TAIKO CELEBRATION 2021: Message from HERbeat Japan

The air is abuzz with excitement because TAIKO CELEBRATION 2021 will be available to stream on kaDON.com starting tomorrow! Everyone has been joyfully anticipating the winter release of this show, especially this wonderful group of artists: HERbeat Japan.

Here is a sweet video message from them to the HERbeat cast in North America and for all of you!

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About HERbeat: The voices and stories of women have rarely been discussed within our history of taiko. But nowadays, it is said that more than half of the world’s taiko drumming population are women. To celebrate the achievements of female taiko drummers, an innovative concert and project called “HERbeat” was put together by Jennifer Weir of TaikoArts Midwest in Minnesota. In February 2020, HERbeat presented their full concert which featured a cast of some of the most acclaimed female taiko artists from Japan and North America. This year, the Japanese artists of HERbeat has reunited as a special ensemble for TAIKO CELEBRATION 2021.

~HERbeat OURbeat~
When the world was born,
The long years of humankind were woven together.
When the world turn dark of natural disasters,
The drum resounds, the voices are raised, we breathe in life, and we step to dance,
As the warriors of the rainbow give thanks and pray to Mother Earth.
Resounding to our future, ONEbeat

Fun Fact: Each HERbeat artist was designated a specific color to wear during their performance so that they could present themselves as the rainbow warriors!

世界太鼓大会　World Taiko Conference -WTC
Chieko Kojima
Kaoly Gocoo Asano
Yamada Mizue
Anna Sato
Mayumi Hashimoto
Awa