Please join us for Salon Series No. 50. The program will present a demonstration of tea ceremony and a performance of Japanese classical dance, Cha-ondo (Tea Song). The discussion on Ma space in Japanese tea ceremony will follow. Cha-ondo will be accompanied by Koto and Shamisen.

The program will focus on the highest technique in dance, the breath work. Cultivating the best uses of timing, “Ma” in executing breath with movements is the last stage of learning process, and the mastering is essential in order to be a professional performer. While shiatsu healing master will demonstrate Ma in his healing work.

The prevailing theme of Salon Series in 2014 Season is “Ma,” the particular sense of space and time in Japanese arts and culture.

The first in the program investigates Ma in creating sacred space and time through sutra chanting and writing, music and dance improvisation.