CCDR has been instrumental in bringing vital dance energies and oppurtunties to Flagstaff, Arizona for interactions among dancers and other interested persons. Unique, the performances we sponsor are packaged to inckide symposia, workshops, lectures or other means to provide holistic experiences beyond simple entertainment. Among the performance "packages" have been
- Baul singers/dancers Sanatan Das and Sons
- Chaksam-pa, Tibetan Dance and Opera Company
- The Royal Musicians of Nepal
- Africa Oye
- Sophia Bilides Greek Music and Dance Ensemble
- Carter Family Marionettes with "Tales of the Makah"
- Prema Dasara and the "Tweny One Praises of Tara"
- Symposium and Workshop entitled "500 years of Sephardic Voices, 1992" followed by a performance of Judith Brin Ingber's group "Voices of Sepharad"
- Symposium about "The Natural and Cultural History of Puppets and Marionettes," background for the Carter Family Marionerres' performance of the Northwest Coast Indians' "Q'we-ti, tales of the Makah"
- Symposium: "Dance in Culture-Culture in Dance: Uzbekistan and the Middle East, " before a dance concert by Travis Jarrell
- Slide lecture by Miranda Eberle Shaw on tantric danced rituals prior to Nepalese Buddhist Dances performed by projwal Ratna Vajracharya
- An Illustrated lecture-demonstration by Beverly Mendheim on the Music and Dance Cultures of Madagascar with a performance of Tariko, Malagaysy music/dance ensemble
- Five humanities presentations preceded the Tibetan Opera:
"Tibetan History and World View," a paper written by Thubten Jigme Norbu, the
elder brother of the Dali Lama.
"Tibetan Folk Opera, A Cultural Context," a lecture by anthropologist Marcia
Calkowski.
"Symbols and Metaphors" in Tibetan opera, a symposium with panelists Vasant
Merchant, Marcia Calkowski, and Tashi Dhondup.
"The Heroine and the Goddess," a lecture by Prema Dasara.
"Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom," an illustrated lecture by Peter Gold based on
his book eith the same name.
- Lecture-demonstration on Glimpsing the Floating World Kyoto and Osaka," flower arrangement(Ikebana), tea ceremony and concert of dance and music by Hana No Kai, classical Japanese dance group from Tokyo.
- Upcoming January 11, 1997-lecture demonstration and workshop by Adair Landborn on "Flamenco Dance and Bullfighting: The Kinesthetic Culture of Spain."
- Workshops and Classes include Barbara Mettler, founder of Tucson's Creative Dance Center; Pam Kihm, Feldenkrais practitioner; Genny and Peter reynolds, "Jogging in the Right Side of the Brain"; Vernon Masayesva, Hopi Tribal Chairman, on Hopi History, and others such as Morris Dancing, Japanese Seitai, "Small Dance", Contact Improvisation, Lambada, and more.
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