{"id":3024,"date":"2015-03-10T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T03:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2015-03-10T12:56:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T03:56:56","slug":"in-preparation-for-michi-by-tsuyoshi-maeda-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20150310_3024.html","title":{"rendered":"“In Preparation for ‘Michi'” by Tsuyoshi Maeda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Feb. 14, 2015<\/p>\n

Kodo 2015 Special Concert “Michi”<\/h2>\n

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This month we began our rehearsals for Kodo 2015 Special Concert “Michi,” which will be held at\u00a0KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama on March 19 &\u00a020. The\u00a0programme is nothing but\u00a0“Kodo classics.” We have taken\u00a0the pieces that Kodo has honed over the past decades and let our current members recreate them.<\/p>\n

For a couple of years, we have been working\u00a0on all kinds of new challenges\u00a0and taken a break\u00a0from the fundamentals of Kodo to date, such as our signature pieces and costumes. With that distance comes new realizations about things until now\u00a0that had never occurred to us before.\u00a0It has been a period for us\u00a0to find out about what defines us as\u00a0“Kodo” beyond our name.<\/p>\n

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Now, at this particular point in time, we will hold this special concert, Michi, which means “road” or “path.”<\/p>\n

Chonlima,\u00a0Monochrome, Miyake, O-daiko, Yatai-bayashi.<\/span> We have taken a look at an array of\u00a0classic Kodo pieces anew. Personally, I\u00a0deeply feel that a special Kodo aura radiates\u00a0from within each of these “classic Kodo performance” pieces.<\/p>\n

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During our rehearsals for Michi, the senior members remind us about our stance, the nuance of each rhythm, how to approach the taiko mentally and emotionally, and they performed with us for the first time in quite a while. This really emphasized to me where my weaknesses lie, and it also made me realize just how high our seniors have set the bar with their own skills.<\/p>\n

Rehearsing feels like I’m banging into a wall that I can’t climb over yet, and while I completely frustrate myself everyday, I can also feel a fire burning\u00a0my belly ignited by motivation. In any case, I am learning a lot every day.<\/p>\n

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\nIn Japanese, onkochishin<\/span> is a phrase we use at times like these,\u00a0which\u00a0means “to\u00a0attempt to discover new things by studying the past.” I can reaffirm\u00a0what is important for Kodo, what Kodo must never lose, through these rehearsals for Michi. And I want\u00a0to make a good use of what I learn in brand new creations, too.<\/p>\n

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