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Special Karakoro Eisa Concert: The Rhythms of Okinawa – Written by Yoko Matsui

Name: Special Karakoro Eisa Concert: The Rhythms of Okinawa – Written by Yoko Matsui
Start: 2023-08-12T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-08-12T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Prairie Theatre Exchange

WHEN

August 12 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Venue

: Prairie Theatre Exchange
: 3rd Floor, Portage Place – Unit Y300-393 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, R3B 3H6 + Google Map
Phone: 204.942.5483
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Cost

$30 Buy Tickets

WEBSITE

https://www.jcamwpg.ca/events/karakoro-eisa-live-saturday-aug-12th-2023/

Enjoy a lively performance of traditional and contemporary Japanese drum, song and Eisa dance inspired by our common humanity and struggles towards peace and respect for human rights. You can learn more about the Karakoro EISA at http://karakoro.net/

Based in Osaka, Japan, award‐winning Karakoro will feature 68 performers led by director Yoko Matsui. Since 2011, the troupe has been performing traditional and creative Eisa dance in Canada every year to sellout audiences. Their last performance in Winnipeg was held at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Aug 18th, 2019 – https://humanrights.ca/event/karakoro-live-museum.

Special Karakoro Eisa Concert: The Rhythms of Okinawa – Written by Yoko Matsui

In the hope of peace and respect for human rights, the Group Karakoro will present a lively performance of traditional Japanese drum, songs and dances with a rock-style arrangement, using sanshin, violin, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, erhu, flute, keyboard and percussion.