Fwd: [Fwd: JASG: Kodo Taiko Drum Performance at The Fox (March 1, 2009)]
Tony Gonzalez
I know that a show that starts in downtown Atlanta at 8:00 on a Sunday night is...well...not the best of timing, but I promise you that this would be a show you would never forget. I've seen Kodo live before, and they're pretty amazing.
Here's a vid from YouTube, but seeing this in a 3" window and seeing it live are TOTALLY different experiences...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paw8apqxqeA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uka0ULO1szE
かっこういい！
(and if you've never been to the Fox Theater you're really missing out on that, too!)
--Tony
From: Masaki Mori <ma...@uga.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Subject: [Fwd: JASG: Kodo Taiko Drum Performance at The Fox (March 1, 2009)]
To:
Cc: "Sasaki C., Yuki" <sas...@uga.edu>, "Knight, Ken" <kkni...@uga.edu>, Tony Gonzalez <tony...@uga.edu>, "Knight, Ken" <kkni...@uga.edu>
Ordering is easy.
Call 404-881-2103
or place your request on line
http://www.foxtheatre.org./groupSalesRequest.htm
Kodo is a group whose activities are centered on the Japanese drum, or 'taiko'. While exploring the countless byways of the traditional performing arts, Kodo strives to create something new for the modern age. The name 'Kodo' conveys two meanings. The literal readings of the two characters that make up the name in Japanese are 'drum' and 'child'–conveying Kodo's desire to play the taiko purely, with the heart of a child. The word Kodo is also a homonym for 'heartbeat'–humanity's most fundamental source of rhythm–the first sound a child hears in their mother's womb. Since Kodo's debut at the Berlin Festival in 1981, one third of the year has been spent touring Japan, a third on Sado Island, and the rest of the year touring overseas.
The Japan America Society
of Georgia
3121 Maple Drive, Suite 224
Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: (404)
842-1400
Fax: (404) 842-1415
www.jasgeorgia.org
