Congratulations Mary Ohno! Sensei reaches her Koki (70th) birthday!
Congratulations to our dear Mary-Sensei! She has reached the age of 70, the age meaning Koki. May you have many many more happy years!
Watch TV-Japan’s video about Mary Ohno & her father, Tadaichi Hirakawa
Mary Ohno & her father Tadaichi Hirakawa, (well-known as” Come Come English” in 1946-1956) who announced Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s war-end message in English through the shortwave broadcast to all over the world (Aug. 15, 1945). Watch here, on TV-Japan, if you have problems viewing the video above
Updated Kabuki Academy Performance Schedule
Here are the upcoming Kabuki Academy Performance Dates: Sep. 13 (Sunday) 2:00-2:3- Akl Matsuri @ Bellevue College Oct. 11 (Sunday) 11:30 -12:15 Children’s Festival @Seattle Center Nov.14 (Saturday)11:00am Family Concert @ Town Hall Seattle Nov.15 (Sunday) 01:00~ Fula Festival (as guest performance) @Meydenbauer Center Theater
Kabuki Academy will Perform DragonFest
Kabuki Academy will perform Japanese shamisen music and dance on July 12th at 1:30 – 2:00 pm on DragonFest’s main stage.
Watch the Debut of 2 new dancers
Come see the debut of our newest dancers, Miya and Umeko! They will dance with Kabuki Academy for the first time on Sunday, April 26th at noon at the Cherry Blossom Festival at Seattle Center, on the Armory Main Stage. Umeko is a young lady who joined the academy late Summer of 2014 and is […]
Kabuki Academy performs at Cherry Blossom Festival Sunday
Kabuki Academy performs at Cherry Blossom Festival Sunday, April 26th at noon on the Armory, Main stage, Seattle Center House. Please join us and celebrate the debut of 2 new dancers: Umeko and Miya For more festival information and directions Click Here Armory, main stage
Kabuki Academy at Sakuracon 2015
Kabuki Academy is proud to perform in the Opening Ceremony of Sakura-Con and run a kimono workshop during Friday and Saturday of the convention! April 3 & 4, 2015 At the Washing State Convention Center, Downtown Seattle more information
This weekend! Madame Butterfly
Here is an article featuring Lyric Opera Northwest and Mary Ohno by International Examiner. Mary talks about her involvement with the Madame Butterfly performance this weekend. Click here for the International Examiner article
Mary Ohno will dance in Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly at the Moore Theater in Seattle, Wa March 13th at 7:30 pm and March 15th at 3:00pm. Not only did Mary Ohno dance, she also conducted the singers’ movements and helped to dress them in kimono.
Mary Ohno models Juuni-Hitoe, December 2014
In the winter of 2014, Mary Ohno traveled to Tokyo, Japan. On December 19, she had the priviledge to model Juuni-Hitoe. Juuni-Hitoe requires very special dressers, who must rehearse the kitsuke for Juuni-Hitoe periodically. The dressers who artfully assembled this elegant ensemble were: Madame Ayako Nakayama, Ms Keiko Oda, and Ms Yumiko Tanaka. Madame Ayako […]