hello everybody welcome to tokyo
creative play i'm your host emma and
today i'm actually here with most of the
tc crew we do have ian t man and shiori
joining at another session but for today
it's just us today we're starting our
journey of learning our dori dodi is a
really cool dance festival thing that
happens in koenji every summer and it's
so so cool but i'll tell you more about
it later today we're going to go and see
the event dance with light toku koen ji
hawadi plus and we're going to learn
more about the history of the dance and
the dance itself and just have a good
time and then we'll learn the dance at a
later date also today's video is
sponsored by tsukinamiku so thank you so
much let's dance
oh this is awesome oh hi
our dottie is a traditional performing
art with a history of over 400 years
originating in tokushima prefecture the
tokyo koenji aodori festival is held in
koenji which is home to many unique
shops and facilities and is frequented
by people from all over the world
the tokyo koenji owa odori started in
1957 after world war ii when a shopping
street in koreanji decided to make the
most of the streets and to liven up the
town they proposed to perform the aodori
which is a dance parade that goes
through the streets
along with annual summer festivals there
are also workshops and events for the
awa dodi2
let's take a look at what the tc staff
had to say about the owa odori how was
the experience i really liked it yeah it
was your first time right yeah but
you've seen it several i'm obsessed
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i was surprised
it's not easy though true it looks like
you're just lifting your feet and doing
this the whole time
but my brain could not coordinate this
and that it's also bending down like
you're like squatting yeah i was shaking
though i used to go like
like 2018 2017 2016. oh my gosh like i
love abu dhabi so
i know
i always see them like yes they're cool
oh my god
foreign
it's such a vibe like it's so loud
there's so many teams of people there's
just people where you're all sweaty and
everybody just like yelling and you're
like yeah it's like a live concert yeah
it's so good i really really miss it so
this is like filling a
hole that i've had so yeah it'll be your
first time dressing up and actually
trying it for real i'm so excited i'm
really really pumped i'm excited i
always thought like oh it'd be cool if i
like dedicated the time i could do it
now we're doing it yeah i'm really
pumped come join in for india
good morning everybody welcome
back it is early we're okay
we're just doing some stretches and
we're here for our first day of
rehearsals for the uh for the dance i'm
feeling a little bit nervous personally
but i'm excited we're gonna be doing two
hours of dancing
so yeah
let's get started we're here with the
whole tc crew we're good to go
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this is the first rehearsal of
six in total yeah so i'm a bit nervous i
think my thighs are gonna really hurt it
looks like a really thigh intensive
dance so we are gonna read the superstar
tubby
but i'm not gonna show you my
feet
bye mr tomizawa and miss hayakawa from
the association for the promotion of
tokyo koenji aodori will teach us how to
do the dance and how to prepare for the
actual performance okay this is what
we're covering in the practice session
today number one get the rhythm into
your body number two movement of the
feet number three the movement of the
hands and number four shouting of the
dance these are the four things we need
to learn will the tc members be able to
keep up with today's practice
let's find out
whatever
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yes
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how's
i'm used to squatting so my legs are
okay but like the rhythm i don't
understand like i can't it's hard to
coordinate it's so hard to get the
rhythm like i don't understand it it's
not a rhythm i can write easily it's
very different from the operon you know
yeah yeah yeah japanese uniqueness
it's like it kind of for me it feels
like dancing offbeat
right it's so difficult
i'll get it i gotta practice but i'll
get there
i was nervous to do the the voice yeah
the like sign to let go yeah but it
feels cool you know i've always loved
because i love the uh oh i don't i used
to go see it in kanji all the time and
they're always too cool with like
the ladies and everything so i feel i
feel blessed to do that you know yeah i
feel like with complicated dances you
know as long as you know the moves you
can kind of fudge it a bit but this it's
like one move and it's very specific and
you have to like master it and i'm like
i don't know
i don't know if i can do it but i think
you need to be graceful like as well
like it's kind of like a belly dancer
even if you can do the move you have to
have that like
posture and yeah
but i'm excited to see improvement i'm
excited to see the starting point and
the end point still got five more
training sessions after this there's a
lot my legs are gonna be like bulk like
a cyclist
gonna have like those size
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i don't work out a lot so i'm pretty
tired but this is great i've always
wanted to join like a proper group dance
our ceo was amazing
he was like the ideal student can you
show us one more time
hey there we go
our ceo
he's amazing
so yeah we're taking a break and
we will see more progress after this
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no everyday 5k run has to be done i'm
not doing that
i think it's really really really
tougher than you thought and then i'm
small so maybe you guys think so easy
because it's easy to be compact but
still
my arm is dead
and my what if tomorrow
my leg is dead
it's great it's good fun it's harder
than it looks because you're constantly
like you're your thighs are on fire
because you're constantly upset like
that
but i've got a little secret for you to
show you yeah this could be useful for
you as well sarah behind the camera
because you're dancing with us too right
apparently yeah so one thing that really
helps
this brings me back to a 14 year old and
a very aggressive basketball coach but
um
we used to do these things called wall
sets but you have to sit oh no they're
the worst
they had to hold it
oh my god as bad as that sucked it kind
of put me in even though it was 20 years
ago it kind of put me in good stead for
this thing but
i'm glad it's not me having to say it
definitely you know
i have homework i have to master this by
tomorrow i remember everything just so
you can see this is what it is
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we all had sore muscles after the second
day of practice and we agreed that it
was much more difficult than we
originally thought today after reviewing
the four points from the first day we
will need to learn the specific
movements and formations for the actual
performance the teachers have been
telling us to have fun use a loud voice
and to try our best to impress the
audience on the day of the performance
but at the moment we're honestly
struggling to remember the movements
i have muscle pain but enjoy it
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um
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all right so this is day three of our
practice today
come join us on the third day of
practice we actually practiced on our
own without the teacher now i know it's
hard to believe but uh
we're not professionals but if you guys
want to see some actual professionals do
the dance there is a video of the tokyo
kwenji aodori dance in the description
box so please check it out there are
many workshops and events related to the
owadori dance in koenji so i hope you
guys can visit koenji one day and see it
for yourselves
yeah and there was mount water oh from
the tap yeah that one was the best water
hands down i can top that water now i'm
gonna order water for all your christmas
presents
you're gonna get some genuine water
okay we've been practicing really really
hard but actually this is all for an
event that if you're in tokyo you guys
can actually come and join it's on
january 22nd so please come meet us in a
call enji yeah coolest place yeah it's
gonna be in zakuenji and yeah we're
gonna be doing a little dance event so
you guys can come watch us and meet us
and hang out a little bit so uh yeah if
you want tickets they're down in the
description down below but be quick
because uh there's only a limited number
of seats see you there see you there
everybody thanks for watching
bye
right now okay hold up
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