Performance: AIRMW (Shubukai and Toyoaki Shamisen)

Doors open at 6:30pm

Tickets:

$10 for Students & IMSS Members Presale

$15 GA Presale

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$15 for Students & IMSS Members Door Price

$20 GA Door Price

About the Event:

Toyoakimoto is a program which revives the ozashiki music director Tatsu Aoki (aka Toyoaki Sanjuro) grew up with in Tokyo, as a member of the Toyoaki family. Through shamisen (Japanese lute) instruction, Toyoakimoto revives the philosophical sensibility of fluidity, flexibility and rawness of sound that is at the core of the Tokyo geisha house musical culture.

About the Ensemble:

Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW) is a non-profit organization building a vital, self-empowered community in the Chicago area by advancing the understanding and profile of Asian and Asian American cultures through the traditional and contemporary cultural arts. Today we will be presenting two of the three traditional programs within AIRMW.

Founded by the late Grandmaster Fujima Shunojo, Shubukai is a Japanese classical dance program that has been active for over 48 years in Chicago currently with two Grandmasters who trained with him for more than 35 years, Grandmasters Fujima Ikunojo and Fujima Yoshinojo.

Along with Shubukai, and Toyoakimoto Shamisen, and Tsukasa Taiko, AIRMW continually 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.

This workshop is brought to you through collaboration with the Japanese Cultural Center.

This project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

This project is supported, in whole or in part, by federal assistance listing number, 21.027 awarded to the International Museum of Surgical Science by the US Treasury through the American Rescue Plan Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in the amount of $125,000.00, representing 83% of total project funding.

This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

The International Museum of SurgicalScience acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, United States