Two hours later...
"That's Hokushou Kairi" -Star Analysis- [Kageki 10/2007]
(These "That's somebody-or-other" articles are divided into sections which they call "schools", as in "School of Acting", etc. Hence the "School of Spirit", which admittedly sounds kind of silly. ^^;;)
School of Spirit
"Knowing the Real Thing"
More than knowing the real thing, I think I want to study the way that the Takarazuka Revue presents itself. Studying the arts of an area I am unfamiliar with is my stress-reliever - it has become my method of relaxation - but with anything when you know the origins, I feel as if the feeling you get when you look at the stage also changes. The distinctive features of the Takarazuka stage are the magnificent costumes and sets, so there are fundamental things which change, and it seems there is a big difference between knowing and not knowing those basic things... There are things that once the material is decided and rehearsals start, I think "someday this will be useful" and begin to learn them. The first time I started doing flamenco was when it was decided that I would perform in Valencia no Atsui Hana, but with the shamisen it was when I was a ken-7 and felt that "I really want to learn Japanese dance"; I thought that first I had to know the sound of a shamisen and that’s how it began. Takarazuka is a stage of dreams. From now on, without ever losing "quality", I want to keep growing as an otokoyaku.
School of Expression
[These are captions printed next to her picture; I thought I'd translate them too because they're short and fun. :)]
In my Tsukigumi days, Rika-san (Shibuki Jun-san) taught me to be conscious of twisting the upper half of my body and taking a 45-degree angle; in this way I study how to appear beautiful onstage.
This is a pose from the number "I could be fine" in Bourbon Street Blues. I always try to have the image of my arms and legs being "just 5 centimeters longer".
I want to feel the atmosphere of a costume or scene and change my expression to it. In this photo, I am expressing my "happy feeling" of today.
~
muffin_song, I kind of want to translate the other page too because it's cute and funny (and I have an irrationally strong love for that drawing of Ramon), but I think it's too much to count for this exchange so, er, I might do it later. >.>;;
(These "That's somebody-or-other" articles are divided into sections which they call "schools", as in "School of Acting", etc. Hence the "School of Spirit", which admittedly sounds kind of silly. ^^;;)
School of Spirit
"Knowing the Real Thing"
More than knowing the real thing, I think I want to study the way that the Takarazuka Revue presents itself. Studying the arts of an area I am unfamiliar with is my stress-reliever - it has become my method of relaxation - but with anything when you know the origins, I feel as if the feeling you get when you look at the stage also changes. The distinctive features of the Takarazuka stage are the magnificent costumes and sets, so there are fundamental things which change, and it seems there is a big difference between knowing and not knowing those basic things... There are things that once the material is decided and rehearsals start, I think "someday this will be useful" and begin to learn them. The first time I started doing flamenco was when it was decided that I would perform in Valencia no Atsui Hana, but with the shamisen it was when I was a ken-7 and felt that "I really want to learn Japanese dance"; I thought that first I had to know the sound of a shamisen and that’s how it began. Takarazuka is a stage of dreams. From now on, without ever losing "quality", I want to keep growing as an otokoyaku.
School of Expression
[These are captions printed next to her picture; I thought I'd translate them too because they're short and fun. :)]
In my Tsukigumi days, Rika-san (Shibuki Jun-san) taught me to be conscious of twisting the upper half of my body and taking a 45-degree angle; in this way I study how to appear beautiful onstage.
This is a pose from the number "I could be fine" in Bourbon Street Blues. I always try to have the image of my arms and legs being "just 5 centimeters longer".
I want to feel the atmosphere of a costume or scene and change my expression to it. In this photo, I am expressing my "happy feeling" of today.
~
muffin_song, I kind of want to translate the other page too because it's cute and funny (and I have an irrationally strong love for that drawing of Ramon), but I think it's too much to count for this exchange so, er, I might do it later. >.>;;