COBU -- Taiko Drumming & Tap Dance

“Powerful, primal and exotic, but simultaneously lighthearted, fun and familiar.”
– Laurel Graeber, The New York Times

“Wondrous beyond words…As fun to listen to as it is to watch.”
– Amanda Scarpone, BroadwayWorld.com
COBU’s newest electrifying percussion experience ICHIDA NYUKON, conceived and directed by six-year STOMP veteran Yako Miyamoto, December 15 – 24, 2006 at the CSV Flamboyan Theater (107 Suffolk Street, between Rivington and Delancey). Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Kids (12 & under) tickets for the Saturday and Sunday matinees (3:00 pm) ONLY are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Tickets are available at www.theatermania.com or (212) 352-3101.

ICHIDA NYUKON, translated “One Beat. One Soul.”, features the company’s distinctive blend of traditional Japanese Taiko drumming and American funk tap dance. The young, cutting edge Japanese ensemble presents a visual and musical feast for audiences of all ages. Using Japanese Taiko drums, African djembe drums, thick wooden drumsticks, hand-held wooden clappers and samisen (Japanese banjo), the group of seven women and two men, sporting dynamic traditional and modern costumes and dramatically dyed hair, take the audience on a journey through the senses with their highly charged performances.

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