Category: Dance

Date: 15 January 2014 Time: 1100-1200 Venue: Mahabodhi Stupa, Bodhgaya, India Q: Khenpo, can you tell me a bit about yourself? A: Khenpo is from Tsopa Gompa in Tibet of the Barong Kagyu lineage in Nangchen, Kham.  He came in 1997 to receive empowerment from Gyaltsap Rinpoche. He taught in Nalanda Institute in Sikkim from 1998.… Continue reading Transcription of Interview with Khenpo Garwang →

In August 2014, I was selected to attend the Mind and Life European Summer Research Institute (ESRI) in Chiemsee. The annual conference is a "week-long event to advance collaborative research in behavioural science, neuroscience and mind-body medicine based on a process of inquiry, dialogue and collaboration with contemplative practitioners and scholars of Buddhism and other… Continue reading Mind and Life European Summer Research Institute →

On 30 December 2013, I received a phone call from a friend telling me to hurry to Tergar Monastery at once to attend the rehearsal of the dance ritual. I sped to the location and managed to squeeze into the shrine hall of Tergar Monastery where the rehearsal was taking place before the security guards… Continue reading Fieldnotes in India (December 2013- January 2014) →

This article aims to offer a critical reflection on a daylong Buddhist dance performance held in conjunction of the opening of the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Gallery of Buddhist Sculpture at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on 1 May 2009. Most of the information gathered for this article was extracted from Core… Continue reading A Day of Rare Buddhist Dances →

Performance title: “YES I DO” Modern weddings are hopelessly bound to dreams. 90 years after the completion of Marcel Duchamp’s masterpiece “The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even” (1915-1923), Yes, I do revisits the indecisive reunion between a woman and her dreams that men can fulfill or not. Wedding, as a ritual or myth, is debunked… Continue reading Inauguration of WDA-AP Nepal Chapter →

A show of towering figures, literally. “John Cage + Nam June Paik+ Sin Cha Hong =251”took place on July 20th, 2012 at Gwangju Art Museum to commemorate Cage’s 100th birthday and Paik’s 80th birthday as part of the museum’s 20th anniversary celebration. Two hundred fifty one indeed, is the sum of the ages of three… Continue reading John Cage + Nam Jun Paik + Sin Cha Hong =251 →

https://youtu.be/-oNPDju_xzs Solo part by Pina Bausch in Danzon, 1995 “There is a quiet small fish, it’s moving very fast, up and down. The camera kind of follows but what happens if you watch, it looks like I’m moving. I’m standing on the spot, and actually, suddenly I move. I go very down suddenly I go… Continue reading Danzon by Pina →