The Japanese taiko group Kodo delivered an intense and energetic performance at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Thursday night, making their 11th appearance at the University of ...

Kodo, the famous Japanese Taiko troupe, gave a rousing and heartfelt performance yesterday at the Asia Society in New York. The event was originally intended to celebrate Kodo's 30-year anniversary, ...

Since Kodo's debut at the Berlin Festival in 1981, the group has performed more than 3,700 times on all five continents, spending about a third of the year overseas, a third touring in Japan, and a ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a traditional Japanese art form rarely seen in the U.S. Christie Ileto has more on Tsuzumi performance in this week's 6abc Loves the Arts. The KODO drummers are putting on ...

Japan’s acclaimed Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble continues to thrill audiences in Japan and around the world with their energetic and creative traditional taiko drum performances. Now, All Nippon ...

In the Japanese language, the word " Kodo" has two meanings. It can mean "heartbeat" — the fundamental source of all rhythm. However, the characters used for the group's name have a different meaning, ...

The professional taiko drumming troupe KODO will perform on Feb. 15 and 16 at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Audiences are invited to experience the limitless possibilities of the ...

Unlike Butoh companies, such as Sankai Juku, which stayed in urban areas to spawn their aesthetic, the founding members of Kodo, a group of disillusioned youths, fled cities for the country -- the ...

One type of fan (for ease of reference, we’ll call them KODWEEBS) approaches the group’s work dispassionately. They are Japanophiles, quite likely academics, who appreciate the Taiko drums not for ...

Japan’s Sado Island is historically known as a place of exile for court nobles and intellectuals on the wrong side of politics. Today’s Sado Island is home to a population roughly the size of the city ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Not all drummers are known for their discipline. It’s hard to imagine a young Ginger Baker rising at 5am to go on a ...