Seattle


Below is a partial list of Soju Projekt's cultural activities since 1988.

Click on the links for more detailed information. 


Media / Publications

1988-1989 KBCS radio host Navigator/ Jazz show
1989-1996 The Japan Times Monthly column on Japanese traditional music
1989-1990 Mainichi Daily News Monthly column on Japanese theatre
1990

Noh in English CD 

Tokyo, Japan

1992

The Japan Times 

Review: JVC World Music & Dance Video Series 

1994

The Japan Times 

Review: JVC Japanese Folk Arts Video Series 

1995

The Japan Times 

Review: JVC Japanese Music CD Series 

2004  KBCS radio host Noh Theatre of Japan
2006 KBCS radio host Randai martial arts-based theatre of Sumatra  
2012 Parabola Magazine Retelling of Noh play 'Atsumori'
2013

Parabola Magazine

Retelling from Mahabharata with Sumie
2013 Feb-Dec The North American Post ( 北米報知 )
 

2014               Parabola Magazine retelling from 'The Thousand Nights and a Night'

2014-2016   DigiLetter  weekly online magazinez9 (mag2 USA)

 

2015                Parabola Magazine  Retelling from 'Orlando Furioso' with Sumie

2015                Hawai’i Public Radio Interview  (Noh)

2016                Toyo Keizai (東洋経済online)Articles on Japanese Traditional Culture 

2016                Parabola Magazine 2016 Fall issue.    Healing in Noh


Lecture/Performance/Workshops

1990  

Noh in English (Eliza)

 

Umewaka Noh Theater (Tokyo, Japan)

1998   Lecture/Demonstration   University of Hawaii (Honolulu, HI)
    Lecture  

Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute(Troy, NY)

2004  

Lecture/Demonstration

 

East Shore Unitarian Church (Bellevue, WA)
2005  

Class

 

University of Washington/Experimental College
2006  

Lecture

 

Whatcom Community College (Bellingham,WA)
2007  

Class

 

University of Washington/Experimental College

2009  

Lecture/Demonstration

 

East Shore Unitarian Church (Bellevue, WA)

   

Lecture/Demonstration

 

Chado Urasenke Seattle Branch (Seattle, WA)

   

Lecture/Demonstration

 

Everett Community College (Everett, WA)

   

Workshop

 

The Kudo House  (Vashon Island, WA)

2011  

Lec/Demo/Staged Reading

 

East Shore Unitarian Church (Bellevue, WA)

2012  

Lecture/Demonstration

 

The Taoist Study Institute (Seattle, WA)

2013  

Lec/Storytelling(Healing in Noh)

 

East Shore Unitarian Church (Bellevue, WA)

   

Lec/Storytelling(Healing in Noh)

 

Nagomi Tea House (Seattle, WA)

   

Lec/Dem (Tale of the Heike/Biwa)

 

Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)

   

Lec/Dem (Tale of the Heike/Noh)

 

Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)

 

2014      Lec/Demo with Mr.Takeda                      Seattle University

2014      'Shikhandi/Amba' (from the Indian epic ‘Mahabharata’)  (Seattle,WA)

 

2015        Lectures at UH                                                  University of Hawaii at Manoa

2015        Lecture/Demo Orvis  Auditorium            University of Hawaii at Manoa

2015        Lecture/Demo   Maui                                     Maui Culture Center

2015         Noh-inspired story 'Mist'                           Sakuracon2015 ( Seattle WA)                     2015         Pre-performance Noh stage tour         Tokyo/ Cerulean tower Noh Theater 

2015         Pre -performance Lecture                        Senses of Japan 2015

2016         Sakura-Con 2016

2016         Eliot Institute   ( Art )

2016         Evergreen State Collage  


Events/ Storytelling/

Staged Reading

2011   Art Exchange Gallery   Butoh and Installation Sound Installation
2011  

Taoist Studies Institute

  Butoh Artist Accompaniment Musician
2012   Taoist Studies Institute   Butoh Artist Accompaniment Musician
2013   Microsoft  

Biwa Music/Sumi Art Collaboration

Funabenkei 

    Salt Mine Arium  

Sound therapy and guided breathing

 

 
 
 

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