Keeping the art of traditional Japanese dance alive in its genuine essence

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Kazuko Kaya Yamazaki, Ph.D.
Buyō artist · Dancer · Anthropologist · Educator

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​"versatile and vivid performer"
"dances of dignity and sensitivity"

                 George Jackson, dance critic
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"The Kagura sacred dance offered to the spirit of Great  Divine Nature  is an incredibly important tradition that has existed from mythological times to the current age. Kaya Yamazaki is the rare master of this ancient forms—  the carrier of this rare and ancient tradition."

                          Lawrence Koichi Barrish
                          Negi/Senior Shinto Priest
          Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America