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Mu Daiko 15th Anniversary Concert and Minnesota Tour, February 9-19, 2012
Mu Performing Arts presents Mu Daiko, Minnesota’s foremost taiko drumming ensemble, as it returns to the Mcknight Theatre At Ordway Center For Performing Arts,345 Washington St. in St Paul, MN., to present its 15th anniversary concert. Starring Hanayui from KODO, legendary Odaiko soloist, Yoshikazu Fujimoto and featuring North American guest artists, Tiffany Tamaribuchi and Megan Chao Smith.
The first weekend of performances (Feb. 9-12) will feature Mu Daiko in concert. The second weekend (Feb. 16-19) will feature Mu Daiko along with special guest appearances including:
Hanayui from KODO: The top founders and artists from legendary group, KODO, come together to bring the best of Japanese taiko to the Minnesota stage. Long recognized as visionaries of the artform world-wide, Hanayui features three top female artists in traditional and fresh new performances of dance, drumming and song. Also featured is Yoshikazu Fujimoto, long-considered the best Odaiko performer in the world.
Tiffany Tamaribuchi: Grand Champion, 2002 All Japan Odaiko Contest. With her two signature strengths of power and form, Tamaribuchi was proclaimed by contest judges to have “a perfect hit.” She brings 22 years experience touring and training professionally with several top companies and folk artists throughout Japan.
Cindy Cheung Debuts Solo Show SPEAK UP CONNIE, directed by BD Wong at Stage Left Studio, 1/17-25/12
Cindy Cheung in SPEAK UP CONNIE. Photo by Lia Chang
Cindy
Cheung
debuts
her
solo
show SPEAK
UP
CONNIE,
at
Stage
Left
Studio,
214
W.
30th
St.,
6th
Fl.
in
New
York
from
January
17
–
25,
2012.
In SPEAK
UP
CONNIE,
the
versatile
Cheung
writes,
performs,
and
provides
original
music
and
lyrics
in
a
comedy
about
getting
a
word
in
edgewise,
under
the
direction
of
BD
Wong.
Performances
are
Tuesday,
January
17th,
Wednesday,
January
18th,
Sunday,
January
22,
Tuesday,
January
24,
and
Wednesday,
January
25,
2012
at
7:30pm.
Tickets
are
$20.
($2
ticketing
surcharge
will
be
added).
Click here for
tickets.
*
limited
number
of
$9
tickets
available
through
TDF
Cindy
Cheung’s
theater
credits
include Middletown (The
Vineyard),The
Seagull,
(NAATCO), Goodbye
Cruel
World (Roundtable), Sides:
The
Fear
Is
Real… (Ma-Yi/Miyagi),Antigone(NAATCO), Masha
No
Home (E.S.T.),W;t (Florida
Studio
Theater), The
First
Picture
Show (A.C.T.), A
Christmas
Carol
(South
Coast
Rep),Sweeney
Todd and Into
The
Woods (East
West
Players).
Film
and
TV
credits
include: Children
of
Invention(Sundance
2009), Lady
In
The
Water, Robot
Stories,
“Bored
To
Death,”
“White
Collar,”
“Fringe,”
“Law
and
Order,”
“L&O:SVU,”
“L&O:
Criminal
Intent,”
“One
Life
To
Live”
and
“Sex
and
the
City”.
She
holds
an
MFA
from
A.C.T.
Hallyu: Riding the Korean Wave
If you know Rain, BoA (shown left), and Sistar, then you already know K-Pop, Korea’s contemporary pop music and its artists.
K-Pop music is one of the fastest growing music genres in the world, and along with Korea’s popular TV drama serials, films and comic books are a growing source of export revenue for Korea.
The growing global fan base of Korea's entertainment and cultural offerings, known as "Hallyu" or the "Korean Wave" feels more like a tidal wave in some countries. In France, for example, fans mostly in their youth sold out a concert in Paris reportedly in fifteen minutes. Several hundred fans who missed out on tickets held a rally and danced to K-Pop music in front of the Louvre Museum campaigning for a second concert. They got their wish for a second concert which also sold out in minutes. Aflash mob as witnessed by this YouTube video shows hundreds of fans from all ethnicities crowding the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris last June, 2011 to welcome their favorite K-Pop artists. (image right)
On
December
31,
2011
Korea's
Culture,
Sports
and
Tourism
Minister
Choe
Kwang-shik announced
a
2012
policy
to
expand
support
of
Hallyu,
to
help
keep
the
wave
of
Korean
pop
culture
surging
across
its
borders.
The
Korean
government
also
hopes
to
attract
more
Hallyu
fans
into
the
areas
of
food,
tourism,
fashion
and
other
cultural
and
entertainment
offerings.
Asia Society Honors Chinglish Playwright David Henry Hwang and Former Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead at the Waldorf Astoria
On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, Tony Award-winning and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly), whose hilarious and sexy new comedy CHINGLISH is currently on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street) in New York, will receive the 2011 Cultural Achievement Award at the Asia Society New York Awards Dinner, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue in New York.
Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang (center) is flanked by (l-r) his cultural advisurs Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith, actors Johnny Wu, Christine Lin, Gary Wilmes, Angela Lin, Stephen Pucci, Jennifer Lim and Larry Lei Zhang after the 100th performance of Chinglish on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in New York on January 5, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
The
2011
Global
Vision
Award
will
be
presented
to
Daw
Aung
San
Suu
Kyi,
the
leading
pro-democracy
opposition
leader
in
Myanmar.
The
evening
is
also
a
celebration
of
the
90th
birthday
of
John
C.
Whitehead,
Former
Deputy
Secretary
of
State,
who
will
be
presented
with
the
Global
Vision
Award.
Comedian
and
actor,
Dan
Nainan
will
emcee
the
festivities,
which
will
feature
a
special
performance
by
members
of
the
Silk
Road
Ensemble.
Daw
Aung
San
Suu
Kyi
Global
Vision
Award
Meet the authors of the Pocket Chinese Almanac, Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith, Museworks, Ltd.
I caught up with musicologist Joanna C. Lee and veteran music journalist Ken Smith at the Longacre Theatre in New York, after the post-show talkback following the 100th performance of Chinglish, by Tony Award-winning and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright David Henry Hwang, which was recently named by TIME Magazine, Bloomberg Radio, NY1 and WNYC as one of the Top 10 Broadway shows of the year.
Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang (center) is flanked by (l-r) his cultural advisors Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith, actors Johnny Wu, Christine Lin, Gary Wilmes, Angela Lin, Stephen Pucci, Jennifer Lim and Larry Lei Zhang after the 100th performance of Chinglish on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in New York on January 5, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
Smith and Lee were tapped as cultural advisors by the playwright when Chinglish, his play about an American businessman looking to land a deal in provincial China, had its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Smith writes about their participation as resident Chinglish cultural advisors here.
Chinglish cultural advisors Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith at the opening night party of David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish at Brasserie 8 ½ in New York on October 27, 2011. Photo by Lia Chang
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husband
and
wife
team
are
co-authors
of
the Pocket
Chinese
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