TomoeArts

We are delighted that Colleen's translation of Terayama Shuji's play A Journal of the Plague Year is being staged by Langara's Studio58 February 5th-15th:
https://langara.ca/studio-58/current-season/journal-plague-year

Centre A is pleased to present three concurrent exhibits as part of the upcoming 48th Annual Powell Street Festival that highlight the breadth and depth of Japanese Canadian art and culture:  * 𝘈 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 - 疫病流行記 by Anju Singh, Valerie Turner, and Derek Chan; * 𝘏𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬 by Henry Tsang;  * and 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘪 by Brava Kilo and Annie Sumi (August 3 – 4 only). Join us on Friday, August 2 at the opening to meet the artists 🥂 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: August 2, 5 – 8 PM  𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱: August 2 – 17, 2024 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀: Weds – Sat, 12 – 6 PM, and Sunday August 4 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Centre A (205 – 268 Keefer St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X5)  𝘈 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 - 疫病流行記 is a multi-channel audio-visual media arts sculptural theatre installation based on the 2021 premiere online production, A Journal of the Plague Year, conceived and directed by Colleen Lanki (1965 - 2023). A Journal of the Plague Year is an English-language translation of the play, Ekibyō ryūkōki (疫病流行記,1975), written by Terayama Shūji (1935 - 1983) in collaboration with Kishida Rio (1946 - 2003), co-translated by Tsuneda Keiko and Colleen Lanki. Produced by Visceral Visions and presented by Powell Street Festival Society and Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, in association with Tomoe Arts Society and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre. Image: courtesy of Anju Singh, Valerie Turner, and Derek Chan - Image description in Alt Text.

This installation based on our 2021 online presentation of A Journal of the Plague Year, marks the culmination of TomoeArts' work and will be our final project. We are thrilled to have had Visceral Visions and VACT take the lead and Centre A and Powell Street Festival join in giving life to this project for an in-person experience of the project that Colleen had wished for it.

The project is funded by Canada Council for the Arts and the City of Vancouver and will be up for two weeks, August 3-17.

See https://centrea.org/exhibitions/upcoming/ for more details.

This Sunday July 21st, TomoeKai invites you to our first introductory Nihon Buyō Dance Workshop!

From 11:00-12:30 learn the basic movement, form, and style from Sensei Hanayagi Toshikotono, a master dancer with over fifty years experience.

All levels welcome!

No experience necessary!
This participatory workshop with master instructor HANAYAGI Toshikotono (Mamie Kakimoto), will introduce Nihon Buyō traditional Japanese dance, a storytelling form of dance that grew out of narrative theatre.

Date: Sunday July 21
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: The Dance Centre
Session Price: $45

Find our more about this program and register on our website: dojinarts.org

We gratefully acknowledge support from the Community Fund of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society.

Join us for an intimate evening getting to know all about shakuhachi 尺八 - a bamboo, end-blown flute developed in 16th-century Japan.

Learn about the different kinds of shakuhachi and their various applications in music and meditation, watch Alcvin demonstrate each of the steps involved in crafting a shakuhachi bamboo flute, and experience the instrument played live in the tatami tearoom at SaBi Tea Arts.

Date: Friday, July 12, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: SaBi Tea Arts, Vancouver.
Tickets: $35

Tickets now available. To learn more about this program and to register, visit our website: dojinarts.org

We gratefully acknowledge support from the Community Fund of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society.

Join us this Sunday at SaBi Tea Arts for an in-depth look at the important role fabric selection plays when creating kimono. Learn what to look for if you want to make your own kimono or want to repurpose old kimono into modern garments.

There are still spots available for this session as well as the final session on June 23rd. For details and to register, visit our website: dojinarts.org

*We gratefully acknowledge support from the Community Fund of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society.

Our Founder and Executive Director, Maiko Behr, seen here leading us on a visual journey into the world of sakura during her lecture: "Cherry Blossoms in the Visual, Poetic, and Performing Arts of Japan". This slide lecture was part of our day of programming during Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre's Month of O-Hanami.

We are so pleased that this topic generated so much interest! Thank you to everyone who attended. To find out about upcoming Japanese Cultural Arts related programming, be sure to visit The Dōjin Japanese Arts Society website and sign up for our monthly newsletter.

We gratefully acknowledge support from the Community Fund of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society.

Photo: Xun Yu 六入處感官美學研習社 The Six Sensorial Lab

As a Dance-Theatre company, we have long turned to our collaborators to bring the Music to our creations.

'Fifteen Years of Dream' included several such partners, sharing music from our past works, as well as new pieces created for this event.

Thank you to everyone with us in person and in spirit last week for Fifteen Years of Dream

We are honoured and humbled by the artists who participated in this celebration of TomoeArts and everything it has become under Colleen Lanki's leadership.