Young people of a somewhat masochistic stamp are queuing up to enrol for a two-year taiko drumming apprenticeship on the Japanese island of Sado (Takashi Okamoto) These days, what you are more likely ...
Kodo, a Japanese percussion ensemble, performs at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs Wednesday at 8 p.m. The 48-member group is based on Sado Island and performs in the traditional ...
On stage, a flute lightly sounds, followed by a piercing beat of a chu-daiko drum. Another beat sounds out, and another, in a quickening progression. The sound of Kyodo Taiko, the first collegiate ...
Most of its instruments—the barrel-shaped nagado-daiko, the snare drum–like shime-daiko, and the monstrous o-daiko, which stands two metres high and weighs 400 kilograms—are rooted in Japanese ...
THE Yamato Drummers of Japan have an almost monk-like existence. They run 10k every morning, practise drumming 12 hours a day and live together in the mountains. Gen Hidaka was a fan at first but is ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Under the forward-looking artistic direction of kabuki luminary Tamasaburo ...
Learn taiko from TaikoArts Midwest and meet Tiffany Tamaribuchi, an O-Daiko player. Taiko drumming is an art form that balances music, dance, and athletics into a dynamic demonstration of Japanese ...
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