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Bruce Huebner’s shakuhachi sound is unbounded by musical convention, flowing from freeform to jazz to Japanese traditional music to Celtic to Western

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/gyotaku-the… How did fishermen record their trophy catches before the invention of photography? In 1

Renée Byer has the rare inner lens needed to produce photos with profound emotional resonance and sensitivity. That talent has brought her countless h

Shizuka Aoi – Dancer Shizuka Aoi tumbled into the world of gymnastics at the age of six and continued it until college, leaving a great record o

Bringing hope to people’s hearts through music. Hisayo Togashi is the Japan Philharmonic Orchestras Chief Manager for the project “Forest of Music” wh

Mistubako Matsuo inhabits an utterly poetic world humming with the mysteries of the honeybee. Fieldwork and frequent visits to local beekeepers across

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/corruption-… It’s hard to imagine Venice without the curious, banana-shaped gondolas that glide down

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history… Why do we dance? African-American social dances started as a way for enslaved Africans

Viacom/MTV executive Ross Martin shares how his background in poetry uniquely and appropriately prepared him for the business world.

Creating love through design has been Yu Jordy Fu’s goal since she was six, when she had her first solo art exhibition at the Beijing Capital Museum—a

Makoto Aida’s scenes of skewed eroticism—obsessively detailed, leaning toward the violent and grotesque, and humorous in the very darkest sense—drive

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/rhythm-in-a… Many modern musical instruments are complicated pieces of machinery with many moving pa

Scapino Ballet is one of the leading dance ensembles in the Netherlands. Most of it’s exclusive repertoire is made by Ed Wubbe, choreographer an

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生きるとは何か？ 死ぬとは何なのか？ 花を通して「生」のあり方を探求する花道家のパフォーマンスです。 会場に立ち込めるバラの香りを想像して下さい。 花を通じて「生」のあり方を探求する 偶然出会った勅使河原宏氏の展覧会に衝撃を受け、華道を学び始めた上野氏。 「はないけ（花生け）」と称する創造と破壊を繰

At some point in history, the Japanese stopped writing vertically. Nowadays, it may be rare to find people who write by hand at all. Aoi Yamaguchi is