Akiko Tokuoka and the Japanese Aesthetics of Voguing
Akiko Tokuoka was inspired by a non-Japanese person who was inspired by Japan. Although the New York-based dancer was born and raised in Kyoto—a popular tourist destination and Japan’s cultural hub—she had no formal training in Japan’s traditional arts, such as tea ceremony, calligraphy, and Nihon buyo, traditional Japanese dance. “I was not familiar with it at all,” she says. She admits that her home … Continue reading Akiko Tokuoka and the Japanese Aesthetics of Voguing
