Editor’s Note: On November 3, 2007, San Francisco Bay Area Odissi dancer Asako Takami passed away after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer. Takami was born in Nigata, Japan, and became involved in Odissi dance at the age of 20. She was a college student studying art and Japanese design…
Editor’s Note: Master artist Arshad Syed and apprentice Vikas Yendluri are current participants in the Alliance’s Apprenticeship Program, conducting an apprenticeship in North Indian Hindustani tabla music. In the following article, Yendluri discusses North Indian Hindustani tabla music and his experiences as Syed’s apprentice. I enter…
By Lily Kharrazi, ACTA’s Living Cultures Grants Program Manager…
Looking at all the 140+ areas that needed attention meant keeping to a schedule of 25 repairs or so per week to stay on track with the time line Corey and I came up with for the project. Broken down that meant roughly one major repair (such as a strip…
One of the great classics of Chinese literature is a novel known as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the novel three warring states are battling for dominance of ancient China and many of the stories and symbolisms have become entwined into the Chinese popular culture and ethos.
The end of the year is coming up quickly so I’m starting to feel the pressure of finishing up by the time 2012 rolls around. But I don’t want to rush and do a sloppy job, I’ll just have to up my game a little bit and sacrifice some sleep……
Recently this picture showed up online in a group I participate in on Facebook and it sparked a lively little debate. The original poster was wondering who (which historical general, if any) the lion represented and the answer, according to the lion maker, is Zhang Fei. This made…