- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (56 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Speaking from the perspective of a month, Tashi Dhondup, artistic director of Chaksam-pa, the Tibetan Dance and Opera Company, looks back upon his company's full-length performance of the Tibetan folk opera Sukyi Nima during Tibet Week in Flagstaff. He notes its importance as a means of keeping Tibetan culture alive for exiled Tibetans, and establishing cultural connections with non-Tibetans. He points out some improvements that could have been made in the production (e.g., a larger cast, with more women), and discusses how roles are generally assigned in Tibetan opera, where competition and the star system are rare. Other topics include the sense of the sacred in Tibetan performances, evinced by the respectful treatment of masks, and the flexibility and improvisation allowed by the opera's script.
- Series Statement
- Tibet Week.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Video.
- Special event coverage and commentary.
- Note
- Recording made possible by the cooperation of the participants in Tibet Week in Flagstaff, Arizona, Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
- For programs and printed materials, see *MGS (Tibetan) 96-11997 Tibet Week in Flagstaff.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Performer (note)
- Moderator: Joann Kealiinohomoku.
- Respondent: Tashi Dhondup.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Cross-Cultural Dance Resources facilities in Flagstaff, Arizona, on July 31, 1995, in connection with Tibet Week in Flagstaff (held June 18-25, 1995), by Bold Eagle, Inc.; director, Paul Boothe.
- Funding (note)
- Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 2362
- OCLC
- NYPY96-F388
- Title
Tibet Week. A discussion with Tashi Dhondup, artistic director of Chaksam-pa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company [electronic resource]
- Imprint
c1995.
- Series
Tibet Week.
- Performer
Moderator: Joann Kealiinohomoku.
Respondent: Tashi Dhondup.
- Event
Videotaped at the Cross-Cultural Dance Resources facilities in Flagstaff, Arizona, on July 31, 1995, in connection with Tibet Week in Flagstaff (held June 18-25, 1995), by Bold Eagle, Inc.; director, Paul Boothe.
- Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5043.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Bkra-śis-don-grub. Interviewee
Kealiinohomoku, Joann W. Moderator
Boothe, Paul. Director
Chaksam-Pa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company.
Cross-Cultural Dance Resources.
Bold Eagle, inc.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
Tibet Week in Flagstaff (1995 : Flagstaff, Ariz.)
DHCA.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 2362
*MGZIC 9-5043 (former)