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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Article by Elizabeth Kiritani and illustrations by Kiritani Itsuo
Ballroom dancing had been simmering quietly in dance halls throughout Japan when the movie Shall We Dance hit the screen some nine years ago. The movie, which was recently remade in Hollywood, depicts a plodding, humdrum businessman whose life is transformed when he sees a woman in a dance school window during his commute home one evening. Smitten by her beauty, he enrolls in the school and the quirky, flashy dance scene unfolds. Since then the number of dance devotees in Japan has risen to close to 10 million, according to an ...