Tsubaki Ensemble

Japanese folk songs will be played on traditional instruments and performers will demonstrate how the movements in the folk dances tell stories of what life was like for the Japanese people at the time. Students will learn simple hand movements of a dance that they will do along with the performers. These Japanese traditional movements will be made relevant to the students’ current lives when we create a new folk dance with movements that reflect their own lives culminating in an exciting performance of a traditional and modern fusion piece with students drumming and dancing together onstage.

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