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Events combining music, dance, and dialogue are a place for diverse people to gather
Takano: I understand that you held a charity event in Sendai that combined music / dance with learning about social issues and dialogue.
Kudo: I used to do street dance, so I used to hold dance events at clubs. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, I added dialogue on social issues and took on the challenge of holding a festival that could be attended by men and women of all ages, while being allowed to use local resources such as temples, kindergartens, and shrines.
Takano: This is an activity that makes use of your love of dance, isn’t it, Mr. Kudo?
Kudo: I was very surprised when we held the festival at both temples and shrines.
Takano:That’s right. What kind of event was it?
Kudo: In addition to music and dance, we created charity booths for recovery support groups, etc., a market, a food corner, and a playground for children.
Celeina: It was really nice and diverse.
Kudo: It was really interesting. It was a space where children and adults could play together.
Takano: It’s a good place to convey a message, and it looks genuinely very fun.
Kudo: It was fun. I think that festivals and media are similar in that they bring together a variety of people, and we operate as a place where a diverse range of people can gather.
Takano: You are in the business of connecting people with people. What do you want to do in the future?
Kudo: Up until now we have conducted interviews as media and delivered them in articles, but in the future I would like to do a project where we all communicate together. There are readers who want to deliver the stories of their parents, friends, and others close to them, so I would like to help them learn how to listen to and write about “soar” so that they can deliver their own stories.
Celeina：I see. It is good that from now on the readers will be the senders. Now, I would like to send one song here. I asked Ms. Kudo to choose a song that we would all like to listen to together on the radio at this time. Please tell us the reason for your song selection.
Kudo: When I was a dancer in Sendai, a friend of mine from Tokyo used this song in a street dance show, and I listened to it many times while longing for Tokyo. ”Take U to Somewhere” by Ovall。
