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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 Photo by Lia Chang
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.
Screen Actors Guild issues statement supporting Huang "Junie" Hoang's lawsuit challenging IMDB's unauthorized publication of her age.
Los Angeles (January 6, 2012) -- Screen Actors Guild today released the following statement:
Earlier today the lawsuit against IMDb.com and its parent company was amended to identify the plaintiff by her name, Huang Hoang. Screen Actors Guild applauds the determination and courage of the plaintiff in standing up to fight the unfair and abusive practice of publishing actors’ private information online without their consent.
“Ms. Hoang has shown great courage in stepping forward and pursuing her claims despite efforts to deter her by demanding she be publicly identified. Thousands of actors have had their careers harmed by the unauthorized publication of their birthdates by IMDb against their wishes. Screen Actors Guild and its members stand in support of efforts to curtail this invasion of privacy done to enhance a corporate balance sheet.
AsianConnections presents Year of the Dragon Predictions by Angi Ma Wong Feng Shui Lady®, best selling author and Feng Shui consultant
THE
YEAR
OF
THE
WATER
DRAGON
4710
January
23,
2012
to
February
9,
2013
AsianConnections.com
proudly
presents
its
14th
annual
Lunar
New
Year
forecast
by
Feng
Shui
Lady®
Angi
Ma
Wong
Angi
Ma
Wong,
a
regular
AsianConnections.com
columnist
is
a
best-selling
author
of
29
books
and
a
Feng
Shui
and
Intercultural consultant
to
Fortune
500
companies.
She
has
been
a
guest
on
numerous
TV
programs
including
OPRAH,
Regis,
CNN
Headline
News,
CBS
Morning
News,
Discovery
Channel,
Learning
Channel,
and
featured
in
publications
including People,
Los
Angeles
Times,
New
York
Times, TIME,
USA
Today,
Redbook,
and
in
over
600
broadcast,
print
and
internet
features.
Her
corporate
clients
have
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AT&T,
Bank
of
America,
Four
Seasons
Hotel,
The
Limited,
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than
one
hundred
residential
and
commercial
real
estate
developers
globally
including
Lennar,
Centex,
Pulte
and
Standard
Pacific.
Read
Angi's
predictions
for
your
Year
of
the
Dragon
Chinese
Zodiac
animal
horoscopes
published
here
at
AsianConnections.com.
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"Not
to
worry:
We’ll
all
still
be
here
for
the
2012
holidays,"
says
Feng
Shui
Expert
Angi
Ma
Wong,
author
and
columnist
at
AsianConnections.com.