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“Making Sasara Together” by Kenta Nakagome


Before we set off on tour, the Workshop Performance cast worked together to make sasara (split bamboo rods) for a traditional deer dance called Shishi Odori, which is featured in LION on the upcoming tour. It took us two weeks to complete them, working between rehearsals and at night, too.

 Photo: Kenta NakagomePhoto: Kenta Nakagome

Left: The finished sasara. Right: We cut down bamboo, cut each length to size, split each rod into whisk-like slats, and took off the nodes.

Photo: Kenta Nakagome

Then we filed the bamboo and pasted pieces of Japanese paper on to them to complete them!

We are now using these props to perform “LION,” for the first time in ages on tour! We hope everyone will enjoy it!

Please come along to see one of our public performances listed below.

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Kodo | Workshop Performances
http://www.kodo.or.jp/news/20141200koryu_en.html

Photo: Kenta Nakagome

We made this “Bamboo Man” from one of the offcuts. We stand on him to massage the soles of our feet.

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