Photo gallery: Kabuki dance
The Suzuyuki-Kai dance troupe celebrated 35 years with a performance at the Green Fields Country Day School
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Hideko Espinoza performs the Itako Ayame a dance based on the famous classical dance, "Fuji Musume," or "Wisteria Maiden," during a dance concert hosted by the Suzuyuki-Kai dance troupe as they presented, "Dance Eternity-Kabuki Dance" at Green Fields Country Day School.
Dance teacher Mari Kaneta, middle, gets a little touch up before a dance concert hosted by her group, the Suzuyuki-Kai dance troupe. The concert was in celebration of the dance group's 35 years of teaching and performing. The dancers perform in traditional kimonos, hairstyles and with kabuki makeup. The music is traditional along with contemporary, pop and classical Japanese. The group was established in 1984 with the mission to promote and preserve Japanese culture through traditional kabuki-style dance performances and workshops.
Dancer Violet Lageschulte, 4, gets some lipstick before a dance concert hosted by the Suzuyuki-Kai dance troupe. Donations to the Japanese Red Cross were being accepted for the victims of the recent Japanese earthquake.
Naomi Mayer, middle, leans towards a small DVD player as she and her fellow dancers watch the movie, "Alice in Wonderland," to keep them occupied before their performance.
Jennifer Lano, far right, performs the Haru Wa Hana during the concert. The four seasons of Kyoto are expressed in the dance. The performers dance among the cherry blossoms in the spring; walk by the river in late summer; gaze at a distant mountain during a fall rain; and look forward to the warmth of room on a snowy winter day.
Mari Kaneta, foreground, and Suzu Igarashi dance the Nagare, a piece composed for the Azuma Kabuki troupe on a tour of Europe and the US in 1954.
Taiko drummer Shelly Yoneda, middle, performs with the Mogan Daiko drum group before a dance concert hosted by the Suzuyuki-Kai dance troupe.
