Japan

Our dance is inspired by the story of The Tale of Bamboo Cutter. The main focus of the story is Kaguyahime, discovered as a tiny infant inside a glowing bamboo stem by an elderly bamboo cutter. He and his wife raise her as their daughter, and Kaguyahime quickly becomes a beautiful young woman, a shining princess. Destined to return to the moon, her true home, Kaguyahime attempts to discourage her five princely suitors by demanding them to do impossible tasks. Subsequently, all fail. When an embassy of heavenly beings arrive in a chariot to collect her, she dons a feather robe and they take her back home to reclaim her rightful place as an immortal.