{"id":2838,"date":"2015-02-12T14:09:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T05:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2015-02-16T14:09:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T05:09:15","slug":"a-breath-of-fresh-air-by-mariko-omi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20150212_2838.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Breath of Fresh Air&#8221; by Mariko Omi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>        <div class=\"wsbl_facebook_like\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20150212_2838.html\" layout=\"button_count\" action=\"recommend\" width=\"100\" share=\"false\" show_faces=\"false\" ><\/fb:like><\/div>        <div class=\"wsbl_twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20150212_2838.html\" data-text=\"&#8220;A Breath of Fresh Air&#8221; by Mariko Omi\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<p>A new female member joined us for our current &#8220;Mystery&#8221; tour. Her name\u00a0is Tomoe Miura and she is a brand new junior member.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5039 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/image1-340x453.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Mariko Omi\" width=\"340\" height=\"453\" \/><br \/>\nShe has only just finished her apprenticeship, but right off the bat she has been exposed to so\u00a0many challenges: life overseas, jet lag, difference climates, various theaters, hotel life, and giving performances in front of actual\u00a0audiences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5040 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/image2-340x453.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Mariko Omi\" width=\"340\" height=\"453\" \/><br \/>\nHer eagerness and determination provide\u00a0a breath of fresh air on\u00a0this tour, which inspires us and makes us take a good look at our own mindsets, too.<\/p>\n<p>As we perform and rehearse\u00a0the various pieces, new ideas emerge and shape the programme in new ways. You can see the individuality of each cast member developing in each\u00a0piece as we progress on this tour. The &#8220;Mystery&#8221; production had its final Japan performance last year, but it is now undergoing a renaissance as we perform it on tour in North America.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/mariko_ja.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1998\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mariko_s.jpg\" alt=\"mariko_s\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/oet\/index_ja.html#schedule13a\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4627 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150127oet.jpg\" alt=\"20150127oet\" width=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20150127oet_en.html\">&#8220;Kodo One Earth Tour 2015: Mystery&#8221; North America Tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20150119newface_en.html\">Announcing the New 2015 Kodo Junior Members<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new female member joined us for our current &#8220;Mystery&#8221; tour. Her name\u00a0is Tomoe Miura and she is a brand new junior member. She has only just finished her apprenticeship, but right off the bat she has been exposed to so\u00a0many challenges: life overseas, jet lag, difference climates, various theaters, hotel life, and giving performances in front of actual\u00a0audiences. Her eagerness and determination provide\u00a0a breath of fresh air on\u00a0this tour, which inspires us and makes us take a good look at our own mindsets, too. As we perform and rehearse\u00a0the various pieces, new ideas emerge and shape the programme in new ways. You can see the individuality of each cast &#8230; <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20150212_2838.html\">\u25b6\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[33,7,152,157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2838"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2875,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions\/2875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}