Precision dance at Kikyo

The other day I introduced a precision dance by twins. This is at March 2008, when I took the first picture of precision dance at Kikyo. The picture quality was low and the dancing was not smooth. But still we were able to make so pricise formation. We were all good and loved dancing. The Yakitori shop behind and the slide-show board on the roof are still set at the current club Kikyo Memorial.




It was a custom to form a line when dancing. We were forming an orderly line naturally without any positioning balls.




Even not a straight line, we were making some formation in the course by ourselves. The position and angle were all adjusted individually.




We ended up with a circle of ourselves and no one would go into the middle area. The ring-shaped positioning balls were not popular at that time.




They were members of a dance group “Kinoichi” except me on the right end, so they were good at dancing unsurprisingly. At dance shows, dance ball sets including movement were used. I joined a dance show on a stage once, but it was not interesting to sit on a designated ball at a specific timing. The dance master who creates and set the dances was great though.




It was also joy to dance with mermaid costumes. At this time someone set a blue drop curtain.




Even Totoros made a line. Is it humorous or overdone?




There were up to 29 members following the helm by Hal9000 standing in front of them. Unfortunately, I missed this chance so this picture is a work by Hal himself, a prizewinning photograph at 2011 Baba photo contest. Hal has been using the same shape and costume since then and is doing well even now.



I love to move around while dancing, to turn in time to music or to follow the partner who leads me. It was a great joy to do figure skating with animation, following a leader to make a pair skating. After that positioning dance balls became popular, and at some clubs I was advised not to move around personally. I am sorry that there are few people to dance moving to the music now, changing with the time….