Travel through time of ancient and modern Japanese myth when Northeast State welcomes artist and visual storyteller Kuniko Yamamoto for two performances on September 14 at the Blountville campus.
Yamamoto enchants audiences of every age with dramatic storytelling using myths and fables from ancient and modern Japan, spiced with social revelations to educate and amuse. Her appearance is sponsored by the College’s International Education program. Yamamoto teaches the art of origami during a workshop at noon in L106 of Wayne G. Basler Library on the Blountville campus.
The evening storytelling performance is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., in the Ballad Health Center for Performing Arts on the Blountville campus. The performance is free and open to the public.
In her performance Magical Mask, Music and Mime of Japan Kuniko uses traditional Japanese music, handcrafted masks, stylized movements and a touch of magic to create an artistic balance of illusion and reality.
Her Origami Tales workshop uses folded paper animals and faces, which come alive in folk tales. The program encourages audience interaction and participation, with each narrative carefully selected for cultural and moral perspectives. Trained in dance and traditional arts in her native Osaka, Japan, Kuniko received national exposure performing Japanese Storytelling at the Silk Road International Exposition and on Kansai National TV. Over the last three decades she has presented her programs throughout the United States. As a passionate origami artist and teacher, Kuniko opened Origami Air Art Studio in 2017.
Kuniko has performed at The Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.); Disney Epcot Japanese Pavilion; Seattle’s International Children’s Festival/Giant Magnet; International Children’s Festival in Canada; National Storytelling Festival; LA Music Center / Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County and Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival.
Kuniko offers a variety of workshops including Math Lesson with Origami, Origami Cultural Connections and Visual Arts, Origami and Technology, Origami for Teachers along with the Koto Green Tea Ceremony.
The performance is sponsored by the Northeast State International Education program. For more information, contact internationaled@northeaststate.edu.
Travel through time of ancient and modern Japanese myth when Northeast State welcomes artist and visual storyteller Kuniko Yamamoto for two performances on September 14 at the Blountville campus.
Yamamoto enchants audiences of every age with dramatic storytelling using myths and fables from ancient and modern Japan, spiced with social revelations to educate and amuse. Her appearance is sponsored by the College’s International Education program. Yamamoto teaches the art of origami during a workshop at noon in L106 of Wayne G. Basler Library on the Blountville campus.
The evening storytelling performance is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., in the Ballad Health Center for Performing Arts on the Blountville campus. The performance is free and open to the public.
In her performance Magical Mask, Music and Mime of Japan Kuniko uses traditional Japanese music, handcrafted masks, stylized movements and a touch of magic to create an artistic balance of illusion and reality.
Her Origami Tales workshop uses folded paper animals and faces, which come alive in folk tales. The program encourages audience interaction and participation, with each narrative carefully selected for cultural and moral perspectives. Trained in dance and traditional arts in her native Osaka, Japan, Kuniko received national exposure performing Japanese Storytelling at the Silk Road International Exposition and on Kansai National TV. Over the last three decades she has presented her programs throughout the United States. As a passionate origami artist and teacher, Kuniko opened Origami Air Art Studio in 2017.
Kuniko has performed at The Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.); Disney Epcot Japanese Pavilion; Seattle’s International Children’s Festival/Giant Magnet; International Children’s Festival in Canada; National Storytelling Festival; LA Music Center / Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County and Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival.
Kuniko offers a variety of workshops including Math Lesson with Origami, Origami Cultural Connections and Visual Arts, Origami and Technology, Origami for Teachers along with the Koto Green Tea Ceremony.
The performance is sponsored by the Northeast State International Education program. For more information, contact internationaled@northeaststate.edu.
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