View image in fullscreenIn Kyoto, fully trained geisha are known as geiko and apprentices are maiko. Both perform together in the Miyako Odori Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenThe dance opens with all performers appearing together in light-blue kimonos, an ensemble dance known as the so-odori (grand dance)Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenThe Miyako Odori was first performed in 1872, during the first Kyoto ExpositionPhotograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenThe Miyako Odori has been performed annually for