Kia ora!
As a few people have asked me if I am willing to revive the rakugo club, I am writing this to suss out if there is enough interest out there to resume the group.
Learning from my past mistakes, I will approach it a bit differently this time if you are interested in participating in this only rakugo community in New Zealand.
- As it is the traditional way, I am still willing to teach rakugo free of charge. However, this time I’d like the participants to organise a venue for me. I want to focus on just teaching rakugo (in the past, I had to do most of the admin myself).
- This time I will make, for example, a 10 week-long curriculum to end the term with a public performance. I’d like students who actually want to perform at the end of the programme.
- The problem of a free programme was that many people didn’t show up regularly, but this time I’d expect participants to show up at least 80% of the sessions.
- I have a few women’s kimono donated to the club for you to use, but otherwise you will need to organise your own kimono. A very cheap ones can be purchased for $30-50 at Asia Gallery Kimono Emporium.
- If you don’t live in Auckland, please do not contact me regarding this (as it happens a lot!). If you do, I am sorry but I will disregard your message!
If you are interested in getting involved, please message me via the contact page or one of my SNS.
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That’s disappointing and very frustrating that people didn’t show up. What you are doing is so important e hoa and so keep at it good idea to get participants to have responsibility for the admin part of it and the venue.
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Thank you for your comment! Yes, it was a bit disappointing that only a few people showed up regularly. Only one person helped me with the admin, but she went back to Japan- therefore, the closure of the club. Will see if enough people would be interested!
Kia pai te rā!
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