Yosakoi Dance is a gift of one giving their everything. Day and night dancers create time to rehearse to bring smiles to people. Every year, in Japan in June for a few days, the streets are filled with music and dance. Hundreds of Yosakoi dance groups (from 30 to 300 people) share their amazing energy. Over 25 thousand people- students, workers, even mothers (with their less than a year old babies in tow) to over 80 year old grandparents, everyone from all over the country come to participate in the dance. They use every minute of their free time painfully rehearsing their dances, for many hours, every week, for the entire year. What every team member has in common other than hard work and dance, is a great big Smile on their faces!
The Dance brought about a very touching moment that was witnessed. Amidst the colorful stage, loud flutes and drums one could see a person in the crowd watching, struggling to keep up, in hand a video call. The camera was facing the stage to view the performers. The phone screen was showing the other side of the call, a young man on a hospital bed, taking off his oxygen mask. He was smiling and trying to mimic a dance movement raising his arms rhythmically with the dancers!
That evening, dance, may have literally created more healing time for that man.
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- Posted by laughingsoul
- Jun 22, 2016
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Readers Comments
speedyfrade wrote: I seems beautiful
speedyfrade wrote: *it
alisamom wrote: Sounds lovely! :)
mnc_91 wrote: Thank you for sharing with us about this wonderful dance :-)
splain wrote: How marvelous is this
mish wrote: Happy dance blessings 💖
suse15 wrote: How lovely!
dorothy3602003 wrote: Awesome and profound.
leoladyc728 wrote: the whole thing sounds awesome
