San Jose Taiko by Autumn
San Jose Taiko was something very new and interesting to me. I have heard of performing arts like plays, musicals, and symphonies, but never anything like this. I really enjoyed seeing and experiencing something new. I was not exactly sure of what to expect after reading the study guide, my first impression was that it was going to be boring, but I learned from the experience.
After reading the study guide for San Jose Taiko I was not sure what to expect. I knew that they were going to be playing drums and combining it with dance and movement, but I had no idea how they were going to do this. I could not picture in my head playing drums and dancing at the same time. Although I wasn’t exactly sure what is was going to be like, it was some how not what I expected. I did not think that it was going to be as energetic and exciting as it was. For some reason reading that they took ideas from traditional Japanese drumming did not sound very exciting. I thought it might be simple beats combined with simple movements, but it was much more than this.
Much like reading the study guide and getting a not so exciting idea about San Jose Taiko, my first impression when it began was the same. They started out with just one person playing one drum. I thought that it was going to stay like that the whole time, and that to me did not seem very exciting. In fact it seemed as if the whole thing was going to be very boring. Then as time went on another person came out and started to play on the other side of the drum, and eventually they built up to almost all their performers. When this happened it became much more interesting to me and I was more into the performance. By then end of the performance I had really begun to enjoy it and did not want it to end. Each piece became more and more interesting and I liked each one more than the one before. My assumptions of simple beats with simple movements was way off and proven wrong. I gained a lot of respect for the performers. Not only did they have to be able to play the whole song without music sheets, but they had to dance while they were doing it. Also the dancing was not just simple they had to be in really good shape and have a lot of endurance in order to perform the show.
From going to this performance I learned that you could incorporate your traditional culture with more modern styles. Doing this you can end up with a unique outcome. This is exactly what these performers did. They took traditional Japanese drumming and styles from other cultures and combined it with the modern things that they grew up with. Not only that but they combined all the things that they like to do like dancing and playing an instrument. I learned that you do not have to stick to one thing and one thing only.
San Jose Taiko was very new and unique to me. I really enjoyed the performance. Even though after reading the study guide I was not sure what to expect and my first impressions were that it was boring; I found it very interesting and learned from the experience.
After reading the study guide for San Jose Taiko I was not sure what to expect. I knew that they were going to be playing drums and combining it with dance and movement, but I had no idea how they were going to do this. I could not picture in my head playing drums and dancing at the same time. Although I wasn’t exactly sure what is was going to be like, it was some how not what I expected. I did not think that it was going to be as energetic and exciting as it was. For some reason reading that they took ideas from traditional Japanese drumming did not sound very exciting. I thought it might be simple beats combined with simple movements, but it was much more than this.
Much like reading the study guide and getting a not so exciting idea about San Jose Taiko, my first impression when it began was the same. They started out with just one person playing one drum. I thought that it was going to stay like that the whole time, and that to me did not seem very exciting. In fact it seemed as if the whole thing was going to be very boring. Then as time went on another person came out and started to play on the other side of the drum, and eventually they built up to almost all their performers. When this happened it became much more interesting to me and I was more into the performance. By then end of the performance I had really begun to enjoy it and did not want it to end. Each piece became more and more interesting and I liked each one more than the one before. My assumptions of simple beats with simple movements was way off and proven wrong. I gained a lot of respect for the performers. Not only did they have to be able to play the whole song without music sheets, but they had to dance while they were doing it. Also the dancing was not just simple they had to be in really good shape and have a lot of endurance in order to perform the show.
From going to this performance I learned that you could incorporate your traditional culture with more modern styles. Doing this you can end up with a unique outcome. This is exactly what these performers did. They took traditional Japanese drumming and styles from other cultures and combined it with the modern things that they grew up with. Not only that but they combined all the things that they like to do like dancing and playing an instrument. I learned that you do not have to stick to one thing and one thing only.
San Jose Taiko was very new and unique to me. I really enjoyed the performance. Even though after reading the study guide I was not sure what to expect and my first impressions were that it was boring; I found it very interesting and learned from the experience.
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