The dancers usually apply Kabuki-style stage makeup, but if the dancers are not wearing a wig or are young girls, they apply formal style makeup, with other styles including those similar to folk dancers, travelling performers and ballerinas.
化粧は歌舞伎舞踊と、ほぼ同じ舞台化粧が原則だが、自毛で結った場合や少女の場合は大人のフォーマルや、民謡舞踊、大衆演劇と同様の厚化粧、バレエと同様な洋風の厚化粧、と、結構様々である。