{"id":3239,"date":"2015-05-04T20:53:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T11:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2015-05-19T12:58:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T03:58:28","slug":"rehearsals-for-brand-new-production-chaos-by-yuta-sumiyoshi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20150504_3239.html","title":{"rendered":"“Rehearsals for Brand New Production ‘Chaos'” by Yuta Sumiyoshi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apr. 27, 2015<\/p>\n

Rehearsals for Brand New Production “Chaos”<\/h2>\n

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Our rehearsals began with a talk from artistic director Tamasaburo Bando about the new production’s title, “Chaos.”<\/p>\n

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While the\u00a0title is “Chaos,” Tamasaburo said he wants the audience to feel “harmony” when they come to this performance. If he called it “Harmony,” noone would know\u00a0where that harmony would\u00a0occur. Harmony has somewhere to emerge from somewhere, so you need\u00a0chaotic parts. As he explained the concept to us, he jokingly admitted that this might be a humble Japanese form\u00a0of expression.<\/p>\n

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This production features Japanese drums (wadaiko), naturally, but it also incorporates Western drumkits.<\/p>\n

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Rehearsals with Tetsuya Kajiwara, former drummer of “The Blue Hearts”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some aspects were bewildering at first, but as we rehearsed, I was able to think long and hard about the act of beating a rhythm.<\/p>\n

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Humans all have\u00a0blood pumping through their veins. And I realize that beating a rhythm is something that people of all races\u00a0have in common, too. It’s not about what<\/span> you play, it’s that<\/span> you play. As we create this performance, I will keep in mind that as humans, our roots are the same. If taiko playing until now was somewhat monochromatic, I think this production will create a new world by adding\u00a0new colors\u00a0to the current taiko palette.<\/p>\n

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There’s just over six months from now\u00a0until the premiere of “Chaos.” Our rehearsals have only just begun, but we are all excited to see what will emerge from this creative process in the months ahead.<\/p>\n

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\n*New production “Kodo One Earth Tour 2015: Chaos” will premiere in November this year. Details TBA on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apr. 27, 2015 Rehearsals for Brand New Production “Chaos” Our rehearsals began with a talk from artistic director Tamasaburo Bando about the new production’s title, “Chaos.” While the\u00a0title is “Chaos,” Tamasaburo said he wants the audience to feel “harmony” when they come to this performance. If he called it “Harmony,” noone would know\u00a0where that harmony would\u00a0occur. Harmony has somewhere to emerge from somewhere, so you need\u00a0chaotic parts. As he explained the concept to us, he jokingly admitted that this might be a humble Japanese form\u00a0of expression. This production features Japanese drums (wadaiko), naturally, but it also incorporates Western drumkits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[177,6,89,64,178,66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3239"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3334,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239\/revisions\/3334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}