Evening of Modern and Traditional Japanese culture

http://www.mediamatic.net/id/30562 2010-09-04T15:22:15+02:00 Evening of Modern and Traditional Japanese culture Shishimai performance, cosplay performance and live music by J-pop band 'Slightly Spring'

An evening filled with performances and music in Japanese style, as part of the Japan New&Old, In&Out week. With performances by Shishimai, Cosplay and the Dutch J-Pop band 'Slightly Spring'.

For the fans of Japanese culture: “Shishimai” is a traditional dance performed at special occasions in Japan. We'd presented our modern variation of Shishimai, performed by Japanese and Dutch artists. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/31641/en/shishimai-performance-at-mediamatic"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/015/31641-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="shishimai performance at Mediamatic" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - shishimai performance at Mediamatic - Mediamatic.net" href="/31641/en/shishimai-performance-at-mediamatic">shishimai performance at Mediamatic</a> <h3>Cosplay</h3> An introduction to the strange and fascinating cosplay subculture of Amsterdam. Cosplay, short for "Costume Play” is about dressing up as characters from Japanese manga and anime. Cosplay is not only a huge phenomenon in Japan; there are also Dutch communities of anime fans having cosplay competitions. We invited these cosplayers to create a performance for a Dutch perspective of a Japanese subculture. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/31642/en/shishimai-performance-at-mediamatic"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/257/31642-300-400.jpg" height="400" width="300" alt="" title="shishimai performance at Mediamatic" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - shishimai performance at Mediamatic - Mediamatic.net" href="/31642/en/shishimai-performance-at-mediamatic">shishimai performance at Mediamatic</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/31643/en/cosplayers-at-mediamatic"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/793/31643-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="cosplayers at Mediamatic" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - cosplayers at Mediamatic - Mediamatic.net" href="/31643/en/cosplayers-at-mediamatic">cosplayers at Mediamatic</a> Later on in the night everyone had the opportunity to enjoy the Dutch J-pop band 'Slightly Spring'. Plus at the end of the night everyone rocked out on Japanese tunes played by DJ Yutaka. Watch the performance right here on Youtube. <object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0POTJ0vh7yY&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0POTJ0vh7yY&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/30657/en/slightly-spring-at-mediamatic"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/453/30657-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Slightly Spring at Mediamatic" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Slightly Spring at Mediamatic - Mediamatic.net" href="/30657/en/slightly-spring-at-mediamatic">Slightly Spring at Mediamatic</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/30658/en/slightly-spring-jpopconcert-in-denmark"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/531/30658-208-400.jpg" height="400" width="208" alt="" title="Slightly Spring @JpopConcert in Denmark" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Slightly Spring @JpopConcert in Denmark - Mediamatic.net" href="/30658/en/slightly-spring-jpopconcert-in-denmark">Slightly Spring @JpopConcert in Denmark</a> kyoko inatome http://www.mediamatic.net/id/27127 4.90982 52.3758 ARTEFACT event 1