{"product_id":"9780819190154","title":"Teaching Personality With Gracefulness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book includes both a description and a discussion of the methods used by Kanriye Fujima, a member of the Fujima school of Japan, to teach Nihon Buyon to primarily Japanese-Americans. Sellers-Young discusses Fujima's life as a teacher in three Pacific Northwest communities, providing an explanation of her teaching processes and contexts of performances. Incorporating the themes and images associated with the pieces, Sellers-Young discusses Fujima's vital role in the maintenance of specific Japanese cultural values. Contents: Preface; Becoming a Student; Kanriye Fujima's Life and Traditional Japanese Dance Theatre; The Movement and Its Aesthetic Base; The Students; The Studio: The Process of Teaching; The Performance Elements; Contexts of Performance; Nihon Buyo: From Japan to the Pacific Northwest; Appendices: The Dances and Program Notes of Fujinami-Kai; The Ten Most Taught Dances in Each Age Category; References; List of Illustrations; Tables and Charts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50022671679728,"sku":"9780819190154","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780819190154_p0.jpg?v=1784245772","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780819190154","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}