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DRUM TAO is represented exclusively in North America by:

Drum Tao

MAR 10, 2022

Welcome!

Welcome to the Victoria Theatre and the Project Unlimited Star Attractions presentation of DRUM TAO from Dayton Live.

Our gratitude to Projects Unlimited, Inc. as the sponsor of our Star Attractions is ongoing and deep. Their continued commitment to Dayton Live and to the community is crucial to our success and the wellbeing of our region.

Our appreciation also goes to Dayton 24/7 Now, the official media sponsors of this season’s Projects Unlimited Star Attractions.

It’s hard to believe it’s already the third month of 2022. There are dozens of performances and events from Dayton Live as well as from our resident companies, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, The Human Race Theatre Company, and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company filling the calendars at each of our Dayton Live venues. Get all the details at DaytonLive.org. Check out the spring classes and intensives being offered by Dayton Live’s Education & Engagement team as well.

Some of you are already asking about what’s in store for 2022-2023. We’re in the process of putting the finishing touches on a great lineup of shows for next season and will be making announcements in the next several weeks. Watch your email box and follow us on social media @DaytonLive365 to be sure to be among the first to hear!

Thank you for allowing us to share DRUM TAO with you - and for supporting the arts in Dayton!

Ty Sutton
President & CEO Dayton Live

About

More than 800 million spectators have been touched across the world.

DRUM TAO‘s stage is created through phenomenal performances and expressions consisting of incomparable “Wadaiko-drums” and the beautiful melody of Japanese flutes and harps. It is the “Japanese Entertainment” for a new generation that completely surpasses expectations.

In February 2016, their Off-Broadway shows in New York were completely sold out! It was featured in the weekly American magazine, Newsweek stating “The highly acclaimed debut of DRUM TAO in Broadway will represent not only Japanese entertainment but Japan itself”.

Their new long-run production “MANGEKYO” started in Tokyo in 2017. This night entertainment aimed at international tourists became widely popular and was later expanded to shows over six months in 2018. This has been performed throughout a year in their exclusive theater from April 2019, over the year of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

In 2017, they made their major recording debut from UNIVERSAL MUSIC as a compilation of their work for 25 years, which ranked as one of the top three in the iTunes World Album Ranking in five different countries.

In 2018, they performed in the opening ceremony of “Japonisms 2018” in Paris, France. They also costarred with the Bolshoi Ballet as the opening act of “Japan Year in Russia” held at The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia, in front of the head of each country.

They were awarded “Outstanding Cultural Contribution” from Oita prefecture, “Culture Creators Award” from Taketa city in Oita prefecture, and “The 6th Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Award” and “Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award” from the Japanese government. In 2020, they were supposed to perform 1,000 shows with 4 teams in a year. They had no choice but cancelled more than 600 shows due to COVID-19. They restarted the tour on July 19th, 2020, and successfully performed 274 shows in 2020 and 500 shows in 2021.