by Frances Phillips | Jun 6, 2007 | 2007, Traditional Arts
San Francisco Gu Zheng Music Society collaborating with percussionist Wang Wei and other artists on the production, staging, and artistic direction of “The Chinese Opera Project,” bringing together Chinese artists from different regions of China and those...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 6, 2007 | 2007, Traditional Arts
Mindanao Lilang-Lilang collaborating with Mellie Lopez, Ph.D., Danongan Kalanduyan, Melinda Lopez, and Cota Deles Yabut to create a folk musical theater piece based on a Maguidanao folktale, ?Sultana and the Pearl King.? This story of the tragic love between a mortal...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 6, 2007 | 2007, Traditional Arts
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts collaborating with Brazilian Capoeira Master Ubirajara Almeida and with Ghanaian/Anlo Ewe Master Choreographer, dancer and drummer CK Ladzkepo to create Konyifafa for the re-opening of the Center?s new theater following a major...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 6, 2007 | 2007, Traditional Arts
Centro Legal de la Raza collaborating with weaver Martina Jimenez to create, document, and preserve Mayan loom working. During the civil war in Guatemala, the military tried to stop indigenous communities from practicing traditional arts. Now living as a refugee in...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 6, 2007 | 2007, Traditional Arts
Bay Area Black United Fund collaborating with Bay Area quilters Marion Coleman, Dolores Presley, and Julia Vitero to create 15 quilts that promote personal responsibility for health, focusing, in particular, on risk factors associated with metabolic resistance...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 6, 2007 | 2007, Traditional Arts
Asian Improv aRts collaborating with Melody Takata, Madame Fuima Kansuma, Hideko Nakajima, Tatsu Aoki, and members of Gen Taiko to create a performance on the theme of Shimenawa. Shimenawa is created by binding together multiple threads for strength and refers to the...
