by Frances Phillips | Feb 28, 2014 | 2011, News, Traditional Arts
KQED recently produced an online profile of traditional dancer Charya Burt. Burt is collaborating with World Arts West to develop Blossoming Antiquities, exploring the story of Auguste Rodin’s fascination with the classical Cambodian dancers who performed in...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 12, 2013 | 2011, Literary Arts, News
On November 7, Theater of Yugen is premiering Emmett Till A River, developed by poet and composer Kevin Simmonds and poet and Yugen Artistic Associate Judy Halebsky, in collaboration with the Yugen Ensemble and Artistic Director Jubilith Moore. Performances will take...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 29, 2011 | 2011, Traditional Arts
Kularts, Inc collaborating with Filipino folklorico choreographer Jay Loyola and Parangal Dance Company to develop Ibon Ng Adama (The Adama Bird), based on an epic Filipino tale that highlights indigenous healing traditions and features traditional Pilipino dance...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 29, 2011 | 2011, Traditional Arts
Youth in Arts collaborating with musician Ernesto Hernandez Olmos, along with Mayra Hernandez Martinez and Miguel Martinez, to create and present a new performance for children and families that presents traditional indigenous Meso-American music and dance practices...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 29, 2011 | 2011, Traditional Arts
World Arts West collaborating with Cambodian dancer Charya Burt to create a new work exploring the 1906 encounter between Auguste Rodin and the Royal Cambodian Ballet. Burt is responding to the more than 150 drawings and sketches made by the French artist, when he...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 29, 2011 | 2011, Traditional Arts
Pacific Mozart Ensemble collaborating with composer Omid Zoufonoun to create a traditional Persian composition that explores a dialogue with a contemporary Western chorus. The finished piece, Shoor e-Mastaan, was performed by the Ensemble and members of the Persian...
