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Naname: Power, Movement & Expression with San Jose Taiko FULL
Friday August 29, 2025 2:15pm - 4:15pm MDT
101B
This workshop will go deep into San Jose Taiko’s naname fundamentals, learning how to move energy through and around the entire body and drum. We will also be exploring creative naname expression in order to build your own unique movement vocabulary regardless of your comfort/experience around moving in taiko.

With 50+ years of taiko history, San Jose Taiko’s naname style encourages a combination of ergonomics and expression, a vocabulary for teaching naname and developing a critical eye for maximizing power and effortlessness at the same time.

Prerequisite/What to bring: Requires general comfort playing naname style. Participants will need their own bachi.
Speakers
avatar for Yurika Chiba

Yurika Chiba

Artistic Staff, San Jose Taiko
Yurika Chiba (Kawagoe, Japan/Toronto, Canada) began playing taiko in Tokushima, Japan in 1995 and has since played with groups in Australia and northern California. Yurika is a member of the Audition Process class of 2006 and joined SJT's Artistic Staff in 2007, now touring internationally... Read More →
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Franco Imperial

Franco Imperial (he/him) is the Artistic Director for San Jose Taiko. He has composed over 20 original works for SJT and has co-created and produced collaborations with artists such as Abhinaya Dance Company (“Synergy” which won the 2011 Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding... Read More →
avatar for Meg Suzuki Hudson

Meg Suzuki Hudson

Outreach Coordinator, San Jose Taiko
Meg Suzuki Hudson (she/her) began playing taiko and shinobue with Odaiko New England in 1999 and became a Performing Member of San Jose Taiko in 2003. She joined San Jose Taiko’s Administrative Staff in 2005 and is currently San Jose Taiko's Outreach Coordinator. In addition to... Read More →
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Friday August 29, 2025 2:15pm - 4:15pm MDT
101B
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