Rarely do taiko performance and taiko scholarship come together with such power, engagement, and focus, especially in a format that lives on past a live performance or event and is easily accessible to a broad range of viewers. Undaunted: Into the Open by Raging Asian Womxn (RAW) taiko drummers is a stunning video presentation that captures the performance aspect of taiko together with a critical lens into who the practitioners are and why they do what they do. The film offers a compelling, one-of-a-kind presentation of Asian American and Asian Canadian taiko drumming, practitioners, and contemporary issues in Asian American communities across North America.
Undaunted is a video of RAW's 2019 concert presented December 5–8 at the Betty Oliphant Theater in Toronto. The film includes all nine compositions from the original program with six videostories presented in between as interludes. Founded in 1998, RAW has moved through different members and...
