Events
Performance
04/01/2017
- 03/31/2018
New York (NY) and more
PAJ: 2017 TOURING GRANT
Arts Midwest /Arts Midwest World Fest

Photo: Shigeyo Henriquez, courtesy of Arts Midwest
Project Summary | A five-city tour of Japan-based taiko ensemble Ondekoza |
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Principal Artist | Ondekoza |
Tour Location |
Sheldon Theatre (Redwing, MN)
Heritage Center, University of Dubuque (Dubuque, IA) Prairie du Chien High School (Prairie du Chien, WI) Riggs High Theater (Pieere, SD) Dorothy Stickney Auditorium Dickinson State University (Dickinson, ND) |
Fuse Box Austin / Kaori Seki: water and tears

Photo: Christopher Shea
Project Summary | A three-city tour of Japanese choreographer Kaori Seki and her company PUNCTUMUN |
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Principal Artist | Kaori Seki |
Tour Location |
Ground Floor Theater – Fusebox Festival (Austin, TX)
Links Hall (Chigcago, IL) Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, VT) |
IMJS: Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives/ Shakuhachi and Ichigenkin: Discovery in a Single Tone
Project Summary | A twelve-city North America tour of Shakuhachi and Ichigenkin: Discovery in a Single Tone, a series of concerts and workshops for shakuhachi and ichigenkin (one-stringed koto). |
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Principal Artist | Minegishi Issui, Ralph Samuelson, Elizabeth Brown |
Tour Location |
Montclair State Univ. Cali School of Music, Leshowitz Recital Hall(Montclair, NJ)
Bard College, Bito Auditorium(Annandale-on-Hudson, NY) University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music(Hartford, CT) John Jay High School(Katonah, NY) Katonah Public Library(Katonah, NY) Center for Remembering and Sharing (New York, NY) University of Colorado, Heller Center for Arts and Humanities (Colorado Springs, CO) University of Pittsburgh, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Pittsburgh, PA) University of Kentucky, Niles Gallery for American Music (Lexington, KY) University of Memphis (Memphis, TN) Belmont University, Trout Theater (Nashville, TN) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Murfreesboro, TN) |
Mutek:International Festival of Digital Creativity and Electronic Music / discrete figures

Photo:Bruno Destombes
Project Summary | A two-city tour of media artist Rhizomatiks Research and dance troupe Elevenplay |
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Principal Artist | Rhizomatiks Research, Elevenplay |
Tour Location | Salle Ludger-Duverney, Monument National(Montreal, QC)
Gray Area Grand Theater (San Francisco,CA) |
New Mexico Presenters Alliance /TAIKOPROJECT ALL-STARS TOURS NEW MEXICO

New Mexico Presenters Alliance /TAIKOPROJECT ALL-STARS TOURS NEW MEXICO
Project Summary | A four-city tour of TAIKOPROJECT ALL-STARS in New Mexico including public performances, interactive workshops and school assemblies. |
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Principal Artist | TAIKOPROJECT |
Tour Location | SJC Henderson Fine Arts Center (Farmington, NM)
WNMU Fine Arts Theater (Silver City, NM) Alamo-Navajo School (Alamo, NM) NMIMT Macey Center (Socorro, NM) |
Scottsdale Cultural Council /Enmei (Long Life)

Sean Decker
Project Summary | A two-city tour of Enmei (Long Life), a collaboration by four dancers and artists ranging in age from 45-73 to explore the different ways our respective cultures value the body, age, and the aging process, itself. |
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Principal Artist | Masako Kitaura, Kei Takei, Kotoka Suzuki, Laz Brezer, Mary Fitzgerald, Eileen Standley, Rose Weitz |
Tour Location | Virginia G. Piper Theater, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts (Scottsdale, AZ)
Links Hall Chicago (Chicago, IL) |
Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound /Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda fu-rai North American Tour

Photo:Wild Don
Project Summary | A six-city North America tour of two pioneering Japanese sound artists |
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Principal Artist | Akio Suzuki, Aki Onda |
Tour Location | Western Front (Vancouver, BC)
Good Shepherd Chapel (Seattle, WA) Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook (Los Angeles, CA) Calarts (Valencia, CA) Marfa Stockyards (Marfa, TX) St. George Hall (Marfa, TX) Pioneer Works(Brooklyn, NY) |
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