Yasu Ishida, Master of Fine Arts in Theatre for Young Audiences, is an award-winning magician, director and storyteller. He beautifully imbues the essence of traditional Japanese culture into his magic and storytelling. Yasu has enthralled audiences all over the United States, including performances at Disney Summer Stage Kids in New York and the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., the world’s largest festival of Japanese culture outside of Japan. He was a nominee for the 2013 RAW Honolulu Performing Artist of the Year, and the American Alliance for Theatre & Education awarded his show with a 2014 Elizabeth and Don Doyle fellowship.
yasutheatre@gmail.com
https://www.yasutheatre.com
1425 Teague Road,, APT 108, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
SC
8087779193
* Virtual program option is available. Yasu has been working with schools and libraries (55 schools & libraries) in more than 8 states (CA, PA, OH, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL) to provide virtual programs for young audiences this summer. (https://youtu.be/a2A2yvLCqeY)
Combining traditional Japanese theatre, lion dance, music, origami, magic, and storytelling, Yasu will guide audiences to the enchanting land of Japan. In this 45 minutes of school assembly show, he will share excerpts from a Japanese traditional folktale with origami, a Japanese traditional vaudeville act with the playing of a traditional flute, and a Japanese lion dance. Yasu’s programs include stories that he performs with lots of audience interaction and participation. This program connects with the Common Core State and North Carolina Essential Standards.
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Yasu Ishida
8087779193
yasutheatre@gmail.com
All year around
All day
Minimum performance area: 12′ deep, 12′ wide
Wireless head set microphone (lavaliere microphone prefered). Sound system with CD or MP3 player.
At school.
$800 for one performance; $1,200 for
two performances; and $1,500 for three performances at same school.
For a virtual show option, there will be $100 discount of taking out traveling fee.
SL2 Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including
visually, quantitatively, and orally. Through my visual storytelling with physical movements,
Japanese music and origami, students learn how to communicate through different
channels of expressions.
SL.2.4 Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive
details, speaking audibly in coherent and complete sentences. Students can learn through
my storytelling show, how to develop and apply their storytelling skills at home and also
their classroom.
L3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different
contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully
when reading or listening. Students can learn my storytelling with body movements
defining meaning in the spoken story.
2.AE.1.2: Understand how the use of costumes, props and masks enhance dramatic play. I wear Kimono & Hakama costume when I am telling Japanese stories and it enhances my characters of Samurai and princess in the story.
3.CU.2.1: Illustrate theatre etiquette appropriate to the performance situation. I explain about theatre etiquette before the show and students can practice it while watching the performance.
4.A.1.2: Critique choices made about characters, settings and events as seen or portrayed in formal and information productions. I tell two stories with a same theme from both Eastern and Western folktales in the show so that students can make a comparison of it.
If a show is cancelled because of inclement weather. It will be rescheduled for a mutually agreeable future date. And if the show is cancelled after the contract has been signed, the artist requires 50% of the fee.