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Routan Nichi-nichi Shmbun, a local paper in Kyoto prefecture features about Big Dance project. (12 May)

Click here (Japanese only)

 

Big Dance is the UK’s biggest celebration of dance and dancing, and a highlight of London 2012 Festival, showcasing the diversity of dance styles and cultural attractions. It is featuring thousands of events, including workshops, performances, flashmobs, world record attempts and dancing in unusual spaces. 

BuU is a new dance group formed with London based young talented Japanese dancers with  Ayaka Furukawa, Yasuna Higuma, Ryota Kodera, Hiromi Satoh, and Yuki Kizawa.
They will present an exciting new choreography inspired by Hanagasa Ondo, a popular folk dance from Tohoku, Japan, spiced with contemporary dance twist.

Meet BuU on Big Dance Bus and enjoy the unmissable experience!

Date: Sunday 27th May 2012, 13:20
Place: White Lion Street, London N1 9PW. See google map.
Open to public

Japanese music festival at  Museum Rietberg 7^th – 8^th July 2012

mu:arts curates a Japanese music festival in collaboration with  Museum Rietberg  , Zurich, Switzerland.

The Museum Rietberg Zurich is the only art museum for non-European art in Switzerland exhibiting an internationally renowned collection of art from Asia, Africa and Ancient America. The Museum Rietberg will host a Japan Festival on the 7^th and 8^th July 2012. The festival is linked  to the special exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints from the collection of Honolulu Museum of Art, “The Beauty of the Moment” (7 July – 14 October 2012).

History of the museum

Saturday 7^th July (Tanabata)

- Flying Zoo : Sizzle Ohtaka (vocal), Miwazo (chindon), Yoshiaki Sato (accordion), and Yuji Tsunemi (oud)

- Kumiko Suzuki Taiko group

Sunday 8^th July

- Shunsuke Kimura x Etsuro Ono

- Sizzle Ohtaka

- Kumiko Suzuki Taiko group

- Grand Finale

 

Japanese Music Festival at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome 11^th-12^th July

mu:arts joins production of the first Japanese music festival in Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, the most significant arts centre in Italy, designed by Renzo Piano. 

  About the venue

Wednesday  11th July

Shunsuke Kimura x Etsuro Ono

Thursday 12th  July

TsuguKaji KOTO

Shunsuke Kimura x Etsuro Ono summer tour schedule

5th & 6th July, Forde (Norway) Forde World Music Festival

8 July, Zurich (Switzerland) Museum Rietberg
11 July, Rome (Italy) Auditorium Parco della Musica
12 July, Hannover (Germany) Masala World Music Festival

13  July, Arles (France) Les Suds à Arles

25 July, London (UK) Japan Festival  2012

 

29 July, MAREWREW debut at  WOMAD Charlton Park

and internationally renowned Tonkori player OKI will join Marewrew.