On Friday, August 23, the hills around DreamAcres Farm will echo with the music, dance, culture, and pure athleticism of the Twin Cities based Ensō Daiko Japanese drumming group. The 6 p.m. Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative* performance comes to Onionfest to “help celebrate a multi-layered society through a multi-layered vegetable,” according to Dreamery Artistic Director Eva Barr.
Ensō Daiko (www.taikoartsmidwest.org/ensodaiko) is movement infused, heart-pounding, dynamic group drumming. Think of it as a high energy performance art that combines music, dance, martial arts, athletics, and culture.
In addition to the drummers, there will be a 7:30 p.m. Driveway Tour puppetry performance by Open Eye Figure Theatre; The Adventures of Juan Bobo, where the world is upside down and Juan Bobo is going to do something to turn it right side up! Inspired by Puerto Rican folk stories, the show combines puppetry, music, Spanish and English in a delightful tale of riddles, silly devils, a missing pig and a village in need of a hero. Both performances will be ASL (American Sign Language) interpreted. Suggested admission is $5 – $10.
Wood-fired pizza (for Onionfest, onion-based with additional specialties to make your eyes water) is available Friday night 5-8 p.m. (or as far as the dough stretches). Go to www.dreameryruralartsinitiative.org for precise details and directions.
*The Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative underscores the “culture” in agriculture with a mission to discover, harness, exercise, encourage and celebrate the creativity that abounds in rural life through the development and presentation of arts experiences in rural spaces in Fillmore County, Minnesota. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.