Tonight, Tamoi-sensei worked with the students doing Hagoromo while Oe-sensei worked with the 2 who are doing Kagetsu. Hagoromo is the story of a swan-like heavenly being whose feathered robe is stolen by a fisherman. She has to dance a heavenly being dance in order to get it back. Kagetsu is a beautiful boy who dances in front of a temple and charms everybody. Heavenly being or beautiful boy? Well, you can't accuse these Noh masters of type casting, can you? Anyway, it was going SO much better than the last class I had with Tamoi-san, but toward the end of the class, I tired and started to make some mistakes. I did not "let my frustration show in my body." However, I have an elbow issue. My elbows don't go where they are supposed to go or stay where they are supposed to stay. I tell them what I want from them, and they just wander off on their own or take a little break when we're supposed to be working. I think I may last this course, but my elbows may have to be replaced!
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