Dance Oral History: Reflections on Kuni Masami’s “The Yellow Time”

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Dance Oral History: Reflections on Kuni Masami’s “The Yellow Time”

Video ID number: V00715
Recording date: 15 January 2026

Overview

An oral history of dance in which participants recount their experiences while viewing archival footage. In this video, Reiko Noto (who studied under Masami Kuni from 1951) talks about Kuni's masterpiece "The Yellow Time". After studying with Kuni, Noto later established her own dance studio in Sapporo after going independent in 1959, and continues to work as a creative dancer to this day - now aged 94 (January 2026). It is now only possible to hear about Kuni's training including his "Dance Body Training" method and his approach to creating work through accounts such as these, by people who received his directly benefited from his teaching.

Details

Title: Dance Oral History: Reflections on Kuni Masami’s “The Yellow Time”
Performance creator(s): NPO Dance Archive Network
Performance date(s): 15 January 2026
Performer(s) and staff: Interviewee: Reiko Noto
Interviewer/Video Recording: Toshio Mizohata (Dance Archive Network)
Video Editing: Mizuhito Kuroda (Gekko Parade)
English Subtitle Translation: Maï Burns
Genre: Modern、Others