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"O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
-William Butler Yeats

While there is a strong tradition of performance dance, many of the traditional dances of Japan are associated with annual festivals and are local in flavor with religious overtones.

Japanese Dance

Yahoo! JAPAN Arts:Performing Arts:Dance

The obvious place to start. But you had better be able to read Japanese.
(Japanese)

Awaodori Guide

From the Tourism Division of Tokushima Prefectural Government comes this promotional page for the Awaodori dance. Complete with Shockwave and QuickTime animations.
(English and Japanese)

Nagoya Odori

A very brief summary history of the Nishikawa School of traditional Japanese dance.
(English)

Nisimonai bon odori

A short page on the dress for the traditional Nisimonai bon odori dance in the town of Ugo.
(English)

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