Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Hi All,

I've been collaborating with Classical Indian Dance choreographer Ranjanaa Devi for the past two months as part of

Mudra: the Gesture Speaks.


The shakuhachi intertwines throughout the preformace with classical and modern Indian song, poetry, tabla drums and video.

Thursday, November 8
UMass Amherst, MA
Bowker Auditorium 8:00 pm
$20,$15; Youth 17 & Under $12; Five College Students $10, $7
Fine Arts Center Box Office at 545-2511 or 1-800-999-UMAS

Mudra is the Sanskrit word for a hand gesture depicting a thought, an idea or a word in classical Indian dance. Used in narrative and poetic dance sequences, mudras uniquely tell a story in a literal manner often making the "word" inconsequential for those educated in Indian classical dance vocabulary. Mudra is also contemporary. Simple and complex hand gestures are used by people as a way of communicating on a daily basis.

Mudra will include a host of guest artists including Pandit Samir Chatterjee on the tablas and other drums, Perry Yung on Japanese shakuhachi bamboo flute and other musicians of note, guest dancers, theater and video artists along with Nataraj Dancers.

You can read about Ranjanaa and her dancers here



Rehearsing with a some of the dancers. Custom shakuhachi flutes were made for this production.

See you there! Perry

Last edited by Yungflutes (2007-11-05 23:22:18)