The Genki Spark: Taiko Projects with Attitude

The Genki Spark multi-generational Asian women's performance troupe uses Japanese taiko drumming, spoken word, comedy, and personal stories to inspire creativity, build community, and advocate respect for all.

Our demonstrations, interactive workshops, and panel presentations on a variety of topics raise awareness, break down barriers, and create energetic environments where people grow.

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The Genki Spark welcomes New Members!!

Please welcome the class of 2013:

Jenny Roberston
Lisa Philpotts
Eva Loh
Teresa Reiko Perales
Elaine Yoneoka
Lynn Niizawa

Congratulations! Read more about them HERE.

'I had no idea it would require so much focus or be this much fun. You make it look effortless.'

Public Taiko Workshops for Beginners

Want to try taiko for fun? Try out this engaging, dynamic art form in a no-pressure environment. Bring a friend or bring a group of friends! No experience necessary.

Click the link below for more information and to register with Eventbrite.

Saturday July 13th - 6PM-8PM
Saturday August 17th - 6PM-8PM
Saturday September 21st - 6PM-8PM

Sign up for our monthly email list for updates on new workshop dates.

For information on private events such as taiko birthday parties, click HERE.

Save the Date!
Events Not to Miss

Boston PRIDE Parade and Festival

Saturday June 8th, 12noon and 1:50PM

The Genki Spark struts our stuff at PRIDE!

Come cheer us on and celebrate the LGBTQ community at the parade -- (we'll be near the front of the parade) -- and/or see us perform on the Festival Stage at City Hall Plaza. As always, we'll have a booth -- so come on by, enjoy the day, and say hello :)

The Parade starts at 12Noon on Boylston Street.

The Genki Spark performs on the FESTIVAL STAGE at CITY HALL PLAZA AT 1:50PM

See photos from last year.

For more information:
www.bostonpride.org

Outside the Box Festival
8 days of the Performing Arts
Sunday July 14th, 12noon

Bringing the Arts Outside
July 13-20, 2013

Outside The Box 2013 is the first annual, citywide, multi-arts festival based in Boston, Massachusetts. With a wealth of theatres, concert halls, conservatories, performing arts centers, and educational institutions for the arts in the region, Outside The Box will capture talent and enthusiasm and generate creative energy from every corner of the city.

Outside The Box 2013 is designed to change the way people engage and explore creativity, innovation and invention through the discovery and participation of the arts. The Festival will showcase New England’s personality over the course of ten days from July 13 to 20, 2013 by shining a spotlight on Boston’s outdoor public spaces, and showcasing established institutions and independent voices.

The Genki Spark performs on Sunday July 14th, 12 noon
Location to be Announced

For more information: www.outsidetheboxboston.org

Calling all Photographers ... The Genki Spark Wants YOU!

Join our team. Come photograph an incredible, dynamic art form and participate in a variety of cultural, community, and educational events. Your work is needed to tell our story. We've got cool venues in our future ... marches, road trips, rallies, festivals, etc, come join us!

If you're interested in volunteering your time and talent, email your name, contact information and two samples of your work to leeann@thegenkispark.org.

Help from Family and Friends

Please consider sending us a tax deductible gift through our nonprofit sponsor AARW and support the development of women and girls and our efforts to outreach to and work with grassroots community groups working toward social change. Click here to make a contribution.

Check out our COMMUNITY BLOG!

Read reflections and journal entries by members documenting the trip.
www.genkispeak.wordpress.com

Want access to some of our best photos?

Check out The Genki Spark public album!

The Genki Spark is funded in part by the Boston Women's Fund, The Boston Foundation, The Haymarket People's Fund, Foley Hoag Foundation, Whole Foods Market, and the Brookline Commission for the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. We are also a recipient of MAP for Health's Siong Huat Chua Award for Community Leadership and scholarship recipients of the Tule Lake Pilgrimage Committee.

The Genki Spark is a fiscally sponsored project of AARW, (Asian American Resource Workshop) a Boston based nonprofit organization founded in 1979 to work for the empowerment of the Asian Pacific American community to achieve its full participation in U.S. society. www.AARW.org

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Live in New England but outside Massachusetts and want to bring The Genki Spark to your state? Apply for funds through New England Foundation for the Arts to cover up to 50% of the cost.