Midare or an instrumental dance

from the suite: Jūnikagetsu nōga suri" (Twelve months of Noh theatre)
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There are two midare dances in the Noh theater which are performed accompanied by instruments such as a bamboo flute, drums and small hand drums. One of them is "Shojo no Mai" or the dance of an orangutan-like supernatural being (the other being Sagi no Mai, The Dance of a Snowy Heron).

It is always presented as the last number of a program.

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