Awa Odori dancers from Japan’s Tokushima Prefecture bring one of Japan’s most vibrant traditional dance festivals to Cal Poly Humboldt’s Goodwin Forum on Sunday, April 27, from 3 to 4 p.m. (free). The Awa Odori: Japanese Dance Performance features a 30-minute performance of vibrant, chant-filled routines accompanied by shamisen lute, taiko drums, shinobue flute and kane bell. A Q&A and photo opportunity will follow the performance. This rare North Coast performance is presented by Cal Poly Humboldt’s Critical Race, Gender &
Sexuality Studies, Asian Desi Pacific Islander Middle Eastern North African Collective and Humboldt Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity.
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