Bravo Niagara
Description: Kimiko’s Pearl is a new multidisciplinary production featuring original music and ballet commissioned by Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts.
As Kimiko reads the diary, her family’s tale comes to life before her eyes. Kimiko sees a great-grandfather who fled poverty in Japan to start a new life in Canada in 1917. After he marries a “picture bride,” they become berry farmers in Canada; suffer the cruelties of internment triggered by the Pearl Harbour attack; then build anew in post-war Toronto.
Kimiko’s story reflects the tragedies and triumphs of Japanese Canadian families before, during and after World War II. Their harsh experiences attest to heroism and hope in the face of racism.
Kimiko’s Pearl is a new multidisciplinary production commissioned by Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts featuring original music by Kevin Lau and choreography by Yosuke Mino. The full-length ballet is currently in development.
Bravo Niagara