Hatsu-Egao (First Smile) Monday, December 28, 2009
Little Tokyo officially welcomes 2010 with Hatsu-Egao (First Smile), the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center's New Year's celebration. The "kotohajime" (a.k.a. "getting ready for the new year") festivities include Nihon Buyo, a refined Japanese dance born out of Kabuki and performed to horrible enka music; contemporary dance by Colburn school students, which could be anything but probably not jerkin'; and Zen archery, wherein your self-actualization is the bull's-eye. Also on display: traditional Japanese art boards in the JACCC's 12th Annual Shikishi Exhibition. Warning: "Hatsu-Egao helps audience members greet the New Year with energy, hope and a collective smile." Aratani/Japan America Theater, 244 S. San Pedro St., Little Tokyo; Sun., Jan. 3, 1 p.m.; $20. (213) 628-8576, jaccc.org. (Originally published in L.A. Weekly, January 1, 2010.)
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