2010 has already been intense for so many of us in so many ways. Myself included, many friends and family are going through large changes in their personal lives. And of course my heart goes out to all the people of Haiti everywhere. It’s been an emotionally wrenching experience following newspaper, radio and television reports and hearing from friends the status of their loved ones.

With this in mind, we must try to make 2010 as positive as we can where we are in our own lives, while never forgetting the suffering of those around us. The first NakaNaka event of the year will be a taiko workshop followed by a performance featuring students of my taiko school and myself. Taiko can be a physically intense art form, so please expect to be exploring movement as much as rhythm with exercises that adults and children alike will find challenging, stimulating and somehow… relaxing all at once.

Jan 29th (fri)
NakaNaka 2010 KAISHI@DROM
5 to 7 pm TAIKO WORKSHOP – open to all ages and levels
7:30 to 9:30 TAIKO PERFORMANCE featuring students of the Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center
$35 for workshop and concert
$10 for concert only

DROM
85 Ave A (btwn 5th and 6th)
212-777-1157
NYC

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