Rocking Girls & Thundering Women: A Fundraising Night-Out
Rocking Girls and Thundering Women
TypeArts & CultureDateFriday, May 25, 2012Time7pmLocationThe Projection BoothDescriptionFundraising Night for Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers. “Girls Rock!” The Movie [“Battling over band names, lyrical intent, microphone time, musical direction, and loose ideas of artistic merit (Amelia is a child who treasures her noise), these budding rock stars are a bewitching bundle of personalities who feel the triumph of every successfully landed riff and the familiar crush of social exclusion. It’s a captivating five days inside the core of this exceptional outlet for creativity and expression; a film not just to be commended and enjoyed, but a remarkable camp that should be a requirement for every teen girl out there in dire need of empowerment and focus.” - Brian Orndorf] then RAW drummers perform live! All proceeds to Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers: Toronto Taiko Festival.1 Night: 2 Shows!
* Girls Rock! The Movie [documentary; 56 min]
* Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers [live performance]
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At rock’n’roll camp, girls 8 to 18 are taught that it’s OK to sweat like a pig, scream like a banshee, wail on their instruments with complete and utter abandon. What happens to the girls they are given a temporary repreive from being sexualized, analyzed, and pressured to conform is moving and revolutionary.
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8 Women, 1000 pounds of drums. RAW is Toronto’s own all-women taiko ensemble. Thundering and raging, yet resolutely joyous, RAW is big in sound and big in spirit. The drummers will be present to hang out, tell all about the upcoming Taiko Festival, and play you a couple of their favourite pieces.
6:30pm Door
7:00pm Show
Tickets:
$20 (sliding to $15)
$10 (under 19)
At:
http://guestli.st/100380
Toronto Women’s Bookstore
or from RAW membersContactyoung@ragingasianwomen.caWebsitehttp://www.ragingasianwomen.ca
via Facebook event
