東山紀之 - 幻炎（ほのお）
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I AM TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THIS PERFORMANCE SOBS. I think I pimped it twice at Twitter, and I am pimping it here again orz Higashiyama Noriyuki's dance solo in PLAYZONE 2000 THEME PARK.
幻炎, there is no real word for this, but the kanji read together would roughly mean "phantom flames" (幻 = illusion, 炎 = flame/blaze), though they put the reading as just ほのお (honoo), which just means flames. I love how they really portrayed "fire" and the spiritualism in the dance. I just wish I can watch whole this PLAYZONE (annual musical 少年隊 were in charge of from 1986 - 2008) so I can fully interpret the performance; it's only available on VHS, though I'm planning to get it anyway ;w; This is one of the most "Japanese" dance performances I've seen by Higashi♥ The music and choreography is perfect in my opinion. It's less flashy but I think it's very specific and difficult to make it look good (which Higashi does more justice to it than a Phoenix Wright game).
I'd love to know your interpretations of this amazing performance♥
And to think, this was 10 years ago and he's already that crazy good and graceful♥ I really love watching Higashi dance, it's always such a beautiful sight to behold♥