Events
Free Trial Lesson of Japanese dance
Free Trial Lesson of Japanese dance
Basic movements and gestures of Japanese dance; how to use the dance fan, and a Kabuki dance repertory
Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2024 — Weekends in Bloom
Celebrate the beauty of cherry blossoms with this graceful Japanese classical dance performance. The program includes a kabuki dance from the 19th century and choreographed works by Sachiyo Ito.
Bloomfest at Branch Brook Park, Newark, NJ
Enjoy a family day in New Jersey’s pinkest park! A packed schedule of events includes Japanese cultural demonstrations, children's activities, live music, a crafter's marketplace, food and more!
National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC 2024
Performance at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. on March 31
2 - 2:30pm
If you are in the area to take in the glory of the capital’s cherry blossom trees, then please join us for a program of Japanese classical dances at the Tidal Basin Welcome Stage!
Linking Verses and Dance Improvisation
Join us for a special evening of poetry and movement!
Dances inspired by “Kengo Kito: Unity on the Hudson”
Sachiyo Ito & Company presents classical dances that express reverence for nature, and feature Sachiyo Ito’s solo contemporary works, which she choreographed: “To the Sea” and “Memories,” inspired by water, nature, and humanity, accompanied by a poetry reading. Sachiyo Ito will introduce the program with a demonstration of classical dance form and gestures. A Q&A session will conclude the program.
Culture Bridge at Flushing Queens Library
What Makes Japanese Art?
Talks, Performances, and Workshops on Thursday evenings from 6-7pm at the Queens Flushing Library (both in person and online presentations)
The third Installment: Sakura the Cherry blossom: the Favorite Flower of the Japanese as Expressed in Japanese Classical Dance.
Aesthetics of the cherry blossom as expressed in performing arts and literature will be discussed, followed by dance performance with the theme of cherry blossom.
Japan Day Parade 2023
Japan Day Parade
Annual Japan Day Parade along Central Park West /70th Street-TBA
Saturday May 13 starting at 1pm
Japan Society – Children’s Day Celebration
Japan Society – Children’s Day Celebration
**Sunday May 7: Morning and Afternoon Performances in honor of Children’s Day at Japan Society (Details to be announced later)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Spring Events
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Spring Events – Saturday April 22 at 1:30-2pm, and 3pm-3:30pm
Cherry Blossom Festival
Cherry Blossom Festival
**Sunday April 16: Bloomfest! Cherry Blossom Festival at Branch Brook Park in Newark, NJ at the Prudential Grove Concert Stage from 2:30-4pm. Admission is free.
National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC 2023
Event by National Cherry Blossom Festival
Queens Library- What Makes Japanese Art?
Talks, Performances, and Workshops on Thursday evenings from 6-7pm at the Queens Flushing Library (both in person and online presentations)
Queens Public Library Program
This is the first installment of four in the series "What makes Japanese Arts?"
Japanese Culture through Dance by Sachiyo Ito
In the two parts of the program Sachiyo Ito, Ph. D, will discuss major characteristics of Japanese culture as they appear in dance, and give a survey of the history of Japanese performing arts. Following she will show a demonstration of basic styles and techniques to illustrate dance and theater forms in her discussion.
Upcoming Performances in DC, NJ, 2022
Come and Join us for our exquisitely elegant Japanese Classical Dance to celebrate the closing of the Tidal Basin Program!
Let’s celebrate together with our program at the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Essex County Branch Brook Park, where you can enjoy thousands of cherry blossoms!
Culture Bearers and Traditions for Posterity
Folkloric and traditional dance practitioners offer insights on the strength of their practices for posterity, articulating the ways they participate in the wider dance field and how they pass on their traditions. How are these artists perceived, supported and included, and on what terms?
Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2022
Celebrate the beauty of cherry blossoms with this graceful Japanese classical dance performance. The program includes a kabuki dance from the 19th century and choreographed works by Sachiyo Ito.
Culture Bridge: Dance And Culture Of Japan By Sachiyo Ito
Please join Sachiyo Ito & Company for a Queens Public Library virtual event:
Culture Bridge is a series celebrating Flushing as one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in Queens. Culture Bridge programs focus on musical instruments, dress or dance while presenting them in both English and the most popular language among the audience. These are opportunities for cross-cultural understanding and education.
David Vaughan’s The Dance Historian is in with Sachiyo Ito
Sachiyo Ito’s Talk and Showing of Performance Videos 1991-2019
Free Streaming Presented by New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
New Online Class of Japanese Classical Dance for Beginners
Learning and adopting graceful manners and gestures from dance movements to daily activities; learning Japanese cultural traditions through literature and backgrounds of dances; dressing in yukata; learning basics of Japanese dance, including the proper stance, how to walk, and the use of the dance fan; studying repertories of classical dances; strengthening the core through Japanese dance.
Happy New Year 2021
We at Sachiyo Ito and Company wish you all good health and peace for the New Year.
We would like to invite you to two online presentations in the first month of 2021.
Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online
Artistic Director Sachiyo Ito will be featured as one of artists in their online series, presented by Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
The Virtual Archive Series of Sachiyo Ito and Company
In this program we present full length versions of the dances whose excerpts were streamed before as Highlights.
Virtual Archive Series of Sachiyo Ito and Company
We featured the excerpt from Onatsu Kyoran in our other program, and now we will present the dance drama in its entirety.
Virtual Archive Series of Sachiyo Ito and Company
This program will present the Classical Tale of Dojoji Temple and Dojoji 2002.