The wisdom of the Yamada school of music born in the 18th century; the allure of sung poems written from the 11th to the 13th centuries; the rigor of the movements that vibrate the thirteen strings of the great koto zither harp, which void of rigidity accompanies refined vocal inflections; the grace of the nihonbuyo dance born from a tradition that dates back to the Edo period, from the 17th to the 18th centuries: These are the elements that singer and koto player Etsuko Chida and dancer Yuko Fujima bring together.