by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Traditional Arts
The O?i Ochun Cultural Center collaborating with choreographer Susana Arenas Pedroso to explore the patakin parable tradition of the Yoruba/Lukumi religion, bringing Afro-Cuban storytelling to life through dance, music, and spoken word.
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Traditional Arts
Pacific Islanders? Cultural Association collaborating with Kawika Hiwahiwa Keawehakuahu?ula Alfiche and Halau Aloha Pumehana o Polynesia to create N? Ali?i, a new performance work about four members of Hawaiian royalty and their effect on the culture?s history.
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Traditional Arts
The Beat Within and Pacific News Service collaborating with visual artist Jason Tr?as, who became a prolific, self-taught artist when incarcerated at Folsom and Pelican Bay State Prisons, to create three murals, one at each of the Boys and Girls Club units in the...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2001 | 2001, Traditional Arts
Through American Indian Contemporary Arts, dancer Gilbert Blacksmith of Medicine Warriors Dance group and singer Michael Bellanger of All Nations Drum are collaborating with 15-20 youth and adults to create traditional regalia, drums, and drumsticks, and to develop...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2001 | 2001, Traditional Arts
Collaborating with Asian Improv aRts, storyteller Nancy Wang and her long-time collaborator and artistic partner Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo are researching and developing for performance, narratives of three or more Asians and Asian Americans.
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2001 | 2001, Traditional Arts
California Academy of Sciences collaborating with Nigerian-born sculptor Geoffrey Nwogu on the rare creation and presentation of a Mbari family of three deity figures. The work resembles a typical Mbari house complex built as part of the ritual customs practiced by a...
