it won the Audience Award for narrative dramatic feature film at the Sundance Film Festival.

I received strict yet thoughtful instruction and learned a different perspective — especially about the differences between the dance worlds of Japan and the U.theres already an infrastructure in place to support a full-scale production.

Bando Hidesomis Nihon buyo class assembles for their Benkyokai 2024 recital in the Doizaki Gallery at the Japanese American Cultural Community Center.and those reunions continue into our teens.I believe there are universal values we should all hold dear — gratitude.

The minyo group Matsutoyo Kai is another example.I wasnt technically a live-in apprentice.

I started thinking seriously about wanting to teach Japanese dance in the future.

and I wanted everyone to enjoy dancing it together.:Referring to the sports programs.

and installing TVs to show videos.Many students enrolling at the school in the 1990s were Sansei.

Matsumoto had to deal with the need for more space.activities like ballroom dancing.