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Drum Tao at Zellerbach Hall

by Harry S. Pariser
April 3, 2026

Drum Tao Zellerbach Hall CalPerformances Berkeley, CA March 21, 2026 Way back in 1993, Taro Harasaki had an epiphany. He had just exited Mystère, the Cirque du Soleil show then running in Las Vegas. The performance had made a huge impression on him. “I can do this in Japan," he thought. His concept was to marry Kumi-daiko (組太鼓, literally “set of drums"), a small-group Taiko drum performance first developed in 1951, to polished performance and choreography ...