Shigeyama Kyogen Troupe, EL SQUAD, May J.,
Coming on the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 National Cherry Blossom Festival
The 2017 National Cherry Blossom Festival will kick off in Washington, D.C., organized by the Japan Foundation as part of a comprehensive program encouraging cultural collaboration between Japan and U.S.
The Japan Foundation sends three groups of Japanese artists, who are active in home and abroad, to perform and give workshops for people to experience wide range of Japanese performing arts.
©Shigeyama Kyogen
©EL SQUAD
©May J.
Opening Ceremony of the 2017 National Cherry Blossom Festival
| Date | Saturday, March 25, 2017 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. |
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| Venue | Warner Theatre 513 13th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. |
| Ticket | FREE; Advance ticketing required. There will be a $5 registration fee when tickets are claimed. |
| Website | http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/opening-ceremony/ |
Shigeyama Kyogen
Workshop 1
| Date | Tuesday, March 21, 2017 |
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| Venue | An elementary school in Washington, D.C. (not open to the public) |
| Ticket | N/A |
Workshop 2
| Date | Thursday, March 23, 2017 1:00 p.m. |
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| Venue | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. |
| Ticket | FREE |
| Website | http://www.asia.si.edu/events/performances.asp |
Public performance
| Date | Tuesday, March 21, 2017 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. |
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| Venue | Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress 10 First Street, SE, Washington, D.C. |
| Ticket | FREE; Advance ticketing required. |
| Website | http://www.loc.gov/concerts/kyogenproject.html |
EL SQUAD
Street Dance Workshop 1
| Date | Friday, March 24, 2017 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. |
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| Venue | Joy of Motion, Friendship Heights Studio 5207 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
| Intended audience | Anyone at age16 or over |
| Ticket | Advance tickets available from the link below |
| Website | http://www.joyofmotion.org/adult-program-full/adult-workshops/ |
Street Dance Workshop 2
| Date | Sunday, March 26, 2017 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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| Venue | Joy of Motion, Friendship Heights Studio 5207 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. |
| Intended audience | Joy of Motion Dance Center's H.Y.P.E. class students |
| Ticket | Not open to the public |
EL SQUAD in concert
| Date | Sunday, March 26, 2017 7:00 p.m. |
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| Venue | Mead Center, Kreeger Theater 1101 6th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. |
| Ticket | Advance tickets available from the link below |
| Website | http://www.joyofmotion.org/event/el-squad-concert/ |
May J.
Special Live
| Date | Friday, March 24, 2017 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
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| Venue | Millennium Stage, John F. Kennedy Center 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C. |
| Ticket | FREE |
| Website | http://www.kennedy-center.org/ |
- Organized by:
- The Japan Foundation
- Co-hosted by:
- National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc., Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
- Supported by:
- Shigeyama Kyogen Troupe, WIZARTS Co, Ltd., New World Productions Inc.
Profile
Shigeyama Kyogen Troupe
Shigeyama Kyogen embodies some of the best traits of traditional Japanese performing culture. Kyogen is a world-renowned form of traditional Japanese theater and a kind of spoken drama that is based upon laughter and comedy. With more than 600 years of history, it was designated as one of the “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” by UNESCO in 2001. Shigeyama is a prestigious Kyogen family in Kyoto, Japan that has passed on this Kyogen craft from one generation to the next since the early 17th Century.
EL SQUAD
©EL SQUAD
Since its formation in 2012, EL SQUAD from Wrecking Crew Orchestra revolutionized the contemporary dance genre with their signature “Light Dance,” a mesmerizing blend of dance, music, and electroluminescent technology. Audiences are amazed at the dazzling effects achieved through intricate, fast-paced choreography without the help of CG. As of March 2017, their performance videos on YouTube have garnered over 45 million views.
May J.
©May J.
Having her roots in Japan, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Spain, and the U.K., multilingual J-pop artist May J. has been one of the most celebrated female singers in Japan since her debut in July 2006. She has hosted the music program J-MELO on NHK (Japan's public broadcasting corporation) for eight years; it is the only Japanese music show in English that introduces the current J-pop music scene. Her album Summer Ballad Covers (June 2013) was in the top 10 of the prestigious Oricon chart for five consecutive weeks. In 2014, she became the first female artist since 1990s to have an album in the top 10 chart for eight consecutive weeks with Heartful Song Covers. She is perhaps best known for singing the credits roll version of the title song “Let It Go” in the Japanese release of Disney's animated movie Frozen.
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