{"id":1063,"date":"2014-06-25T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T03:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2014-06-25T12:15:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T03:15:05","slug":"school-workshop-performance-at-tawara-elementary-school-in-asakusa-by-mariko-omi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20140625_1063.html","title":{"rendered":"“School Workshop Performance at Tawara Elementary School in Asakusa” by Mariko Omi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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June 18 School Workshop Performance at Tawara Elementary School in Asakusa<\/h2>\n

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In the middle of “Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery,” we gave\u00a0two\u00a0School Workshop Performances in Asakusa, Tokyo, in hopes that everyone\u00a0in\u00a0Asakusa would\u00a0get to know Kodo better.<\/p>\n

The programme and pieces are different to the “Mystery” performance, so we have been making good use of our spare\u00a0time on the One Earth Tour to practise and prepare for these school performances. There are a lot of young newcomers on this tour and surprisingly more than half our cast has never been on a Kodo School Workshop Performance tour. During our rehearsals, we had to make sure that our facial expressions and movements, which usually aim\u00a0to reach the furtherest parts of large theaters, were adjusted to suit an audience of children sitting right in front of us. We also had to check that the sound of the taiko and many other things were just right for the kids’ programme.<\/p>\n

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Once the performance began, the 60 minutes went by in a flash! We received a lot of\u00a0laughs and some unexpected reactions!<\/p>\n

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When we rolled out the biggest taiko (o-daiko), there were some kids squealing in anticipation,\u00a0like they were at the top of a roller coaster just before a big drop!<\/p>\n

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For me, the impressions of a pupil, who spoke on behalf of her peers, were particularly memorable. She looked us all in the eyes while she told us\u00a0the characteristics of each piece we had played and how each one made her\u00a0feel with great frankness. It really made us take note of how your true feelings can have such power of persuasion.<\/p>\n

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As the children left the hall, one of the little girls gave me a keyring. She said, “It’s handmade. Thank you!” and with that simple act, all of my tiredness disappeared!<\/p>\n

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We will use the all the\u00a0smiles and cheer that we received from these school performances as energy for our five days of performances at Asakusa Public Hall.<\/p>\n

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June 18 School Workshop Performance at Tawara Elementary School in Asakusa In the middle of “Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery,” we gave\u00a0two\u00a0School Workshop Performances in Asakusa, Tokyo, in hopes that everyone\u00a0in\u00a0Asakusa would\u00a0get to know Kodo better. The programme and pieces are different to the “Mystery” performance, so we have been making good use of our spare\u00a0time on the One Earth Tour to practise and prepare for these school performances. There are a lot of young newcomers on this tour and surprisingly more than half our cast has never been on a Kodo School Workshop Performance tour. During our rehearsals, we had to make sure that our facial expressions and movements, … \u25b6\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/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":[87,6,33,7,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1137,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions\/1137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}