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[indistinct chatter]

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- [grunts]

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[drumming]

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[drumming intensifies]

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[cheers and applause]

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[cheers and applause]

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- House is open.
House is open.

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The stage is now closed.
We are half hour till places.

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Half hour till places
from the top of the show.

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[drumming]

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- [speaking Japanese]

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- This is a first-time
historic gathering

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of some of the best female
taiko talent in the world.

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Folks have come from Japan,
from Canada,

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from the West Coast,
from the East Coast.

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[dramatic drumming]

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- [shouts]

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[cheers and applause]

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[dramatic beat]

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[drumming]

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[soft flute music]

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[soft rattling]

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[drumming]

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[soft indistinct whispers]

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[cheers and applause]

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[light music]

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- Mama?
- Yeah?

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- When we go home,
can I please have a popsicle?

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- Yes, you may.

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But you have to do violin
right away.

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No screens. Okay?

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- Okay.
- Thank you.

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I'm a Korean adoptee
raised in North Dakota.

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I don't have a claim
to taiko...

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[laughing] You know, at all.

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Like, to me,
it's an amazing gift

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that taiko has brought
into my life.

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And so not only
do I get to play taiko

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and get to have an artistic
life and artistic career,

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I want to give back
to the community,

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to the next generation,
to the other artists.

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[violin playing]

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Why aren't there more
professional taiko players

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that are women that are making
careers for themselves?

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Yay!

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Very nice, very nice,
very nice.

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Did you do your D sharp?
- Yeah.

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- I don't know,
was this D sharp, honey?

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- Are you sure?
- Is this D sharp?

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- No.
- Where is the D sharp?

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- Three.
- Like, give me--

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- Nice.

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- Told you.
- Awesome, you got it.

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You were right.

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Women are literally missing
from the story.

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[indistinct chatter on video]

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Want some rice?
I think you'll like it.

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The rice is very yummy, honey.
Thank you so much.

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Your commercial
professional value

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as a female taiko player

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is less than the equivalent
of a male.

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- [singing] Why would fellow
want a girl like her,

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a frail and fluffy beauty?

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Why can't a fellow ever once
prefer a solid girl like me?

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- There are amazing
taiko players,

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female taiko players
that can blow your socks off,

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but they're kind of, like,
scattered and kind of work

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in isolation,
for the most part.

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I've always wanted to produce
an all-star concert

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to bring the best female
taiko artists from Japan

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and from North America
together

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and fill the stage
and make it incredible.

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Put women center stage.

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[drumming]

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- [speaking Japanese]

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[soft music]

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[laughter]

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[all speaking Japanese]

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[percussive music]

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[dramatic drumming]

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[all speaking Japanese]

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- So welcome, Tiffany,
Sasha, Nicole.

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Yay!

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[cheers and applause]

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I think--I think the--
I know we're back.

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This is where--the first venue

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that we brought Tiffany in
as a guest artist.

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So it's a nice full circle.

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So let's breathe in
and then we can start--

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get--get started.

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Hey. Here we go.

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[all breathing deeply]

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[all speaking Japanese]

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Do you want
our backstage tour?

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Okay, let's do it.

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So here we go.

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- You don't need a shoe.

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Oh, there it is.
Oh, okay, got it?

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Ready? Got it? Oh!
How about that one?

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Green room is where
everybody hangs out

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and gets dressed
and gets ready for the show.

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Backstage with the sisters!

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This way, yeah. Ready?

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Oh, so pretty.

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One, two, seven.

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Hello, everybody.

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Welcome.
Thank you for coming tonight.

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My name is Jennifer Weir.

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I'm the artistic director
of Ensō Daiko

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and the executive director
of TaikoArts Midwest, and...

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- My name is Megan Chao-Smith,

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and I am a guest artist
tonight.

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- And my wife.

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[cheers and applause]

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I had the great fortune
to live, train, and tour

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with a professional group
in Japan.

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We were in a bamboo forest,

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and we trained 11 hours a day.

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But I was one of a handful
of foreigners

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and much less women

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who managed to tour
throughout Japan.

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In my training,
we were never to look weak.

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And so if someone's limping
or sick,

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like, we're not even supposed
to show that.

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You're not supposed to show,
as a great artist--

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like, people don't want
to see that part of you.

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They want to see you onstage

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when you're being
otherworldly.

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We used to do that
in Japan after a show

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'cause no one
would ever compliment.

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They only criticize.
- Uh-huh.

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- And so we'd go,

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"Good job. Good job today."
- [laughing]

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[bright music]

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We would get one day off
a month.

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Like, I was on crutches
just because of the training.

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And then I realized

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that I was going to die
on the mountaintop

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with my group
and never have a family,

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and I realized
I didn't want to do that,

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so I came back to the U.S.
and had my family,

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and I said, "I'm never
gonna play taiko again."

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[somber music]

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Hi, kiddo.
You like the makeup? Mm-hmm.

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You're so cute.
- Mm.

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- Slanted angle
or the puffy brown.

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- Puffy brown.
- Okay.

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- So you want to darken
and frame your face.

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Darken here and darken here.

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And you don't need more makeup
because you're beautiful.

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- Where's mama?
- Mama!

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I left Japan feeling I failed.

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I became a nurse.

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I know, don't pull it 'cause
all the things will go...

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- I know, can I cut it?
- No.

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And let's not mess with it.

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- I know,
but it's gonna catch

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on something and snag,
and it'll be even worse,

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but if you snip,
it will be safe.

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Snip it! Come on! Snip it!
[groans]

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- Snip it! Snip it!
- Come on!

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- Jen always saw me
as a wonderful performer

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and always saw me as a star

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and kept encouraging me
to come out and play.

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They have these contests
in Japan,

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and if you win this contest,
then you are launched.

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I had a great fortune
to go with our next artist,

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Tiffany Tamaribuchi, who since
she was a very young girl,

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wanted to become
a taiko player

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and was told many times
no, no, no, no, no, no,

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no because she was a girl.

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But she didn't take no
for an answer.

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We climbed up there.

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We did our thing
that we'd been practicing

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and practicing and practicing.

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[drumming]

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We left the stage
with great respect

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so that the 27 Japanese men
after us

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could compete and waited.

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People came up to Tiffany
saying, "Tiffany!

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"I saw you at the show
last year.

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You were so amazing."

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This always happens.

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Soon they were calling
the winners

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and they announced
the grand champion

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as Tiffany Tamaribuchi-san.

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[cheers]

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[cheers and applause]

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[singing] We have to feed
our people

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or everybody is gonna faint.

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Aren't I different?

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- Uh-huh. [laughs]

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- Aren't I pretty?

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No, I can play now.
[laughter]

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What do you have next,
after us?

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You've been bouncing around
quite a bit lately.

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- This has been
an intense year.

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- Good for you.

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- I still feel like I'm doing
good work is the thing.

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Like, as long as I feel like
I'm making a contribution...

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- Then it's worth it?
- Then it's worth it.

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So I really gotta hand it
to you, working full time

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and having a kid and--[laughs]
- [sighs]

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- And still
keeping directorship

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and doing all the things.

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- Yeah, it's, you know,
it's a juggle.

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But I have a Megan.
- This is true.

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- And I have a Josie
for a daughter, which makes...

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- She's pretty awesome.

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- Yeah, which makes things
pretty awesome.

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And you know, I'm not--I'm not
being a professional.

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I'm not touring.

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I'm not trying to--I'm not
trying to do that, right?

00:19:13.152 --> 00:19:15.362
So that means that
other things are possible

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because my ambitions
are not that.

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And then it's gearing up
really towards the...

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both: Women in taiko project.

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- Yeah.
- Yay!

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Thank you for doing that.

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- Oh, you're welcome.
- It makes me so happy.

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- It makes me happy too.

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It makes me happy
and slightly ill.

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- [laughs]

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- I'm like, oh, my god.
Okay, we're really doing this.

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- We're doing this.
- Yeah.

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And then I'm like, "Oh, shit.
Now I have to actually do it."

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[people singing]

00:19:48.061 --> 00:19:50.689
[drumming]

00:19:50.731 --> 00:19:52.316
- There's gonna be a concert.

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It's, like,
a 20-years-ago dream.

00:19:54.985 --> 00:19:57.237
A long time ago,
Megan and I were talking about

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:59.323
how we wanted
to bring together

00:19:59.364 --> 00:20:01.700
a bunch
of the best Japanese artists

00:20:01.742 --> 00:20:03.493
we could think of
with a bunch of the best

00:20:03.535 --> 00:20:05.204
North American artists
we could think of.

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- That's awesome, and you're
one of the best performers.

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- Well, thank you, Mother.
[laughs]

00:20:10.167 --> 00:20:11.543
- Yes, well it's true.

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- It's just--it's gonna be
amazing.

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- You've come along
with way, kid.

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- I certainly have. Thank you.
Yeah. Take care, Mom.

00:20:19.927 --> 00:20:22.930
[drumming]

00:20:26.183 --> 00:20:27.476
[all shout]

00:20:30.896 --> 00:20:33.899
[all speaking Japanese]

00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:23.323
[drumming]

00:21:27.744 --> 00:21:30.747
[vocalizing]

00:21:36.962 --> 00:21:38.171
[all shout]

00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:44.303
[soft music]

00:22:34.811 --> 00:22:37.814
[all speaking Japanese]

00:24:12.701 --> 00:24:15.704
[drumming]

00:24:23.170 --> 00:24:26.590
[birds chirping]

00:26:00.809 --> 00:26:04.396
[cheers and applause]

00:26:31.673 --> 00:26:34.551
- Hey, hello! How are you?

00:26:34.593 --> 00:26:36.303
- Good. How are you? Welcome.

00:26:36.344 --> 00:26:37.762
- Thank you.

00:26:37.804 --> 00:26:40.807
[bright music]

00:26:40.849 --> 00:26:42.392
It's so gorgeous.

00:26:42.434 --> 00:26:47.939
Every time I walk in here,
I'm like, "Oh, so beautiful."

00:26:47.981 --> 00:26:49.733
- Yeah, so this is obviously,

00:26:49.774 --> 00:26:53.403
you know,
a medium-sized opera stage.

00:26:53.445 --> 00:26:55.155
- It's interesting 'cause
I'm designing for a show

00:26:55.196 --> 00:26:56.740
where I don't know
what the show is yet

00:26:56.781 --> 00:26:58.908
because we'll be meeting
to collaborate with it.

00:26:58.950 --> 00:27:01.578
But I'm thinking--
like, a typical taiko show

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:04.706
will have, like, sort of these
platforms in the back.

00:27:04.748 --> 00:27:07.292
There's one artist
who sometimes uses confetti

00:27:07.334 --> 00:27:08.960
at the end of a thing.

00:27:09.002 --> 00:27:10.420
Is that allowed
as long as we...

00:27:10.462 --> 00:27:12.255
both: Sure.
- Okay.

00:27:12.297 --> 00:27:13.673
- No glitter.
Please no glitter.

00:27:13.715 --> 00:27:14.966
[laughter]
- No.

00:27:15.008 --> 00:27:16.968
- We'll find that
for--three years later,

00:27:17.010 --> 00:27:19.179
we'll find the glitter.

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:21.181
- We'll have twice as many
people and that's not saying

00:27:21.222 --> 00:27:23.725
they're all gonna drum
at every moment, you know?

00:27:23.767 --> 00:27:25.477
So it'll be really
interesting to me

00:27:25.518 --> 00:27:27.103
to see how
this kind of takes shape.

00:27:27.145 --> 00:27:31.024
- What's the date, roughly?
- February 29, 2020.

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Leap Day.

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:35.737
Okay. Okay.

00:27:37.572 --> 00:27:39.074
Ah! We're thrilled.

00:27:39.115 --> 00:27:41.284
We're very thrilled
to bring--to bring this here.

00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:00.762
[soft music]

00:28:03.682 --> 00:28:06.685
[all speaking Japanese]

00:28:21.866 --> 00:28:26.996
- So it is the 20th
anniversary of Hana-Hachijyo.

00:28:27.038 --> 00:28:28.665
And Hachijyo Daiko is a style

00:28:28.707 --> 00:28:31.292
of drumming that comes
from Hachijyo Island.

00:28:31.334 --> 00:28:33.128
And 20 years ago,

00:28:33.169 --> 00:28:35.422
when she needed to do
something for a show

00:28:35.463 --> 00:28:37.340
and she wasn't sure
what she was going to do...

00:28:37.382 --> 00:28:39.759
- Mm-hmm.
- She decided to arrange

00:28:39.801 --> 00:28:44.931
a version of this piece
that she calls Hana-Hachijyo.

00:28:44.973 --> 00:28:48.685
And it has become one
of the most popular

00:28:48.727 --> 00:28:52.480
performed pieces in both
throughout North America

00:28:52.522 --> 00:28:54.899
and certainly in the world.

00:28:54.941 --> 00:28:56.609
When I first talked
to her about it...

00:28:58.737 --> 00:29:00.196
[speaking Japanese]

00:29:00.238 --> 00:29:02.407
You said,
"I'm not a taiko player."

00:29:02.449 --> 00:29:04.534
- Yes. I'm a dancer.
- I'm a dancer.

00:29:04.576 --> 00:29:05.952
I'm not a taiko player.

00:29:05.994 --> 00:29:08.747
But almost every taiko player
in the world sees this

00:29:08.788 --> 00:29:11.958
and just thinks it's badass.

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:14.419
- Badass.
- You are a badass.

00:29:14.461 --> 00:29:16.463
You're a badass taiko player.

00:29:16.504 --> 00:29:17.922
Yeah.

00:29:17.964 --> 00:29:20.675
[drumming]

00:30:14.062 --> 00:30:15.271
[shouts]

00:30:18.149 --> 00:30:19.567
[shouts]

00:30:27.951 --> 00:30:28.952
[shouts]

00:30:38.336 --> 00:30:40.129
[plucky string music]

00:30:40.171 --> 00:30:41.798
[laughs]

00:31:16.499 --> 00:31:20.461
- Yay!
- [speaks Japanese]

00:31:20.503 --> 00:31:22.881
- Ah.

00:31:22.922 --> 00:31:25.508
Listen to the audience.

00:31:28.386 --> 00:31:31.055
[both speaking Japanese]

00:31:41.608 --> 00:31:45.194
[cheers and applause]

00:31:59.584 --> 00:32:04.088
[sweeping music]

00:32:31.366 --> 00:32:34.911
[drumming]

00:32:39.123 --> 00:32:43.294
[lively music]

00:32:49.717 --> 00:32:52.136
[cheers]

00:32:57.141 --> 00:33:00.144
[all speaking Japanese]

00:33:20.081 --> 00:33:21.124
- Okay, go...

00:33:47.525 --> 00:33:49.986
- Hello, nice to see you.

00:33:52.739 --> 00:33:54.991
[indistinct chatter]

00:34:06.753 --> 00:34:09.422
- Welcome, and please eat!

00:34:09.464 --> 00:34:12.633
[indistinct chatter]

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:17.722
- Scoot over.
- And some strawberries.

00:34:17.764 --> 00:34:20.058
- And some strawberries.
- And pineapple.

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:21.434
- And pineapple.
- Been pretty busy.

00:34:21.476 --> 00:34:24.062
- Yeah, kind of crazy.

00:34:27.690 --> 00:34:30.610
- Oh, oh, I'm gonna land
on some these because...

00:34:30.651 --> 00:34:32.361
[all speaking Japanese]

00:34:32.403 --> 00:34:36.074
all: HERbeat!
[laughter]

00:34:36.115 --> 00:34:37.366
- Before you start leaving

00:34:37.408 --> 00:34:38.993
and going to bed
and everything,

00:34:39.035 --> 00:34:43.664
I just want to briefly say
so happy you're here.

00:34:43.706 --> 00:34:46.209
[cheers and applause]

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:58.304
[all speaking Japanese]

00:34:58.346 --> 00:35:01.015
Thank you for your patience
as we kind of get

00:35:01.057 --> 00:35:02.517
slowly into our groove.

00:35:02.558 --> 00:35:04.560
We'll get better
at this every day.

00:35:04.602 --> 00:35:08.940
The goal is for you to be you,
to be your best you.

00:35:08.981 --> 00:35:15.613
And it's my job to weave it
together to--for the concert

00:35:15.655 --> 00:35:18.282
so you don't have to become
something you're not.

00:35:18.324 --> 00:35:23.204
Just be yourself, and I will
try to weave us all together

00:35:23.246 --> 00:35:24.872
to be something even bigger.

00:35:24.914 --> 00:35:27.500
I'd like to introduce
Tiffany Tamaribuchi-san.

00:35:27.542 --> 00:35:30.253
[cheers and applause]

00:35:30.294 --> 00:35:34.048
- Regardless of the challenges
you face,

00:35:34.090 --> 00:35:37.552
regardless of what you
had to schedule or cancel

00:35:37.593 --> 00:35:41.305
to--to choose
to be here for this,

00:35:41.347 --> 00:35:43.224
you're making my dream
become a reality,

00:35:43.266 --> 00:35:45.977
and I am so very grateful
to all of you

00:35:46.018 --> 00:35:47.603
and especially to you.

00:35:49.647 --> 00:35:50.857
[applause]

00:35:50.898 --> 00:35:53.067
- [speaking Japanese]

00:35:53.109 --> 00:35:54.610
- From Winnipeg, Canada.

00:35:54.652 --> 00:35:56.445
- I am from Sacramento,
California.

00:35:56.487 --> 00:35:58.906
- I'm from Japan, Tokyo.

00:35:58.948 --> 00:36:00.741
- I live in Toronto, Canada.

00:36:00.783 --> 00:36:02.201
- San Jose, California.

00:36:02.243 --> 00:36:03.661
- Honolulu, Hawaii.

00:36:03.703 --> 00:36:05.121
- Portland, Oregon.

00:36:05.163 --> 00:36:06.289
- St. Paul, Minnesota.

00:36:06.330 --> 00:36:08.875
- I started out as an actor.

00:36:08.916 --> 00:36:10.126
- Now I'm playing

00:36:10.168 --> 00:36:11.085
a little bit more,

00:36:11.127 --> 00:36:12.712
and I still love it.

00:36:12.753 --> 00:36:14.839
- Besides playing
Japanese folk music,

00:36:14.881 --> 00:36:18.092
I love making
weird electronic music.

00:36:18.134 --> 00:36:21.137
- [speaking Japanese]

00:36:24.515 --> 00:36:27.268
- Hoping to learn
everyone's stories,

00:36:27.310 --> 00:36:30.438
those deeper stories
that got us to where we are.

00:36:30.479 --> 00:36:34.025
- I like to speak my English,

00:36:34.066 --> 00:36:35.526
no Japanese.

00:36:35.568 --> 00:36:37.486
- Okay then.

00:36:37.528 --> 00:36:40.281
- We're starting the show
with this idea

00:36:40.323 --> 00:36:44.660
of introducing you all
in little small groups

00:36:44.702 --> 00:36:47.580
and then jamming together
for a little while.

00:36:47.622 --> 00:36:49.957
So this will be
the most complicated.

00:36:49.999 --> 00:36:52.835
And if we figure this out,
yes!

00:36:52.877 --> 00:36:57.173
So Katsugi players all come
in, cha, cha, cha, cha.

00:36:57.215 --> 00:37:00.218
Then Yurika and I come in.

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:01.260
- Oh, we do?
- Yeah.

00:37:01.302 --> 00:37:03.221
And then we come in. Ahh!

00:37:03.262 --> 00:37:05.765
And then all four
really close.

00:37:05.806 --> 00:37:08.684
Yeah.

00:37:08.726 --> 00:37:10.561
all: Chizuko!

00:37:10.603 --> 00:37:12.355
- Yomodo!

00:37:13.856 --> 00:37:15.024
- Diana.

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:27.328
- It's so awesome already
after just a few hours.

00:37:27.370 --> 00:37:28.746
[indistinct chatter]

00:37:28.788 --> 00:37:31.082
Yeah. So thank you!

00:37:31.123 --> 00:37:32.541
Thank you. Thank you.

00:37:32.583 --> 00:37:34.627
Good work, everybody.

00:37:34.669 --> 00:37:37.463
[applause]

00:37:37.505 --> 00:37:39.131
Okay, break!

00:37:42.635 --> 00:37:45.304
- [laughs]

00:37:47.014 --> 00:37:49.225
Step away from the toys.

00:37:51.352 --> 00:37:53.604
All right.
Oh, thank goodness.

00:37:53.646 --> 00:37:55.439
- Yummy yummy slop!

00:37:55.481 --> 00:37:57.984
- Look at his his happy face.
- [laughs]

00:38:01.112 --> 00:38:05.074
Yummy? You eat that?
- [laughs]

00:38:19.630 --> 00:38:22.633
[solemn music]

00:39:02.631 --> 00:39:05.634
[speaking Japanese]

00:39:36.248 --> 00:39:37.249
[shouts]

00:39:37.291 --> 00:39:40.294
[drumming]

00:39:40.336 --> 00:39:43.255
[indistinct chatter]

00:39:43.297 --> 00:39:45.299
[laughter]

00:39:57.686 --> 00:40:02.691
- Beer? Wine?
You can order here.

00:40:02.733 --> 00:40:06.570
[indistinct chatter]

00:40:06.612 --> 00:40:07.613
[both singing]
- Check my nails.

00:40:07.655 --> 00:40:08.823
both: Baby how you feelin’?

00:40:08.864 --> 00:40:10.324
- I'm as good as hell!

00:40:10.366 --> 00:40:13.244
[laughter]
- Good one, good one.

00:40:19.250 --> 00:40:22.211
- I know these
are very intense days.

00:40:22.253 --> 00:40:23.921
Rehearsal, rehearsal, concert.

00:40:23.963 --> 00:40:25.965
What am I doing?
What's happening?

00:40:29.677 --> 00:40:32.680
All the Japanese artists
have already had,

00:40:32.721 --> 00:40:37.351
like, some of their shows
shut down because of COVID,

00:40:37.393 --> 00:40:39.437
so they're coming here

00:40:39.478 --> 00:40:43.774
knowing that they don't have
gigs lined up afterwards.

00:40:43.816 --> 00:40:45.943
We have 18 women.

00:40:45.985 --> 00:40:49.155
There are lots of artists
who want the spotlight.

00:40:49.196 --> 00:40:51.198
- I want the artists
to--to be able

00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:53.325
to make what they want.

00:40:53.367 --> 00:40:56.162
All of us have spent
our whole careers

00:40:56.203 --> 00:41:00.499
clearing the stage for men
or some other agenda.

00:41:00.541 --> 00:41:01.876
We've had big projects,

00:41:01.917 --> 00:41:04.044
but no one's ever seen
or heard them.

00:41:04.086 --> 00:41:06.797
We haven't been able to even
share them with each other

00:41:06.839 --> 00:41:08.591
and we have this chance.

00:41:08.632 --> 00:41:12.094
And there's this tiny stage.
It's like 20 by 20.

00:41:14.472 --> 00:41:18.267
- Should our goal here
be to give the audiences

00:41:18.309 --> 00:41:20.478
what we think they want?

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:22.438
Or should our goal
be to give them

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:24.482
what they don't know
they long for?

00:41:26.984 --> 00:41:29.236
[laughter]

00:41:29.278 --> 00:41:30.279
- Yes.

00:41:30.321 --> 00:41:33.240
[dramatic music]

00:41:36.785 --> 00:41:41.207
- There's a lot of competition
and jockeying.

00:41:41.248 --> 00:41:44.293
The jockeying that all artists
do in any production,

00:41:44.335 --> 00:41:46.045
but we're not supposed
to be like that

00:41:46.086 --> 00:41:47.963
'cause we're women
and we support each other.

00:41:48.005 --> 00:41:51.342
And so how do we be gracious
and be nice

00:41:51.383 --> 00:41:54.345
or be--be women

00:41:54.386 --> 00:41:59.099
and not cutthroat, even though
humanly, we all have that?

00:41:59.141 --> 00:42:02.436
- We are coming together
with ideas of what the concert

00:42:02.478 --> 00:42:05.231
will actually look like,
which will be very helpful.

00:42:05.272 --> 00:42:07.816
Yes.

00:42:07.858 --> 00:42:09.527
- It's like a pressure cooker,

00:42:09.568 --> 00:42:11.153
so all your triggers
get triggered

00:42:11.195 --> 00:42:13.614
and all your things come out.

00:42:18.327 --> 00:42:19.620
What time do we have?

00:42:19.662 --> 00:42:23.040
- It is 4:37.

00:42:24.041 --> 00:42:27.127
- Heidi and Aki over here.

00:42:27.169 --> 00:42:30.172
Similar kind of idea
on this now.

00:42:30.839 --> 00:42:34.343
Iris and Nomi, back here.

00:42:34.385 --> 00:42:37.012
My process is so much messier
and so much more organic

00:42:37.054 --> 00:42:41.767
that that instills a lot of,
I would say, anxiety.

00:42:49.775 --> 00:42:53.487
- Let's do real powerful,
relaxed.

00:42:53.529 --> 00:42:54.655
Serious.

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:03.330
- There's the--the little kid
in me that just desperately

00:43:03.372 --> 00:43:05.833
wants everyone to be okay
and make everyone happy,

00:43:05.874 --> 00:43:07.668
even though you know
you can't.

00:43:08.961 --> 00:43:12.673
And I just kind of bump
around pissing people off,

00:43:12.715 --> 00:43:15.342
but I smile enough
that they're okay with it.

00:43:19.847 --> 00:43:22.850
[tense music]

00:43:29.023 --> 00:43:32.735
[indistinct chatter]

00:43:47.041 --> 00:43:48.834
Dressing room assignments.

00:43:48.876 --> 00:43:51.670
- I don't have
any specific thoughts

00:43:51.712 --> 00:43:53.422
or needs
regarding dressing rooms.

00:43:53.464 --> 00:43:55.841
- So this is what I got
for dressing room assignments.

00:43:55.883 --> 00:43:59.053
We would--when we load in...

00:43:59.094 --> 00:44:01.930
[indistinct chatter]

00:44:15.569 --> 00:44:17.988
So just a couple of things.

00:44:18.030 --> 00:44:19.615
As you can hear from my voice,

00:44:19.657 --> 00:44:24.703
I am already...[laughs]
Slowing down a little bit.

00:44:24.745 --> 00:44:26.413
Maybe you feel the same.

00:44:26.455 --> 00:44:28.123
[laughs]

00:44:30.751 --> 00:44:33.879
Sort of like kind of ancient
to youth

00:44:33.921 --> 00:44:36.131
to kind of step
into the light.

00:44:36.173 --> 00:44:37.841
- Continuation?
- Yeah.

00:44:49.228 --> 00:44:51.730
- And no matter what,
if you are not feeling well

00:44:51.772 --> 00:44:54.024
and need to take time
no matter what the schedule

00:44:54.066 --> 00:44:57.319
is, very important
to do so, please.

00:44:57.361 --> 00:45:02.116
Oh, good. Okay. Hai.

00:45:02.157 --> 00:45:03.867
Good. Thank you.

00:45:03.909 --> 00:45:06.912
[applause]

00:45:11.959 --> 00:45:15.295
[whispering]
Go. Go rest. Go rest.

00:45:15.337 --> 00:45:18.340
[snoring]

00:45:29.893 --> 00:45:30.978
- So tired.

00:45:31.019 --> 00:45:33.605
- You're so tired?

00:45:33.647 --> 00:45:35.858
Hey, how was Taekwondo
last night?

00:45:35.899 --> 00:45:36.900
- Good.

00:45:36.942 --> 00:45:38.777
- Did you get
your nunchucks yet?

00:45:38.819 --> 00:45:43.115
- No. Can I have a day off?
I feel sick.

00:45:43.157 --> 00:45:45.576
My throat--no, really,
I actually do. My throat...

00:45:45.617 --> 00:45:48.579
- I believe you.
- My throat hurts and like...

00:45:49.872 --> 00:45:52.166
- Well, you don't have
a fever, sweetheart.

00:45:52.207 --> 00:45:53.500
Sorry.

00:45:56.462 --> 00:45:59.423
That means
you have to still go.

00:45:59.465 --> 00:46:01.425
- I would like two
"Witches Dances" please.

00:46:01.467 --> 00:46:04.136
- I'm hungry.
- I will feed you.

00:46:04.178 --> 00:46:06.555
You have to work
for your food, though.

00:46:06.597 --> 00:46:08.265
- [groans]

00:46:08.307 --> 00:46:12.269
- "Witches Dance."
- Two times.

00:46:12.311 --> 00:46:14.980
And then you'll do two later,
or you could do all four now.

00:46:15.022 --> 00:46:18.025
[violin playing]

00:46:28.660 --> 00:46:30.662
- Nice.
- Brilliant.

00:46:53.435 --> 00:46:56.146
- Around the world, the number
of coronavirus cases

00:46:56.188 --> 00:46:57.940
is surging,
with health officials

00:46:57.981 --> 00:47:00.567
in a frantic rush
to contain it.

00:47:00.609 --> 00:47:02.694
- The CDC says they're bracing
for the likely

00:47:02.736 --> 00:47:05.572
spread of coronavirus
in the United States.

00:47:05.614 --> 00:47:08.033
- For example,
there's an epidemic in China,

00:47:08.075 --> 00:47:10.619
but it isn't a pandemic
for the world yet,

00:47:10.661 --> 00:47:12.246
but it very well could be.

00:47:15.749 --> 00:47:17.543
- Welcome. Good morning.

00:47:17.584 --> 00:47:21.004
I know we are all trying
our best to be well.

00:47:21.046 --> 00:47:25.592
So today, take it very easy.
No pressure.

00:47:25.634 --> 00:47:27.761
We're still exploring.

00:47:27.803 --> 00:47:30.806
[indistinct chatter]

00:48:37.748 --> 00:48:38.874
[all shout]

00:48:38.916 --> 00:48:41.919
[intense drumming]

00:49:12.616 --> 00:49:15.619
[somber music]

00:49:30.759 --> 00:49:33.011
- I was a tomboy,

00:49:33.053 --> 00:49:37.140
and I love to climb trees.

00:49:37.182 --> 00:49:40.143
I wanted to be
like my brother.

00:49:40.185 --> 00:49:44.648
You know, I was very set
and, like, very confident.

00:49:44.690 --> 00:49:49.027
And it wasn't until the first
day of public school.

00:49:49.069 --> 00:49:55.367
I went there, and I didn't
know I looked different.

00:49:55.409 --> 00:49:57.953
- I am not American.

00:49:57.995 --> 00:49:59.788
I'm not Japanese.

00:49:59.830 --> 00:50:01.540
I'm not Japanese-American.

00:50:01.581 --> 00:50:03.709
I also don't identify

00:50:03.750 --> 00:50:05.252
as a woman.

00:50:05.293 --> 00:50:08.296
I left Hong Kong,
where I was born and raised.

00:50:08.338 --> 00:50:09.840
Grew up.

00:50:09.881 --> 00:50:13.510
I moved to Hawaii
to study taiko.

00:50:23.854 --> 00:50:28.316
- As a second generation
Asian-American, as a child,

00:50:28.358 --> 00:50:33.280
it was--our success
was defined by our grades.,

00:50:33.321 --> 00:50:35.907
you know, the number of clubs
that we were in.

00:50:37.659 --> 00:50:42.247
- I kind of lost my own sense
of identity in the process.

00:50:42.289 --> 00:50:44.916
I even changed the way I look.

00:50:46.251 --> 00:50:49.087
- I remember somebody saying,

00:50:49.129 --> 00:50:51.465
"How come you have
a flat nose?"

00:50:51.506 --> 00:50:55.844
So I went home to my mother,
and she said,

00:50:55.886 --> 00:51:00.682
"Oh, you are
of a different nationality."

00:51:00.724 --> 00:51:02.601
She said, "You are Japanese."

00:51:02.642 --> 00:51:04.394
I don't want to be Japanese

00:51:04.436 --> 00:51:07.773
because I don't want
to have a flat nose.

00:51:07.814 --> 00:51:10.567
- At one point in college,
I discovered taiko,

00:51:10.609 --> 00:51:13.403
so it became something
that I really enjoyed.

00:51:13.445 --> 00:51:17.282
It was my--my escape
because there I could be free.

00:51:17.324 --> 00:51:19.868
I could be loud.

00:51:19.910 --> 00:51:21.787
It was the thing
that kept me alive.

00:51:31.338 --> 00:51:34.674
- Are you eating again?
- Yes, but I had the runs.

00:51:34.716 --> 00:51:37.344
- Oh. Oh, yeah.

00:51:37.385 --> 00:51:39.387
You're just getting it all
out of the way.

00:51:39.429 --> 00:51:40.472
- Mm.

00:51:42.933 --> 00:51:45.310
- Are you gonna play?

00:51:45.352 --> 00:51:47.354
- In what?
- Iska?

00:51:47.395 --> 00:51:49.564
- No.
- Do you want to?

00:51:49.606 --> 00:51:51.358
- Yes.
- Well, you should try.

00:51:51.399 --> 00:51:52.692
You have a week.

00:51:54.486 --> 00:51:56.655
- I haven't made it
to a single rehearsal.

00:51:56.696 --> 00:51:58.490
How can I--
- Well, now you can.

00:51:58.532 --> 00:52:00.075
Only because you've been sick.

00:52:00.117 --> 00:52:03.537
- I know, I'm just saying
it's not an easy song.

00:52:03.578 --> 00:52:05.413
- I don't want you
to regret it.

00:52:05.455 --> 00:52:06.581
- I'm not gonna--trust me,

00:52:06.623 --> 00:52:09.167
I'm not gonna regret
any of this.

00:52:09.209 --> 00:52:11.878
I'm just gonna be happy
when it's over.

00:52:11.920 --> 00:52:14.756
- That's how you feel now.
- And then I'll be fine.

00:52:16.049 --> 00:52:17.634
Do you want me to show you
the jumping,

00:52:17.676 --> 00:52:18.802
or are you too tired?

00:52:18.844 --> 00:52:21.012
- Yeah. Are you tired?
[laughs]

00:52:22.764 --> 00:52:23.765
Just show me the--

00:52:23.807 --> 00:52:24.891
- Oh, no, you just jump

00:52:24.933 --> 00:52:26.893
and I'll tell you
what you're doing.

00:52:28.687 --> 00:52:31.940
Yes, yes, and then
dun, da dun, da dun.

00:52:31.982 --> 00:52:34.442
- I think I'm not
giving myself another leg.

00:52:34.484 --> 00:52:37.529
- Yeah, but yeah, that's it.
- Okay.

00:52:37.571 --> 00:52:40.240
[indistinct chatter]

00:52:40.282 --> 00:52:41.449
Okay.

00:52:41.491 --> 00:52:43.410
- Light and bouncy
and traveling

00:52:43.451 --> 00:52:45.328
and not heavy.
- Thank you.

00:52:46.496 --> 00:52:48.874
- So tonight's rehearsal

00:52:48.915 --> 00:52:51.501
and run through,
just a couple of things.

00:52:51.543 --> 00:52:57.132
This will be what I call
a rough run through.

00:52:57.174 --> 00:52:58.592
And I know
there are so many things

00:52:58.633 --> 00:53:00.719
we're still working,
working, working.

00:53:00.760 --> 00:53:05.098
But please for today, stay
and watch the whole program

00:53:05.140 --> 00:53:08.143
so you can get a feel
for the whole show

00:53:08.185 --> 00:53:11.479
and everybody's part in it.

00:53:11.521 --> 00:53:12.606
All of Ensō Daiko,

00:53:12.647 --> 00:53:15.609
all of TaikoArts Midwest
is supporting HERbeat.

00:53:15.650 --> 00:53:20.071
[soft instrumental music]

00:53:26.661 --> 00:53:28.246
We wouldn't be here
if it weren't for everyone

00:53:28.288 --> 00:53:31.249
in this group fully
committing to this project.

00:53:31.291 --> 00:53:34.294
[drumming]

00:53:36.213 --> 00:53:38.131
I was hoping to get them
all on stage,

00:53:38.173 --> 00:53:41.718
either at the beginning or
at the end or hopefully both.

00:53:50.268 --> 00:53:51.853
But I was hoping
it would be the first number

00:53:51.895 --> 00:53:54.022
because it would be sort of
like the biggest

00:53:54.064 --> 00:53:57.400
and the most
welcoming-est kind of number.

00:53:57.442 --> 00:54:01.404
- [vocalizing]

00:54:31.810 --> 00:54:34.813
[all speaking Japanese]

00:54:44.447 --> 00:54:46.032
- Hai. America.
- America.

00:54:46.074 --> 00:54:47.534
- Yeah. California.

00:54:47.575 --> 00:54:49.911
[indistinct chatter]

00:54:49.953 --> 00:54:51.329
- The time is approaching

00:54:51.371 --> 00:54:55.208
and nobody
has enough practice time.

00:54:55.250 --> 00:54:57.460
How are we gonna
hold this together?

00:55:21.234 --> 00:55:24.237
- Because to me,
Ensō as a whole group

00:55:24.279 --> 00:55:27.574
is supporting this project,
so as a whole group,

00:55:27.615 --> 00:55:30.035
I want them to have
a few moments.

00:55:30.076 --> 00:55:31.077
Not...
[speaks Japanese]

00:55:31.119 --> 00:55:32.412
You know, a few moments

00:55:32.454 --> 00:55:37.876
so we know that they are also
making this happen.

00:55:37.917 --> 00:55:40.920
[dramatic music]

00:55:46.885 --> 00:55:49.721
- So partly, I want to
still give them the chance

00:55:49.763 --> 00:55:54.559
and then make the decision,
yeah, just to say, like,

00:55:54.601 --> 00:55:57.520
do your best, and we--
just so, you know,

00:55:57.562 --> 00:55:59.939
we're looking
at the whole picture.

00:55:59.981 --> 00:56:01.900
But I want to give them
a fighting chance.

00:56:01.941 --> 00:56:03.193
- Hai.
- Basically.

00:56:03.234 --> 00:56:05.487
And--but I'll still
make that decision.

00:56:08.740 --> 00:56:11.743
[bell chiming]

00:56:12.369 --> 00:56:13.828
- The warning from the CDC,

00:56:13.870 --> 00:56:17.165
the coronavirus is spreading
so quickly around the globe,

00:56:17.207 --> 00:56:19.334
it may only be
a matter of time

00:56:19.376 --> 00:56:21.753
before it begins
rolling across the U.S.

00:56:21.795 --> 00:56:24.381
with the potential
to become a pandemic.

00:57:53.011 --> 00:57:55.096
- Jen Cho went to the doctor

00:57:55.138 --> 00:57:58.141
and she got tested for the--

00:57:58.183 --> 00:58:00.727
whatever strain of the flu
that's going around.

00:58:04.397 --> 00:58:07.400
[flute music]

00:58:10.695 --> 00:58:13.615
Cho came back positive
for the flu,

00:58:13.656 --> 00:58:15.909
and so I just--

00:58:15.950 --> 00:58:19.871
I'm pretty sure that
we all have the flu

00:58:19.913 --> 00:58:21.748
because I don't think
half of us would have the flu

00:58:21.789 --> 00:58:23.041
and half of us
would have COVID.

00:58:23.082 --> 00:58:26.127
We either all have COVID
or we'd all have the flu.

00:58:26.169 --> 00:58:30.173
So I think because Cho got
a positive flu result,

00:58:30.215 --> 00:58:32.759
then we all have the flu.

00:58:32.800 --> 00:58:34.344
That's my theory.

00:58:34.385 --> 00:58:35.220
- [grunts]

00:58:48.233 --> 00:58:51.236
[all vocalizing rhythmically]

00:58:56.950 --> 00:58:58.576
[all shout]

00:58:58.618 --> 00:59:01.621
[all vocalizing]

00:59:01.663 --> 00:59:04.666
[upbeat percussive music]

00:59:11.339 --> 00:59:14.342
[dramatic percussive music]

00:59:37.240 --> 00:59:40.243
[shaker rattling]

00:59:45.206 --> 00:59:47.250
- Yes.
- And we're in good shape.

00:59:47.292 --> 00:59:48.376
What I need from the drummers

00:59:48.418 --> 00:59:50.878
before we break
for our end of day,

00:59:50.920 --> 00:59:53.631
I need all of the drums
to come off stage.

00:59:53.673 --> 00:59:55.550
This does not include things
on platforms.

00:59:55.592 --> 00:59:57.552
Platforms can stay in place.

00:59:57.594 --> 00:59:58.928
And drums can stay
on platforms

00:59:58.970 --> 00:59:59.887
if they are on platforms.

00:59:59.929 --> 01:00:03.558
- We need to record them first
before we roll them off.

01:00:03.600 --> 01:00:05.143
- Yes. Yes.
Do what you need to do.

01:00:05.184 --> 01:00:07.729
Make sure that you have
everything sorted.

01:00:07.770 --> 01:00:09.397
- I thought there would be
more room on stage

01:00:09.439 --> 01:00:11.149
and there wasn't
because of the platforms

01:00:11.190 --> 01:00:13.776
and they're square
or--or rectangular,

01:00:13.818 --> 01:00:16.654
so they really cut off
the space in certain ways.

01:00:19.657 --> 01:00:22.952
There's just not enough room
for everybody.

01:00:22.994 --> 01:00:25.371
- Okay, so I just wanted us
to have, like,

01:00:25.413 --> 01:00:27.290
five seconds to gather.

01:00:27.332 --> 01:00:29.334
Similar to this
entire process,

01:00:29.375 --> 01:00:33.338
it's been densely packed
with hurry up.

01:00:33.379 --> 01:00:36.674
Wait. Hurry up.
Wait. Go, go, go. Wait.

01:00:36.716 --> 01:00:39.010
Things were happening
very quickly on stage

01:00:39.052 --> 01:00:41.679
and decisions were made
very quickly

01:00:41.721 --> 01:00:45.767
partly to streamline
and simplify

01:00:45.808 --> 01:00:49.854
the show transitions,
things that are happening,

01:00:49.896 --> 01:00:55.234
and also knowing that
the amount of rehearsal time

01:00:55.276 --> 01:00:58.488
from what is ideal
to what we are working with,

01:00:58.529 --> 01:01:00.448
there's a big gap there.

01:01:00.490 --> 01:01:04.577
So some things we just simply
didn't have the rehearsal time

01:01:04.619 --> 01:01:07.330
it took to, like,
really make it work,

01:01:07.372 --> 01:01:08.748
and then with some
of the logistics

01:01:08.790 --> 01:01:10.416
that happened on stage.

01:01:10.458 --> 01:01:15.004
So--so the changes are that
Ensō Daiko, all of us,

01:01:15.046 --> 01:01:19.258
will be playing in "Eleven"
at the end and "Eh Ja Nai Ka."

01:01:19.300 --> 01:01:24.764
We will not be playing in
the intro or in the Chu Daiko.

01:01:24.806 --> 01:01:28.309
So I want to say thank you
for all of the work and prep

01:01:28.351 --> 01:01:31.270
that you went into getting
ready to do those pieces.

01:01:31.312 --> 01:01:33.981
And I'm sorry
that we needed to cut you.

01:01:34.023 --> 01:01:37.902
And I just wanted
to let you know that I--

01:01:37.944 --> 01:01:40.863
you know, those decisions
are always really hard

01:01:40.905 --> 01:01:43.533
and I know we all
sort of prepared

01:01:43.574 --> 01:01:44.951
knowing that, like,
things may change

01:01:44.992 --> 01:01:47.745
and we're just gonna
see what happens.

01:01:47.787 --> 01:01:50.289
So I appreciate
your flexibility

01:01:50.331 --> 01:01:52.583
and I'm sorry.

01:01:55.044 --> 01:01:56.212
- It's gonna fly by.

01:01:56.254 --> 01:01:58.381
I hate it. I'm gonna miss it.

01:01:59.465 --> 01:02:02.343
- I'm not.
- [laughs]

01:02:02.385 --> 01:02:04.804
You will someday.
- Maybe.

01:02:07.014 --> 01:02:10.852
- Oh, I had a super, super
sweet moment with Chieko-san.

01:02:10.893 --> 01:02:11.728
- Tell me.

01:02:11.769 --> 01:02:13.312
- She said it's
almost over, huh?

01:02:13.354 --> 01:02:15.857
It's like, yes,
I wish we had a month to tour.

01:02:15.898 --> 01:02:19.152
She said yeah, it'd be nice
if we could, like,

01:02:19.193 --> 01:02:21.404
tour it more, and--

01:02:21.446 --> 01:02:24.407
and then she said,
but it's almost over.

01:02:24.449 --> 01:02:27.410
[speaking Japanese]
She's like, you did your best.

01:02:28.369 --> 01:02:30.204
- It's so great to see you.

01:02:30.246 --> 01:02:32.373
Thank God for you. Hello.
- Hi.

01:02:32.415 --> 01:02:35.376
Our house is a disaster,
I'm warning you.

01:02:35.418 --> 01:02:37.628
I'm--like, seriously.
- It's all right.

01:02:37.670 --> 01:02:39.422
- About coming to Minneapolis
'cause he said,

01:02:39.464 --> 01:02:42.633
"It's so cold."
You gotta get some wool socks.

01:02:42.675 --> 01:02:44.802
You gotta get this.
You gotta get that.

01:02:44.844 --> 01:02:46.637
- The first few days
were pretty cold.

01:02:46.679 --> 01:02:48.181
- It was very cold.
[gentle guitar music]

01:02:48.222 --> 01:02:51.225
[indistinct chatter]

01:02:52.351 --> 01:02:55.521
- Oh, yeah, my back is
just being a little funky.

01:02:55.563 --> 01:02:57.565
- Really?
- Yeah, but it's okay.

01:02:57.607 --> 01:02:59.609
- Do you need ice?

01:02:59.650 --> 01:03:01.652
- I'm just gonna take
some pills.

01:03:01.694 --> 01:03:04.071
- I did rip my pants
playing "Eleven."

01:03:04.113 --> 01:03:06.032
[laughter]
I felt it.

01:03:06.073 --> 01:03:07.825
- Your nice pants?

01:03:07.867 --> 01:03:09.285
- No, these pants.
- Oh.

01:03:09.327 --> 01:03:11.579
- When we were playing
'cause we--we'd go like this,

01:03:11.621 --> 01:03:14.582
and I was like, rip!
[laughter]

01:03:14.624 --> 01:03:17.585
And I was like, "Oh, God,"
and I'm in the front row.

01:03:17.627 --> 01:03:19.003
[upbeat acoustic music]

01:03:19.045 --> 01:03:21.923
- [singing Japanese]

01:03:21.964 --> 01:03:24.967
[all singing along
in Japanese]

01:03:26.636 --> 01:03:29.639
[indistinct chatter]

01:03:39.273 --> 01:03:42.443
[laughter]

01:03:45.363 --> 01:03:46.781
- [softly] Let's go to bed.
Let's go to bed.

01:03:46.823 --> 01:03:49.408
Let's go to bed.
- [laughs]

01:03:57.500 --> 01:03:59.210
- All my life,

01:03:59.252 --> 01:04:02.129
I never, uh,

01:04:02.171 --> 01:04:06.092
saw myself
reflected back at me

01:04:06.133 --> 01:04:09.887
because my family looks
very different from me.

01:04:09.929 --> 01:04:13.015
So this story
is a very simple thing,

01:04:13.057 --> 01:04:16.894
but to me, it's a story of...

01:04:19.063 --> 01:04:22.900
Grief and healing
in one moment.

01:04:22.942 --> 01:04:26.362
And it's when my daughter
was born,

01:04:26.404 --> 01:04:29.198
because for the first time,

01:04:29.240 --> 01:04:32.076
there was another human
on this Earth

01:04:32.118 --> 01:04:36.831
that I was connected to
through blood.

01:04:36.873 --> 01:04:41.252
As I was pregnant
with Josie and--

01:04:41.294 --> 01:04:46.632
Megan and I had so,
so much love for her

01:04:46.674 --> 01:04:48.801
before we even met her.

01:04:48.843 --> 01:04:54.432
I think of my birth mother
who carried me,

01:04:54.473 --> 01:04:58.185
gave birth to me,
and then gave me away.

01:04:58.227 --> 01:05:02.815
I understood
on a much deeper level

01:05:02.857 --> 01:05:08.946
just how hard
that must be for her.

01:05:08.988 --> 01:05:13.451
And I--I felt her grief

01:05:13.492 --> 01:05:17.288
in a way
that I never understood before

01:05:17.330 --> 01:05:22.251
because I could not imagine
having to carry

01:05:22.293 --> 01:05:26.881
and give birth to my daughter
to then walk away.

01:05:26.923 --> 01:05:31.302
I realized that

01:05:31.344 --> 01:05:36.307
I am a part of her,
and she is so good,

01:05:36.349 --> 01:05:41.812
that maybe when I was a baby,
I was that good too.

01:05:41.854 --> 01:05:42.939
- Yeah.
- [laughs]

01:05:42.980 --> 01:05:44.315
- [speaking Japanese]

01:05:44.357 --> 01:05:46.651
Yes, yes, yes.
[speaking Japanese]

01:05:46.692 --> 01:05:48.402
- Grief for my mother

01:05:48.444 --> 01:05:51.447
and love for my...

01:05:51.489 --> 01:05:54.158
[gentle music]

01:05:54.200 --> 01:05:57.954
Baby self came together

01:05:57.995 --> 01:06:02.124
in this wonderful way
of meeting my daughter.

01:06:02.166 --> 01:06:05.169
[sweeping orchestral music]

01:06:25.940 --> 01:06:28.859
[cheers and applause]

01:06:36.492 --> 01:06:39.495
[cheers and applause]

01:06:43.874 --> 01:06:45.960
[laughs]

01:06:46.002 --> 01:06:49.005
[cheers and applause]

01:06:51.382 --> 01:06:53.175
Ah.

01:06:53.217 --> 01:06:56.012
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you so much.

01:06:56.053 --> 01:07:00.433
This is a truly epic,
historic moment

01:07:00.474 --> 01:07:04.603
in that this kind of gathering
has not happened before.

01:07:04.645 --> 01:07:06.522
Over the last two weeks,

01:07:06.564 --> 01:07:10.609
these 18 HERbeat artists from
Japan, Canada, and the U.S.

01:07:10.651 --> 01:07:13.446
have been rehearsing
from 9:00 a.m.

01:07:13.487 --> 01:07:15.072
to 10:00 p.m. at night,

01:07:15.114 --> 01:07:18.659
and then gone home
and worked some more.

01:07:18.701 --> 01:07:22.705
And this concert
is not only a celebration

01:07:22.747 --> 01:07:24.832
of each of their
individual voices,

01:07:24.874 --> 01:07:27.668
but it's
a remarkable reflection

01:07:27.710 --> 01:07:30.629
of this incredible company
and family

01:07:30.671 --> 01:07:32.548
that has formed
over this time.

01:07:32.590 --> 01:07:36.052
[cheers and applause]

01:07:36.093 --> 01:07:36.969
[exhales]

01:07:37.011 --> 01:07:40.681
So, everyone...
[sighs]

01:07:40.723 --> 01:07:43.392
Thank you
for being part of this.

01:07:43.434 --> 01:07:46.604
This is truly one of
the biggest honors of my life

01:07:46.645 --> 01:07:47.855
to spend time,

01:07:47.897 --> 01:07:50.024
to share the stage
with these women.

01:07:50.066 --> 01:07:53.944
They are each heroes,
leaders, visionaries,

01:07:53.986 --> 01:07:57.865
and I couldn't be more proud
and more humbled

01:07:57.907 --> 01:08:01.619
by our opportunity to share
with you tonight HERbeat.

01:08:01.660 --> 01:08:03.454
Thank you.

01:08:08.918 --> 01:08:11.921
- [vocalizing]

01:08:36.112 --> 01:08:39.115
[soft music]

01:09:12.731 --> 01:09:13.566
- [shouts]

01:09:21.699 --> 01:09:22.533
[shouts]

01:09:25.870 --> 01:09:28.622
[upbeat percussive music]

01:09:28.664 --> 01:09:31.792
[audience cheers]

01:09:47.975 --> 01:09:48.809
[shouts]

01:09:52.354 --> 01:09:53.189
[shouts]

01:09:53.230 --> 01:09:55.649
[cheers and applause]

01:10:13.751 --> 01:10:15.878
[music builds]

01:11:39.253 --> 01:11:42.131
[cheers and applause]

01:11:51.890 --> 01:11:54.893
[audience clapping along]

01:12:24.298 --> 01:12:27.259
[flute music]

01:13:17.267 --> 01:13:20.270
- [vocalizing]

01:13:31.615 --> 01:13:34.618
[cheers and applause]

01:13:51.176 --> 01:13:54.304
[soft flute music]

01:14:02.229 --> 01:14:05.232
- [speaking Japanese]

01:14:28.672 --> 01:14:31.675
- [vocalizing in Japanese]

01:14:52.279 --> 01:14:55.365
- [speaking Japanese]

01:15:10.255 --> 01:15:12.382
[plucky string music]

01:15:12.424 --> 01:15:14.176
- It was the first time that I

01:15:14.218 --> 01:15:18.096
feel truly and fully showing

01:15:18.138 --> 01:15:20.140
who I am on stage.

01:15:20.182 --> 01:15:23.185
[applause]

01:15:39.284 --> 01:15:42.287
[cheers and applause]

01:15:53.715 --> 01:15:55.342
- We hope to inspire people,

01:15:55.384 --> 01:15:59.054
not the courage to win
at all costs,

01:15:59.096 --> 01:16:01.515
but to persevere through
all adversity.

01:16:02.599 --> 01:16:03.433
- [shouts]

01:16:06.603 --> 01:16:07.479
[shouts]

01:16:22.160 --> 01:16:24.746
- We've been talking about
this for how many years?

01:16:27.749 --> 01:16:30.085
- Since before 2000.

01:16:31.587 --> 01:16:34.006
- Just to sit in rehearsals,

01:16:34.047 --> 01:16:36.633
I thought even
if I don't like to sit

01:16:36.675 --> 01:16:39.511
and watch
everybody work together

01:16:39.553 --> 01:16:43.515
and talk together,
and to build relationships

01:16:43.557 --> 01:16:47.311
and connections
that did not exist before

01:16:47.352 --> 01:16:52.524
is the greatest gift that you
have given me through this.

01:16:53.859 --> 01:16:58.030
And then the concert
was such...

01:16:58.071 --> 01:17:00.907
a powerful, historic,

01:17:00.949 --> 01:17:04.202
I think,
life-changing creation.

01:17:17.507 --> 01:17:21.178
The overall sense
of the artists

01:17:21.219 --> 01:17:23.263
not knowing if they belonged,

01:17:23.305 --> 01:17:25.724
not knowing if they--
that they should be here,

01:17:25.766 --> 01:17:27.100
if they have a place here,

01:17:27.142 --> 01:17:30.854
if--if they could be
a part of this in a creative

01:17:30.896 --> 01:17:34.274
and proactive way
was heartbreaking.

01:17:35.400 --> 01:17:39.154
People think that they don't
somehow or can't contribute

01:17:39.196 --> 01:17:42.157
or don't belong somehow,
when to me,

01:17:42.199 --> 01:17:46.745
it seemed just so--
of course you should be here.

01:17:46.787 --> 01:17:48.747
Of course, this should happen.

01:17:48.789 --> 01:17:50.165
[all shout]

01:17:50.207 --> 01:17:53.210
[cheers and applause]

01:17:58.924 --> 01:18:02.636
Why is it that we think
that we don't belong?

01:18:02.678 --> 01:18:05.347
What is it we think
we can't do this?

01:18:05.389 --> 01:18:07.599
You belong here.

01:18:07.641 --> 01:18:10.185
We belong here.
We deserve this.

01:18:10.227 --> 01:18:12.396
We deserve to do this work.

01:18:12.437 --> 01:18:15.607
[gentle music]

01:18:15.649 --> 01:18:19.653
- Thank you.
I'm Kaoly from Japan.

01:18:19.695 --> 01:18:22.781
[cheers and applause]
[laughs]

01:18:25.742 --> 01:18:30.872
I want to talk about the last
piece, "Eleven", a little.

01:18:30.914 --> 01:18:35.961
I composed this piece at 2011

01:18:36.002 --> 01:18:38.922
after March 11.

01:18:38.964 --> 01:18:43.009
Do you remember
that day in Japan

01:18:43.051 --> 01:18:46.847
a massive earthquake
and tsunami,

01:18:46.888 --> 01:18:52.394
and thousands of people
passed away only one day?

01:18:54.020 --> 01:18:57.274
Japan was in a state
of confusion.

01:18:57.315 --> 01:18:59.151
And after that,

01:18:59.192 --> 01:19:04.656
we could gather
and I stood in front of taiko.

01:19:04.698 --> 01:19:10.036
At that moment,
this piece was born.

01:19:10.078 --> 01:19:14.166
2011 in March 11.

01:19:15.250 --> 01:19:16.084
[shouts]

01:19:16.126 --> 01:19:19.004
[dramatic percussive music]

01:19:19.045 --> 01:19:21.673
And also, September 11.

01:19:25.302 --> 01:19:30.182
But, not only for Japan,
not only for the U.S.,

01:19:30.223 --> 01:19:32.851
this is for the world peace.

01:19:32.893 --> 01:19:33.727
[shouts]

01:20:05.967 --> 01:20:07.761
- I went to Japan 'cause
the only thing I wanted

01:20:07.803 --> 01:20:10.430
was to be
this beautiful performer.

01:20:10.472 --> 01:20:13.642
And the irony
is that I was so nervous

01:20:13.683 --> 01:20:16.561
and I hadn't done
personal work enough

01:20:16.603 --> 01:20:20.232
to be that performer.

01:20:20.273 --> 01:20:21.691
But HERbeat helped me kind of

01:20:21.733 --> 01:20:23.944
bring all of those
pieces together.

01:20:32.410 --> 01:20:36.456
Being fully unafraid
to be who I truly am.

01:20:38.667 --> 01:20:41.670
- [speaking Japanese]

01:20:46.675 --> 01:20:48.343
[laughs, sniffles]

01:20:50.428 --> 01:20:52.097
- Wipe your tear.

01:20:52.138 --> 01:20:54.224
[laughter]
- Aww.

01:20:54.266 --> 01:20:55.100
- [shouts]

01:20:58.979 --> 01:21:02.566
I don't want to stop.

01:21:02.607 --> 01:21:04.442
And I will miss everybody.

01:21:10.866 --> 01:21:13.869
- [speaking Japanese]

01:21:32.721 --> 01:21:35.724
- [vocalizing]

01:21:42.772 --> 01:21:45.358
- And I know that everyone--

01:21:45.400 --> 01:21:47.444
everyone had to

01:21:47.485 --> 01:21:51.531
really struggle at times

01:21:51.573 --> 01:21:54.826
with our bodies,
with our brains,

01:21:54.868 --> 01:21:57.913
and to keep our spirits light.

01:21:57.954 --> 01:22:00.957
[dramatic music]

01:22:09.466 --> 01:22:13.345
But I really feel that the way
you grew and came together

01:22:13.386 --> 01:22:16.431
and supported one another

01:22:16.473 --> 01:22:21.269
made this a company like the
likes of no one has ever seen.

01:22:21.311 --> 01:22:24.314
[all vocalizing]

01:22:50.840 --> 01:22:53.843
- So tonight...

01:22:55.595 --> 01:23:00.308
Please gather your power,

01:23:00.350 --> 01:23:03.144
your energy, your pray,

01:23:03.186 --> 01:23:07.190
your love to our sound.

01:23:07.232 --> 01:23:12.612
Then it will be OURBeat.

01:23:12.654 --> 01:23:17.617
Our beat roar to the
all of the world, I believe.

01:23:17.659 --> 01:23:20.620
[dramatic percussive music]

01:23:20.662 --> 01:23:24.040
[cheers and applause]

01:23:24.082 --> 01:23:27.085
[soft dramatic music]

01:23:33.550 --> 01:23:34.384
- [shouts]

01:23:38.555 --> 01:23:44.227
- I can say that everyone
that was in that theater

01:23:44.269 --> 01:23:46.187
and has been
a part of this project

01:23:46.229 --> 01:23:49.399
has felt and received

01:23:49.441 --> 01:23:51.860
and reflected back

01:23:51.901 --> 01:23:56.114
the immense power,

01:23:56.156 --> 01:23:59.492
joy, love, celebration.

01:23:59.534 --> 01:24:02.412
All of the things that
you have given have, like,

01:24:02.454 --> 01:24:06.207
just had an amazing,
collective,

01:24:06.249 --> 01:24:11.004
growing wave of impact.

01:24:11.046 --> 01:24:14.132
Thank you very much.
[speaking Japanese]

01:24:14.174 --> 01:24:15.925
[applause]

01:24:15.967 --> 01:24:17.177
- [shouts]

01:24:20.847 --> 01:24:23.850
[cheers and applause]

01:24:45.205 --> 01:24:46.581
- Yeah.

01:24:46.623 --> 01:24:48.124
- [sniffling]

01:25:32.627 --> 01:25:35.630
[woman vocalizing]

01:25:46.933 --> 01:25:49.936
[upbeat percussive music]

01:26:23.636 --> 01:26:26.639
["Eh Ja Nai Ka" playing]

01:26:38.401 --> 01:26:41.070
[audience singing along]

01:27:53.893 --> 01:27:56.896
[cheers and applause]