Mu Daiko teams up with Winnipeg’s Fubuki Daiko for a powerful performance matched only by Minnesota’s infamous winter weather. Driving rhythms and pounding beats blend with intricately choreographed movement as Mu Daiko performs world premieres from Artistic Director Rick Shiomi and Iris Shirashi. Jennifer Weir’s new arrangements of audience favorites, Pounding Hooves and Yodan, complete the unique experience of Mu’s annual taiko concert.
Catapulting Japanese drumming into the 21st century, Fubuki Daiko blends hints of jazz and funk and fuses modern and ancient elements. Their “dazzling stage energy” has earned them recognition as the “Top Canadian taiko group: at the International Talko Festival. Their truly eclectic performance is part martial arts, part athleticism, part dance and all rhythm