because,iha chi i just wanted a quiet night! [applause] [music] [music] [applause] good afternoon, everybody. thank you for joining us today. the first thing i will ask you to do is put your hands together in front of our heart and bow slightly and say nanasta it means the good in me greets the good in all of you. who knows where is this is from? india. today we are sharing an form. we are members of the dance company based here in san francisco and we are taught by somebody who has been doing this art form for over 50 years much the ladies including myself we have been studying with him for a long time. you will see different things. lots of sounds with our feet. a little bit of story telling through mime and expression and you will learn about math in dance. who would have thought. today we will start, our next piece means the coloring of the stage. dancers show the hindu aspect of the dance by using the positions of our hands we will show you we are decorating the stage
hear anything. louder there, please? what? jump? jump from here? whoa they are telling me to jump? they are going to catch me with the big cloth. okay. yes i m ready to jump. i m scared but the only way to get down from here so i try it. he jumped and the man hit the cloth waiting for him to land. fortunately the man hit the blanket. in the big center but unfortunately the man hit the cloth and he bounced up high into the air and land on the exact same place again. [music] a story with o odu noodle. [singing] get your noodles, how about your noodles. in japanese. in english, get your noodles. how about your noodles? hey! mr. welcome to my noodle shop. it s very cold isn t it? yes it is especially cold tonight. i can t stand it like this. i ve something hot to warm my stomach. i heard your voice so i land here so please hurry. by the way, how is business? not good. not just to everybody. don t worry good time fos low bad times in business. it is cold business. no. you have
you killed? that s right. at that point the wife took out 100 yellow gold coins and said, come on, let s run away together. now is our chance, let s go, let s go. and did you? no. i cut her down from behind. you killed the samurais wife? my god! why did you do such a terrible thing. because then there s no proof. no proof. ah, right. so, you killed two people and got all the gold and nobody knows about it and your still a free man. your really smart. your a real lady killer! get it? lady killer. your a playboy! [singing]hia chi! hia chi! [yawns] oh, samurai is calling again. i wonder what is wrong. oh, i ll never get any sleep tonight. samurai did you call me? yes,iha chi, come in. listen? oh, no. next door being noisy again. i ll go tell them to be quiet. not this time. hia chi let me introduce myself. my name is goto motimoshi and 8 years ago my wife and brother will were killed and i ve been searching since for the man who did it. fortunately, i found him. congratulations!
yes of course. are you ready? [laughing] are you ready to get paid? what s so funny. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. what time is it now? five. six seven, eight, nine, ten, thank you. the story i would like to perform today is an old classical tail. very, very old story well-known in japan and original tielt s title in english is the samurai. hope you enjoy it. just sit back and relax and enjoy the story. about 300 years ago in the certain period there were inns or traditional hotels. it was an busy area with lots of travellers coming and going and man from each inn would stand outside and try to tempt people to stay there. it s very tough competition. rooms available! rooms available? do you need a room for the night? madame, that s the most beautiful kimono i ve seen! you need a room - no? samurai, samurai! do you need a room for tonight? do you have any quiet rooms? yes, we have plenty of quiet rooms. is that true? yes, of course. listen last night i stay
any way noodles are important. some times the noodles are too soft and soggy and they are not good. these are nice and firm. [slirping] disgusting again. too soft are you noodles. that s okay. it s good. it s hard tore pick up noodles without breaking them. do you use fish cake? yes. really? really? i have been looking for it. but i cannot find any. oh, i got one. no wonder i could not find it. it s so thin. i can see through it to over there. that s okay. that s okay. sometimes other noodle shops use sponge cake instead. that s terrible. that s terrible. yes, this is real sponge cake. that s okay. that s okay. i m not picky person okay. do i have to eat all? yuck. disgusting. [crying noises] i m almost done. i gave up eating noodles. thank you. thank you how much is it. 16? i have small change can you give me your hand. yes of course. are you ready? [laughing] are you ready to get paid? what s so funny. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. what time is it now? fiv