by Frances Phillips | Nov 29, 2013
Until recently, in Afghanistan the performance of traditional music could sentence the player to death. Thus, an entire generation in Afghanistan missed out on the folk tradition of Afghan music and exiled musicians have borne the responsibility to keep that tradition...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 14, 2013
Traditional Tibetan woodcarver Penpa Tsering is collaborating with the Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC) to create a full set of traditional Tibetan altar pieces, complete with cabinets, shelves, and a throne table. The finished pieces will become part...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 18, 2013
Lead artist Wendeanne Ke’aka Stitt will create six kapa cloth costumes based on traditional Hawaiian garments that will be danced in a hula created by Kumu Hula Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu of the Academy of Hawaiian Arts. Kapa is made from the inner bark of the wauke (paper...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 18, 2013
Käwika Hiwahiwa Alfiche (Käwika Alfiche), founder and artistic director of Halau Aloha Pumehana o Polynesia, collaborated with Pacific Islanders’ Cultural Association to create Nä Ali’i, a new performance work about four specific members of Hawaiian royalty (ali’i)...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 4, 2013
Dancer and choreographer Wan-Chao Chang collaborated with Gadung Kasturi Balinese Dance and Music (Gadung Kasturi) to create a new 30-minute dance performance that drew upon classical and contemporary dance—primarily in Chinese and Indonesian traditions—and that...
