Sva (Vital Force)

A new work by Wadaiko Ensemble TOKARA and
Ragamala Music and Dance Theatre
of Minneapolis, Minnesota, this collaboration between two culturally-based art forms; Wadaiko (also called taiko), and Bharatanatyam, an ancient classical dance form from southern India, brings the driving percussion and sweeping physicality of TOKARA into conversation with the complex rhythms and athletic precision of Ragamala’s work.

Sva explores the kinships between the two art forms and the Hindu and Shinto spiritual traditions from which they emerge. The graceful melodies of Tokara Artistic Director Art Lee on the shinobue flute augment the powerful rhythms of the Taiko.


Sva will be performed in Japan in 2008 as part of Wadaiko Artist Art Lee's 15th Anniversary Concert Tour.

2008
 
September 12th - Nagano-ken, Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan

 September 13th - Nagoya City Kita Bunka Sho Gekijyo

 September 20th - Iida City Bunka Kaikan
   as part of the Third Annual Saiwai Shimoina Wadaiko Festival.


The following are performance currently set as part of the "Sva - Vital Force" 2008 - 2009 World Tour.

May 1st - 4th, 2008
Sva Debut
The Southern Theater
Minneapolis Minnesota


August 20th - 23rd, 2008
Festival of Spirituality and Peace
St. John's Church
Edinburgh, Scotland
7:30p.m.



November 3rd - 7th, 2008
University of Maine, Farmington
Farmington, Maine


November 20th - 22nd, 2008
Montgomery Community College
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania


February 12th - 13th, 2009
St. Anselm College
Manchester, New Hampshire


February 14th, 2009
Westchester Community College
Valhalla, New York



February 16th, 2009
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, West Virginia


February 19th - 21st, 2009
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, New Jersey


February 22nd - 23rd, 2009
Kutztown University
Kutztown, Pennsylvania


February 24th, 2009
Kupferberg Center for the Performing Arts
Flushing, New York



March 31st, 2009
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma


April 3rd, 2009
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


April 4th, 2009
Poway Center for the Performing Arts
Poway, California



April 7th - 8th, 2009
Performances to Grow On
Ojai, California


If you would like to book "Sva" for an upcoming performance, please contact Wadaiko TOKARA.


Wadaiko TOKARA Japan
831-1 Kega, Iida-City, Nagano Prefecture 395-0813
TEL: 0265-59-8768   Email: info@tokara.net