 Most viewed - Noge Daidogei Street Performance Festival 2010 野毛大道芸 |
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It sure reminds you of the James Bond movie, "Goldfinger" where a girl was turned into gold.3179 views
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Japanese belly dancers at Noge Daidogei in Yokohama.871 views
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The 36th Noge Daidogei Street Performance Festival was held on April 24-25, 2010 in Yokohama, near JR Sakuragicho Station. "Daidogei" means street performance.744 views
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Japanese belly dancer.737 views
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I gladly gave them a coin, even though they deserve a lot more. Hopefully there were people who gave bills.441 views
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The music was very spacy.316 views
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Well, it was a very photogenic performance. Someday, I'd like to see foreigners dance with them.314 views
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Shiva, a walking human sculpture of a salaryman.258 views
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There were two guys and three girls dancing.254 views
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They gradually headed up the road toward their street performance area. ささらほうさら 金粉ショー244 views
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The music, their movements, and gold appearance really made it interesting.239 views
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The Sasara Hosara butoh dancers were almost nude and painted in gold. I had to see this, and came away very impressed.233 views
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My YouTube video of the Sasara Hosara Golden Butoh dancers at Noge Daidogei 2010.233 views
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The 36th Noge Daidogei Street Performance Festival in Yokohama, Japan featured a fantastic troupe of Chinese acrobats on April 24-25, 2010. 中国雑技芸術団230 views
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Another one which I didn't have time to see: Diane Orrett's balloon act. She's from Liverpool, UK.223 views
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After each performance, they must have some touch-up painting where it rubbed off.219 views
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At the 36th Noge Daidogei street performance festival in Yokohama, the Sasara Housara semi-nude butoh dance troupe, body-painted in gold, gave a spellbinding performance.194 views
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They gave three performances on each day of the Noge Daidogei festival. Imagine being painted in gold for the better part of the day.194 views
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The first street performer I wanted to see on April 24 was the Sasara Housara butoh dancers. First we see this sign warning us that the gold paint will not come off if it rubs on us.190 views
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Sometimes they dived into the crowd, which was hilarious. But no one dared to touch the gold bodies.179 views
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But it was obvious that the gold paint easily rubbed off, when they sat on the ground, etc.175 views
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My YouTube video of the Japanese belly dancers at Noge Daidogei 2010.167 views
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My YouTube video of the jugglers.164 views
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My YouTube video of the Chinese acrobats at Noge Daidogei 2010.162 views
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Next group I saw were these Chinese acrobats. First he uses a long whip to cut off the flower the little boy is holding.141 views
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On the streets around Noge, they had well over 10 street performance areas numbered from A to N. Large crowds gathered around all of them, especially this one.140 views
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Balloon man134 views
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Then two women do quick costume and mask changes.128 views
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She's like wow...127 views
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Who was this guy?126 views
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Accordion act. 遠峰あこと爛漫社中126 views
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Didn't understand what they were doing, but it was interesting to watch.124 views
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She moved very slowly down the road.121 views
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Ta-da!! And everyone applauded. What a show that was.120 views
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Then she balances herself on this high stack of chairs.119 views
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The 36th Noge Daidogei Street Performance Festival in Yokohama, Japan featured an alluring troupe of Japanese belly dancers from the Al Camarani Oriental Dance Company on April 24-25, 2010. 119 views
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Amazing. We were all in awe.118 views
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What would a street performance festival be without a juggling act?118 views
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She kept piling on these chairs. Good thing it wasn't a windy day.117 views
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But the most amazing act was the final one, by this world-class Chinese acrobat.116 views
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OK, next was the eye-catching Yoshimoto Daisuke butoh dancers. 吉本大輔116 views
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This is Solsora, a French-Canadian guy and Japanese lady doing a circus-like act on a giant swing.116 views
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Everything was pantomime to music and they didn't talk at all.116 views
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They danced in two groups. There's another group dancing on the right of this group.115 views
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Not sure if they really are a couple.115 views
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They actually didn't perform on the street. They were next to the train station under a roof. 114 views
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They said that they follow the gypsy-style of belly dancing.114 views
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This man did a few amazing balancing acts.113 views
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A "strange" performance by the Ojaruzu. おじゃるず113 views
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Balancing a sword on their heads while belly dancing.111 views
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They follow a love story from when they meet for the first time, fall in love, and perform together.111 views
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She calls herself Miss Sullivan, a humorous Japanese juggler.111 views
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She had the kid catch all the balls she was juggling.110 views
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They were quite good. Lately, I've been seeing more Japanese taking up belly dancing. I hope the trend spreads further.109 views
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Diane Orrett gives a balloon headphone.107 views
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Two skywalkers and two dancers on the ground. Also see my video at YouTube.106 views
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Another juggling act was the Kikyo Brothers. 桔梗ブラザーズ Also see my video at YouTube. 桔梗ブラザーズ106 views
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It's impossible to see all the acts in one day. But I was able to see all the acts I really wanted to see, plus a few more.106 views
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Another balloon act.106 views
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Unfortunately, they didn't have a microphone so we couldn't hear them. おじゃるず103 views
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Another act which I didn't have time to see: 3 Gaga Heads 3ガガヘッズ103 views
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After making a grand entrance, they finally reached their performance area.102 views
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Balloon Man バルーンおやじ102 views
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Unfortunately, I had to answer my cell phone during this performance and couldn't shoot the rest of their act.99 views
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