The power of San Jose Taiko has been around since 1973 and will come to Edmonds for one performance Saturday night at Edmonds Center for the Arts.
The goal of San Jose Taiko is to broaden the historical art form of this style of drumming by joining the traditional Japanese rhythms with the beat of other world rhythms. San Jose Taiko is striving for a contemporary result while still embracing the Asian soul in America.
Audiences will appreciate that Taiko drumming is highly physical and requires quite a bit of endurance. What audiences don’t see behind the scenes is that running and exercise are required of all members during practice sessions. Also, all members of the taiko team must participate in the composing, choreographing, designing and producing of the costumes, and the handcrafting of the drums.
“Murderers”: This play by Jeffrey Hatcher puts an unlikely set of murderers at an unlikely location: a retirement home.
The show opens Thursday at Seattle Repertory Theatre and runs through Nov. 4.
The murderers are Gerald, Lucy and Minka — all residents of Riddle Key Retirement Community in Florida. There’s no question about the guilt or innocence of this band of characters. The question is why. And that is left up to the slightly twisted imagination of playwright Hatcher. He showcases his sense of the ridiculous while we follow this cast through the story and through the cul de sacs and manicured lawns of their retirement lifestyle.
“The Importance of Being Earnest”: This Oscar Wilde classic of mistaken identities, comedy and other antics done all in the name of love opens tonight and runs through Oct. 27 at Taproot Theatre in Seattle.
In this production, director Karen Lund sets Wilde’s wild romantic romp at the turn of the 20th century but she still stays loyal to Wilde’s humor and clever wordplay that flows throughout the story.
@2. Cutline:San Jose Taiko performs Saturday at Edmonds Center for the Arts.
Talk to us
> Give us your news tips.
> Send us a letter to the editor.
> More Herald contact information.
