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Three new Japanese classical dances have been choreographed by the highly respected Azuma Kotobuki Kai with Carolyn Morinishi.cultural tensions and exchanges unfold between the two communities.

The first movement explores the rich cultural life of Japanese and Japanese Americans in pre-war Little Tokyo.Nikkei Progressives/NCRR (Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress) Reparations Coalition; and Kirk Silsbee.seeing the importance of uplifting messages of shared histories and unity between communities during this current environment.

koto sensei; and Nori Tani on fue (Japanese bamboo flute).playing shamisen; Yuki Yasuda.

Atomic Nancy Sekizawa will perform an original song.

grew up in a close-knit household filled with music.and I see her as something like a sister in the world of the performing arts.

It was staged at the Nichi-Bei Theater (now the Aratani Theater).My mother practiced ikebana and tea ceremony.

as if I were being guided by something.we now participate under the name Los Angeles Bando-ryu.