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SUMMARY:Sagimai: Heron Siege Peace Procession
DESCRIPTION:Kubota Gardens and Kintsugi Somatic Art Present\nSagimai – Heron Siege Peace Procession\nAugust 30\, Noon\nAdmission: FREE\nKubota Garden\, 9817 55th Ave S\, Seattle\, WA 98118 \nInspired by the thousand year old Japanese tradition of Sagimai (heron dance)\, Kintsugi Somatic Art\n(KSA) will present their “Heron Siege Peace Procession on Saturday\, August 30 at noon. Sagimai is\na Shinto ritual for peace still performed at temples in Tokyo today. For KSA’s procession\, the\n“temple” will be the glorious sanctuary of Kubota Garden. KSA’s dance ritual is informed by cellular\nbiology\, gestural movement\, somatics\, and improvisational play while honoring the traditional\nexpression. The dance will open Kubota Garden’s annual Summer of Thunder: Taiko in the Garden\nevent.\nSince 2025\, choreographer and KSA founder/director\, Leah Okamoto Mann\, has staged numerous\nHeron Siege Peace Processions at events such as Vashon Strawberry Festival\, Kizoku Ishiki Obon\,\nHiroshima 2 Hope\, Open Air Festival (Vashon)\, Tacoma Museum of History and Industry\, and the\nBeam Theater (Atl). The processions are contemplative action with a physicalized intention of\npeace. They are a means of compassionate communal engagement amid violence and warfare here\nand abroad. A siege is the name for a flock of herons. It is also defined as a persistent force toward\na goal. The heron is a symbol of perseverance and inner calm.\nWe invite community to join in this collective action as a “human murmuration”. A murmuration is a\nflocking formation utilized by starlings and other non predatory birds to become greater than the\nsum of the parts for survival.. For the procession at Kubota\, the hope is to amplify the “murmur” of\npeace.\nDancers include: Dana Lupton\, Grace Matsuoka\, Zahra Matsuoka\, Andrea Braganza\, Naon\nFoongfuang\, Sheli Potmesil\, Elizabeth Mendana Shaw\, and Leah Okamoto Mann. Koto no WA will\nplay live accompaniment. Wings and head pieces were designed by visual artist\, Chantal Uto.\nAudience members will have the option to walk in a guided procession on an accessible path or a\nlonger path with moderate inclines to get to the Terrace and pond overlook. Audience members\nshould assemble at the front gate at noon. In all cases appropriate walking shoes are suggested.\nFunders for this project include Seattle Office of Arts and Culture\, 4Culture for the Arts\, Wild Woods\nFoundation\, Abundant Blessings Fund\, and Kubota Garden Foundation.\nFollowing the Heron Siege Peace Procession\, taiko performances will begin. Audience members are\nencouraged to stay for this uplifting and energizing annual community event. Find details here:\nhttps://www.kubotagarden.org/event-details/summer-thunder-taiko-in-the-garden
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/sagimai-heron-siege-peace-procession/
LOCATION:Kubota Garden\, 9817 55th Ave S\, Seattle\, 98118
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kintsugi Somatic Art":MAILTO:kintsugisomaticart@gmail.com
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