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DESCRIPTION:Canada’s pre-eminent taiko group Nagata Shachu celebrate 20-y
 ear anniversary with their 2018/2019 season kick-off ‘Rhythm\, Stories\,
  Movement’: A new presentation\, featuring acclaimed Toronto author and 
 storyteller Rui Umezawa and Toronto contemporary dancers Noriko Kusama and
  Yuichiro Inoue.\n\n‘Rhythm\, Stories\, Movement’ seamlessly combines 
 the timeless art forms of drumming\, storytelling and dance: Stories\, bot
 h traditional and contemporary\, are brought to life with the music of tai
 ko drums\, bamboo flute and shamisen\, and are interpreted through solo da
 nce works. Theatrical lighting design is by Chris Malkowski.\n\nToronto no
 velist\, storyteller\, essayist\, children and young adult writer Rui Umez
 awa’s latest book\, ‘Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural fro
 m Old Japan\,’ (Groundwood Books) was listed as one of the best books of
  2015 by the CBC and his first novel ‘The Truth About Death and Dying’
  (Doubleday\, 2002) was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers Prize. His 
 essays\, short fiction and memoirs have appeared in The Globe and Mail\, T
 he Toronto Star\, Descant Magazine and more.\n\nDancer\, choreographer Nor
 iko Kusama was born in Japan and trained in ballet and contemporary at the
  Uchibori dance studio in her hometown Niigata. She choreographed and perf
 ormed her first duet at Toronto’s fFIDA dance festival in 2005. She bega
 n to work in collaboration with Robert Desrosiers in 2007 and performed 
 ‘Take Ito Kawa’ at Your Dance Festival in 2016.\n\nCompany dancer (13t
 h season) and teacher at Toronto Dance Theatre\, Yuichiro Inoue is origina
 lly from Japan. At 15\, he began training at the John Cranko Ballet School
  in Stuttgart\, Germany and went on to perform at many historic German the
 atres/opera houses\, before moving to Toronto for the Teacher Training Pro
 gram at The National Ballet School of Canada (Royal Academy of Dance statu
 s). Inoue has taught for top schools and companies throughout Canada and J
 apan\, and his choreography commissioned for film\, festivals and internat
 ional competitions.\n\nARTIST QUOTE:\n\nTaiko master and artistic director
  Kiyoshi Nagata states\, “Nagata Shachu's 20th anniversary season opener
  ‘Rhythm\, Stories and Movement’ brings together artists from a variet
 y of disciplines to create a new powerful experience. We are thrilled to b
 e working with long time supporter\, author and storyteller Rui Umezawa\, 
 as well as two accomplished\, dynamic contemporary dancers Noriko Kusama a
 nd Yuichiro Inoue.\n\n“Through spoken word\, movement and taiko music\, 
 the first half of the program features two famous stories from Japanese fo
 lklore. The second half dramatically and poignantly speaks to issues of id
 entity\, racism and discrimination. We hope audiences will be moved.”\n\
 nMORE DETAILS:\n\nTICKETS:\n\nFront Orchestra (Rows BB-G)\; Adult\, $37.00
  and Student/Senior\, $20.00.\n\nBack Orchestra (Rows AA &amp\; H-P)\; Adu
 lt\, $32.00 and Student/Senior\, $20.00.\n\nOnline\; <a href="https://bit
 .ly/2nZCeGP" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2nZCeGP</a>.\n\nPhone\; 416-97
 8-8849.\n\nIn person\; Hart House Box Office\, University of Toronto\, 7 H
 art House Circle\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 3H3.\n\nMORE INFO: <a href="http://
 nagatashachu.com/" target="_blank">http://nagatashachu.com</a>.\n\nNagata 
 Shachu members performing in this concert are Kiyoshi Nagata (director\, m
 aster soloist\, taiko\, shinobue/flute)\, Aki Takahashi (taiko\, shamisen\
 , vocals)\, Tony Nguyen (taiko)\, Jason Huang (taiko)\, Andrew Siu (taiko)
 \, and Naoya Kobayashi (taiko).\n\nNagata Shachu has toured extensively an
 d played rare and unusual collaborations with artists including the Toront
 o Arts Foundation’s Arts in the Parks initiative\, world/roots ensemble 
 DRUMHAND\, Japan’s acclaimed taiko\, kokyu and shinobue virtuoso Shogo Y
 oshii (formerly of Kodo drummers)\, Juno nominated Toronto Tabla Ensemble\
 , co-founder and principal dancer of Japan’s Kodo drummers Chieko Kojima
 \, renowned blues artists Ken Yoshioka and multi-Juno Award winner Julian 
 Fauth and most recently internationally renowned shamisen master\, Japan
 ’s Masahiro Nitta.\n\nKiyoshi Nagata is Canada’s pre-eminent taiko sol
 oist\, whose career spans over three decades. His principal studies were w
 ith ‘Kodo’ in Japan and Daihachi Oguchi (artistic director of Suwa Dai
 ko). In 1998\, he founded Nagata Shachu. He also teaches at the University
  of Toronto’s Faculty of Music and at the Royal Conservatory of Music.\n
 \nABOUT:\n\nSince forming in 1998 and while rooted in the folk drumming tr
 aditions of Japan\, Nagata Shachu's principal aim is to rejuvenate this an
 cient art form by producing innovative and exciting music (through concert
 s and workshops) that creates a new voice for Taiko. Taking its name from 
 founder Kiyoshi Nagata and ‘shachu’ (old term for a performing troupe)
 \, Nagata Shachu has toured throughout Canada\, the USA and Europe\, and h
 as previously released six CDs of original music (latest\; Hymus Road\, 20
 13)\, and four DVDs (latest\; Toronto Taiko Tales\, 2017).
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SUMMARY:Nagata Shachu: Rhythm\, Stories\, Movement
URL:/en/events/2018/11/24/nagata-shachu-rhythm-stories-movement/
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