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Tamiment-Wagner: Arts and Cultural Left

Collected by: New York University

Archived since: Oct, 2015

Description:

Contains websites of entities involved in left artistic or cultural activity and criticism. The Arts are understood to include all the individual arts: music, literature, motion pictures, painting, sculpture, theater, etc. Websites relating to the use of mass media in connection with the arts are also included. Left cultural activity involves efforts to radically critique transform culture, and cultural attitudes, in part or as a whole. For technical, privacy and other reasons, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl.

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Title: Soh Daiko

URL: http://www.sohdaiko.org/

Description: Soh Daiko, founded in New York City in 1979, was the first group in the Northeastern United States. Taiko, a kind of traditional Japanese drumming used for ritual celebrations and festivals also became a contemporary performing art of mass drumming in the 1960s. Soh Daiko’s performances blend movement and choreography with music; its repertoire includes traditional compositions from Shinto music tradition, adapting existing taiko compositions and performing original arrangements by its own members. The group has participated in local New York City cultural festivities, it has performed across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and has been featured in segments on public radio and television. The website contains event listings, videos of their performances, images, and information about recruitment.

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Subject:   Musical instruments - Japan. ,  Percussion ensembles. Taiko (Drum ensemble).

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