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Asian art and culture comes to life through live performances at the Asian Art Museum. Performances throughout the year encompass dance, music, storytelling, theater and more



 
 

Miyake Tokuro

Miyake Tokuro

 

Special Kyogen Performance

Thursday, July 16

6:30 pm

Samsung Hall

$5 members, $22 general (includes general admission and entry to Lords of the Samurai). Tickets available June 16 online or admissions desk.)

AsiaAlive resident artists Izumi Junko and Miyake Tokuro will be joined in this special performance of Japanese comedy-drama by their brother, Izumi Motoya, the 20th generation head master of the Izumi School of Kyogen. One of the two schools of Kyogen in Japan, the Izumi School has a history of 571 years. Also appearing on stage is Izumi Kyoko, the daughter of Izumi Junko, making her US stage debut at the age of six.

Co-sponsored with the Japan Society of Northern California and the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco.

 

 
   

Community celebrations

 

 
 

participatory performance of Filipino dance

 

Filipino American History Month: Celebrating 422 Years
Sunday, October 4
1:00 pm–4:00 pm
Samsung Hall
Free admission courtesy of Target Stores.

Celebrate Filipino American History Month with Filipino American artists, authors, and performers.  For a list of cosponsors and program details, please visit www.asianart.org/filamhistory.htm

 

 
 

 

 

Tea Ceremony

Visitors can experience the changing seasons, tastes, smells, sounds, and aesthetics of chanoyu—the Japanese way of tea—in special programs held in our Japanese Tearoom. Learn more about our Tea Ceremony Presentations.

 

 
   

Lead funding for the Asian Art Museum's education programs and activities is provided by the Bank of America Foundation.

Major support for education programs and activities is provided by the Freeman Foundation and the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation.

Additional support provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Louise Rosenberg & Claude Rosenberg Jr. Family Foundation, HSBC Foundation, Goldman Sachs Foundation, the Mary Tanenbaum Fund, the United States-Japan Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Cisco Systems Foundation, Citigroup Foundation, the Joseph R. McMicking Foundation, the Robert and Helen Odell Fund, Dodge & Cox, the Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation, and the Joel E. Ferris Foundation.

Support for AsiaAlive is provided by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund.

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