Grand Vision presents “Visible” with Mujō Dream Flight featuring Aki Oshiro on Saturday, April 4, at 4 p.m. (doors open at 3 p.m.) at The Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro.
Mujō Dream Flight’s first full-length concert celebrates Trans Day of Visibility and explores how we resist social erasure when our race, gender, class and disability are all under attack.
This concert is sponsored in part by TaikoVentures and Creative West, which receives support in part from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Mujō Dream Flight (MDF) is the artistic vehicle of founding taiko artists Sasen Cain, Yeeman “ManMan” Mui, and Maxyn Rose Leitner. Based in Los Angeles, they collaborate locally and globally with other predominantly trans/non-binary taiko artists, creating both original works and traditional adaptations. MDF’s art centers dance and personal storytelling informed by their specific cultural backgrounds.
MDF has performed at the inaugural Okaeri’s Queer Obon (2023); “Transforming Community Care: AANHPI LGBTQIA2-S Mental Health and Wellness” by L.A. Department of Mental Health; FandangObon (2024); North American Taiko Conference in Phoenix (2025).
Guest artist Aki Oshiro (they/them) is a queer, trans, and non-binary, fourth-generation Japanese Okinawan American professional taiko artist based in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently, they are the founder and artistic director of Tsubaki Ensemble, Soko Taiko, and Queer Taiko, as well as the creative director of Placer Ume Taiko. Oshiro is also a teacher for San Mateo Buddhist Temple Taiko and is a touring member of Taikoza and Unit Souzou.
Oshiro has performed and conducted taiko workshops across the U.S. and internationally, including in Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, and Colombia.
Opening act is Team Taiko, Grand Vision’s community drumming program taught by ManMan Mui.
Venue phone: (310) 833-4813. Info/tickets: https://grandvision.org/event/mujo-dream-flight/