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PROGRAM 

(In-Person & Live-streaming: hnpm2024bxo.eventbrite.com)

Opening Remarks

Opening Video: "Weaving Peace~Oita and Boston's Collective Memory"

by Hortense Gerardo, playwright & video-editor (BOSTON)

BOSTON - Virtual Peace Art Exhibition 

See Who's Who for artist lineup & bio

Music by Sumie Kaneko

Video-editing by Asumi Kunugi

BOSTON - Dance: "Move & Inspire" - video

ft. Move & Inspire dancers: Asahi Adachi, Sala Wax, Layla Owens, Yua Monma, Koharu Toyama, Yuto Monma, Mizuki Yasuharu, Rina Funabashi, Lilliana Aihara-Telesford, Saya Tanemura-Taylor, Yui Monma, Masato Reppucci,

Seiko Yamamoto Chen, Yuri Hiraiwa

Music (world premiere) by Max Hase

Videography by Nick Pithis

Choreography & video-editing by Mai Telesford

Produced by Mariko Kanto

OITA - Hibakusha Testimony - video

Kazumi Okujo, Nagasaki a-bomb survivor

Videography & Editing by Ryoko Hirano

Mayoral Messages of Peace 

Hiroshima Messenger - Yua Monma, Boston, MA

Nagasaki Messenger - Momoko Hikita, Oita, Japan

Peace Bell Ringers - Yuto & Yui Monma, Boston, MA

Moment of Silence

BOSTON x OITA - Messaged Paper Lantern Ceremony of Peace 

Origami Lantern design by Junko Otake

Music "Orizuru (A Paper Crane)"(world premiere) by Yoko Naktani

ft. Atsuko Jozaki, pianist

BOSTON - "Kyochikuto no Hana(Oleander Flower)"

from the Piano Suite: Hiroshima-Nagasaki

Yoko Nakatani, composer

Atsuko Jozaki, pianist

OITA - Dance & Percussion IMPROV

Kosmas Kapitza, congas

Juri Nishio, dancer

OITA - Dance: kids from Hetsugi, Oita City

ft. Hetsugi Dance School kids (names in Who's Who)

Choreography by Chiaki

BOSTON x OITA Closing Video

Closing Remarks

BOSTON x OITA - Talkback Session