Kodō: Warabe

Let your soul dance to the rhythm of life!

Celebrating more than 40 years, Kodo returns to North America with One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe, a thrilling performance that revisits the ensemble’s early repertoire — blending simple forms of taiko expression that highlight its unique sound, resonance, and physicality. With Warabe, Kodo explores the desire to play the drums with the simple heart of a child. These highly athletic drummers, bearers of a centuries-old Japanese tradition, create a universe of sound and emotion through thunderous percussion and polished theatricality. Capturing the essence of Kodo’s early days, this family-friendly performance celebrates the ensemble’s enduring spirit as children of the drum. Come and experience the soul-stirring rhythm of life firsthand.

“Artists who appeared to have moved into a fantastical realm where the usual limits to human endeavour do not apply.”
Financial Times, London

Part of the Global Voices Series sponsored in part by the Elkins Foundation

Photo by Takashi Okamoto