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  2. Japantown, San Jose - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese American Museum. Performers at the San Jose Obon Festival, held annually in Japantown. Santo Market mural inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa.. Japantown is the site of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which moved into a new building in 2010; [4] San Jose Taiko, Shuei-do Manju Shop, [2] whose manjū were specifically requested during the 1994 visit of the Emperor of ...

  3. San Jose Taiko - Wikipedia

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    San Jose Taiko was founded by Roy Hirabayashi, Dean Miyakusu and Rev. Hiroshi Abiko. [4] After the three attended a Kinnara retreat in Santa Barbara, they returned to San Jose where Hirabayashi and Miyakusu raised funds by tapping into the Japanese American band scene [5] in the San Francisco Bay Area and holding dances for San Jose Sansei.

  4. Obon - Wikipedia

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    Obon or just Bon is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars.

  5. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts - Wikipedia

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    The San Jose Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located in Downtown San Jose, California. It opened in 1972 and is now home to San Jose Dance Theatre and Broadway San Jose. It opened in 1972 and is now home to San Jose Dance Theatre and Broadway San Jose.

  6. American Musical Theatre of San Jose - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1934 as the San Jose Light Opera Association, it became the second largest theatre company in the Northern California (exceeded only by the American Conservatory Theater), with an annual budget of $9.8 million and an attendance exceeding 150,000, including 15,000 season ticket holders.

  7. May O'Donnell - Wikipedia

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    O'Donnell was a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company from 1932 until 1938. In 1939, she returned to California and, with her husband, the composer Ray Green, and another former Graham dancer, Gertrude Shurr, founded the San Francisco Dance Theater. In 1941, O'Donnell joined creative forces with Jose Limon in a dance duo until 1942.

  8. Ballet San Jose - Wikipedia

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    The Ballet San Jose School was established in 1996. [26] Upon the closure of the company, the school is now its own entity, The New Ballet School. It is an American Ballet Theatre Certified School run under the direction of former Cleveland San Jose Ballet dancer, executive director, Dalia Rawson. [27]

  9. Ken San Jose - Wikipedia

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    San Jose was born on April 10, 2002, in Los Angeles. In 2014, he decided to dance instead of singing and started to train in formal hip-hop. He currently learns dancing from various studios, [2] including Movement Lifestyle and Millennium Dance Complex. He changed some dance instructors in order to learn some more moves. [3]