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Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers is immensely grateful for the support of The Tibetan Sacred Ritual & Dance Workshops with Losang Samten Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance, which November 11th - 4pm to 6pm; November 12th - 6pm to 8pm is supporting a comprehensive training program for our dancers November 13th - 11:45am to 1:45pm and the community in the contemplative practices that are at the Elements of sacred, Tibetan dance and ritual including exploration of the meaning of core of the creative process of Artistic Director, Kun-Yang Lin. Lin the mandala, will be explored through the eyes of one of ’s most accomplished will use the working laboratory of the studio to investigate with the arts practitioners. Losang Samten, a former Buddhist monk, is a world-renown artist and teacher who also served as the Ritual Dance Master at the Namgyal dancers how the internal practices made accessible by the project’s Monastery of the in Dharamsala India, to where Samten and his family had teachers are used to embody his artistic approach in a compelling fled from Tibet in 1959. He resides in Philadelphia but travels extensively, sharing his way. Each of the guest artists shares with Lin a deep connection to knowledge of Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and his skills in the Tibetan ritual Eastern contemplative practices as source material for their artistic arts. He earned a Master’s Degree in Buddhist Philosophy, Sutra, and Tantra, from the expression. The project activities described below are open to the and, at the request of the Dalai Lama, moved to the U.S. in 1988 public. We encourage you to participate! order to impart with the West the meditative art of sand painting. Samten has created sand mandalas for leading arts institutions including the American Museum of Natural WORKSHOPS ARE $12 PER SESSION, $10 FOR DANCE ARTISTS History in New York City, Chicago’s Field Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others. He also acted in and served as the religious, technical advisor for Martin Internally-centered, Contemporary Movement Workshops with Scorsese’s film, . Samten is spiritual director of the Tibetan Buddhist Center Hsu-Hui Huang of Philadelphia; Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Middletown, Connecticut; and August 2,3,4,5,6 12:30pm-2:30pm Chenrezig Himalayan Cultural Center of El Paso, Texas. Expand your technique and understanding of contemporary movement by In addition to the workshops, KYL/D invites the public into its creative exploring Eastern-inspired methods of accessing internal, energetic impulses. Renown process in the following ways: dancer and master teacher, Hsu-Hui Huang, former principal dancer of Taiwan’s famed Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, will lead you through a variety of dynamic practices used Open Dialogs: Conversations with KYL/D at CHI MAC by CGDT’s professional dancers, including those inspired by Qi Gong, meditation August 8 at 2:30pm FREE; December 5 at 2:30pm FREE and Tai Chi Dao Yin, that will deepen movement skills of all genres. During Huang’s Enjoy behind-the-scenes access to KYL/D’s creative process in the intimacy of our dance 13 years with CGDT he performed in over 100 concerts annually, including some of center. Whether you participate in any of the workshops or not, you are invited to attend the dance world’s most prestigious venues and festivals such as: BAM’s Next Wave and participate in a conversation with KYL/D’s dance artists about this project and its Festival, the Tanz Festivals in Berlin and Vienna, Norway’s Bergen International Festival relation to the Company’s artistic vision and ongoing work. Each dialogue will feature and the Chekhov International Theatre Festival in Moscow. Huang was a classmate of movement demonstrations and discussion with the artists. Kun-Yang Lin at Taiwan’s National Institute of the Arts in Taipei. In addition, he is a KUN–YANG LIN / LIN / KUN–YANG longtime practitioner of Iyengar and Ashtanga Yoga, having received his Sivanda Yoga Writings about the project, KYL/D’s training & creative process Education certificate in 2003 from Yoga Vidyapeetham Institute in India. Since 2008, by Merilyn Jackson Huang has served as CGDT’s Modern Dance Master Teacher, in which capacity he Follow the unfolding of this project and gain further insight into KYL/D’s artistic vision leads the Company’s Modern classes. and values through the writings of Philadelphia’s own Merilyn Jackson. Ms. Jackson Tai Chi Dao Yin & Martial Arts with Chik Qadir Mason regularly writes on dance for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Broad Street Review and national publications such as Pointe, Dance and Dance Teacher magazines. She specializes in the Sep. 12 through Dec. 5 every Sun. (except Nov. 28) 11:30am-12:30pm arts, literature, food, travel and Eastern European culture and politics. More than 700 of Cultivate your body, mind and spirit with weekly classes over three months in martial her articles have appeared in publications as diverse as The New York Times, The Arizona arts and Tai Chi Dao Yin. Chik Qadir Mason’s study of Eastern, internal arts spans four Republic, Phoenix New Times, Arizona Highways, The Philadelphia Daily News, The decades and two continents. In addition to holding dual black belt status in Wu Tang Warsaw Voice and MIT’s Technology Review. Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan, Mason earned the degree of O.M.D (Oriental Medical Visit the “News” page of www.kunyanglin.org, or Ms. Jackson’s blog primeglib.com. Doctor) from the Chinese School of Natural Healing in Hong Kong, where he lived for three years. Mason has performed and taught martial arts all over the world and Open Rehearsals has returned to Philadelphia where he maintains an active practice in the healing arts, Yes, it’s true…you can pop in to see the Company in rehearsal. With rare exceptions, our including acupuncture, Lin Zi Chi Therapy, reiki and Tui Na massage, and teaching doors are open on the weekends for the public to drop by and take a look at what we Tai Chi Dao Yin, Chi Gong, Ba Gua, yoga and Kung Fu. are working on. No appointment is necessary, but please call ahead for our rehearsal schedule: 267.687.3739. There is no charge, but donations are always appreciated! Movement With Objects. Workshops for Actors and Dancers with Hua Hua Zhang Upcoming Events Sep. 18 (3 hours)10:45 am-1:45pm; Sep. 25; Oct. 2; Oct. 9; Oct. 16; Oct. 23; Oct. 30 September – Multiple Philly Fringe events at CHI MAC; October 8, 2010 & January all at 11:45am-1:45pm 14, 2011 InHale Performances at CHI MAC; February 10-12, 2011 Home Season Explore and experience creative techniques of movement with objects with master Performances at The Painted Bride. Our shows have sold out in advance for the past puppet artist, Hua Hua Zhang. Zhang’s visual and performing arts prowess draws two years, so please book your tickets early! You can book NOW by stopping by upon Taoist philosophy as primary inspiration. A true craftsman who creates dramatic CHI MAC. visual expressions using Asian and Western puppet art with dance, masks, fabric and plays on shadow and light, Zhang toured internationally with the renown China Artistic Director: Kun-Yang Lin; Executive Director: Ken Metzner Puppet Arts Troupe of Beijing for over 20 years before emigrating to the U.S. Her Board of Directors: Shaun Smith, Christine Jowers-Friedman, Dawn Ang, multiple gifts in performance art, Chinese calligraphy, design and sculpture lend an Virginia Dillon, Steven Vendola, Matthew Woskres, Ken Metzner, Kun-Yang Lin extraordinary breadth and originality to her artistry, for which she has won numerous Company: Kun-Yang Lin, Jillian Harris, Kimberly Miller, Olive Prince, WASHINGTON AV E AV awards in the U.S. and China. Zhang’s prodigious talents have been called upon by ELLSWOR Jennifer Rose, Scott McPheeters, Elrey Belmonti, Eiren Shuman (apprentice),E many luminaries in the arts including composer/conductor Tan Dun, with whom N TH ST ASSYUNK Jessica Warchal-King (apprentice) P Huang collaborated on the multi-media opera, The Gate, and for the 2008 opening W SEPTA FEDERAL ST ELLS ASHINGTON AV WOR TH S ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. Her company, Visual Expressions, is based in T E Boothwyn, PA. Maximum Class size: 20; Material fee: $5 per student

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