YAMATO The Drummers of Japan: “Bakuon”-Legend of the Heartbeat
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Luhrs Performing Arts Center Lancaster Dr, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 17257
A group of dozens of players start their performance by hitting a Japanese taiko drum made from a large 400 year-old tree. You have now entered into the world of Yamato: powerful sounds, colorful and breathtaking scenes, amazing costumes, and beautiful lighting and theatrical effects. The performers move their whole bodies to strike the drum with an intensity of everything in their souls, creating a powerful surge of energy.
Formed in 1993, Yamato debuted at a Shinto shrine festival when they performed in their Japanese hometown with their original song “Hyu-ga (The Sunrise).” Yamato hails from beautiful Nara Prefecture in Japan, and exhibits great originality and innovation through a traditional Japanese musical instrument known as the wadaiko (Japanese drum).
The theme for their new tour “Bakuon” is “the story of a strong, passionate, continuous beat.” The story is based on the sound of the heartbeat in every one of us. This sound of the heartbeat is continuous from our birth, growth, and day-to-day existence.
Price: $34, $29, $25 & $20
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