Music from Kimiko’s Pearl Scene 8 Epilogue: Communing with the Ancestors (excerpt)

World Premiere June 22-23, 2024
Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario
Commissioned and produced by Bravo Niagara!
Presented by FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre - St. Catharines

Co-Creators and Producers: Christine Mori and Alexis Spieldenner
Writer: Howard Reich
Composer: Kevin Lau
Choreographer: Yosuke Mino
Sound Designer & Recording Engineer: Aaron Tsang
Costume Designer: Shannon Lovelace
Lighting Designer: Kevin Lamotte
Video & Projection Designers: Christine Mori and Fourgrounds Media, Inc.
Musicians: Conrad Chow (violin), Rachel Mercer (cello), Ron Korb (Japanese and Western flutes), Mariko Anraku (harp)
Dancers: Kyra Soo, Yue Shi, Chenxin Liu, Liam Caines, Rachel Gibbs, Liam Saito, Yayoi Ban
Visual Artists: Norman Takeuchi, Lillian Yano Blakey, Emma Nishimura, Adam Markovic
Mask-Maker: Miya Turnbull

June 2024 Premiere photographs by Alex Heidbuechel and Dan Brown