Drum Workshop Will Empower Locals
By T. Lee Brown
Published Jan. 14, 2020 in the Nugget Newspaper
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“Sisters is a community that appreciates traditional folk arts,” said Maesie Speer, programs director of Caldera Arts Center near Suttle Lake.
Locals will have a chance to immerse in the Japanese art of taiko drumming with the group Unit Souzou on January 19 at The Lodge in Sisters.
The workshop, Taiko Empowerment: Telling Your Story Through The Drum With Unit Souzou, is presented by Caldera in partnership with Age Friendly Sisters Country, The Lodge in Sisters, and Citizens4 Community (C4C). It is free and open to the public. …Unit Souzou plans to debut a performance project, “Constant State of Otherness,” at a new Caldera event in June of this year. Stories generated in this workshop will inform and inspire the development of that performance. The project “seeks to build empathy and empower identity through community engagement and innovative artistic exploration, rooted in the art forms of Japanese folk dance, taiko and theatre.”