I wonder how she'd look if she danced without the dress & with a tee shirt and jeans & didn't have the makeup. Not that I don't like it but I'm curious
To each their culture and art form. The dress is pretty, her air is graceful...I recognize it as a performance but it doesn't grab my attention. The musical harmony is too elusive for my tastes, the dance too subtle to grab me. Kudos to this young woman and others like her for keeping her culture and tradition alive though.
It is a Dance of a Butterfly - does anyone one know the name of this maiko. She must changed a lot over 4 years of training, I'd love to catch up on how she has been doing :)
What kind of story is she portraying? Since I have known more about them I am fascinated by the traditions of women of other (not western) cultures. The west has no culture really.
@MyCoffeeLove I hope that Mexico, peru and El salvador will survive the deculturing of 'the west' and dont have these:
- pop videoclips featuring: sex, popularity culture, superficialty, 'gangsta/pimps', depression/suicide.
- Western ways of preparing food in factories, (most factories), microwaves, vaccins, western diseases like diabetes II, depression, heart diseases, cancer.
- western politics: freemasons/zionists rule the countries and pretend its a democracy, like in europe, the USA.
@MyCoffeeLove Uhh... Don't most counties manufacture their products in that fashion? I get what your coming from though. The west DID have culture, but its run down. Japan has the same things that you've listed, trust me. (I've experienced Japan myself) Not trying to pick an argument, but just listing my opinion.
Does anyone, who has a clue would be so gracious as to tell me what the story was that she was trying to tell. I would love to hear an educated and articulate answer please.
Something I find so beautiful about the appearance of the traditional way of life, would be simplicity and gentile art of being able to entertain, with such a beautiful backdrop, or in this case - the beauty would be the maiko in her stunning Kimono. It is the smallest, simplest pleasures that we, as most westerners, take for granted.
I would be seriously delighted to be priveledged enough to even learn a dance like this one, or even be in the company of such a talented, artistic woman
some facts of movie is correct while others were changed a bit to be easier. The hair in the movie is not how they wore it for real. They wore hair like in video here.What they go through to get that would been rough for actresses plus not appealing for movie. The kimono and obis were right. long obis for maikos,shorter ones for geikos. makeup depends on area the geisha is from. In some areas for maikos only bottom lip is painted red till they reach certain year in studies.
I hate when people say that Maiko are prostitutes!!! They are authentic japanese entertainers!! The movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" has some true facts in it but the rest it completely FAKE!!! The find out the truth read "Geisha, A Life" by Mineko Iwasaki w/ Rande Brown. That is the truth of a real geishas telling her tale.
She actually was one of the geishas that the director of the movie interviewed and twisted her tale!! READ THE BOOK, IT IS AMAZING!!
no... If they were that time and effort making and perfecting their appearance would be exetremely pointless, maiko are geisha apprentices, yujo are prostitues! their name is literally 'woman of pleasure'
@xdominicanchicax No, Maiko/Geshia are artists. They sing, dance, tell stories, and serve drinks to the hosts. If you watch the vid (here on YouTube), "Maiko Being Dressed," you will know how many layers of clothing these women have to put on, and they require assistance in their dressing. They do not go through so much time and effort to put their makeup on, their many, many layers of clothing, and hours worth of hair-do's just to have a fling!!
This is a TRUE Maiko dance, and the dance shown on Memoirs of a Geisha, a very beautiful but FALSE dance. They did it "more beautiful" because a real Maiko dance could be boring for some people. This is my opinion, but I think that this is a very, very beautiful dance. (I said that the dance shown in the film was false, but I like the film)
Yeah, it looked great, but where are the special effects?!?! This performance lacks a ninja lurking in the shadows, only to have a sumo run in to save the geisha!! Man, if I was in charge of that performance, I would have required at least one explosion and one menacing bad guy. Aside from that, great show!
Imagine an over energetic person yelling: "HELL YEAH! GIVE THEM HELL BABY!!!"
Anyways, it looks tougher than I had thought. She doesn't even look at her feet when moving around, yet she doesn't trip on her kimono either. My pants got trapped between my shoes one time, and I fell backwards. I know it sounds stupid, but it just happened.
I have a question ( and I don't mean this in an offensive way, I'm just curious). Why do Geisha always dance to that type of music.? It's always that string music with the old woman singing in the background. I mean, in my opinion, its not the most attractive music in the world. Where did that originate?
@chi81216 Lol Its just that its traditonal japanese music, used by the japanese people for centuries, the shamishen is one off the most famous japanese insturments together witht he flute and taiko (drums)
Its not always old ladies its geiko (geisha) women above 20 years old, usualy its women between 25-60 eho dot he singing its one off the things a geiko specialice in, its either playing one off the insturments, singing, or dancing. this is a maiko by the way who dance
Oh my gawd. People are comparing this to the movie Memoires of a Geisha. How ignorant of them. NEVER compare something as real as this to a movie. Are you so stupid? Ones real and ones a MOVIE
The movie had many things altered to be more appealing to americans. so many things were false. Remember that from now on with any movie.
@ZieeeeJ I don't know if you know the fact that they changed a lot of things in the movie to be more appealing to americans. AS I stated in the comment down below. So learn your facts.
@ZieeeeJ Indeed, everything is adapted from a book writed my Arthur Golden. All her knew about geisha was from Mineko Iwasaki, the no. 1 in '70s in Gion Kobu. But that doesn't mean it's correct. Many things from the book and movie are wrong.
@Kkyyrruu OK, NOTHING in Memoirs is inaccurate. BEFORE 1959, maiko DID sell their virginity (mizuage) as a rite of passage. They were not prostitutes, and NEVER were; they just had it as a rite of passage. However, in Mineko Iwasaki's time, that was OUTLAWED, and a geisha's sex life with men or boyfriends was her private affair.
AND FOR THE RECORD, the movie had Liza Dalby supervising, and a JAPANESE DANCE INSTRUCTOR overseeing as well. The book was VERY accurate in terms of kimono and such.
@FantasticFlutist You're one stupid mother fucking bitch. You look like a complete idiot. I know Maiko selled their virginity dumbass and I know they weren't protstitues. Where did you read in my comment that I said they were? Do NOT assume things bitch. Second of all I was talking about the movie NOT the book. The book is much better than the movie an thats saying somehting casue the movie was amazing as well. I NEVER EVER EVER said in my comment that their look was altered you stupid ass cunt
@Kkyyrruu And it was not altered. This geisha looks VERY similar to Sayuri dancing during the banquet. Also, compared to other videos I have seen of maiko and geisha walking, they walk VERY similar to how they walked in the movie. Plus, the kimono, hairstyles, and face powder is also accurate. Ignorant people like you need to realize that the BOOK AND movie Memoirs is VERY accurate, and is set during a time when geisha DID sell their virginity, but were NOT prostitutes.
@FantasticFlutist And I NEVER said they did not walk the way they do in the movie. So don't you DARE call me ignorant when it's YOU thats ignorant. I know more about Geisha's than you bitch. I've seen how they put their make-up on and what make-up they use. I've seen them get fitted in kimono's and I've seen them walk around. I know what time period they resided in and how a geisha lives their life. Next time don't think you're a know-it-fucking all when you had NO idea what I was talking about
@Kkyyrruu And the book was, once again, VERY accurate what with kimono, a geisha's arts, and more. As for the movie, they even nailed such minute details as the red lanterns everywhere in the movie, which ARE actually in Gion, Kyoto, which I never knew. I was very surprised. And Memoirs is one of my fave books, and I NEVER viewed geisha as prostitutes after reading it. Ever.
And also, I am American, so your other comment part was offensive. Seriously, stop being such a bitch. Like oh my gawd!
@FantasticFlutist P.S. I'm an American too so you can take you "That was offensive" bullshit it and shove it up your dumbass you little ignorant bitch. Now get the fuck out of here and go crack a book and watch more videos to educate yourself and learn not to assume shit bitch. NOTHING, no movie in the gawd damn world, coudl ever compare to the real thing and its NO BRAINER that movies are altered to be more appealing. And if you did your homework right you would know that
@FantasticFlutist the movie WAS altered to appeal to americans more. I thought that was common sense but there's always a brain did bitch in any crowd. You don't even have to be a film student, like me, to know this shit. Bye-bye
@Kkyyrruu The thing that seriously wrong with the film ''Memoirs Of A Geisha'' is that the film's 3 leading actresses were all Chinese women playing Japanese Geishas. The idiot director couldn't get at least 1 Japanese actress to play a Geisha.
It's like getting a black man to play a white man. Does the director of the film think we're stupid? Just because they're all Asian doesn't mean anything. It's based on Japanese traditional culture so it wouldn't hurt to get some Japanese actresses.
@Adam060756 Although I agree that it's insulting to think that people would mistake a Chinese woman for a Japanese woman, I think I remember reading that they did initially hold auditions in Japan for the roles, but literally nobody showed up with them - I think it was due to the nature of the roles, but I'm not entirely sure.
@PinkSkiiTtLeZzYoanNa - This singing is amazing- for some reason this reminds in a vague way of certain songs of Greek Rembetika. The dance is extraordinary.
irgendwie hat das das gewisse etwas etwas verloren...man könnte zum beispiel die musik nich von der CD oder spielen sondern man könnte sie dort so zu sagen "live" spielen...
does maiko mean anything else? i mean like do you know the seperate kanji that could be used for this name? when we got our foriegn exchange kids, one of our asians names was Maiko.
Maiko are trainee Geisha. They wear much more elaborate clothes then fully qualified Geisha. This is why her sleeves are so long and her obi (belt) is so tall. The clothes are so stiff and heavy that they are very difficult to move around in. I am surprised that she can walk easily, let alone dance.
I am from The UK and I find Japanese Culture very interesting. Especially Geisha because they are so glamorous!
The dance is called Rokudan Kuzushi, here are the lyrics- Hana ga chocho ka chocho ga hana ka, kite wa chirachira mayowaseru. Hana wa iroiro goshiki ni sakedo, nushi ni mikaeru hana wa nai. Hana wo ippon wasurete kite ga, ato de sakuyara saku nu yara. Are flowers butterflies or are butterflies flowers? They flutter by, making me lose my way. Flowers bloom in a variety of colors, but none of them look back at you. Carelessly leaving one flower, but later, will it or will it not bloom?
@fuyouhime The meaning goes beyond the surface imagery. Butterflies and flowers are the maiko and geiko, and a certain guest is unpopular with them. He has fallen in love with one, but everyone wonders if she will meet with him or not. This dance is one of the first a maiko will learn, and at the time this maiko probably had been dancing it for less than a year. Please keep this in mind when you judge her skills as a dancer.
@twiggyjali Don't be so ignorant. Their straight face is supposed to imitate Noh masks . They aren't supposed to show emotion. The emotion is shown through her movements; and her movements tell a story.
i feel bad for her... being a geisha even a maiko is hard work and a lifetime commitment. If you back down or don't pass sometimes your shunned by your family and others. My friends grandma tried to be a geisha but failed, and her family shunned her from the house. It's scary how cruel people can be over things that just don't make since. But if being a geisha is really what she wants/wanted to be I support her.
@ilovetruffles99 I remember there being a vid on youtube of Mameyuri and Katsuyuki performing this dance together and I think it was said there that the dance is about a butterfly trying to decide where to land; all the same you got it was about decisions though :-)
Don't forget that the movie Memoirs of a Geisha was altered to make sense to Westerners. True Geisha dances aren't about fast, crazy motions, or exciting stuns.. every little movement, every tiny change in angle, and every pause mean something. She was showing her emotions with my entire body, and not with her face, which is far more difficult then it might sound. Truthfully, these dances can take years to learn entirely. By the way, GuardianDemonX, go play in traffic.
@xxkuraiummeixx I'm so glad that i'm not the only one with that opinion about the movie Memoirs of a Geisha. After reading the book (Memoirs of a Geisha) it was so sad to notice how they changed important details (for example that dance, ages and the personalities of the characters) to make the movie more entertaining for Westerners. Not a big surprise, though...
And like in Memoirs of a Geisha. Sayuri did a dance about a woman who found her husband cheating on her and went insane and killed herself as to why Sayuri showed distress and sadness in her dance. The movie doesn't really get to explain it, BUT if you read the book, it explained it very well.
@Mandylicious2 The story in the dance was that she had found out about her husbands mistress and had gone out to find him, it had been snowing heavily and she froze to death.
I haven't read the book (I love to), but when I see the movie I can't help myself to think in Yuki-onna while she's dancing. I really thought that her dance was about it.
someone has asked me on my previous comment : what story is it telling? Ummm...i really have no idea. my comment on this video was: the cool part of the whole dance is that its telling a story. Meaning the only thing i know is that each dance performed by any maiko or geisha is telling some kind of story. so depending on the the kind of story they are suppose to tell through their dance, is also how the emotions they are suppose to portray...
@CMOSjockey - I agree with you. She's just going through the motions. Her face holds no emotion, either. She doesn't even look like she's enjoying what she's doing. I'm surprised to see this in a maiko. There is no radiance to this girl, as you see in other maiko and geisha.
She is very young, and does not look like she owns this dance yet. She is making the moves, but not flowing with everything It's like you can see her thinking " no do this, that, twirl." but that's why she is still Maiko and not yet Geisha :>)). Neat anyways. Nice to see some non screaming culture left.
haha wtf there are like 2 people and a baby in the audience, she barely even moves, and the person who is singing is actually like having a stroke lol...
I asked a friend and he told me that this dance is called "Rokudan Kuzushi". It's about two sisters chasing butterflies. This is the second dance they teach Gion Kobu Maiko. The first being Gion Ko-uta.
In today's fast-paced, instant gratification world, no wonder the geisha art is dying out. I appreciate that they dedicated thenmselves to learn the dances but I don't quite understand how much talent it takes; to me it doesn't look like she did much throughout the dance. could someone please tell me how long it would take for a maiko to learn the steps?
I wonder how she'd look if she danced without the dress & with a tee shirt and jeans & didn't have the makeup. Not that I don't like it but I'm curious
cuteL0Lcubby 1 week ago
To each their culture and art form. The dress is pretty, her air is graceful...I recognize it as a performance but it doesn't grab my attention. The musical harmony is too elusive for my tastes, the dance too subtle to grab me. Kudos to this young woman and others like her for keeping her culture and tradition alive though.
Lily61187 1 week ago
@Lily61187 I can solve that problem: watch the gesisha, while listening to "Pan_Asian Delight," by Foxtails Brigade.
redbrickbluesky 1 week ago
It is a Dance of a Butterfly - does anyone one know the name of this maiko. She must changed a lot over 4 years of training, I'd love to catch up on how she has been doing :)
Emilysvisions 3 weeks ago
Mexico has a lot of culture and its so freaking wonderful and colorful im a proud mexican
Giovanarh 1 month ago
Very Beautiful :) it reminds me of a little wind up doll.
littleegypt16 1 month ago
She dance great for be juast a little minarai
porta0toda1la2vida 1 month ago
What kind of story is she portraying? Since I have known more about them I am fascinated by the traditions of women of other (not western) cultures. The west has no culture really.
MyCoffeeLove 3 months ago 3
@MyCoffeeLove Mexico, peru, El salvador, don't they count? I mean they are in the west.
Innocuouswolf 2 months ago
@MyCoffeeLove I hope that Mexico, peru and El salvador will survive the deculturing of 'the west' and dont have these:
- pop videoclips featuring: sex, popularity culture, superficialty, 'gangsta/pimps', depression/suicide.
- Western ways of preparing food in factories, (most factories), microwaves, vaccins, western diseases like diabetes II, depression, heart diseases, cancer.
- western politics: freemasons/zionists rule the countries and pretend its a democracy, like in europe, the USA.
MyCoffeeLove 1 month ago
@MyCoffeeLove Uhh... Don't most counties manufacture their products in that fashion? I get what your coming from though. The west DID have culture, but its run down. Japan has the same things that you've listed, trust me. (I've experienced Japan myself) Not trying to pick an argument, but just listing my opinion.
facebooker121 1 month ago
I read somewhere that the kimonos and obi belts can cost well over $10,000 EACH, and that the decoration is all hand painted.
kayper54 3 months ago 2
Anyone have the miyagawa cho version of this?
attackofdameepits 3 months ago
son una obra de arte :3
tokitakauliitz 3 months ago
ả ninakay hái puneaysc
iuemmaimaiz 3 months ago
My god, they're simply beautiful. They represent elegance and beauty. I wish I could be a Geisha...
Singer4BeingInLife 3 months ago
@Singer4BeingInLife Me too. I don´t like when some people say me "But you want to be a *****"
porta0toda1la2vida 1 month ago
@porta0toda1la2vida They're not that kind of people! They're telling a story with the body, the are elegant and wonderful. How can't you love them?!
Singer4BeingInLife 1 month ago
@Singer4BeingInLife Yes, of course!They are so elegant, sweet and fantastic.I wish to be a geisha!
porta0toda1la2vida 1 month ago
Does anyone, who has a clue would be so gracious as to tell me what the story was that she was trying to tell. I would love to hear an educated and articulate answer please.
USMCM107A1 4 months ago 3
Something I find so beautiful about the appearance of the traditional way of life, would be simplicity and gentile art of being able to entertain, with such a beautiful backdrop, or in this case - the beauty would be the maiko in her stunning Kimono. It is the smallest, simplest pleasures that we, as most westerners, take for granted.
I would be seriously delighted to be priveledged enough to even learn a dance like this one, or even be in the company of such a talented, artistic woman
DarkLilithShadow 4 months ago
some facts of movie is correct while others were changed a bit to be easier. The hair in the movie is not how they wore it for real. They wore hair like in video here.What they go through to get that would been rough for actresses plus not appealing for movie. The kimono and obis were right. long obis for maikos,shorter ones for geikos. makeup depends on area the geisha is from. In some areas for maikos only bottom lip is painted red till they reach certain year in studies.
DarkOnyx98 4 months ago
@DarkOnyx98 About the bottomlip painted, it is in all Kyoto districts :) They don't paint it in only the first year that they're a Maiko
contortionist104 4 months ago
I hate when people say that Maiko are prostitutes!!! They are authentic japanese entertainers!! The movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" has some true facts in it but the rest it completely FAKE!!! The find out the truth read "Geisha, A Life" by Mineko Iwasaki w/ Rande Brown. That is the truth of a real geishas telling her tale.
She actually was one of the geishas that the director of the movie interviewed and twisted her tale!! READ THE BOOK, IT IS AMAZING!!
wonzo9090 4 months ago
みんなちょっと...世界で最も進歩的なトランスミュージックを聞くために私のチャネルに来る。
<3<3<3ルッカ！
LuccaRay1 5 months ago
arent maikos prostitutes??
xdominicanchicax 5 months ago
@xdominicanchicax
no... If they were that time and effort making and perfecting their appearance would be exetremely pointless, maiko are geisha apprentices, yujo are prostitues! their name is literally 'woman of pleasure'
x2xWhaaax7x 4 months ago
@x2xWhaaax7x oh i see my mistake :)
xdominicanchicax 4 months ago
@xdominicanchicax No, Maiko/Geshia are artists. They sing, dance, tell stories, and serve drinks to the hosts. If you watch the vid (here on YouTube), "Maiko Being Dressed," you will know how many layers of clothing these women have to put on, and they require assistance in their dressing. They do not go through so much time and effort to put their makeup on, their many, many layers of clothing, and hours worth of hair-do's just to have a fling!!
laichi16 4 months ago 4
This is a TRUE Maiko dance, and the dance shown on Memoirs of a Geisha, a very beautiful but FALSE dance. They did it "more beautiful" because a real Maiko dance could be boring for some people. This is my opinion, but I think that this is a very, very beautiful dance. (I said that the dance shown in the film was false, but I like the film)
KazeTenno 5 months ago 3
I'm in love with japan *¬*
dannyela12 5 months ago
That was so preety i love it when she sits cuz the kimono looks really preety that way
dudeishcheez 5 months ago
OMG!! Did she just lose her virginity to some guy in this dance? Did she end without making a decision? Am I interpreting this wrong?!?!
chickenfudgestick 5 months ago
The fabric of the obi is beautiful. And her movements were so graceful. I'd love to see a dance like that in person.
azami2011 5 months ago
JUST TO SETTLE THIS BS!
Memoirs of a Geisha was a combination of stories written from different geisha. the author explains this.
spikeyhayley 5 months ago
She is beautiful.
Makus 5 months ago
Omg!!!! i love... love ur dress!!!!! (: I always wanted to were one
jenoza17 6 months ago
@jenoza17 Its not a dress its KIMONO(i think i spelt that wrong sry anyway y'll git the point)
dudeishcheez 5 months ago
DANCE??? NO NO NO for me personally this is not a dance..... It is more than a dance,this is a story,passion and ART
VannyARTS 6 months ago 2
interesting
oblak989 7 months ago
It's a sad history what she's telling I guess
Mond775 7 months ago
I don't understand the meaning of the geisha dance!!!!!!!
mahanazkhan 7 months ago
I wish we could see her entire body throughout the dance.
cookiemonster2704 7 months ago
Great dance!!!
DeadlyTeaParty 7 months ago
wow, that audience of three really enjoyed it :)
dramaticteaspoon 7 months ago
What's the name of the dance she is performing??
cuteirish66b 8 months ago
I always thought the dancew would look more elegant...Too bad..
TrezCast 8 months ago
no me gusto, sus movimientos se me hacen toscos y sin gracia
auroracortes 9 months ago
@auroracortes estaba diciendo una estoria con sus movimientos.... a mi no me gusto mucho...
Unim6 8 months ago
@auroracortes es que la cosa es acostumbrarse a mi me costo pero al bailar es precioso...
porta0toda1la2vida 1 month ago
17 people like Hatsumomo better.
eidolonlove 9 months ago 2
@eidolonlove XXD I just died right there!
IceQueen975 9 months ago
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olivia112343 10 months ago
I don't really get it, but I am not so ignorant or stupid to say anything bad about something that many other people value or enjoy
greiver179 11 months ago 3
@greiver179 I really like your comment :)
Rainbou1987 9 months ago
Yeah, it looked great, but where are the special effects?!?! This performance lacks a ninja lurking in the shadows, only to have a sumo run in to save the geisha!! Man, if I was in charge of that performance, I would have required at least one explosion and one menacing bad guy. Aside from that, great show!
Salmontres 11 months ago
@Salmontres What a stupid comment . . .
Rainbou1987 9 months ago
Imagine an over energetic person yelling: "HELL YEAH! GIVE THEM HELL BABY!!!"
Anyways, it looks tougher than I had thought. She doesn't even look at her feet when moving around, yet she doesn't trip on her kimono either. My pants got trapped between my shoes one time, and I fell backwards. I know it sounds stupid, but it just happened.
gamercat86 11 months ago 13
I have a question ( and I don't mean this in an offensive way, I'm just curious). Why do Geisha always dance to that type of music.? It's always that string music with the old woman singing in the background. I mean, in my opinion, its not the most attractive music in the world. Where did that originate?
chi81216 1 year ago
@chi81216 the song is suppose to tell a story
brianthao102 1 year ago
@chi81216 Lol Its just that its traditonal japanese music, used by the japanese people for centuries, the shamishen is one off the most famous japanese insturments together witht he flute and taiko (drums)
Its not always old ladies its geiko (geisha) women above 20 years old, usualy its women between 25-60 eho dot he singing its one off the things a geiko specialice in, its either playing one off the insturments, singing, or dancing. this is a maiko by the way who dance
SauryGirl1 10 months ago 2
@chi81216 The Japanese aesthetic is very different to the western one. Traditionally the rule of thumb is "Less is more".
KimonoHire 10 months ago 3
Oh my gawd. People are comparing this to the movie Memoires of a Geisha. How ignorant of them. NEVER compare something as real as this to a movie. Are you so stupid? Ones real and ones a MOVIE
The movie had many things altered to be more appealing to americans. so many things were false. Remember that from now on with any movie.
This was amazing <3 I wish I could be a Geisha
Kkyyrruu 1 year ago 71
@Kkyyrruu
I don't know if you know the fact that almost everything in the movie is adapted from a book wich someone wrote about a real geisha he knew.
ZieeeeJ 1 year ago
@ZieeeeJ I don't know if you know the fact that they changed a lot of things in the movie to be more appealing to americans. AS I stated in the comment down below. So learn your facts.
Kkyyrruu 1 year ago
@ZieeeeJ Indeed, everything is adapted from a book writed my Arthur Golden. All her knew about geisha was from Mineko Iwasaki, the no. 1 in '70s in Gion Kobu. But that doesn't mean it's correct. Many things from the book and movie are wrong.
Akashia14Moka 1 year ago
@Kkyyrruu OK, NOTHING in Memoirs is inaccurate. BEFORE 1959, maiko DID sell their virginity (mizuage) as a rite of passage. They were not prostitutes, and NEVER were; they just had it as a rite of passage. However, in Mineko Iwasaki's time, that was OUTLAWED, and a geisha's sex life with men or boyfriends was her private affair.
AND FOR THE RECORD, the movie had Liza Dalby supervising, and a JAPANESE DANCE INSTRUCTOR overseeing as well. The book was VERY accurate in terms of kimono and such.
FantasticFlutist 7 months ago
@FantasticFlutist You're one stupid mother fucking bitch. You look like a complete idiot. I know Maiko selled their virginity dumbass and I know they weren't protstitues. Where did you read in my comment that I said they were? Do NOT assume things bitch. Second of all I was talking about the movie NOT the book. The book is much better than the movie an thats saying somehting casue the movie was amazing as well. I NEVER EVER EVER said in my comment that their look was altered you stupid ass cunt
Kkyyrruu 7 months ago
@Kkyyrruu And it was not altered. This geisha looks VERY similar to Sayuri dancing during the banquet. Also, compared to other videos I have seen of maiko and geisha walking, they walk VERY similar to how they walked in the movie. Plus, the kimono, hairstyles, and face powder is also accurate. Ignorant people like you need to realize that the BOOK AND movie Memoirs is VERY accurate, and is set during a time when geisha DID sell their virginity, but were NOT prostitutes.
FantasticFlutist 7 months ago
@FantasticFlutist And I NEVER said they did not walk the way they do in the movie. So don't you DARE call me ignorant when it's YOU thats ignorant. I know more about Geisha's than you bitch. I've seen how they put their make-up on and what make-up they use. I've seen them get fitted in kimono's and I've seen them walk around. I know what time period they resided in and how a geisha lives their life. Next time don't think you're a know-it-fucking all when you had NO idea what I was talking about
Kkyyrruu 7 months ago
@Kkyyrruu And the book was, once again, VERY accurate what with kimono, a geisha's arts, and more. As for the movie, they even nailed such minute details as the red lanterns everywhere in the movie, which ARE actually in Gion, Kyoto, which I never knew. I was very surprised. And Memoirs is one of my fave books, and I NEVER viewed geisha as prostitutes after reading it. Ever.
And also, I am American, so your other comment part was offensive. Seriously, stop being such a bitch. Like oh my gawd!
FantasticFlutist 7 months ago
@FantasticFlutist P.S. I'm an American too so you can take you "That was offensive" bullshit it and shove it up your dumbass you little ignorant bitch. Now get the fuck out of here and go crack a book and watch more videos to educate yourself and learn not to assume shit bitch. NOTHING, no movie in the gawd damn world, coudl ever compare to the real thing and its NO BRAINER that movies are altered to be more appealing. And if you did your homework right you would know that
Kkyyrruu 7 months ago
@FantasticFlutist the movie WAS altered to appeal to americans more. I thought that was common sense but there's always a brain did bitch in any crowd. You don't even have to be a film student, like me, to know this shit. Bye-bye
Kkyyrruu 7 months ago
@Kkyyrruu The thing that seriously wrong with the film ''Memoirs Of A Geisha'' is that the film's 3 leading actresses were all Chinese women playing Japanese Geishas. The idiot director couldn't get at least 1 Japanese actress to play a Geisha.
It's like getting a black man to play a white man. Does the director of the film think we're stupid? Just because they're all Asian doesn't mean anything. It's based on Japanese traditional culture so it wouldn't hurt to get some Japanese actresses.
Adam060756 6 months ago 3
@Adam060756 I 100% agree with this. It was insulting in a way.
Kkyyrruu 6 months ago
@Adam060756 Although I agree that it's insulting to think that people would mistake a Chinese woman for a Japanese woman, I think I remember reading that they did initially hold auditions in Japan for the roles, but literally nobody showed up with them - I think it was due to the nature of the roles, but I'm not entirely sure.
rubygloommel 6 months ago
Come on she deserved more claps than that
Kkyyrruu 1 year ago
eww
topeskimo 1 year ago
This is werid •___•
SammySamungSan 1 year ago
not a particularly talented maiko
CassieAnnaCary 1 year ago
she seems bored/mad and uninterested.
its turning me off her dancing
tisalew 1 year ago
@tisalew
She is supposed to. All maiko & geiko have a straight face when dancing. That's just how it's done.
attackofdameepits 1 year ago
@tisalew i lol'ed
BakaKoneko 1 year ago
you can tell this girl's story just by watching her dance...it's amazing :D
micetta11021995 1 year ago
if only there wasn't any horrible singing accompanying the shamisen. urgh.
PinkSkiiTtLeZzYoanNa 1 year ago
@PinkSkiiTtLeZzYoanNa - This singing is amazing- for some reason this reminds in a vague way of certain songs of Greek Rembetika. The dance is extraordinary.
ExMachine 1 year ago 2
@PinkSkiiTtLeZzYoanNa What are you talking about? the singing is fantastic!
AnimeIdiot19 1 year ago
irgendwie hat das das gewisse etwas etwas verloren...man könnte zum beispiel die musik nich von der CD oder spielen sondern man könnte sie dort so zu sagen "live" spielen...
Wawuu230 1 year ago
does maiko mean anything else? i mean like do you know the seperate kanji that could be used for this name? when we got our foriegn exchange kids, one of our asians names was Maiko.
bunnielovesknuckles 1 year ago
@bunnielovesknuckles Mai means dance and Ko means child
axepain994 1 year ago
*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*
AlyWallyCobainy 1 year ago
it looks nice but i have no idea what the story is about
cautionnow6 1 year ago
@cautionnow6 She is apparently a butterfly that cannot decide which flower to land on.
ElisabettaVS 1 year ago
@ElisabettaVS now i see, thanx
cautionnow6 1 year ago
She looks simply... beautiful.
AirusaXHotaru 1 year ago
Interesting....so different compared to some of the Korean dances I've seen...this is more emotionless and robotic.
KEBokeh 1 year ago
thank you for uploading all of these videos about geisha/ maiko!
InkBleedsDeeper 1 year ago
معلش ده شلل مش رقص
alwadmazica 1 year ago
Maiko are trainee Geisha. They wear much more elaborate clothes then fully qualified Geisha. This is why her sleeves are so long and her obi (belt) is so tall. The clothes are so stiff and heavy that they are very difficult to move around in. I am surprised that she can walk easily, let alone dance.
I am from The UK and I find Japanese Culture very interesting. Especially Geisha because they are so glamorous!
FifiDebord 1 year ago 7
The dance is called Rokudan Kuzushi, here are the lyrics- Hana ga chocho ka chocho ga hana ka, kite wa chirachira mayowaseru. Hana wa iroiro goshiki ni sakedo, nushi ni mikaeru hana wa nai. Hana wo ippon wasurete kite ga, ato de sakuyara saku nu yara. Are flowers butterflies or are butterflies flowers? They flutter by, making me lose my way. Flowers bloom in a variety of colors, but none of them look back at you. Carelessly leaving one flower, but later, will it or will it not bloom?
fuyouhime 1 year ago
@fuyouhime The meaning goes beyond the surface imagery. Butterflies and flowers are the maiko and geiko, and a certain guest is unpopular with them. He has fallen in love with one, but everyone wonders if she will meet with him or not. This dance is one of the first a maiko will learn, and at the time this maiko probably had been dancing it for less than a year. Please keep this in mind when you judge her skills as a dancer.
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fuyouhime 1 year ago
She's a little too serious. Try smiling a bit more.
twiggyjali 1 year ago
@twiggyjali They can not smile. NO JOKE THEY R SUPPOSED TO B SERIOUS:
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HARDcoreRAWRZZ 1 year ago
@twiggyjali Don't be so ignorant. Their straight face is supposed to imitate Noh masks . They aren't supposed to show emotion. The emotion is shown through her movements; and her movements tell a story.
HARDcoreRAWRZZ 1 year ago 91
@HARDcoreRAWRZZ can you elaborate about the story on the geisha's movements? Domo arigato.
Zefirozu 10 months ago
@Zefirozu Jesus, no. I only knew that because I did a project on Geisha.
HARDcoreRAWRZZ 10 months ago
Not knowing if it is just me, I am wondering why her arm is showing in the beginning?
attackofdameepits 1 year ago
@attackofdameepits is it not suppose to then?
Gellis2009 1 year ago
@Gellis2009
I didn't think it was supposed to. But I have yet to get my furisode yet.
attackofdameepits 1 year ago
How nice to see something feminine..SO RARE
dithbmine1 1 year ago
i feel bad for her... being a geisha even a maiko is hard work and a lifetime commitment. If you back down or don't pass sometimes your shunned by your family and others. My friends grandma tried to be a geisha but failed, and her family shunned her from the house. It's scary how cruel people can be over things that just don't make since. But if being a geisha is really what she wants/wanted to be I support her.
BoBaeStar 1 year ago
I love her kanzashi ^^
Liesja92 1 year ago
i herd someone say papa 2:52
bloodsnowalice 1 year ago
i prefer southeast asian cultures
smukase 1 year ago
it looks like she's dancing a story about a woman who can't decide between two lovers, and is very sad?
ilovetruffles99 1 year ago
@ilovetruffles99 I remember there being a vid on youtube of Mameyuri and Katsuyuki performing this dance together and I think it was said there that the dance is about a butterfly trying to decide where to land; all the same you got it was about decisions though :-)
DevilShroom 1 year ago
beautiful, we could learn alot in the u.s. about honor, beauty and spirit from such traditional japanese customs.
auralvampire1 1 year ago 3
oh my i dont understand the story at all but it looks difficult to perform
enavan 1 year ago
Don't forget that the movie Memoirs of a Geisha was altered to make sense to Westerners. True Geisha dances aren't about fast, crazy motions, or exciting stuns.. every little movement, every tiny change in angle, and every pause mean something. She was showing her emotions with my entire body, and not with her face, which is far more difficult then it might sound. Truthfully, these dances can take years to learn entirely. By the way, GuardianDemonX, go play in traffic.
xxkuraiummeixx 1 year ago 3
Sorry for the typos there. Was typing too fast. '... every pause means something'.... 'with her entire body.'***
xxkuraiummeixx 1 year ago
@xxkuraiummeixx I'm so glad that i'm not the only one with that opinion about the movie Memoirs of a Geisha. After reading the book (Memoirs of a Geisha) it was so sad to notice how they changed important details (for example that dance, ages and the personalities of the characters) to make the movie more entertaining for Westerners. Not a big surprise, though...
[My English isn't the best sort]
MissShokubeni 1 year ago
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LOL these geisha dance look so boring, geisha is only good for halloween
GuardianDemonX 1 year ago
@GuardianDemonX trolling kind of hard.
i wish there were subtitles to understand the story of her movements
skelebunnykashe 1 year ago
@GuardianDemonX Maybe in other countries, but it's these girls' jobs. They probably think that being a secretary is a funny job, or whatever.
But yes, without knowing the story, the dance is rather dull.
EmmyTheGreystoneGirl 1 year ago
the kimono is very cool
miss1sunna1soul 1 year ago
And like in Memoirs of a Geisha. Sayuri did a dance about a woman who found her husband cheating on her and went insane and killed herself as to why Sayuri showed distress and sadness in her dance. The movie doesn't really get to explain it, BUT if you read the book, it explained it very well.
Mandylicious2 1 year ago 3
@Mandylicious2 The story in the dance was that she had found out about her husbands mistress and had gone out to find him, it had been snowing heavily and she froze to death.
pandora3803 1 year ago
@pandora3803
I thought this was the Butterfly dance like I saw in another video
attackofdameepits 1 year ago
@Mandylicious2
D:!
I haven't read the book (I love to), but when I see the movie I can't help myself to think in Yuki-onna while she's dancing. I really thought that her dance was about it.
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someone has asked me on my previous comment : what story is it telling? Ummm...i really have no idea. my comment on this video was: the cool part of the whole dance is that its telling a story. Meaning the only thing i know is that each dance performed by any maiko or geisha is telling some kind of story. so depending on the the kind of story they are suppose to tell through their dance, is also how the emotions they are suppose to portray...
Mandylicious2 1 year ago
she just shows no kind of passion or feeling in her moves... sad..
WoodenGirl23 1 year ago
She looks a little stiff...Not quite as good as Sayuri in memoirs of a geisha :P
Ingiequeen 1 year ago
@CMOSjockey - I agree with you. She's just going through the motions. Her face holds no emotion, either. She doesn't even look like she's enjoying what she's doing. I'm surprised to see this in a maiko. There is no radiance to this girl, as you see in other maiko and geisha.
coashddjj2 1 year ago
@coashddjj2
Umm, I think geishas are supposed to have no emotion because I've heard that they're supposed to imitate Noh masks...
MICHAELisSEXA 1 year ago 2
relax man. It's just another job for her.
tangos 1 year ago
She is very young, and does not look like she owns this dance yet. She is making the moves, but not flowing with everything It's like you can see her thinking " no do this, that, twirl." but that's why she is still Maiko and not yet Geisha :>)). Neat anyways. Nice to see some non screaming culture left.
CMOSjockey 1 year ago
omg; that was BEAUTIFUL.
they are so graceful with they're hands;<3
DeathCallsMeh666 1 year ago 3
oh i love this! i love the japanese culture. they r so beautiful. geishas and meikos both. it sounds like yoko ono is singing lol
kayllo15 1 year ago 2
Her neck is very erotic in a sense. HAHA
nazbites 1 year ago
She's so beautiful
MTTPot 1 year ago
I don't understand geisha dancing.
RihannaMagdalena 2 years ago
@RihannaMagdalena
its culture and its beautiful
kayllo15 1 year ago 2
Wow. thats just awesome.
carolbdr88 2 years ago 4
thats so neat!!! i wish i could learn how to tell stories in a dance the way that they tell them
KITTIEHOTTOPIC1 2 years ago 2
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wtf?
thats just weird...this is one of the most weirdest shit ive seen in my life
is she trying to be a clown?
FromTheSky596 2 years ago
@FromTheSky596 No she is not trying to be a clown. If she was she wouldn't be that beautiful. uncultured swine!
Sugarbabe2545 2 years ago 42
shes gashia , get it right you moron >:(
kanatapaw 2 years ago 3
She is amazing. And beautiful.
mollyhuffin 2 years ago 6
she looks sooo beautiful O.O
DONTMAKEMEBITEYOUU 2 years ago 7
its art in the flesh u imbeciles dont judge
residentevil808 2 years ago
She's a senior maiko.Her collar is white in front and red in back.
Her tama is green so is probably summer or september.
Akashia14Moka 2 years ago
@Akashia14Moka
She is not a senior maiko.
1. Her collar is red in front there are just some white patterns on it, a senior maiko's would be fully white in front.
2. Her upper lip isn't painted, so she is still a first year maiko
3 She wears the warenshinobu hairstyle. Only junior maiko wear it
4. Her kimono is way too patterned for a senior maiko
Miez1989 2 years ago 8
I think she looks positively adorable!! I wonder what her name is?
AyilanaEien 2 years ago 5
wow that looks tough trying to not trip over the kimono
PINKluvr01 2 years ago 49
@PINKluvr01 hahha maiko is ugly girl imho
alaowyn 1 year ago
@PINKluvr01 IDIOT
dithbmine1 1 year ago
@PINKluvr01 Hai indeed and especailly when you know it costs more that 10.000 american dollars O_o
Liesja92 1 year ago
@PINKluvr01 Years of practice :)
SuperLoli101 1 year ago
@PINKluvr01 That why they wear the 10 inch shoes
SpiritRocks4 1 year ago
@PINKluvr01 Right!!! if that was me id be fallin all over the place lol
MissChula169 1 year ago
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haha wtf there are like 2 people and a baby in the audience, she barely even moves, and the person who is singing is actually like having a stroke lol...
mrdipallins 2 years ago
the cool part of the whole dance is that its telling a story
Mandylicious2 2 years ago 57
What story is this dance trying to tell? Sorry, I am clueless...
crimsonbutterflies 2 years ago
@Mandylicious2 What story is it telling?
princessmarthajandio 1 year ago
I would probably find this a million times easier to relate to if there was some way of knowing what the story told.
DepressedAnimeAddict 1 year ago
@Mandylicious2 you need to mature..
dithbmine1 1 year ago
@Mandylicious2 do you know the story?
772Valentina 1 year ago
I gotta say, it made me kinda sad...
allsmiles3215 2 years ago 3
whats the name of the song
BARBIEDANCER1323 2 years ago
Doesnt she look a bit old to be a first year maiko? Not that she isntbeautiful but....idk maybe its jsut me
KibaSan1234 2 years ago
maybe she looks mature for her age but I see what you mean.
orangetreedance 2 years ago
I asked a friend and he told me that this dance is called "Rokudan Kuzushi". It's about two sisters chasing butterflies. This is the second dance they teach Gion Kobu Maiko. The first being Gion Ko-uta.
osbourn15 2 years ago 6
In today's fast-paced, instant gratification world, no wonder the geisha art is dying out. I appreciate that they dedicated thenmselves to learn the dances but I don't quite understand how much talent it takes; to me it doesn't look like she did much throughout the dance. could someone please tell me how long it would take for a maiko to learn the steps?
kagnomi 2 years ago 12