Events Information

25 Jan. 2026

Tokijyo Hanasaki will perform at an event of traditional Japanese performing arts in Akasaka Civic Center.

2 June 2026

Tokijyo Hanasaki will perform in dedication to the god of Tenkawa Benzaiten Shrine, Nara prefecture

4 July 2026

A presentation by Hanaski school disciples will be held at Mubyoan in Mitaka

13 Sept. 2026

Hanasaki-kai will perform at Asagaya Shinmeigu festival

31 Oct. 2026

Hanasaki-kai performance will be held at Kanze Noh-gakudo （Noh Theater） in GINZA SIX

Dancer gestures reduced to a bare minimum.

Jiutamai consists chiefly of floor-level circular movements and eschews any kind of jumping or leaping. In this sense it is closest of all forms of Japanese dance to the original meaning of mai（mai means to circle or turn without leaving the ground）. It is even more subdued than the restrained yet power filled dance of Noh. In part this is because it's performers are women, but a more basic reason is that the dancers themselves consciously developed the form in that direction.

Jiutamai does not try to express feeling with direct realism, however. Quite the reverse, the dancer uses all her power to suppress it. She moves quietly, almost as though has happened, with no jumping or leaping or quick changes of pace, her gestures reduced to a bare minimum.