Day 7: What Is Beautiful?
Woke up around 8am and looked out the window of my apartment. There were towering clouds just above the high-rise buildings. The rising...
Day 6: Practice, Practice, Practice!
There was some errand for me to run in the morning, so I came into the studio a little later than usual, around 11:30am. Amy was working...
Interview with Akira Hino part 1
In Amsterdam, February 6th, 2016
Day 5: How to Practice Expression
Today was the last day of the first week. 10am to 4pm. Amy and Hino sensei focused on connecting and relationship. In Hino sensei's work,...
Day 4: "Meaning of Technique"
Today was Hino sensei's birthday. When I asked him how old he turned to, he said, "68." I was somehow taken aback by the number, not just...
Day 3: "Pain of Ignorance and Power of Uncertainty"
Today was a little different. Amy spent the morning session on practicing on her own at the studio, and Hino sensei and Kazuko sensei...
Budo Ballet Initiative Part II Day 2
A typical day in the studio starts around 10am. Amy does her warm-up and asks a few questions to Hino sensei. Her questions vary, ranging...
"Budo Ballet Initiative" part II day 1
Currently I'm in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I'm here as a translator/interpreter for my teacher Akira Hino and his wife Kazuko Hino (his...
Real Contact Begins.. Again!
Exactly 3 years ago, on November 29th, 2012, "Macbeth, Again" premiered at Ayanokuni Saitama Arts Theatre in Japan. It was the third...
