日本にいる家族と世界中にいる友達と繋がっていたい想いから始まったブログ。私の日々の想いをつらづらと記していこうと思います。 In the hope of staying in touch with my family in Japan and my friends all over the world, this blog was created.
It is not exaggerated to say that I am here today because of Yosakoi. While I was struggling with eating disorders and not being able to go to school during my high school years, I still went to Suga Jazz Dance Studio every single day even a day when I could not go to school. Because there was dance, I could "survive" that period of time.
Dancing helped me to stay connected with my Source.
Suga-Ren (the dance troupe I have been dancing with) has been dancing Yosakoi as a way to contribute to a better world. The founder of Suga Jazz Dance Studio is Suga Kunitomo, and she established Star Nation Project and started "Izanai Dance."
"Now, the generation of separation is ending, and we are heading to the new generation of unification. We will become one by overcoming our differences in races, religions, cultures, ethnicities, and ego. The energy that unites us is Izanai." (Translated by Akari; original text was taken from Suga's website.)
Izanai means an invitation in Japanese. Izanai Dance's hope is to invite us to become awaken, to invite each soul to become who it really is.
As I dance Izanai, I am the one who is being invited the most through the experience. I go back to the simplest status of mine and think, "Yes, here, here. This is it! This is where I want to be." By reflecting that place in my dance, if the audience could feel it and remember the place even slightly, there is no better satisfactory joy for me than that.
Whenever I dance, I would like to go back to the place and dance from there.
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Akari Ueoka has been a resident of Maui since Oct. '01. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from University of Hawai`i in '08. Currently, she teaches a 2nd grade at a local public school. She is originally from Kochi, Japan and has a younger brother. She lived in Tokyo from age 8 to 15 and moved back to Kochi after graduating from a middle school. Dancing has been an important part of her life since she was a little girl, and during her high school years, she devoted herself to the rhythmic gymnastics, jazz dance, and Yosakoi dance. Now, she studies a classical Indian dance called Odissi under a guidance of Sarala Dandeker, and it has become her main focus of dancing life. In her spare time, she enjoys surfing, dancing, and updating her blog. --
上岡安佳里 2001年10月よりハワイ州マウイ島に滞在。2008年にハワイ大学教育学部卒業。小学校教員の資格を取得。現在、地元の公立小学校にて二年生を教えている。高知県出身。弟一人。小、中学時代を東京で過ごし、高校時代は高知に戻り当時出会った新体操、ジャズダンス、よさこい踊りに没頭。踊ることは小さい頃から大切なことであり、現在はインドの伝統舞踊であるオディッシィをサララ・ダンデカー師の下で学んでいる。時間の許す限りサーフィン、ダンス、ブログを更新することを楽しむ。
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