Tamagawa University Taiko Drummers, Dancers Return to Bryn Mawr For Cherry-Blossom Fest

Forty drummers and dancers from Tamagawa University, one of Japan's top performing-arts universities, will bring the sights and sounds of Japan to Bryn Mawr with thundering taiko drumming and traditional Japanese dance as they perform at Bryn Mawr College on Monday, April 16, at 7 p.m., in Goodhart Theater.

This event and a following reception are free and open to the public.

Tamagawa Taikom was recently ranked among the top 15 professional taiko groups in the world and is considered one of Japan's finest ensemble taiko drumming groups, with performances that incorporate masks, beautiful and colorful costumes, elements of folk dance, and original and traditional compositions.

The performance is part of this year's two-week long Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival, or Sakura Matsuri, as it is known in Japanese.

Companies of Tamagawa University performing-arts students have performed worldwide since 1961 in locations as diverse as Mexico, Greece, London, Canada, Malaysia, Indonesia, Africa and the United States. This is the second year in a row that the ensemble has played at Bryn Mawr College.

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