Toshi Makihara

• September 2010:
  Japan House / Philadelphia Fringe Festival
  
  
  
  At Shofuso, in the beautiful Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Produced by Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
  
  Join Leah Stein Dance Company for a journey through the 17th Century Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in Fairmount Park with collaborators dancer/choreographer Roko Kawai, percussionist Toshi Makihara and, from Tokyo, performance artist Hideo Arai and vocalist Mika Kimula. Building upon a 2007 collaboration that began in Japan, the artists examine tradition and history against contemporary dialogue and aesthetics. Site-specific in nature, the performance will incorporate the permanently installed contemporary screen paintings of Hiroshi Senju and acknowledge the 150th Anniversary of the Iwakura Mission, one of the earliest Japanese delegations to visit America and Philadelphia. The production of Japan House/Philadelphia is supported by a generous grant from the Japan Foundation. Tickets on sale at Philadelphia Fringe Festival Box Office.

• May 2010:
  Leah Stein Dance Company: "Mill Tones"
  
  
  
  Leah Stein Dance Cowill create and perform a new site work at Historic RittenhouseTown with local community participation and students from Summit Church's afterschool program. The performance was originally scheduled for October 2009, and postponed to May 2010 due to the inclement weather.