Arts & Entertainment
AIRMW's Tsukasa Takio in "Reduction 9" Concert at MCA Chicago Dec. 16
For this 9th iteration of "Reduction," AIRMW's performance group Tsukasa Taiko teams up with new and returning guest artists.
As a precursor to the “Taiko Legacy 20th Anniversary” Concert, Asian Improv aRts Midwest’s (AIRMW) presents “Reduction 9” also at the Edlis Neeson Theater at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave. at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16.
“Reduction” is a theatrical presentation with a goal to construct a bridge between tradition and modernity in a single performance and define the contemporary Asian American and Japanese American musical experience. Accentuating the potential and artistry of refined subdued taiko performance, “Reduction 9” presents free fluid improvisational compositions amongst the steady melodies and rhythms of traditional Japanese instrumentation.
For this 9th iteration of “Reduction,” AIRMW’s performance group Tsukasa Taiko will team up with a returning lineup of Grandmaster Chizuru Kineya from Tokyo, local Grandmaster Yoshinojo Fujima and Melody Takata and members of GenRyu Arts from San Francisco; alongside creative music legends percussionists Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang and jazz flutist/composer Nicole Mitchell. This year’s “Reduction” performance also features two new guests: New York-based koto player Yoko "Reikano" Kimura and classical dancer Kanshichinao Fujima from Japan.
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Tickets are $25 (plus fees). To order tickets, visit https://reduction9.eventbrite.com. For updates and more information, visit airmw.org.
AIRMW's mission is to build a vital, self-empowered Asian American Community in the Chicago area by advancing the understanding and profile of Asian American cultures through the traditional and contemporary cultural arts. Through in-house programs and collaborative projects, AIRMW is dedicated to creating productive relationships with artists, communities and institutions. It continuously strives to maintain the responsibility of professionalism as part of cultural preservation by producing high quality arts programs that accurately reflect the multicultural, multi-ethnic reality of Chicago and the nation.
