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Phone: 386-226-6157
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Contact: Mary Van Buren
Phone: 386-226-6525

Please note: This event was erroneously publicized as taking place on a Wednesday. The correct date is Friday, March 26.

Storyteller Kuniko Yamamoto Presents ‘Mask, Mime, and Music of Japan’

Kuniko Yamamoto Daytona Beach, Fla., March 12, 2010 -- Back by popular demand, master storyteller Kuniko Yamamoto will perform at Embry-Riddle on Friday, March 26.

Yamamoto brings to life traditional Japanese folktales as well as modern stories that shed light on the cultural, moral, and social ideals of her native country. Her multimedia show combines music, pantomime, magic tricks, and a variety of origami (folded paper) stage props: mythological character masks, flowers, puppets, and a six-foot-long dragon.

Trained in dance and other time-honored arts in Osaka, Japan, Yamamoto has lived in Florida since 1992. In addition to performing, she teaches workshops in Japanese origami, music, and theater. For more information on Yamamoto’s mission to educate and amuse, please visit her website at www.kunikotheater.com.

The event is co-sponsored by Embry-Riddle’s Arts & Letters Series and the Office of Diversity Initiatives. It is presented as an offering of the Arts on Tour roster of the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

The show is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Willie Miller Instructional Center on Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach campus, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Admission is $5 at the door for the general public, or free with Embry-Riddle ID card.

For more information, call (386) 226-6668 or visit http://erau.edu/arts.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 150 campuses in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.