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View ArticleOur new website!
We are so happy to launch our new website designed by Bryan Potter Design. After weeks of brainstorming and months of hard work, we hope you enjoy navigating through this new site.
View ArticleTaikoSource Interview
UNIT SOUZOU Co-Director, Michelle Fujii has been featured in an interview with Benjamin Pachter of TaikoSource. Learn more about Michelle’s artistic influences and journey.
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Camino de “88”
The road to 88: Hachi Hachi Rehearsals, production planning, marketing – these are typical ways that performers prepare for a new show. Doing an 18 day, 400 kilometer spiritual walk on the “Camino de...
View ArticleLooking towards 2016
At UNIT SOUZOU, we have been reflecting on our work, and looking forward to an exciting year ahead as an emerging new artistic taiko ensemble. Last fall, we did some deep soul searching on the...
View ArticleRemembering history, Inspiring our artistic voice
UNIT SOUZOU performs INSATIABLE March 29, 2016 at 7:00 PM Washington State University Vancouver Firstenburg Student Commons Free admission, RSVP required (limited tickets available) Last November,...
View ArticleHappy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
At Unit Souzou, we celebrate our heritage, both traditional and evolving, all throughout the year in all the work we do. The most public way we do this is through our community work. We love to perform...
View ArticleExciting News! UNIT SOUZOU Audition
Unit Souzou is launching its first round of auditions! A small ensemble eagerly looking toward new beginnings, we’re looking for several talented, dedicated taiko artists to join our professional...
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Announcing our Big NEWS!
After an extensive national audition process, we are thrilled to introduce our brand new Unit Souzou Professional Ensemble. Four talented professional taiko artists, Ian Berve, Yuta Kato, David Wells,...
View ArticleUnit Souzou 2017 Goals
With dramatic transitions across the nation, our country and region face some real and profound changes. During this time, we at Unit Souzou are finding comfort and power in our work as artists and...
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Happy Spring! Happy Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
We’re coming off a busy winter season where we spent much of this time in the cozy and intense bubble of teaching and creating, with our performers, in the schools, and in the community. Our new...
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Goodbye, Hello: A new artistic leap for Unit Souzou
As we emerge into our 3rd year of sharing relevant stories through drum and dance, we are excited to break new ground in our work. We ask you, our amazing supporters, for your help to activate our...
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Unit Souzou on the road. Heading to San Diego!
We are thrilled beyond belief to be a featured performer for the prestigious Taiko Jam at the North American Taiko Conference (NATC). In NATC’s 20th year, at its 10th conference, this event will take...
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Pushing Boundaries with site-specific performance, TaikoWorks 2017
On August 30, we will present a very special show honoring an important community space and pushing boundaries of the taiko art form with brand new work. TaikoWorks is Unit Souzou’s new annual showcase...
View ArticleTaiko Open House
We are thrilled to announce our move into a new artistic home! From this October our weekly Wednesday classes and rehearsals will be at Living Cully Plaza, a new community gathering space in NE...
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North American Taiko Conference/Taiko Jam
In early August, the whole Unit Souzou team, 17 strong — including Michelle and Toru; the Community Group — Abby, Amanda, Emi, Erin, Gregg, Lois, Michelle, Naomi, Scott, Yasuko, Zoli; and the...
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Goodbye, Hello…and THANK YOU!
We were overwhelmed with the outpouring of support for our Goodbye, Hello fundraising campaign. Through the generous donation of nearly 80 donors, not only were we able to produce our first TaikoWorks...
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TaikoWorks 2017
On August 30, Unit Souzou said goodbye to a place that has been home, and also ushered in a powerful, energetic new tradition. The first ever TaikoWorks was a site specific show at the Jade APANO...
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Unit Souzou 2018 Goals
As we begin 2018, we are ready to triple down on our work and our three years as Unit Souzou. It feels like a great to time reflect on the foundation of what we intended to create our company, with...
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TaikoWorks 2018
UNIT SOUZOU’s TaikoWorks 2018 August 25, 2018, 3:00pm Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, OR 97209 We are excited to work with our esteemed partners at Lan Su Chinese Garden to...
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