Nihon Buyo - JALT PIE conference video by Mona Malekimehraban & Kotone Yoshida
Channel: Rab Paterson
Date: 23/08/2021

Video made by Mona Malekimehraban & Kotone Yoshida
Nihon-Buyo,—a culture that has been around in Japan for over thousands of years, is now slowly losing its existence. In this video, we aimed to send a message to not take Nihon-Buyo too seriously, which we think will help the art to gain more people. To do so, we focused on not being too formal like last time, and more so focusing on giving the impression of casuality. We did this through adding two factors; upbeat music, and sharing various information instead of digging deep on one topic. However, we also had to make sure the video did not give out the impression of casualness too much, as it is true that the world of Nihon-Buyo is strict about respecting others and especially elders. This is why we added factors such as sharing the long history, and ending the video with a clip of Mona bowing in a formal manner, which is something she does to her teacher at the beginning and end of each class. We hope our video reaches out to many peopleーnot only younger generations, but also people in their 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and more. It is never too late to challenge yourself!