Joint Exhibition Opens at UMA Art Gallery
Jul 16, 2010 - ubpost - The Polish folk ensemble Istebna performed at the Cultural Central Palace in UB on July 13 and 14, 2010. Then, they organized a free concert in the main square of UB.
Pieces of art show Aleutians’ big picture
Apr 24, 2009 - thedutchharborfisherman - An immigrant artist from Mongolia who recently made Unalaska his home, Enkhee Purevsuren shares his culture with us. In fascinating and skillful relief woodcarvings, his piece “Mongolian Shaman” tells a story of traditional culture — a dancing figure with horse hoof and drum, while his “Mongolian Steppe Stallion” piece is diminutive yet strong and spirited.
Desert Dream, a Film about Life on the Isolated Mongolian Steppes, has a Weeklong Run at MoMA
Apr 03, 2009 - artdaily - the film focuses on Hungai, who lives with his family on the isolated Mongolian steppes and is obsessively devoted to the reforestation of the barren land that surrounds him. When his wife and daughter leave on a trip to the city, Hungai finds himself hosting a pair of North Korean refugees
Genghis Khan’s Treasures
Apr 03, 2009 - smithsonianmag - As the empire continued to expand, though, the Khans realized the need for a permanent administrative center. “They had to stop rampaging and start ruling,” says Morris Rossabi, who teaches Asian history at Columbia University. So in 1235, Genghis’s son, Ogodei, began building a city near the Orkhon River, on the wide-open plains.
Ice Alaska carvers dig out of record snowfall in time for their day of judgment
Mar 23, 2009 - SEcond place:: 2. “Swimming Lesson,” by Dorjsuren Lkhagvadorj and Tsagaan Munkh-erdene of Mongolia and Mark Davis and Ed Winslow of California.
103 famous faces in one painting
Mar 20, 2009 - xinhuanet - Many of the figures in the painting are Chinese. Chairman Mao Zedong appears smoking by a round table in the center, with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai standing behind him. Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan is riding a horse opposite Napoleon. Ancient Chinese poet Li Bai is sprawled on a chair, seemingly drunk, with a delicate wine cup and a typewriter in front of him.
In Va., Casting About For Mongolian Actors
Mar 10, 2009 - On Saturday, a casting team was bouncing around Arlington -- home to several thousand Mongolians -- seeking potential members of the Earth Kingdom, a tribe in the animated TV series "Avatar: The Last Airbender," which director M. Night Shyamalan known for gotcha-ending thrillers like "The Sixth Sense" is turning into a live-action film.
MSU students' films selected for recent festivals
Mar 09, 2009 - montana.edu - A film by Tom Winston, a recent graduate of the program, also screened at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Winston's film, "The Mongolian Marmot," is about the animal's place in both past and present Mongolian culture.
The Venue gallery holds reception for Mongolian artist of the year, Soyolmaa
Mar 01, 2009 - The Venue Fine Art & Gifts rang in the New Year on Friday. No, they’re not two months late – they’re just ringing in a different New Year. It’s Mongolia’s year of the ox. Mongolia’s artist of the year, Soyolmaa pronounced Soush-ma, is kicking off her lecture and gallery tour of the United States with a two-week stay in Bloomington, which will involve exhibitions in the city.
Tsagaan Sar in Khentii: Mongolian New Year Celebration
Mar 01, 2009 - mongolia-web - It is yet another cold day in Ulaanbaatar. I am sitting on a small stool, drinking boiled water in a home in a ger district in the West of the city. We are waiting for the last person to close her suitcase before heading for Ondorkhaan to celebrate Tsagaan sar, the white month or moon, which starts off the Mongolian New Year.
Inuit throat singers share tradition
Feb 19, 2009 - indiancountrytoday - The sound of mosquitoes filled the air in Indianapolis recently when Charlotte Qamaniq and Kendra Tagoona Inuit visited the Eiteljorg Museum and demonstrated the traditional art of throat singing.
Alash Featured on Grammy-Winning CD
Feb 17, 2009 - mongolianartist - Alash are featured as guest artists on a CD which has just won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. The album, Jingle All the Way, presents familiar American holiday music in innovative and imaginative arrangements by the celebrated American band Béla Fleck & the Flecktones.
An Da Union musicians from Inner Mongolia enthrall students will perform Saturday
Feb 10, 2009 - mlive - An Da Union, a group of 14 young musicians from Inner Mongolia, gave a performance of traditional music Thursday for area students at the Mona Shores Performing Arts Center.
Draped in creativity: Felt artist designs yurt for NY display
Feb 09, 2009 - The house - a contemporary work of art inspired by traditional Mongolian dwellings - will consist of panels of handmade felt attached to a metal framework. It was commissioned by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City as part of an exhibition called "Fashioning Felt."
A contemporary twist on Mongolian culture
Jan 15, 2009 - phnompenhpost.com - Mongolia is home to some of the world's few remaining wild horses. Travels of Red Horses, an exhibition that opens today at Phnom Penh's Chinese House, showcases the semi-abstract oil paintings of Monkhor Erdenebayar, aka Bayar, and they highlight Mongolia's love for their wild steeds.
First ever Mongolian TV series about journalists
Jan 13, 2009 - MongolianArtist - A thirteen part-TV series for rural businesses, herders and farmers is soon to be broadcast. The series, "I win" aims to deliver messages to audiences
about business risk taking, micro financing, market information systems, pastureland management, local productions, local governance issues and so
on, through a journalist who is working for a magazine office.
Visual Artist Drives Miles to See Show
Jan 12, 2009 - epochtimes.com - It was a picture in a newspaper that brought Ms. Ryan, an artist and real estate agent, to see the Divine Performing Arts Chinese New Year Spectacular at the War Memorial Opera House on Friday evening Jan. 9.
Art-House Film Night Premieres in UB
Dec 19, 2008 - UBpost - On Saturday evening, the opening night of Orhigdson Halis Lost Film/Slide was held in Ulaanbaatar. It was the premiere of a free movie-night series to be held one Saturday each month at Xanadu Art Gallery. Three shorts two of which were animated, and a feature by Taiwanese director Tsai Ming Liang were shown. The animated shorts were darkly entertaining and were littered with meaning through nonsensical images.
Art Museum Toilets Elevated to an Art Form
Dec 12, 2008 - todaysfacilitymanager.com- Ranging from exclusive images of the Metropolitan, to the behind-closed-doors shots of the Hermitage to the decaying yet still flushing pictures of the Mongolian Art Museum see below, this collection offers rich examples of the world’s museums best offerings.
Art from China, Mongolia and the Himalaya on View at Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis
Nov 28, 2008 - artdaily.com- To celebrate the 90-year jubilee of the Society of Friends of Asian Art abbr. VVAK, the Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis in Amsterdam hosts a series of exhibitions ‘Asia, from the heart’, with art objects from the private collections of members of the VVAK.
Link between humanity and our faithful steeds
Nov 28, 2008 - And they're off ... children aged eight to 12 race their horses during Naadam, a traditional festival held each July in Ulaan Baatar, the capital of Mongolia.
Photo: Glenn Hunt
Artworks from the Asia-Pacific region earn praise and their creators rewarded
Nov 06, 2008 - bangkokpost.com - From London to Afghanistan, Brazil to Korea, with a total of 3,000 votes around the world, Mongolian artist Davaa Dorjderem received the most number of public online and on-site votes. Dorjderem and his artwork, Voice in the Space, which represents the universe and suggests that humans are trapped by space, was given the People's Choice Award and received SGD 10,000.
Russia Honed Mongolian Ballet, Dancer
Nov 06, 2008 - ubpost.mongolnews - MONGOLIA’S rich cultural history is unique in Asia, but its close proximity to its northern neighbor has made the country a beneficiary of Russia’s impressive dance tradition. Odsuren Dagva, one of Mongolia’s most famous ballet dancers, can attest to Russia’s positive influence on Mongolian ballet Dagva is now a soloist with the Thuringen Ballet in Gera, Germany.
On DVD: Indy's back, young Genghis Khan cavorts
Oct 14, 2008 - insidebayarea.com - Russian director Sergei Bodrov creates a powerful sense of place, 12th-century Mongolia, and a compelling picture of the tough, scrappy people who inhabit it. An art-house movie with great legs, the story presents the future world conqueror as a complex man, part visionary, part warrior pulled by his destiny, part devoted husband in love with one woman played by Khulan Chuluun his entire life.
Geneva Audience Captivated with Five-Show Run of Divine Performing Arts
Oct 08, 2008 - en.epochtimes.com - “I was particularly moved by the segment called 'Chopstick Zest.' I have been involved in the research and protection of Mongolian music for years, and the music and rhythm of this piece is so dear to my heart,” said Hiestand.
Truly Asia on edge
Oct 08, 2008 - straitstimes.com - A soundscape made up of Mongolian throat singers, Sarawak rainforest singing and Taiwan folk songs will play in the background.
Bright opening for Middfest Celebration today, Sunday
Oct 04, 2008 - middletownjournal.com - Middfest's foreign visitors put on colorful faces as the celebration of Mongolia opened Friday, Oct. 3, with masked performers dancing on Donham Plaza. The Khuree Tsam Dance was performed by Mongolian artist Ganna Natsag, who worked on more than 100 vibrant costumes.
'You don't have to be Mongolian' to throat sing
Oct 03, 2008 - middletownjournal.com - One of the more unusual sounds visitors will hear at the festival, starting today, Oct. 3, is throat singing, a vocal style that makes a it sound like a crooner is singing two notes at the same time. Steve Sklar, a Minneapolis-based performer who specializes in this art, will be giving throat singing demonstrations throughout Middfest weekend, and let people try their own vocal chords at it in the music center inside the city building.
Degi to perform in Ohio Mongolian Festival
Sep 22, 2008 - mongolia-web.com - The Middfest Mongolia celebration opening ceremony will begin at 5:30 pm on Friday Oct. 3. The venue is Donham Plaza in the center of Middletown, Ohio next to the city building and Manchester Inn. Events will be held in the city building and in nearby areas.
Oriental export carries a torch for electronica
Jul 30, 2008 - yorkshirepost.co.uk - She's one of China's bestselling artists, but can
Sa Dingding make a name for herself in the West? Sarah Freeman talks to the singer/songwriter.
Sa Dingding stands out with her blend of cross-cultural influences
Jul 30, 2008 - metro.co.uk - Sa Dingding is not your average pop star. The 25-year-old singer, producer and designer spent many of her childhood summers living with her grandma as a nomad in Mongolia, walking the country's grasslands. She moved to Beijing when she was six, but believes these formative years still have a profound influence on her music.
Culture Naadam – Nomad Arts Festival
Jul 10, 2008 - ubpost - This year, for the first time, Mongolia’s Naadam celebrations will include a summer arts festival. The inaugural Culture Naadam will bring a new festive spirit to the sweeping Khui Doloon Khudag Valley, where the Naadam horse races take place on July 11 and 12, 2008
Violent Beauty
Jul 10, 2008 - Though it's showing in art-house theaters, 'Mongol' is the best action film of the year... what you'll have seen is the best action film of the year, and probably of the last 2.6 years, since it's the only one with epic battle scenes featuring more Mongols per minute than any other film since Spike Lee's Million Mongol March,
Rioters Destroy Paintings, Musical Instruments and Theatrical Costumes in Mongolia
Jul 07, 2008 - artdaily.com - Peace was in short supply in the home of Genghis Khan after protesters stormed the Mongolian capital, burning buildings, overturning cars and smashing windows over alleged vote-rigging, which left at least five people dead, 329 injured and about 1,000 detained.
Taste of Mongolia Comes to Hebden Bridge
Jun 30, 2008 - hebdenbridge.co.uk - Traditional horse head fiddling and folk song singing by Mongolian nationals are among the highlights of a Mongolian cultural evening to be hosted by hotelier and entrepreneur Simon Moyle at his Moyles boutique hotel in Hebden Bridge next Tuesday, July 1.
On Movies: Conquering the epic life of Genghis Khan
Jun 24, 2008 - philly.com - Those stories - the early years of the man born with the name Temudgin in 1162 - are the stuff of Mongol, Bodrov's big, dazzling historical epic. Shot in inner Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and tracking the childhood and young adulthood of the infamous conqueror, the film represents a chunk of the Russian director's life.
Genghis puts Russia on cinema map
Jun 19, 2008 - news.bbc.co.uk - Director Andrei Borisov has come to the Cannes Film Festival with an ambitious epic based on Genghis Khan, the Mongol warrior who built a vast 13th Century empire.
This Mongolian Life
Jun 14, 2008 - slate.com - Genghis Khan is the ideal subject for either an epic poem or a summer action franchise. Now he has both: The Secret History of the Mongols, an anonymous poem composed shortly after Khan's death in 1227, and Sergei Bodrov's Mongol (Picturehouse Films), a Russian-Kazakh co-production
Forge a Unity of Purpose, Then Conquer the World
Jun 06, 2008 - nytimes.com - “Mongol” — or, as I prefer to think of it, “Genghis Khan: The Early Years” — is a big, ponderous epic, its beautifully composed landscape shots punctuated by thundering hooves and bloody, slow-motion battle sequences.
Contortionists bend audiences' imaginations
Jun 03, 2008 - Since 2002, sisters Erdenesuvd, 26, and Buyankhishig Ganbaatar, 20, have been astonishing audiences across the country with their unique flexibility and strength. The contortionists will appear soon on "Live with Regis and Kelly," and on Broadway as characters in the currently touring "Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy."
City of Ulaanbaatar Park dedicated in Lowry
May 13, 2008 - After a wait of 7 years since Ulan Bator was named Denver's 10th sister city, officials dedicated the City of Ulaanbaatar Park at East Fifth Avenue and Roslyn Street at Lowry. (Because of differences in translation, Ulan Bator is spelled a number of different ways in English.)
Book Review: Jiang Rong's 'Wolf Totem'
May 05, 2008 - iht.com - Set during the Cultural Revolution, "Wolf Totem" describes the education of an intellectual from China's majority Han community living with nomadic herders in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Mongolian from National University chosen as Princeton University fellow
May 05, 2008 - Munkh-Erdene Lhamsuren of National University of Mongolia has been named a Humanities and International Studies Fellow. He submitted a paper for review to the selection committee entitled, ‘The Emnity of Independence: Ethnic and National Identities in Mongolia.’
Maine, Mongolian students collaborate for 'One Day ...'
Apr 21, 2008 - entertainment.mainetoday.com - This year's project is a collaboration between graphic-design students at the Fine Arts Institute in Mongolia and College of Art printmaking students. The exhibition, which opens Friday at the Drawing Room at 142 High St., Portland, is called "One Day."
Showing the Face of Mongolia
Apr 11, 2008 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - The Khan Bank Art Gallery hosts the fifth annual Mongol Zurag (Mongolian Painting) exhibition this week, with the goal to display the real face of Mongolia.
A Life Engraving Success
Mar 27, 2008 - ubpost - Although he lives a life herding in the countryside, following livestock across the open plains, old engraver B.Togoosuren is still in love with carving. It is a passion for art that he has passed down for three generations, to his great-grandchildren
Four go wild in Mongolia!
Mar 27, 2008 - birminghammail.net - Andrew Gray, Tom Walker, Hector Falconer and Rachel Smith, who all live in Selly Oak, are taking part in the Mongol Rally...The Mongol Rally 2008 starts on July 19 in London, and the rally finishes in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar's Gallery with a Difference
Mar 27, 2008 - ubpost - Since its opening in December, 2007 as the first-ever contemporary art gallery/museum belonging to a business institution of the country, the Art Gallery of the Khan Bank has been displaying works of modern Mongolian art bought by the bank since 2002.
Movie Review: Sergei's Mongolian Western
Feb 14, 2008 - rogerlsimon.com - Sergei Bodrov - the Russian director - who has been my friend since we served together on the jury of a film festival in Siberia (see "The Celluloid Archipelago" here) has a movie called "Mongol" nominated for the Best Foreign Language film Oscar this year.
Middfest receives welcome financial boost
Feb 13, 2008 - Middfest International will celebrate the history, culture and religion of Mongolia this year with help from Butler County.
The annual festival — celebrating a different country every year since 1981 — is important to the county, Furmon said, because it puts Middletown on the map
Medieval Masquerade features games and dances
Feb 04, 2008 - alligator.org - Michael and Rebecca Bassett, also members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, dressed in traditional Mongolian clothing to demonstrate shagai, a medieval game played with dice made from sheep anklebones.
"All My Love" a work of art
Jan 05, 2008 - seattletimes.nwsource.com - Some passages suggest a dream logic that would fit nicely into David Lynch's "Inland Empire," while others nod to the legacies of the avant-garde. Filming in a variety of formats and processes on locations in the Mongolian Gobi Desert, the American Southwest and midtown Berlin, Short provides enigmatic chapter headings (like "Solidify," "Hermaphrodisiac" and "Eating Gods") that hint at the filmmaker's intentions.
The Best of Film, and Intentions
Jan 05, 2008 - thetyee.ca - Tuya's Wedding won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival last year. It's beautiful and ordinary, strange and utterly familiar all at the same time -- a wonderful film. It's always good to take a chance, even if you end up enduring some art house strangeness for two hours, because there is simply nothing better than surprise.
New York Museum Exhibits Tibetan Arms And Armor
Dec 24, 2007 - phayul.com - An installation of rare and exquisitely decorated armor, weapons, and equestrian equipment from Tibet and culturally related areas of Mongolia and China will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
DPRK art shows in Mongolia
Dec 22, 2007 - cctv.com - Artists from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are in Mongolia showing works that remain traditional and unaffected by outside influence. The showing is in the major state Modern Art Gallery, in the capital Ulan Bator. The gallery hosted a collection of over 160 pieces produced by 50 DPRK artists.
Mongolian actor Batzul Khayankhyarvaa grabs award at Asian film festival
Dec 20, 2007 - mongolia-web.com - A Mongolian actor was recognized at the recently completed Third Asian Festival of First Films.
Batzul Khayankhyarvaa of Mongolia received the Best Male Performance award for his starring role in the film “Khadak.”
Modernity takes over Mongolia.
Dec 15, 2007 - sfreporter.com - The new symbolism-laden, Mongolian ethnopoetic film Khadak shares much in common with the art-house hit The Cave of the Yellow Dog, which came through Santa Fe several months ago. Like Cave’s director, Byambasuren Davaa, Khadak’s writer/director team, Peter Brosens and Jessica Hope Woodworth, has a background in ethnographic film.
Life and Death of a Girl Called Puujee
Nov 30, 2007 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - PUUJEE, the eponymous heroine of a documentary film on a Mongolian girl made by Yamada Kazuya, has been winning hearts everywhere it is shown in Japan. The almost two-hour film captures the life of Puujee or Purevsuren and her family in the “backdrop of the magnificent but harsh nature of Mongolia”.
Mongolian President praises work of Arts Council of Mongolia
Nov 25, 2007 - mongolia-web.com - Mongolian President Enkhbayar met with representatives of the Arts Council of Mongolia on Wednesday. During the meeting, Arts Council head N. Jantsannorov noted that the Arts Council continues to promote the nation’s culture and art
Where the Music Surrounds Him
Nov 25, 2007 - travel.nytimes.com - Mr. Rudd got word that two Mongolian throat singers were giving demonstrations at local schools. He tracked them down, and two days later Odsuren, a master throat singer, and his student, Battuvshin Baldantseren, were settled in his living room for a jam session.
An Artist Examines the Space Around Him
Nov 23, 2007 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - THE almost-30 works of M.Tuvshinbayar shown at Xanadu Art Gallery are all called Space Seen, with a serial number next the words. Since artists are not expected to just “see” things, as you and I do, I guess these are meant to be creative visions.
Out in the Cold: The Street Children of Mongolia
Nov 13, 2007 - streetkidnews.blogsome.com - Fourteen-year-old Uer wanted to show me the crayon picture she had drawn. It was divided in two parts. On one side was a popular soap opera star, Sterlita, sleeping in a bright bedroom with pink curtains and fluffy pillows.
A tyrant’s softer side
Oct 09, 2007 - sptimesrussia.com - Genghis Khan, according to one popular view, was a scourge who pillaged and raped his way to creating the second-biggest empire the world has ever seen. But in Sergei Bodrov Sr.’s new film, “Mongol. Part One,” which was released last week,
Chamber Chorus, Classical Guitar Society
Oct 09, 2007 - stltoday.com - Mongolian composer Se Enkhbayar’s “Zeregleent Gobi (Mirage-holding Gobi),” composed in 1992, was catchy, appealing and different; given a wider hearing, it could be a popular hit. I can’t vouch for the Mongolian diction, but the alto solo, sung by Roberta Hmiel, had just the right Country & Far Eastern flavor.
In which our heroine watches Mongolian fashion TV and learns about Chinggis Khan. Sort of.
Oct 09, 2007 - thesmartset.com - At the close of the 20th century, I found myself wandering the streets of Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia in reluctant search of someone willing to talk about Chinggis Khan. It was an assignment for my study abroad program, and I didn’t want to do it. I had just barely skimmed the assigned excerpts of The Secret History of the Mongols, the story of the rise of the Mongol Empire, and for the two weeks since we were given the assignment, I hadn’t bothered to approach a single person.
George Washington junior makes right moves
Sep 25, 2007 - He is a member of the National Honor Society and is the secretary of Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) club. Zack received a gold medal at the MESA competition at Colorado School of Mines.
Bring on the barbarian love muffins
Sep 07, 2007 - taipeitimes.com - An eagle glides through the air high above the Mongolian plains, which roll away into the seemingly infinite distance. This is a vast and wild land in which only the strong survive. It is a point that Japanese director, Shinichiro Sawai, seems keen to make in the historical romance, The Blue Wolf, which opens today.
Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation Completes Major DNA Collection Effort in Mongolia
Sep 07, 2007 - prweb.com - The project, performed in partnership with the National University of Mongolia (NUM), collected more than 3,000 DNA samples and related multi-generation pedigree charts from individuals in all of the country’s geographic regions, from 24 separate ethnic groups and tribes.
All about tradition
Aug 27, 2007 - Melissa Mattes of Sedgwick offers a new, artistic take on traditional Mongolian felting, while Kathleen Koveleski of Sew ’n Wild Oats cooks up fleecy items of a different kind. Her polar fleece baby buntings, which cover a car seat, are just about the cutest things I’ve seen.
Ballet teachers to open new school
Aug 27, 2007 - roanoke.com - A year after Roanoke Ballet Theatre's longtime executive director, Jenefer Davies, moved to Lexington to develop a dance program at Washington and Lee University, the program is losing another leader. Unurbat Gunaajav, the Mongolian dancer who became ballet master and head of school when Davies departed, has left to open a school of his own.
Documentary on women of Mongolia on tour of U.S.
Aug 27, 2007 - mongolia-web.com - Gobi Women's Song, a film on the lives of Mongolian women, will be shown in Woodstock, New York, USA on August 31.
Sas Carey, Director of Nomadicare for Mongolia, will present the movie about the present and future of Mongolian women and culture.
Mongolian artist exhibits in London
Aug 15, 2007 - olloo.mn - A Mongolian born artist' s paintings to be shown in a major exhibition in London in autumn (September to October), will be a landmark exhibition for an artist who trained in Mongolia's capital - Ulaanbaatar, and an opportunity for international art lovers to see a different style of exotic oriental art.
Inner Mongolian traditional art shines
Aug 10, 2007 - cctv.com - For centuries, Inner Mongolian herdsmen have had a unique nomadic culture. Their closeness to nature has allowed them to develop a variety of art forms. Their traditional arts have been passed on down the ages. But are they still strong as before? What
Mongolian film student prepares work on help for Mongolian women and children
Aug 07, 2007 - mongolia-web.com- A Mongolian student studying film in the United States has returned this summer to create a documentary on domestic violence in Mongolian homes.
Ready, set, row!
Aug 02, 2007 - aurorasentinel.com - Vibrant dragon boats, lively music, traditional dance, ... at the seventh annual Colorado Dragon Boat Festival on July 28 and 29... Mongolian community set up two large ghears...
Fiddling Around With Strange Heads
Jul 29, 2007 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - MONGOLIANS are familiar with the Morin khuur, and visitors soon get used to seeing the horse-headed violin. Thus it was no surprise that the biggest attraction for all visitors to the exhibition of Mongolian musical instruments at the Xanadu Art Gallery on July 19-23 was a Shanagan khuur
Artists to light up night at Crucible fest
Jul 11, 2007 - contracostatimes.com - In "The Fire Odyssey" Smith not only breathes fire but interacts with members of the Oakland hip-hop troupe Flavor Group, which played the Montagues in 'Romeo and Juliet.' He also dances with Mongolian contortionist Serchmaa Byamba, who plays the goddess Circe.
Tuvans return with a song of the Siberian steppe
Jun 16, 2007 - newstimeslive.com - The four-member Tuvan ensemble, Alash, hasn't been to our area since 2006 when they performed at The Enchanted Garden Conservatory in Ridgefield. But as the lucky few who heard them can testify, the plains and forests and rivers are alive in their music.
The search for the real Genghis Khan
Jun 06, 2007 - budapestsun.com - The sculpture is metal and lifeless, but the eye is living and threatening. The implication is clear: the exhibition entitled Genghis Khan and his Heirs: The Mongol Empire, now at the Hungarian National Museum, promises to show the living man behind the fearful legend.
Mongolia attends its first Asian-EU meeting in Germany
May 29, 2007 - mongolia-web.com - The European Union began meeting with their Asian counterparts in 1996. With the rise of India and China, along with Japan, as major world economies, there is a new urgency in maintaining an open dialogue with the Asian countries.
Bird flu thwarts jet flight for vulture
May 24, 2007 - usatoday.com - Officials were hoping the year-old Anakin wo
Instead, the brown-and-white griffons took off first, leaving Anakin standing alone, stretching its wings. Chaiyan Kasorndorkbua, who oversaw the bird's recovery, then picked it and threw it into the air, forcing it to fly toward a ridge.
First Mongolian female in U.S to show art
May 20, 2007 - denver.yourhub.com - The legacy of the mighty Genghis Khan has been reborn in Denver Colorado as one Mongolian 16-year-old has conquered her mark in U.S history.
Local resident creates understanding through art with film festival
May 13, 2007 - observer-reporter.com - The movies in this year's festival cut across the continent, taking in Taiwan, India, Iran, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea. There's also a Belgian film that's set in the Mongolian steppes and a U.S. independent film about an Asian-American actor's trip to China.
Degi brings Debussy to the steppe
May 03, 2007 - mongolia-web.com - Mongolia's most popular violinist Degi is having her second solo concert in UB on the 11,12th. The first part, western impressionist composers pieces like Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, Vivaldi will be highlighted
Mongolian Artists win Prize in North Korea
May 03, 2007 - mongolia-web.com - Mongolian artists have won the Grand Prix at the 25th Spring Festival, which is annually organized in Pyongyang, North Korea. The festival has been attended by more than 670 art workers from over 30 countries
Smithsonian To Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Apr 29, 2007 - huliq.com - Cambodian stone and metal sculpting, Chinese paper folding, Korean calligraphy and watercolors, Japanese doll making, Thai fruit and vegetable carvings, Mongolian mask making, Philippine weaving and Taiwanese butterfly ...
Jungle Fantasy: circus with a European twist
Apr 28, 2007 - seattlepi.nwsource.com - Cirque Dreams performers come from some of the top cirque training schools in the world, including the Mongolian School of Contortion, the Acrobatic Training Center of Beijing, the Sports Acrobatic Association of Poland, the Moscow Circus, and the Russian State College for Variety Arts.
Out of Mongolia
Apr 06, 2007 - pacpub.com - Partly to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Genghis Khan Empire, Princeton Day School is hosting an exhibit celebrating Mongolian culture, featuring items collected by Ms. de la Houssaye and Mr. Crane.
Equine essence
Apr 02, 2007 - nationmultimedia.com - A Mongolian artist shows his controversial red horses at a Bangkok gallery...works of Mongolian artist Monkhor "Bayar" Erdenebayar adorn the walls of several leading companies
Galloping gallery
Apr 02, 2007 - bangkokpost.net - When Monkhor Erdenebayar was five-years old, a flu epidemic hit his village and his school was closed for some time. The Mongolian remembers filling notebooks with drawings from children's stories. And that may have been how he started as an arti
Genghis Khan assaults cinemas with full-scale Japanese epic
Mar 25, 2007 - yomiuri.co.jp - Kadokawa has returned, following the hit war pic Otokotachi no Yamato in 2005, with Aoki Okami: Chi Hate Umi Tsukiru made, an epic production about Genghis Khan
Germany, North Korea, Dreams and Ceramics Mingle
Mar 16, 2007 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - SEVERAL exhibitions were held in March at the Mongolian Modern Art Gallery. German Fashion Photography (1945-1995); a North Korean books, photography and craft exhibition; the Zuudnii Evluuleg exhibition (Montage of Dreams) of I. Bolikhuu, Ch. Kherlen-Undrakh and Julie Ann Pitzen; and the Ceramic Exhibition were on show for discerning audiences.
Kid’s Refocus Their Lives Through the Eye of a Camera Lens
Mar 16, 2007 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - These are photographs that are included in the ‘Focus on Kids’ exhibition which is currently running in the Mongolian Photography Association’s Gallery, opposite the Central Post Office, in Ulaanbaatar. The project idea was conceived in 2004 by Carl Whetham,
Standing Ovation for Sit Down Comedy
Mar 16, 2007 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - JAPANESE traditional performance 'Rakugo' will be held on March 17 in the State Drama Theater. Through the framework of this year’s Japanese activity in Mongolia, the Japanese Embassy to Mongolia and the Mongolian State Drama Theater jointly organized the performance
Wild, Wild Horses
Mar 16, 2007 - northcoastjournal.com - Susan thrived on the quality of the Mongolian wilderness and the silence she found there that is so elusive in our part of the world, where, she said, 'the loudest sound was the blood circulating in my head.'
Battle of the bands
Mar 06, 2007 - nst.com.my - LOCAL bands Ocean Of Fire and Poetical Kingdom will square off with the national champions of Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Mongolia at the Yamaha Asian Beat Grand Finals 2006/2007 on Saturday.
Threatened Vulture Wanders Far from Mongolia
Mar 06, 2007 - newswise.com - Cinereous vultures have been declining throughout Europe and Asia, and conservation plans are hampered by a lack of knowledge about their ecology. Earthwatch-supported researchers in Mongolia tagged several young vultures in 2006, which were recently sighted in various parts of South Korea, providing vital evidence of their migratory patterns
Mongolians to Give Acoustic-Unplugged Concert in USA
Mar 03, 2007 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - HURD rock band will give a concert called Acoustic-Unplugged in the USA in the coming weeks. The concert will perform in all cities where Mongolians live. They will stage concerts in San Francisco on February 24, Los Angeles on February 25, Chicago on March 3, New York City on March 9 and Washington D.C. March 10.
Song Performance of a Western Mongolian singer in Japanese Television
Mar 02, 2007 - mongolianartist.com - In February the Mito NHK television in Japan broadcasted a life performance by the singer Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar who sang traditional songs of the Western Mongolian Zakhchin tribe.
Drought in China and Mongolia to feed yellow-dust storms, meteorologists say
Feb 16, 2007 - estripes.com - The annual storms of desert sands and particulates will be strong this year because of a winter drought in northern China and parts of Mongolia, meteorologists say.
UK : Out of this world handbags from Outer Mongolia
Feb 16, 2007 - fibre2fashion.com - Gifted Label launches an out-of-this-world range of handbags from Outer Mongolia -truly unique pieces with an ethical conscience.
Young performers offer insight to Chinese culture with dances
Feb 16, 2007 - post-gazette.com - Last Saturday, nine of the younger dancers, ages 7 through 9, performed a Mongolian folk dance and a Chinese 'icy cherry candy dance' in appropriate costume at the Green Tree Public Library as part of its monthly program for preschoolers and kindergartners.
Mongolian music lecture draws a crowd
Feb 05, 2007 - media.www.lawrentian.com - ...That is the story of professor Peter Marsh, who gave the latest Music of the World lecture last Tuesday night.
100 perform Sunday in 'East Meets West'
Jan 26, 2007 - greenbaypressgazette.com - the event will include traditional music, Chinese, Mongolian and ancient dances by the Fox Valley Chinese Dance Group, a Chinese fashion show, violin concertos, Eastern art and a children's chorus singing famous poems of China.
Fur flies after Mariah Carey donates it to charity
Nov 24, 2006 - music.moldova.org - Mariah Carey donated a $7,500 fur coat and intended for Mongolia's poor has disappeared, a leading animal rights group said on Thursday
Around the world through dance
Nov 19, 2006 - toledoblade.com - Featured artists include the Persian oudist (a stringed instrument) and singer Asad Shahsavar; Mongolian dancer Darkhia Damba; Russian artist Vladimir Riazantsev, and Ann Woo, artistic director of the Chinese Performing Artists of America.
November 19 Cave of the Yellow Dog Screening
Nov 15, 2006 - abclocal.go.com - Drama-Documentary Film: The Cave of the Yellow Dog A Mongolian nomad family find themselves in disagreement when the oldest daughter, Nansal, finds a dog and brings it home.
BEYOND THE BIG TOP
Nov 14, 2006 - buffalonews.com - Goldberg is speaking over the telephone from a tour stop in Oklahoma, explaining how he had just returned from New York, where he had been summoned to rescue some Mongolian contortionists who had problems clearing customs.
Louvre Museum in the spotlight
Nov 11, 2006 - gulf-daily-news.com - HISTORIC masterpieces from the Louvre Museum in Paris came under the spotlight in Bahrain ...The department will have pieces dating from the ninth to the 19th century and will cover the Mongolian, Persian and Ottoman empires.
Photos are rare glimpse at 1920s Far East
Nov 11, 2006 - nwasianweekly.com - The images in “Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China and Mongolia 1921-1925,” on view now through Feb. 4, were made from hand-tinted lantern slides.
WEXNER CENTER PRESENTS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
Nov 07, 2006 - outincolumbus.com - the Columbus premiere of Mongolian Ping Pong; and Porco Rosso, a classic animated work from Japan's Hayao Miyazaki. A discussion guide for families will be distributed at the festival.
The Hunger Artist
Nov 02, 2006 - a wonderfully translated drinking song ("I could have ended up snuffing it / At the station they were all roughing it up / But then I got my seat / On the Big Tractor Express") and a single image, rendered in shadow, of a Mongolian horseman on a mountaintop.
Three empires in New York
Nov 02, 2006 - theartnewspaper.com - In celebration of the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Mongol empire, the Rubin Museum of Art has organised Mongolia: Beyond Genghis Khan (3 November-9 February 2007), which is drawn largely from the museum’s superb collection of art and artefacts.
Art Studio Doubling as Exhibit Space
Oct 20, 2006 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - Late this past September the five young artists known as 5+… opened their shared studio to the public. The goal of the conversion from 'studio' to 'studio gallery' was meant to make their work readily available to the public.
Singing with the larynx
Oct 20, 2006 - gauntlet.ucalgary.ca - Anyone who wants to get into the field of Tuvan throat singing, though, would need some bizzare wonder-twin power to make themselves a human didgeridoo, or maybe some other musical instrument that's hard to pronounce. Even the Mongolian-derived word for throat-singing, khöömeior khoomii, is a throat-full.
Steppe and Rainbow
Oct 20, 2006 - ubpost.mongolnews.mn - Steppe and Rainbow — a joint exhibition of works by Mongolian and Korean craftsmen - was inaugurated at the Mongolian Modern Art Gallery on October 16 and will be on view for a week.
Cheering Chingiz Khan's Ephemeral Empire
Oct 10, 2006 - globalpolitician.com - The Mongolians are celebrating the 800th anniversary of 1206, the year in which a warrior named Temujin united the nomadic steppe tribes and took the title Chingiz Khan, or universal ruler. Many events have being held with culmination of festivities named Mongolia’s national holiday, Naadam, in July and another big festival at the former Mongolian capital, Kharakorum, last August.
Mount Shasta International Film Festival
Oct 10, 2006 - siskiyoudaily.com - Cave Of The Yellow Dog - A Mongolian nomad family find themselves in disagreement when the oldest daughter, Nansal, finds a dog and brings it home. Believing that it is responsible for attacking his sheep, her father refuses to allow her to keep it.
HK marks Mid-Autumn Festival with Lantern carnival
Oct 08, 2006 - news.xinhuanet.com - Among the attractions were traditional Mongolian dance, vocals and instruments presented by the Inner Mongolia University Arts Troupe, displaying the unique culture of Mongolia.
All the Performing Arts From the Globe
Oct 04, 2006 - times.hankooki.com - Mongolian forces attack Koryo Kingdom under King Kojong (1213-1259), and the following political chaos lead three young intellectuals at that time to pursue three different paths. Manjun becomes a stepson of the powerful Choi Woo, while Gilsang takes part in a rebellion and gets killed in an attempt to kill Choi. Tongsugi begins writing the Palman Taejanggyong, or 8 million Buddhist texts
Inner Mongolian dance troupe to perform
Oct 04, 2006 - news.gov.hk - Displaying the unique culture of Mongolia, the group will perform traditional Mongolian songs and dances, using their unique instruments, in lantern carnivals at Ko Shan Road Park, Victoria Park and Sha Tin Park.
Tuvan rockers go easy onears with throat singing
Sep 23, 2006 - boston.com - 'I was so tired of loudness in the music, I just wanted to relax and refresh my own ears,' says Kuvezin, 40, in a phone conversation from the kitchen of his house in Kyzyl , the capital of Tuva, a Russian republic nestled on the northwest corner of Mongolia. ``Those tunes, like `Wild Mountain Thyme' or 'Black Magic Woman,' I found that they could be played on acoustic instruments and still keep their impression.'
Badma Khanda perfoms in New York October 26, 2006
Sep 18, 2006 - hudsonoperahouse.org - Join Badma Khanda for an evening of Buryat music performed on traditional Mongolian instruments in the lyrical, melodic short song style. A great family performance - not to be missed. Free.
Canadian Jazz Quartet Headlines Jazz Festival in Mongolia
Sep 15, 2006 - home.nestor.minsk.by - Calgary based jazz ensemble Northern Lights Quartet are about to take the sound of Canadian jazz to far-away Mongolia where they are slated to perform October 5-7th at the Giant Steppes Jazz Festival in Ulaanbaatar. The quartet will appear alongside fellow headliners, pianist Steve Tromans U-Bop Band (Ulaanbaatar) and pianist Bob Bellows (US) for the Main Stage Concert Thursday October 5th.
Close to home and far out
Sep 07, 2006 - www.therecord.com - Tagaq has found herself on many folk festival stages in workshops with artists as diverse as Hawksley Workman and Transglobal Underground, and has been working with the Kronos String Quartet on some new material. One of her more recent tours hooked her up with Finnish 'yoik' singer Wimme and the Mongolian throat singer Okna Tsahan Zam, where there were more differences than similarities.
Cast of epic Japanese film on Genghis Khan includes nearly 1% of Mongolia's population
Sep 05, 2006 - yomiuri.co.jp - When you see huge crowd scenes in most movies these days, you're usually looking at digital people created on a computer screen. But the crowd in Aoki Okami (The Blue Wolf), a Japanese epic about the legendary Mongolian leader Genghis Khan, is made of flesh and blood. In the scene in which people in colorful traditional costumes called their leader's name in a thunderous voice, there were actually 20,000 extras on the set.
Group celebrates traditions, fine arts of Central Asian countries
Aug 04, 2006 - idsnews.com - traditional music by three young Mongolian siblings using the piano, the horse-head fiddle and the astonishing voice of the older teenaged brother, an accomplished throat singer.
Rare art lent to Mongolia for celebration
Jul 20, 2006 - canada.com - Taiwan has lent a duplicate of a rare portrait of legendary Mongolian chieftain Genghis Khan to the isolated Asian nation on the 800th anniversary of his enthronement, an official said on Friday.
Rare art lent to Mongolia for celebration
Jul 20, 2006 - canada.com - Taiwan has lent a duplicate of a rare portrait of legendary Mongolian chieftain Genghis Khan to the isolated Asian nation on the 800th anniversary of his enthronement, an official said on Friday.
Mongolians Meld Old, New In Making Arlington Home
Jul 03, 2006 - Backstage at the Rosslyn Spectrum, three girls in identical black tops and white miniskirts checked their makeup and tried to calm their jitters as they debated whether their shimmying dance to the Black Eyed Peas' 'Shut Up' could possibly win the traditional Mongolian dance competition.
Mongolia's call of the wild
Jun 21, 2006 - asianpacificpost.com - For many, the very mention of Mongolia stirs up visions of the wild and the untamed - Genghis Khan and his soldiers on horseback, camels wandering the Gobi Desert, and wild horses galloping free against a dramatic landscape.
Mongolia rocks to Khan opera show
Jun 19, 2006 - news.bbc.co.uk - Mongolia's first rock opera - a tribute to Genghis Khan - is being performed in the country's capital, Ulan Bator
Future piano virtuosos shine in S.J. contest
Jun 14, 2006 - mercurynews.com - ...for 10 days, wrapping up this past Saturday, San Jose had its own global championship, drawing musical ``athletes' (their prowess and endurance justify the term) from the United States, China, Russia, Taiwan, Mongolia, Mexico, Kazakhstan...
Erdenet City 30 years
Jun 12, 2006 - mongolia-web.com - On the occasion of the 30th jubilee of the establishment of the Erdenet City, Days of Erdenet launched on Wednesday in Ulaanbaatar.
Genghis Khan Exhibition travels through Germany, Hungary, France and Italy
Jun 05, 2006 - mongolia-web.com - An expo "Chinggis Khaan and his Successors" was opened in June 2006 in Germany. Since then, it attracted many thousands of people s attention and has been showing history, culture and people of Mongolia in Europe.
'Genghis Khan: the opera' rocks Mongolian capital
May 31, 2006 - belfasttelegraph.co.uk - The thirteenth-century warlord Genghis Khan is best known as one of history's most bloodthirsty rulers, and at first glance appears an unlikely subject for a Jesus Christ Superstar-type rock opera. But in his native Mongolia, a rock opera has opened that gives the medieval empire builder the Genghis Khan Superstar treatment, claiming he had a softer, more appealing side which was overlooked.
Nomadic spirit comes to life in art
May 14, 2006 - citizen-times.com - Vast Steppes,” an exhibit of watercolors and pen-and-ink pieces by Mongolian artists at Vadim Bora Gallery, depicts that country’s nomadic life, in which conqueror Genghis Khan thrived in the 12th and 13th centuries. aya learned of Bora’s gallery during a trip in the United States and brought his and ChojGan’s work to Asheville. Prices for the art range from $400 to $700.
Open Days Mongolia's Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
May 11, 2006 - mongolia-web.com - From May 11 until May 13, the Mongolian Ministry of Education, Culture and Science holds open days . The event started at 11:40 am (according to the traditional zodiac the hour of the horse) with performences of Mongolian State honored artists N.Suvd and G.Ravdan.
World Peace Art Festival Showcased in UlaanBaatar
Apr 18, 2006 - cities.expressindia.com - The festival will soon be showcased in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 'Along with Kathak, Japanese dances and Chinese opera, I will also weave in elements of Mongolian dances,” explains Takimoto, who also has Egypt, Japan and Greece on his itinerary. “This project is a seed we all are sowing. There won’t be any conflict if we all learn to appreciate each other’s culture,' concludes Takimoto.
Philadelphia film festival, Cave of the Yellow Dog
Apr 06, 2006 - philadelphiaweekly.com - Tugging at heartstrings again, German-Mongolian director Byambasuren Davaa (Story of the Weeping Camel) matches an adorable little girl with an adorable little dog against lulling, gorgeous landscapes.
Parts of World Get a Stunning Solar Show
Mar 29, 2006 - nytimes.com - Schoolchildren cheered as the first total eclipse in years plunged Ghana into daytime darkness Wednesday, a solar show sweeping northeast from Brazil to Mongolia.
Culture chief urges heritage list expansion
Mar 15, 2006 - chinadaily.com.cn - By last year, it included China's Kunqu Opera, the art of guqin music, and the Uygur Muqam the melodious centuries-old music from Xinjiang. Together with Mongolia, China also successfully had Mongolian long-tune folk songs added last year.
Mongolia: Museum Highlights
Mar 13, 2006 - dannyreviews.com - Important Works of Art from the Collections of the Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts, Bogd Khan Palace Museum, and Choijin-Lama Temple Museum
Scorned Asashoryu out for revenge
Mar 07, 2006 - mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp - Hell may be about to finally find a vengeance more furious than the proverbial "scorned woman" with Yokozuna Asashoryu out to regain the Emperor's Cup when the March Grand Sumo Tournament starts in Osaka on Sunday.
A Woman Alone
Feb 28, 2006 - villagevoice.com - Until recently, the actress was a footnote, best remembered for a scene-stealing cameo as an underdressed Mongolian spy in the Douglas Fairbanks Thief of Bagdad (1924) and as Marlene Dietrich's glamorous sidekick in Josef von Sternberg's Shanghai Express (1932).
Japanese Film on Genghis Khan and Mongolia
Feb 22, 2006 - mongolia-web.com - Mr. Kodakasan, Director of the famous Japanese company Kodasan , together with the Mongolian Nyamgavaa Production will make a feature film Chinggis Khan for the 800th jubilee of the foundation of the Great Mongol State. A total of 20 million USD will be spent on the film creation and advertisement.
The 29th Portland International Film Festival comes to an end
Feb 22, 2006 - Director Hao Ning offers a precious glimpse into the vast Mongolian steppes and a group of nomads living there. The setting is breathtaking, and the plot endearingly takes its time evolving with small details while also revealing these intriguing people and their everyday lives. The plot begins when an innocent 9-year-old boy
Museum set on fire and guard killed in Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia
Feb 17, 2006 - mongolia-web.com - On 13 January, a night guard at the museum of Zavkhan province was murdered by two criminals who stole some of the most valuable objects of museum's collections such as khalkha woman's hairdresses, belts and rare coral mask of Jamsran. They even set the museum on fire to erase any possible traces.
Artists, CEOs, presidents for Art of Living silver jubilee
Feb 14, 2006 - newkerala.com - Among the galaxy of world leaders participating - a tribute to the organisation's phenomenal global following - in the first of its kind celebrations are Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Fiji President Ratu Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, Mauritius President Anerood Jugnauth, Croatia vice-president Vesna Pusi, Taiwan vice-president Lu Hsiu-Lien
Leslie Harlib's Social Scene: Lots of heart at Valentine's Ball
Feb 14, 2006 - marinij.com - The chance to buy tribal art and snack on caterer Dan McCall's supernal lamb chops, shrimp and smoked salmon, drew 525 people Thursday night to Fort Mason's Festival Pavilion in San Francisco... Her husband, Arthur Leeper, also had a booth at the show, featuring Mongolian traditional dress.
International Museum of Wisdom
Feb 12, 2006 - accu.or.jp - Finding the Ulaanbaatar Puzzle Museum is itself something of a puzzle. The International Museum of Wisdom (its full and slightly foreboding title) hides itself away in an obscure corner not far from the Black Market.
Arts Council of Mongolia grants
Feb 06, 2006 - mongolia-web.com - The Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) has announced its annual project contest for the Year 2006 to grant money allowance for the improvement of potentials of urban and rural professional arts and cultural organizations.
New film to strike a blow against domestic violence
Feb 03, 2006 - Women's rights and the problem of domestic violence are major issues in modern Mongolia. To this end the Women's Leadership Foundation (WLF) is striving to shed light on the problem in a new film they have produced entitled 'Search for Justice.'
Join the Circus
Feb 01, 2006 - fastcompany.com - They show up at the Olympics and world championships to sign athletes. Others canvas the globe looking for fire jugglers, pole climbers, martial artists, bungee jumpers, Wheel of Death spinners, and artistically inclined midgets. To satisfy its ongoing need for slithery-limbed girls, Cirque supports a school for contortionists in Mongolia.
Gentle humor, natural beauty illuminate 'Cave'
Jan 21, 2006 - reuters.com - The co-director of the eloquent and deeply affecting docudrama "The Story of the Weeping Camel" returns to her native Mongolia for another helping of wind-scrubbed vistas and adorable kids with "The Cave of the Yellow Dog."
Cultural dance performance makes its debut at SRU
Jan 20, 2006 - theonlinerocket.com - Also included in the evening's performance are a Mongolian Chopstick Dance; Lu Wen-Long, the Warrior, a dance telling the story of a child born in a Han military family before being abducted by Manchurians and raised by the Han's enemy;
Moscow Circus uses vodka to keep elephants warm in Mongolia
Jan 15, 2006 - Yahoo! News - The Moscow Circus has resorted to vodka -- plenty of it -- to keep two Indian elephants warm while they perform in chilly Mongolia, local media and organizers said.
Marvelwood teacher explores ancient culture
Jan 06, 2006 - kentdispatch.com - A country slightly smaller than Alaska, Mongolia's 604,633 land-locked square miles is surrounded by Russia to the north and China to the south. The Gobi desert covers a large portion of the land to the south and almost half the country's population of 2,791,272 lives in the capital city of Ulaan Battar.
Dancing with passion
Jan 04, 2006 - www.star-ecentral.com - The programme will start off with Triple Bill, featuring excerpts from Swan Lake, Dreams of Green Pasture, a neo-classical dance that fuses modern ballet and traditional Mongolian dance styles, and Earth, Wind and Fire, a ballet with a Malaysian twist.
Mongolian art troupe to perform in Viet Nam
Jan 04, 2006 - www.vnagency.com.vn - A 60-member song and dance troupe from Mongolia named 'Moon Stone' will make a performance tour of Ha Noi, Hai Phong and Bac Giang from Jan. 18-20.
Oglethorpe Museum Celebrates Mongolia
Jan 04, 2006 - The Weekly - The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art is proud to debut Portals to Shangri-La: Masterpieces from Buddhist Mongolia , celebrating the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Mongol Empire by Genghis Kahn.
NHK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Dec 16, 2005 - Japan Today - The NHK Asian Film Festival is a biennial project established in 1995. This year the festival showcases 26 films co-produced by NHK and filmmakers from countries that include Iran, Mongolia and Vietnam.
How to find quality cashmere
Dec 03, 2005 - twincities.com - Lately, affordable cashmere has been popping up all over -- widely enough, in fact, to make anyone raise a quizzical eyebrow. Real Simple magazine scoured the market for cashmere picks at various prices, then sent them to a textile lab for professional analysis.
China, Mongolia join hands to protect Pastoral Song of Mongolian ethnic group
Nov 28, 2005 - Xinguanet - On Nov. 25, the UNESCO announced 43 new entries to the world's intangible cultural heritage, which includes the Art of Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam, and the Pastoral Song of the Mongolian ethnic group. The Pastoral Song of Mongolian ethnic group was jointly applied for by China and Mongolia.
A Musical Trip to the Mongolian Steppe
Nov 27, 2005 - NPR - Two years ago, a group of singing herdsmen from Mongolia traveled to Elko, Nevada, for a musical exchange with a group of singing cowboys from the American. In September, the herdsmen hosted their American counterparts on the Mongolian steppe.
Mongolian choir singing in Seoul
Nov 26, 2005 - Joongang Daily - A choir consisting of 34 Mongolian orphans will hold a concert this evening at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul. The children used to live on the streets after being abandoned by their parents and families in a country where half the population lives on less than two dollars a day.
Bush tries mare's milk, avoids camels in Mongolia
Nov 22, 2005 - CNN - Inside a second ger, Bush listened as three women in exquisite red and blue-gray gowns performed the traditional Central Asian art of throat singing, a technique that allows the singer to create more than one pitch at the same time.
First ever display of Mongolian art to be shown at Index 2005
Nov 16, 2005 - AME Info - Adding to the visual extravaganza at Index this year will be the Mongolian Art Gallery, exhibiting for the first time here in Dubai and the first Mongolian company to book space at Index. Elizabeth Koppa, founder of the gallery, will showcase 86 of the best Mongolian artists and display over 200 paintings on the stand.
Bush May Receive Warmer Welcome in Asia
Nov 14, 2005 - Herald Daily News - Bush departs Monday for a seven-day trip to visit enthusiastic allies Japan and Mongolia, along with China and South Korea - who may have differences with Washington but do not want them to disrupt relations.
Kiran Film Review: A Very Different Kind of Bird Film
Oct 27, 2005 - Stephen Bodio's Querencia - This is my formal review of a wonderful film. Joseph Spaid, the filmmaker, sent me a pre- release copy. Folks, this is the real thing. See it if you can.
Mongolian art invades Thorne
Oct 27, 2005 - The Equinox - The current exhibit, titled Mongolian Art: A Living Landscape, is a true rarity not just in this region but, indeed, the world. According to the gallery's records, not nearly enough of you have come as of yet, and this is a big problem.
Foreign - Language Oscar Submissions Set New Record
Oct 26, 2005 - Reuters - ...and Byambasuren Davaa's 'The Cave of the Yellow Dog,' from Mongolia, recently took home three prizes at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Film Festival: Mongolian Compared Gazes
Sep 29, 2005 - MongolianMatters.com - From October 19th to 23rd the Ethnographic Film Committee and CNRS Images organise the Mongolian Compared Gazes Film Festival from Steppe to the City Nomadism and Shamanism
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Aug 22, 2005 - The Cave of the Yellow Dog tells the story of the age-old bond between man and dog, a bond which experiences a new twist through the eternal cycle of reincarnation in Mongolia.
Naadam 2005: Washington DC
Jul 10, 2005 - Embassy of Mongolia - The Washington, DC Area Mongolian Community Association cordially invites you and your family to the Naadam 2005 Festival
Art Camp in the countryside takes international artists back to nature
Jul 07, 2005 - UB Post - On July 4 the international contemporary art festival Art Camp 2005 started with an official opening in the Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts. The festival is being organized by the Mongolian contemporary art studio and center Blue Sun, in cooperation with the non-governmental organization Soil Society, a Swedish-Mongolian cultural association. The opening was an unusual event, with Swedish dancer Rani Maik dancing to the amplified sound of a bicycle wheel and dynamo “played” by Mongolian artist Magnai.
Awards and a Gala Show For Dancers of 19 Countries
Jun 28, 2005 - New York Times - The eighth New York International Ballet Competition concluded Sunday night ...The men's winners were Altankhuyag Dugaraa (Mongolia),
Local group visits Mongolia
Jun 12, 2005 - Rapid City Journal - Twelve educators from the Rapid City area are in Mongolia this month, connecting with their counterparts in the former communist country that is surrounded by China and Russia.
Film Strikes Rare Balance on N. Korea
Jun 11, 2005 - Washington Post - Given Permission to Document Young Gymnasts, British Director Lets Country Speak for Itself ...Late last year, North Korea reopened its closed embassy in Mongolia and is now engaged in talks
Folk dancers roam Tibet and Mongolia
May 26, 2005 - Chinese dance emphasizes flexibility as much as or even more than strength - between that and the colourful ethnic costumes that will be used in the Mongolian and Tibetan dances, Sunday's performance should be visually spectacular.
Himalayan Fair Brings Celebrations to Live Oak Park
May 20, 2005 - Berkeley Daily Planet - The 22nd annual Himalayan Fair transforms Live Oak Park this weekend into an open-air market for ...traditional performing arts from Tibet, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Mongolia.
Absolute luxury with a twist
Apr 30, 2005 - The Age - The most luxurious yarn in the world starts in the freezing wilds of Mongolia, writes Oliver Horton.
Artist of the Month: Ts. Enkhtur
Mar 10, 2005 - Mongoluls.net - Enkhtur began music schooling at age eight, but had been experimenting on the piano since he was four. 'My father was a composer, and the atmosphere in our home was always filled with music,' Enkhtur explains.
Script About Genghis Kahn Cause of Displeasure by Mongolians
Mar 10, 2005 - Azertag.com - Mongolians are not satisfied when an actors from Russia, China, Hong Kong, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are working under the film which is humiliated a dignity of Mongolians
Pan-Asian dancers with local accent
Feb 25, 2005 - Toronto Star - Dance from cultures as diverse as the Muslim Philippine community, Mongolia and Azerbaijan finds a place in this festival. Most of the performers are from Toronto
Season of the Horse
Feb 18, 2005 - Rotterdam Film Fest - The traditional way of life of a proud herder and his trusty horse on the Mongolian steppes is threatened by increasing drought and unstoppable bureaucracy.
US$60 million budget for Chinggis film
Jan 05, 2005 - ubpost - The Mongolian government and a consortium consisting of the South Korean professional filmmakers association, IVD Company and Mongol Naadam College signed a contract on December 14, 2004, to make a film about Chinggis Khaan.
BBC flick gives Genghis Khan makeover
Jan 04, 2005 - BigNews - A British production about the life of Genghis Khan will portray him as a brilliant visionary, not a ruthless barbarian.
Curtains fall on Ha Noi circus
Nov 27, 2004 - VNS - The Second International Circus Festival finished on Thursday, ending a series of performances by 150 Vietnamese and foreign artists from Russia, China, Mongolia, Laos, Luxembourg and the US.
Mongolian heavy metal leaves Chinese panicky
Nov 27, 2004 - International Herald Tribune - With their new hit CD, 'I Was Born in Mongolia,' Hurd, a heavy-metal Mongolian-pride group, was coming for a three-day tour
The Mongolians Are Coming to China! With Heavy Metal!
Nov 26, 2004 - ULAN BATOR JOURNAL - With their new hit CD, 'I Was Born in Mongolia,' Hurd, a heavy metal, Mongolian-pride group, was coming for a three-day tour, culminating Nov. 1 with a performance in Hohhot
Poetry In Motion - 'Hero' filmed partly in Mongolia
Nov 19, 2004 - MaltaStar.com - A fight between Flying Snow and Moon, shot in an ancient oak grove in Mongolia in full autumn foliage, has the two actresses, dressed in scarlet and crimson, swirling through a cloud of flying yellow leaves.
A Cultural Jam Session of Timbres and Tongues
Oct 19, 2004 - NYTimes - Led by Battuvshin Baldantseren, an accomplished throat-singer, an assortment of New Yorkers were the latest acolytes of throat-singing, a vocal technique native to Mongolia.
In New York, Himalayan Art With a Lofty Mission
Oct 17, 2004 - Washington Post - The sleek and handsome Rubin Museum of Art offers perhaps America's greatest collection of Himalayan art
Rumsfeld, 18 Allies Discuss War on Terror
Oct 09, 2004 - NYTimes - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Saturday joined 18 of his counterparts from an unusual collection of U.S. partners in the terrorism fight ... in attendance was the minister from Mongolia, which has 173 troops in Iraq.
Museum of folk arts opens
Oct 05, 2004 - MONTSAME - The Academic Ensemble of National Song and Dance (AENSD) is to open a museum of folk arts
Morin Khuur players win Grand Prix
Sep 29, 2004 - Mongol Messenger - Artists from the Morin Khuur (horse head fiddle) Ensemble were awarded the Grand Prix at the first Olympics of World Culture, organized in South Korea.
Taking a world view - 9/11 survivor decides to help Mongolians learn English
Aug 05, 2004 - seacoastonline - Strubel departed for Mongolia to begin teaching English as a second language to university students in the country’s remote western provinces
Asians Developing Skills in Western Styles Like Ballet, Tap and Flamenco
Jul 03, 2004 - Two Mongolian dancers took part in a modern dance class here on Thursday
Mongolian Art Gallery Online
Feb 02, 2001 - IRDC - Mongolian artist, Ms Sodnomyn Togs-Oyun, has recently set up a virtual art gallery on the Arts & Crafts section of the PAN E-commerce Mall, showing 33 oil paintings on canvas. View Mongolian Queens in full traditional costume, famous legendary folklore and beautiful, quiet sunsets by the Gobi mountains in their full glory.
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