Random Talks

In the entertainment realm, you’d call Masa Inakage a supreme hyphenate, as in “producer-director-creator-artist-storyteller.” And he actu

The source of Taketeru Kudo’s combustive physical artistry lies in a never-fulfilled quest to discover the core of human existence. His expressionist,

Shizuka Yabuuchi has fused rhythmic gymnastics, dance and magic to conjure up an entirely new style of performance art. Shizuka began exploring her ow

The Los Angeles Times calls magician and TV personality Justin Willman, “a new breed of entertainer.” From his monthly sell-out shows in t

Known in the music realm as Shing02, bilingual rapper Shingo Annen spent his childhood in Tanzania, London and Japan. At the age of 15, he moved to th

Born into a family of renowned Japanese textile designers with a four-century tradition and　trained under the expert eyes of his father and grandfathe

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/beatboxing-… There’s no need for instruments to make music; you can use the greatest instrumen

A zany kingdom inhabited by lithe denizens in lush, unearthly plumage. A troupe of master acrobats, mimes, comics and storytellers offering vignettes

The award winning ABC-Tokyo Ballet Company believes that artists should convey hope, light and a buoyant future through their performances, especially

Formed by a group of five in 2005, HANDSIGN are known for their buoyant performances that blend dance, song and original sign language. Here in Japan

Rome Kanda approaches life like a samurai— head-on and with unwavering intensity. After moving to the U.S., the Osaka native soon found his calling as

When he was just 25, Yoshiharu Habu became the only player ever to simultaneously seize all seven titles of the ancient board game known as shogi. He’

Sometimes the libretto to a life is already written. John Ken Nuzzo was a university business major in California before he seriously contemplated a p

Yale University Senior and Comedian, Yael Zinkow performs a stand up routine on how to give the perfect TED talk.

Master percussionist Winchester Nii Tete hails from the honorable Addy-Amo-Boye clans of drummers in Ghana. His finely textured repertoire echoes exub

Even standing in place, a juggler requires a preternatural sense of timing, touch, balance and position. Add acrobatics, mime and dance to the equatio