To bring you further entertaining elements in our Japanese performing art repertoires, we are going to add a newly emerging and contemporary dance born in Japan for our event next year!

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Gujo Odori is one of the Big Three Bon Odori of Japan. JPA has been introducing and dancing it in NYC for the past 4 years.

We are having JPA Free Online Classes for Gujo Odori starting August 5th and ending on September 23rd (on Friday for 8 weeks). The classes start at 7pm and last 45 min. If you are interested in joining us, contact us at the email address below. We will send you a link to the online class.

info@japanperformingarts.org

The link below is the webpage of "Bon Odori" in the JPA website and it explains about our Bon Odoi classes.

japanperformingarts.org/activities/bon-odori/

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JPA is launching a new phase of our Kimono Project this Fall! We will soon announce the exact project dates and the venue. It is a free public program supported by NYS Council on the Arts, NYC Cultural Affairs, Japan Foundation, JCC Fund, and Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industries.

Photo by Robert and Yoko Essel
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Kimono Model by Wakaba Nakamura

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Today, we could finally resume our Orochi rehearsal with some new members for our performance at the JapanFest in Atlanta this September!
It's been almost 4 years since our last Orochi performance at the United Nation International School.

We will post more images of our rehearsal scenes from next weekend!

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