PORTLAND, Ore. — Sahomi Tachibana, a Japanese American master teacher and performer of Nihonbuyo (traditional Japanese dance) lives in Portland. Tachibana just turned 100 in April. The legacy she ...

There were a lot of amazing acts on the America’s Got Talent’s premiere, with comedians, ventriloquists, magicians, singers, and more. Now, this week’s episode had something new that was like nothing ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — For Latin American audiences, Kihara said, Japanese traditional dance might be hard to embrace. MEXICO CITY (AP) — When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko ...

Even a well-oiled machine like “America’s Got Talent” can run into some friction from time to time. Duo Dadiva, a balancing act duo from Cuba, divided judges Simon Cowell, Sofía Vergara, Howie Mandel ...

A Japanese dance-theatre art form lands in Cyprus this July as Dance House Lefkosia hosts a workshop dedicated to the Butoh ...

He brought worldwide attention to a radical yet elemental form of contemporary dance that emerged in the wake of wartime destruction. By Alex Williams Ushio Amagatsu, an acclaimed dancer and ...

Portland Japanese Garden will bring a centuries-old Japanese tradition to life this weekend with its annual Bon-Odori Summer Festival on Saturday, Aug. 23. A highlight of summer festivals in Japan, ...

Post-war Japan was home to exciting new theatrical forms. These included the often grotesque and contorted, but at times flowing, dance style “butoh”, created by dancer/choreographer Hijikata Tatsumi ...

Unbound Japan is a new interview series spotlighting entertainment industry professionals who have built careers on the international stage. For its inaugural installment, Billboard Japan spoke with ...

Magic on stage: Takemi (sitting, left) peforming in the ‘Magical Night’ play at the Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theatre in Nizhny Novgorod. — AFP En pointe, demi-pointe, entrechat – for Jotaro ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara barely alters her expression. It’s her arms and torso that move like a slow-motion wave. “Expression is ...