Earth Celebration 2003

Shiroyama Concerts

Aug. 22
Kodo
Aug. 23
Badenya les Frères Coulibaly (Burkina Faso)
Aug. 24
“Shukusai”

  • Kodo
  • Badenya les Frères Coulibaly

Discussion

Aug. 23
“Gifts from Sado’s Forests – Schoolroom ’Earth Furniture’”

  • Tsuyoshi Sekine
  • Makoto Shimazaki

Workshops

Aug.13 – 15
“Samba Workshop” (3-day, non-sleepover workshop) / Ryo Watanabe, Navigator: Yasuko Yamaguchi (Kodo)
Aug. 22
“Japanese Taiko Lite” / Eiichi Saito (Kodo)
Aug. 22
“Hula ‘Auana: Beginners class” / Ed Collier (Hawaii)
Aug. 22, 24
“Ranjosan’s Japanese Flute Making Workshop” / Ranjo
Aug. 22
“Rhythms and Chants of Hawaii” / Ed Collier
Aug. 23
“African Rhythm” / Badenya les Frères Coulibaly
Aug. 23
“Dancing to the Beat of Kodo, Summer Style” / Chieko Kojima (Kodo)
Aug. 23, 24
“Kasuga Ondeko” / Ryotsu Kasuga Onigumi (Sado Island)
Aug. 23
“Wadaiko: Drum Till You Drop!” / Ryutaro Kaneko (Kodo)
Aug. 23
“Ogi Okesa” / Ogi Dancers
Aug. 24
“Hula Auana: Intermediate class” / Ed Collier
Aug. 24
“Hula Kahiko: Beginners class” / Ed Collier
Aug. 24
“A Sensational Celebration of Sound” / RhythMix members

Seminars

Aug. 22
“Taiko Yobanashi – Taiko Free Talk” / Navigator: Michiko Chida (Kodo) / Theme: Traditional performing art groups Kodo has worked with
Aug. 23
“Taiko Yobanashi – Taiko Free Talk” / Navigator: Yoshiaki Oi (Kodo) / Theme: The trials an tribulations of the amateur taiko group, take 2

Special Fringe Events

Aug. 23
“Kodo Fringe” / Kodo
Aug. 23
“Hula” / Ed Collier and others
Aug. 23
“Take a Time-out in a Temple; Amida-in” / Sachiko Abe (Kodo), Ayako Onizawa (Kodo), Kazunari Abe (Kodo), Masaru Tsuji (Kodo)
Aug. 23
“Ogi Okesa Folk Dance” / The people of Ogi
Aug. 24
“Kasuga Ondeko” / Ryotsu Kasuga Onigumi

Lecture

Aug. 22
“Sado Seen from the Sea” / Dr. Jack Moyer

Exhibitions

Aug. 22 -24
“Earth Furniture” Exhibition
Aug. 22 -24
Hideaki Masago “Picture and Sound” Exhibition
Aug. 22 -24
“Water and Earth” Exhibition / Johnny Wales (Canada) and Daniel Rosen (U.S.A.)

Other Events

Aug. 22 -24
Flea Market & Harbour Market
Aug. 23
Hideaki Masago “Talk & Live”
Aug. 23
Kodo Rehearsal Hall Open House
Aug. 24
Earth Celebration Nodate (open air tea ceremony)

EC Pre-Event

May – June
“Taiko Taiken Juku”