Author: Nagata Shachu

Karu Hazumi

Date Composed: 2024 Composer: Atsushi Kato Arrangement: Atsushi Kato Premiere Performance: June 21, 2024 - Fleck Dance Theatre Recording Title: N/A This new piece combines "Karui” (light) and "Hazumu” (bouncy, momentum) for a song meant to be upbeat, yet relaxing. The main part becomes a mirror and is played inverted in some places, along with...

Sawage Uta/Sawage!

Date Composed: 2024 Composer: Aki Takahashi Arrangement: Aki Takahashi Premiere Performance: June 21, 2024 Recording Title: N/A  ...

Times are Changing

Date Composed: 2024 Composer: Kiyoshi Nagata Arrangement: Kiyoshi Nagata Premiere Performance: June 21, 2024 - Fleck Dance Theatre Recording Title: N/A This piece incorporates different pitched taiko, atarigane (bronze hand gongs), hyoshigi (wood blocks) and gongs, playing rhythms in various time signatures. The rhythmic patterns mix and mingle with each other creating a shifting soundscape...

Toro 瀞 (Serenity)

Date Composed: 2024 Composer: Andrew Siu Arrangement: Andrew Siu Premiere Performance: June 21, 2024, Fleck Dance Theatre Recording Title: N/A Inspired by an art piece of the same name by Hori Ryujo (堀柳女), 瀞 refers to an obscure Japanese character that translates to "a place where flow becomes gentle". Evoking an imagery of moving water...

2024-2027

2026 Saturday, July 11 30-minute performance as part of Carabram Multicultural Festival.  Greenbriar Recreation Centre. 3:30 pm Friday, July 10 Full concert for TennoCon 2026  performing the music of Warfram with orchestra, choir and Cirque Revolution. London Life Centre, London, ON. 8:30 pm Sunday, July 5 Alexmuir Park...

Moon

Date Composed: 2019 Composer: Aki Takahashi Arranged by: Tony Nguyen Premiere Performance: Sunday, March 2019 The moon’s radiant light fills the sky, making its beautiful and irresistible appearance. As the sun’s delicate counterpart, the solo (performed by Aki Takahashi) incorporates contrasting textures and movements that highlight the moon’s elegance....

Sugatami

Date Composed: 2019 Composer: Aki Takahashi Premiere Performance: Saturday, November 28, 2019       Wearing a kimono, the traditional Japanese costume, is not easy. It is long and heavy, and constricts one’s movement thereby affecting one’s posture. You definitely need a "SUGATAMI" when you put on a kimono. Sugatami means “a full-length mirror”...