TAO: THE MARTIAL ART OF DRUMMING tickets on sale Fri., 10/23

TAO: THE MARTIAL ART OF DRUMMING
Knight Theater – April 5, 2010

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, OCT. 23


Charlotte, NC – The highly-successful and critically acclaimed, TAO: THE MARTIAL ART OF DRUMMING will play at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Knight Theater April 5, 2010. The U.S. tour follows a sold-out international tour.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 23 and can be purchased online at BlumenthalCenter.org, by phone at 704-372-1000, or from the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Box Office located in the Tryon Street lobby of the Belk Theater.

The smash hit of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Japan’s most celebrated and elite company of martial art drummers, DRUM-TAO, will tour the US with their awe-inspiring and innovative production.

Having been seen by more than five-million people worldwide, this production amasses an unsurpassed reputation for their stunningly executed performances. The incomparable quality and pure unadulterated power and spectacle of their work perfectly blends the ancient traditions of Taiko Drumming with the innovative and flawlessly choreographed production values of contemporary Japanese excellence.

Explosive percussion and timeless rituals are complimented perfectly in this Japanese spectacular featuring unrivalled drumming and martial arts mastery that creates an unforgettable performance. The 16 young drummers beat their huge Wadaiko-Drums, which have a circumference of up six feet and weigh about 880 pounds, with outstanding precision, strength and persistency.

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