Middle dance - Middle dance

Japanese: 中ノ舞 - ちゅうのまい

A type of dance in Noh. It is moderate in nature and is danced by many characters, and is considered the basis of all dances. The speed is slightly slower than moderate, but varies depending on the performance. It is officially composed of four sections and five verses (five sections and six verses depending on the school), but in recent years it is often performed in a simplified form of three sections and four verses. There are "dai-sho-naka-no-mai" which is performed with a flute, small drum, and large drum, and "taiko-naka-no-mai" which includes a drum. Dai-sho-naka-no-mai is performed gently, and real beauties such as "Yuya" and "Funa-Benkei", mad women such as "Hanjo" and "Hibariyama", and katsushiki such as "Jinen-koji" are danced.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

能の用語で舞事（まいごと）の一種。多くの役柄によって舞われる中庸な性格のもので，すべての舞事の基本とみなされる。速度は中庸よりやや遅いが，演目により幅がある。四段5節(流儀により五段6節)から成るのを正式とするが，近年は三段4節の略式で演じられることが多い。笛･小鼓･大鼓で奏する〈大小中ノ舞〉と，太鼓が入る〈太鼓中ノ舞〉とがある。大小中ノ舞は穏やかに奏され，《熊野（ゆや）》《船弁慶》などの現実の美女や，《班女》《雲雀山（ひばりやま）》の狂女，《自然居士（じねんこじ）》などの喝食（かつしき）が舞う。

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