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Kodo Members Record Music for New BoBA Short Film
Kodo Members Record Music for New BoBA Short Film
“DRUMMANz (The Unexpected Happening of Stick)”
The trailer has just been released for a new short film directed by BoBA (Yohji Tanaka) called “DRUMMANz (The Unexpected Happening of Stick),” starring Flower Companyz drummer Mr. Konishi. It also features drummers Tatsuya Nakamura and Steve Eto.
▶︎Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/AO-OBMNGrWg
This short film is one of four made to shine a light on the local area surrounding Cinema Skhole in Nagoya.
The director approached Kodo and asked us to provide some music for the soundtrack, which we recorded at our rehearsal hall on Sado Island. Yuichiro Funabashi composed the music and performed it for the recording with Mitsuru Ishizuka and Masayuki Sakamoto.
Recording at Kodo Village for the soundtrack
Short Film “DRUMMANz (The Unexpected Happening of Stick)”
Director /Script Writer /Editor: BoBA (Yohji Tanaka)
Featuring: Mr. Konishi, Tatsuya Nakamura, Steve Eto, Flower Companyz, Tadahisa Fujimura, & others
Cinematographer: Rokuro Terada
Sound Engineer: Kenji Sakaue
Lighting Designer: Ken Horiguchi
Art Director: Koji Nagasawa
Music by: Flower Companyz, Kodo (Yuiichiro Funabashi, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Masayuki Sakamoto), Shleeps
Video of Ballet Production “Tamashii”: Kodo Collaboration with Morihiro Iwata
Kodo Collaboration with Morihiro Iwata at “Russia-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship”
On Sep. 3, 2015, Kodo’s Eiichi Saito, Maya Minowa, and Mizuki Yoneyama played the accompaniment for a ballet performance at the “Russia-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship” in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Here is the video of the performance.
(Courtesy of the Morihiro Iwata Performing Arts Foundation Facebook Page)
2015SEP03 TAMASHII @ ULAN UDE岩田守弘芸術財団です！すっかり秋色深まったこの季節、皆様いかがお過ごしでしょうか。本日は、2015年9月3日にロシア連邦・ブリヤート共和国において開催されました「ロシア・日本 平和友好文化フェスティバル」にて披露された岩田守弘演出作品『魂』のダイジェスト動画が太鼓芸能集団「鼓童」様より寄せられましたのでここに特別公開させていただきます。—◎タイトルバレエ “魂”◎開催地ロシア連邦・ブリヤート共和国 首都ウラン・ウデ◎演出岩田守弘（ブリヤート国立歌劇場バレエ 芸術監督）◎出演・太鼓芸能集団「鼓童」齊藤栄一蓑輪真弥米山水木（以上「鼓童」）＋・ロシア国立「ボリショイ・バレエ」ニーナ・カプツォーワクセーニヤ・プチョルキナマリヤ・ミーシナエブゲーニヤ・サバルスカヤイーゴリ・ツベルコアレクセイ・マトラホフアレクサンドル・サモリニーノフ（以上「ボリショイ・バレエ」）ビクトル・ダンピーロフミハイル・オフチャロフ（以上「ブリヤート国立歌劇場バレエ団」）＋岩田守弘（敬称略）—芸術の秋、この特別公開動画をどうぞお楽しみ下さい。＊視聴時には画面右下［HD］の表示をクリックしてご覧になることをおすすめします＝クリアな映像になります
Posted by 岩田守弘芸術財団 on 2015年10月7日
Kodo Collaboration with Morihiro Iwata at “Russia-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship
Kodo Featured on ANA “Is Japan Cool?” Website
Sado Island & Kodo Featured on ANA “Is Japan Cool?” Website
Niigata is featured in the Destinations section of the ANA (All Nippon Airways) “Is Japan Cool?” website aimed at international tourists visiting Japan. Kodo is introduced in the part about Sado Island. Please have a look! There is a Chinese version, too. Please share this website on social media and help us spread the word about Japan as a tourist destination.
English: https://www.ana-cooljapan.com/destinations/niigata/artsandculture
Chinese: https://cn.ana-cooljapan.com/destinations/niigata/artsandculture
Promotion Video for “Kodo One Earth Tour 2015: Chaos” Released Today!
Kodo 35th Anniversary Production “Kodo One Earth Tour 2015: Chaos”
Watch on YouTube▶https://youtu.be/qGCmnpbdRHo
Our next production directed by Artistic Director Tamasaburo Bando, “Kodo One Earth Tour 2015: Chaos,” will premiere in November 2015.
This performance promises to share brand new forms of taiko music through a daring, liberating concept that incorporates drum kits and even taiko drums made from tires.
The debut tour will begin on Sado Island before visiting Fukui, Toyama, Niigata, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Okayama, Aichi, Kanagawa, and Tokyo.
For further details, please visit our website.
▶ Premiere Tour Schedule (Nov.–Dec. 2015 Japan)
▶ Kodo Blog | Rehearsals for Brand New Production ‘Chaos’” by Yuta Sumiyoshi
Thank You for Joining Us for Earth Celebration 2015!
Earth Celebration 2015
What a wonderful celebration! Thank you very much to everyone who came along and cheered us on! We really appreciate your support!
Earth Celebration 2016 will take place from Aug. 26 (Fri) through 28 (Sun). EC will be directly followed by local festival Ogi Minato Matsuri on Aug. 29–30. Next year, while there will not be any Shiroyama Concerts, the festival will focus on letting everyone enjoy the various wonders of Ogi and Sado Island together. Details will be announced in May 2016. See you all next summer on Sado Island!
▼Shots from Behind the Scenes at Shiroyama Park and of Okuri Daiko (Farewell Taiko)（From Kodo’s Japanese Facebook page)
※Please stay tuned for stage photos from the 2015 Shiroyama Concerts.
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Please stay tuned for stage photos from the 2015 Shiroyama Concerts.
TV Program “Journeys in Japan” On Demand
June 23, 2015
TV Program “Journeys in Japan” Featuring Kodo Apprentice Centre Available On Demand
“Journeys in Japan” is an English-language TV program that features foreign reporters traveling through Japan, showing the nation through their eyes. The latest episode is a journey to Sado Island and features demon drumming (onidaiko) as well as a visit to the Kodo Apprentice Centre. The report includes the apprentices playing taiko and a look at their lifestyle at the Centre and on Sado. This program was broadcast in 130 countries and is currently available for viewing worldwide online for a limited time.
Program Name: Journeys in Japan
View On Demand via NHK World Website (available until mid-July 2015)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/journeys/20150623.html
Contemporary dancer Alessandra Lupi visits Sado Island to study the powerful Onidaiko demon dance. The traditional performing art is offered to the gods to pray for peace and abundant harvests. Alessandra also experiences the traditional lifestyle of the region. She stays in a charming inn converted from an old home, tries rice farming and meets apprentices of Kodo, the renowned drumming ensemble. During her journey, she comes to feel how closely the Onidaiko performing art is connected to the local way of life. On the last day of her journey, Alessandra is bestowed with an honor that is most unexpected…
Kodo apprenctices with contemporary dancer Alessandra Lupi at the Kodo Apprentice Centre, Kakinoura, Sado Island.
Photo Gallery | Amaterasu
Photo Gallery
Amaterasu
May 2015 Osaka Shochiku-za Theatre, Osaka City
Photos: Takashi Okamoto
Amaterasu (2015)
Director: Tamasaburo Bando
Cast: Tamasaburo Bando, Kodo (Masaru Tsuji, Yuichiro Funabashi, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Yosuke Oda, Masayuki Sakamoto, Kenta Nakagome, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Eri Uchida, Mariko Omi, Yosuke Kusa, Maya Minowa, Shogo Komatsuzaki, Akiko Ando, Yuta Sumiyoshi, Tetsumi Hanaoka, Kosuke Urushikubo, Jun Jidai, Koki Miura,Shunichiro Kamiya, Ryoma Tsurumi, Kengo Watanabe), former members of OSK Nippon Revue (Konoka Morino, Kokoro Kaai, Yui Suzumine, Kurara Miou)
*The role of Susano’o was performed by Yosuke Oda & Mitsuru Ishizuka as a double cast.
Special Appearance: Harei Aine (Former Takarazuka Revue male role star)
Video Introducing “Kodo One Earth Tour: Eternity”
We invite you to have a look at this new video that introduces our latest production “Kodo One Earth Tour: Eternity.”
▶Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/UExUU9LEBmQ
“Kodo One Earth Tour 2015: Eternity” Japan Tour (June–July, Sep.–Oct.)
http://www.kodo.or.jp/news/20150606oet_en.html
[June–July] Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Chiba, Osaka, Nagano, Kyoto, Ehime, Hiroshima
[Sep. Oct.] Chiba, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Yamagata, Iwate, Akita, Shizuoka, Aichi, Hyogo, Tottori, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Kagoshima
Full House for the Finale of “DADAN 2015”!
June 16, 2015
Full House for the Finale of “DADAN 2015”!
Yesterday we were delighted to welcome a full house for the finale of our six consecutive performances of “DADAN 2015” at Asakusa Public Hall in Tokyo. Thank you very much to everyone who visited Asakusa to see us!
Tomorrow we resume our nationwide tour of “Kodo One Earth Tour 2015: Eternity” in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
The final curtain call for “DADAN 2015” in Asakusa, Tokyo
We hope you’ll join us for “Eternity,” too!
“Kodo One Earth Tour 2015: Eternity” Japan Tour (June–July, Sep.–Oct.)
http://www.kodo.or.jp/news/20150606oet_en.html
[June–July] Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Chiba, Osaka, Nagano, Kyoto, Ehime, Hiroshima
[Sep. Oct.] Chiba, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Yamagata, Iwate, Akita, Shizuoka, Aichi, Hyogo, Tottori, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Kagoshima
“DADAN 2015” Begins June 10 in Asakusa, Tokyo!
Kodo’s “DADAN 2015” performances in Asakusa begin on June 10! Join the all-male cast of thirteen powerhouse Kodo performers for a pulsating ninety minutes of non-stop action. We’re waiting for you all at Asakusa Public Hall!
“DADAN 2015” Rehearsals (At Kodo Village in April)
Photos: Takashi Okamoto
Director: Tamasaburo Bando
Performers: Yuichiro Funabashi, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Yosuke Oda, Masayuki Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Jun Jidai, Koki Miura, Shunichiro Kamiya, Ryoma Tsurumi, Kengo Watanabe, Ryotaro Leo Ikenaga, Hayato Otsuka, Reo Kitabayashi
*Cast subject to change
Ticket Sales Update:
June 10 (Wed): SOLD OUT. Door sales will not be available.
June 13 (Sat), 14 (Sun): Advance ticket sales have concluded, doors sales TBC.
Door Sales Info: Door sales will not be available on June 10 (Wed). For all other performances, door sales are TBC. If available, tickets will be on sale at the venue from 30 mins. before doors open (1 hour before the performance starts).
