WORKSHOPS ON JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY, TAOIST TAI CHI AND SUFI DHIKR

FREE ADMISSION: Please register by e-mail: asianheritagecanadian@yahoo.ca

Date: Sunday June 7, 2015 whole day

Japanese Tea Ceremony at Tea Room of Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

Date and time: Sunday June 7, 2015 9 am-11:30 am

Location: 6 Garamond Court Map at http://www.jccc.on.ca/en/contact/

Taoist Tai Chi and Sufi Dhikr at Aga Khan Museum

Date and time: Sunday June 7, 2015 1 pm-4:15 pm

Location: 77 Wynford Drive, Toronto

Map at https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/visit/location-parking

SECTION I: JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY AT JAPANESE CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE

9AM-11:30AM

MUSIC

Japanese music

PRESENTATION

"The Historical Context of Zen and the Tea Ceremony" by Professor David Waterhouse, East Asian Studies, University of Toronto

MOVEMENTS

Zen in motion exercise

TEA CEREMONY

Tea ceremony demonstration at Tea room

Members of the Urasenke Tankokai Toronto Association

SECTION II: TAOIST TAI CHI AND SUFI DHIKR AT AGA KHAN MUSEUM

1PM-4:15PM

Taoist Tai Chi

1 pm–2:30 pm

Presentation:

Dr. Lien Chao and famous Tai Chi Artist Henry Ho

Performance:

Henry Ho’s Tai Chi Chinese Calligraphy

Practice session of Tai Chi

Sufi Dhikr

2:45 pm–4:15 pm

Presentation:

“Sufism: Path of Universal Love” by Dr. Reza Tabandeh, University of Toronto

Performance: Dhikr with the Canadian Sufi Cultural Centre

Practice Session