. Just to get that endurance, coordination, and healing of the bruising/broken noses from tripping myself and making a face plant.
Hello Shogo, Harumi, and family. Thank you Harumi for sharing your beautiful dance with us, I loved it. You dance so beautifully and you speak English very well. I hope you will share more of your dancing in the future. Tom from the US
So Harumi studies Wakayagi-Ryū? That’s so cool. I’m really excited. I’m taking my first Nihon Būyo lesson this Friday through zoom. I’ll be studying Onoe-Ryū ❤
If it's even possible, Harumi looked even more beautiful in this video. She's such a pretty lady and her dance was wonderful - you wouldn't even know it was the first time she'd danced in front of an audience if nobody had said. Well done, Harumi!
From hip hop to Nihon Buyo is such a steep learning curve. The precision and detail is incredible. Congratulations.
Wow this was amazing 👏 👏 👏
Honestly, I couldn't even tell that Harumi was nervous. Even though she forgot one minor movement, she didn't let that show in the rest of her performance. Harumi has learned quite well in the 9 months since she began. Bravo!
Yes, that is what seperates the amateur wannabes from true performing artists! We amateurs can't recover from the smallest mistakes and the rest of the performance suffers as a result. But true artists can not only recover but grow from it!
I guess she took that from her experience as a modern/hip hop dancer
I’m amazed at how the Sensei can do all those moves, but only breath through her nose, and not open her mouth. Her facial expression didn’t look tired at all. Very cool!
Harumi was also very beautiful and graceful!
I can easily imagine your daughter's reaction to seeing her mom dressed up special and looking so happy! I remember those seemingly rare occasions that my mom got to dress up for a very special occasion. For a child it's almost like Mommy must be magical! Both performances were wonderful!!!
I live in Japan, but I don't usually come into contact with this kind of Japanese culture, so it was very refreshing!
Harumi looked beautiful and so graceful. I couldn’t see a mistake. Her performance was so elegant. ❤❤❤❤
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I think this dance is a perfect example of the culture of Japan that you are seeking to preserve. It combines graceful motions of the feet, hands, head, and even eyes in a pantomime that tells a story. It is very beautiful and I enjoyed it completely. I hope for your success in your quest.
Thank you for posting about Nihon Buyo. I actually took my first lesson yesterday via Zoom! Like Harumi-san, I use to do a lot of other styles of dance like ballet, modern and aerial and it’s just exciting learning a new dance style.
Yay Harumi! You look beautiful! とてもきれいでした！
It adds so much atmosphere when Harumi adds the makeup and has the full space of the stage to move around. We can get a bit of the idea from the training livestreams, but this was the full experience. 👏👏👏
I am not qualified to comment but personally, I really enjoyed Harumi’s performance. It was lovely and graceful. I did not see the “mistake” because Harumi maintained her poise perfectly. Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. The teacher’s dance is formidable! She certainly deserves her reputation. Lovely ❤
The USA needs to see this. Beautiful
Actually, a number of cities in the US have Nihon Buyō instructors and performers in them. Especially if you live in a city with a large Japanese diaspora community, I'd recommend looking to see if there's any performers in your area
I am in USA and enjoyed this video SO MUCH!
This was so beautiful! Shizuki Sensei is fabulous! And Harumi is so graceful. I have no doubt she can become a professional Nihon buyo dancer. I so enjoyed every moment of her dance. Excellent Harumi!!👏👏👏❤️
You can tell Harumi spent a lot of time practicing--her movements seem so confident and precise!
... and she's so graceful too!!! It's hard to imagine her preforming hip-hop dancing! ☺️
She was so graceful and posed! Thank you for sharing something so special! ☺️
Hearing Harumi speak about how earnestly she wanted to chase her goals made my heart so warm! I hope she continues to succeed! This was a beautiful watch!
Thank you for including subtitles of what was said in the beginning. It really helped give context and set the mood of the performance. I could imagine a young girl watching cherry blossoms fall in early spring. Harumi was so beautiful and graceful! I hope she continues!
Well done, Harumi.
I was like hypnotized... you danced so gracefully and you looked so beautiful.
So many moves, and you learned them all in such a short while?
To me that only means that you DO have a great talent for this and want to master dancing.
Keep following your dream, Harumi...because you do belong there on stage.
Wonderful performance.
Madam Shizuki "makes" it look so effortless, so fluent...
Simply ..beautiful and fantastic
I saw some of Shizuki-sensei’s modern dance videos and they were awesome! I hope she will post more.
Both dances were so beautiful. Harumi was the prettiest looking lady there, too. And her sensei's grace of movement was a wonderful sight to behold. Thank you for the video and thank you to Wakayagi Shizuki for letting you film her.
Congratulations Harumi-san! Great job!
The kimono Harumi is wearing is really gorgeous!
Harumi is an amazing dancer 😊
It’s so graceful ☺️
I didn't get it at first but it made more sense once I realized that the dancer is playing every role.
Such a treat! I did Nihon buyo for 10 years and my sister has her natori from the Bando school. I'm pretty sure she did both of the dances in this video! It's interesting to see the differences between schools.
Breathtaking form, really glad to see that everything went so well. With a teacher that talented it comes as no surprise!
Haruni did a wonderful job. Shizuki sensei did a wonderful job. Thank you for sharing these performances.
Growing up and watching this type of dance I have always been drawn to the elegance and grace that is shown within the dance. Harumi done amazing for the first dance and shows great promise, I really hope she sticks with it and we get to see her growth. So beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.
She is so graceful and serene!You must all be glowing with pride at what Harumi has accomplished.
BRAVA! Enjoyed both Harumi and her Sensei's dances. Thanks for showing us this wonderful aspect of Japanese culture OHKINI!
Her wardrobe looks wonderful and very much appreciated thanks to your wife Shogo
Great job. She did wonderfully.
✋🥳🤚 Yayy Harumi & Shizuki Sensei 👏👏👏
Both The Stories Of The Dancers Was Incredible! And Very Educational In The Culture Which Is A Plus ✌️😁! I’m So Glad Everyone Enjoy The Show!
This video is absolutely perfect for studying this part of Japanese culture thank you
Been binge watching your channel for a couple days and the love you have for your family and heritage is so refreshing. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful video hope more come out
Rounding out the top ten 🙌
I like the the fact that Harumi has experience with a lot of different forms of dance. It is interesting to see a person with experience in one discipline, pick-up skills in another.
Harumi’s English is well done, even though it may be hard for her.
Im new to seeing things like this, but this made me cry. For some reason, it made me think of my partner, who passed away 8 years ago. It had a romantic feel to it, but there was a sense of sadness.
I think Harumi gave a beautiful performance!
When Harumi danced, I could see the blossoming cherry trees around her 🤩
This was just absolutely beautiful. Wonderful dancing from both Harumi and Shizuki Sensei. 🥰🥰🥰
Your entire family is always so well and smartly dressed, even the kids! I love to see what outfits everyone will be wearing!
YAAAAAY Harumi!!! Amazing dance!!!
Love what you do always wonderful
So beautiful! Great job Haruni! I think i never seen such excellence in Japanese dancing as the performance of Shizuki. The dance is so complex and her execution is beyond words. Breath taking.❤
I will shortly summarise Harumi‘s performance: Beautiful
Wow Harumi! To remember such a complicated dance routine is really very difficult. I’ve done classical ballet, jazz dance, street dance, flamenco and Kathak (indian classical dance) amongst others, in the past so I know a little bit of what I am talking about. It was mesmerising and I sincerely hope you’ll continue. Best of luck to you and ganbatte ne❣️
The beautiful side of Japanese culture, love it 😍
Oh 🤩 WOW!! Absolutely beautiful and graceful! Harumi, you are an amazing performer!! Your sensei’s performance was so wonderful! This was a such a treat to wake up to this video. Thank you 🙏🏼
That was amazing! Way to go, Harumi!
I hope you all are doing well 😊
Oh yeah and I'm a dancer so this video is great because I wanted to see more of Japanese dances
Harumi was captivating and graceful.
Fantastic!!
Harumi looks absolutely gorgeous and a great job in the dance! I'm so proud of her.
Harumi's performance was absolutely stunning! The poise and graceful movements of the fan and kimono. Beautiful. Just beautiful.
Shizuki Sensei's performance was just something else altogether. Harumi's dance was so soft and wistful, but Shizuki Sensei's was commanding and powerful. The difference in energy is striking and yet both were so incredibly elegant.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
I truly enjoyed Harumi's performance! It was very beautiful and elegant ☺️
This is so wonderful! Thank you for sharing this with us…Harumi in her kimono looks so much like a true professional…
This is the most beautiful thing I have evet seen. How is it possible to remember all of those moves? Great job Harumi!
this is amazing to see. thanks for the behind-the-scenes, shogo!
Shogo your wife Narumi is very beautiful and talented! Thank you for sharing this cultural experience with all of us 🙏🙏
We need to see more of this!
Such beauty, such grace. It has been sometime since I’ve experienced such emotions for some thing that it’s not native to my culture. Thank you so much for posting this.
Harumi, thank you for sharing your beautiful dance performance. You are very graceful, beautiful , and talented. So well done and I look forward to future dance videos.
Fabulous!!!❤ well done that was really lovely. It was so delicate. Thank you.
What a beautiful form of art! I didnt knew it. Thanks for showing.
Thank you for sharing this journey, and explaining the dances to us. Nihon-buyo is something I never would have been able to experience otherwise and its really beautiful and peaceful to watch.
That was so amazing. Thanks for sharing it with us.
i absoubtly love that you are both keeping your traditions!❤️You both are so goregous and amazing!❤️
見事 😍 Wow Harumi, your performance was amazing!
thank you for sharing the experience, Shogo, Harumi and family☺️♥️♥️. all the best to all. performer working hard for the art. its all interesting and beautiful.♥️
Beautifully performed! Thank you for sharing with us.
“Mama-sensei” had me in tears how precious 🥹🥹🥹❤️ great job harumi-San! You did amazing!! I know it isn’t easy that’s for sure switching such vastly different styles of dance; I have a friend who did ballet most his life and then turned to hip hop. Completely different form and movesets
So graceful and gorgeous!! Lovely hair and hair decoration, matches kimono so beautiful. 🌺🌸 Thank you for sharing this very special performance Harumi. 🙏
Beautiful work, Harumi!
Thanks.
It's truly beautiful seeing the Nihon-buyo dancers doing a dancing performance, Harumi's Maiko dance was really elegant and gracefully lovely. Thank you so much for a great video!
Harumi did wonderful although she doesn't make the the stage sparkle she made it shine and rain with petals. You done amazing so happy to see your journey
A pity the music isn't live... still great performances! Go Harumi!
What a wonderful performance from you Harumi. I also love traditional dancing and wish to perform this kind of art when coming to Japan
never seen anything like this!!!
Harumi was gorgeous
OMEDETŌGOZAIMASU, HARUMI-SAN!!! Beautifully danced!! ❤❤❤ And congratulations team Shogo on how beautifully this was FILMED!! Thank you so much for doing it with a 3-camera setup so we never missed a turn or expression. EXCELLENT job everyone!!
I literally got goose bumps during Harumi‘s performance. 😍👏
Both dances were very nice to watch. Harumi and Miss Shizuki's dances were beautiful, they looked so pretty.
Awesome performances. Congratulations🎉🎉🎉
This made me smile on the inside and outside too! 😊
this dancing is so beautiful!! both harumi and the sensei look amazing
This was wonderful and so interesting! Harumi looked beautiful with that obi and kimono combination.
So beautiful, congratulations 👏🏼 Harumi. Exciting you started this new form of dance, great things ahead for you !
Harumi did great!!
Amazing! Love your videos!
Harumi was awesome! That dance looked very complicated and pretty. Nice job!
Wow! That was amazing.😀🌸
Thank you for being able to share the two dances with us. A rare treat indeed. As for the mistake, that's the sign of a true artist. If you recognize your mistake but the audience doesn't notice. Even gymnasts and figure skaters performing their routines, if they fall or not land a tumble. Move right along don't even draw attention to it. Illustrators and I am sure content creators, do it with the physical or digital medium. To themselves, the flaws are highlighted with a bright spotlight on the mistakes. But for the rest of the world, we are too enamored with the entire performance or piece. Fantastic work. Thank you again.
I have two questions though, how does Harumi's family respond to her studying and doing a Japanese cultural dance and what do the white banners/flags/really wide ribbons that her sensei used in hers represent. I know the Koreans use ribbons a lot in their dances, but this was the first time I've seen such wide lengths of fabric used in a dance. To do all of that movement for so long, in a Kimono, and NOT fall on her face. If I was to practice that it would be years before I could master it. Just to get that endurance, coordination, and healing of the bruising/broken noses from tripping myself and making a face plant.
Beautiful dancing, well done Harumi!
Hello Shogo, Harumi, and family. Thank you Harumi for sharing your beautiful dance with us, I loved it. You dance so beautifully and you speak English very well. I hope you will share more of your dancing in the future. Tom from the US
Beautiful dance she did great❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️⚔️✌️😀
✨👏👏👏👏👏✨😍✨Amazing and beautiful dancing, great performance Harumi. Thank you for sharing this lovely experience. 🙏👏👏💖
So Harumi studies Wakayagi-Ryū? That’s so cool. I’m really excited. I’m taking my first Nihon Būyo lesson this Friday through zoom. I’ll be studying Onoe-Ryū ❤
Harumi, you look elegant and your movements are so beautiful and delicate! Congratulations!
that looked beautiful.
Amazing Shogo Thanl you 😊
If it's even possible, Harumi looked even more beautiful in this video. She's such a pretty lady and her dance was wonderful - you wouldn't even know it was the first time she'd danced in front of an audience if nobody had said. Well done, Harumi!