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Elaine Fong
"My path has humbly lead me to wanting to help other women find their "voice" through the power of rhythm."
Elaine N. Fong is the founder and former artistic Director of Odaiko New England (www.onetaiko.org), the first professional taiko group in Massachusetts. She is a former member and currently honorary member of Soh Daiko, the first East Coast taiko group. She has performed with Taikoza, and is currently a member of the East Bay (CA) group, Maze taiko. She has over 25 years of taiko performance, teaching and administrative experience. Ms. Fong has taught taiko and rhythm workshops and classes in the West Coast, in the New England area, and in corporations. In addition to taiko, Ms. Fong has over ten years of dance training. She is a certified TaKeTiNa rhythm teacher and coordinates TaKeTiNa workshops in the United States (www.taketina.com).
Ms. Fong's taiko compositions have included taiko-theater, spoken word, and movement-taiko. She has composed musical works for choreographers (Arawana Hayashi, Richard Colton and Amy Spencer, Tara Ahmed), for theater companies (Animus Ensemble and Concord Academy) and for film (the short, "Razor Man"). Her current project, a solo-show tentatively titled "Pulse of the River", a collaboration with noted playwright and screenwriter, Professor Hortense Gerardo, will premiere in fall 2009.
Ms. Fong is a member of the Massachusetts Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (Mass AAPIP), and the Massachusetts-based giving circle, Saffron Circle. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and her MBA from Yale University.
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