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The FIRST ever Kyoto Fringe Festival took place on the Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June at the VasantaMala Indian Dance Institute in Kyoto, Japan. Shakti confirmed that the Kyoto audience were rather different from the Tokyo audience. Outwardly there was more of a wider age range from elderly 92 year old’s to younger children aged 6-7 years with parents constituting that in-betweenie age range. Being slightly further south, the Kyoto weather was a lot better.
After performing at the 2009 Tokyo Fringe Festival, Marni Rice, the Chanteuse accordion player took her show, De Joux Musique, to the first ever Kyoto Fringe Festival. Accompanying her was the flamboyant Mika Haka with his show “Timaru” which also showcased at the 2009 Tokyo Fringe Festival at the end of May.
As well as managing and running the Kyoto Fringe, Shakti took to the stage with her show, “Eros of Love and Destruction”, a new creation to celebrate the first ever Kyoto Fringe Festival.
The Kyoto artists enjoyed their time in this unique ancient city. Marni Rice enjoyed touring around the exquisite Japanese temples ringing the bells, whilst Mika visited all the fashion stores in downtown Kyoto. Both enjoyed themselves in totally different ways and a superb first fringe festival was enjoyed by all.
It’s on to the Avignon OFF 2009 with The Garage International…
