What are the characteristics of Nogaku, a medieval Japanese martial arts dance?

Nogaku focuses on the movement of the shoulders and arms, and the dancers use the height of the shoulders as the standard for the movement of the arms, and the movement of the wrists as the axis of activity.

The sleeves of the dancers' costumes are very long, so the audience cannot see the dynamics of the wrists, which creates a way of appreciating the dynamics of the elbows and arms through the sleeves. In addition, there is also the action of the hands on the waist, the performer or a hand with a hand on the other hand on the waist, or both hands on the waist, both thumbs, forefingers can be placed arbitrarily in the left and right waist position, the face shows a kind of contemplation. Nogaku also emphasizes the movement of the feet, which contains deep meaning and gives the audience a different feeling through the sound of the dancer's feet on the floor. In Japanese Nogaku, the dancers can be seen jumping high and then landing on their knees.