With which of the arts is Twlya Tharp associated?
"2014, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery featured Tharp in the critically acclaimed ""Dancing the Dream"" exhibition as a pioneer of American modern dance. On May 24, 2018, she was awarded the Doctor of Arts degree by Harvard University. 1965 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 Tharp has a son and a grandson. Twyla Tharp Twyla Tharp (; born July 1, 1941) is an"
"players include S. Vijayalakshmi and Krishnan Sasikiran. Malyutham is a traditional Indian art of full contact Grappling that originated in Tamil Nadu. It was widely practiced in Tamil Nadu since ancient times as a sport. Malyutham is one of the 64 Arts mentioned in Ancient Literature. Malyutham is one of the Traditional Sports practiced in Tamil Nadu. There is another Art named Malla - Yuddha coming from North India. Although the names are similar, Malla-Yuddha and Malyutham are two different and very distinct Arts. They are different in the nature of the techniques studied and on their external aspects as"
"Trul khor Tsa lung Trul khor ( ""magical movement instrument, channels and inner breath currents""), known in short as Trul khor ""magical instrument"" or ""magic circle"" () is a Vajrayana discipline which includes pranayama and body postures (asanas). From the perspective of Dzogchen, the mind is merely ""vāyu"" ""breath"" in the body. Thus working with ""vāyu"" and the body is paramount, while meditation on the other hand is considered contrived and conceptual. The late Namkhai Norbu, a prominent proponent of trul khor, prefered to use the Sanskrit equivalent term, Yantra Yoga, when writing in English. Trul khor derives from the"
"artists are Fire breathing, Hand walking , Handstand, gymnastic moves etc. The 2014 Kannada movie Ulidavaru Kandanthe featured Tiger dance where one of the character(actor Achyuth Kumar) belongs to the Hulivesha troop. Also there is a song titled ""Hulivesha Beats"" completely dedicated to tiger dance. Hulivesha Pili Yesa in ""Tulu"" ""Tiger Masque"" ( ""Hulivēṣa"") is a folk dance unique to the Tulu Nadu region of Kerala and Karnataka. Hulivēṣa is performed during Navratri to honour the Goddess Durga whose favoured animal is the tiger. Mangalore Dasara is one of the festivals during which large number of enthusiasts participate in this"
"day and were ""a reminder of home"" for refugees. Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) was founded by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama on reaching McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, India in exile from Tibet in August 1959. It was then called Tibetan Music, Dance and Drama Society, which was one of the first institutes set up by the Dalai Lama, and was established to preserve Tibetan artistic heritage, especially opera, dance, and music. The new opera company employed both professional and amateur performers and entertained the Tibetan refugee camps and staged numerous performances"
"the later artists are Ninie Doniah, Wawa, Vaiavy Chila, and Dr. J.B. and the Jaguars. Like salegy, tsapika (or ""tsapiky"") is energetic dance music that originated from the traditional music of the southwestern region around Toliara and that has recently been adapted to contemporary instruments such as electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit. Generally even more rapid than the ""salegy"", this 4/4 form of music features a guitar performance style inspired by traditional ""marovany"" compositions, but the influence of South African township music is evident in both the guitars and polyharmonic vocals, often performed by female singers who repeat"
"The majority among them are called ""Nagampatikal"" (people who sing snake-songs). There are pulluvars who are not Naagampatikal. They are known as ""Pretampatikal"" (people who sing ghost songs). The women of the house where the ritual takes place performs the serpent dance (Sarpam Thullal) at the Mulluthara Devi Temple. Most of the art forms of the Pulluvar are ritualistic. Most of their songs are related to worship, ritual, custom and exorcism. The pulluva art is expressed in the background of snake-worship, ghost worship and magic. The pulluvar of Kerala are closely connected to the serpent worshiping Mulluthara Devi Temple. One"
"of traditional contemplative practices available to the community, he incorporated his students' already existing interests (especially anything relating to Japanese culture), evolving specialized teachings on a meditative approach to these various disciplines. These included kyūdō (Japanese archery), calligraphy, ikebana (flower arranging), Sadō (Japanese tea ceremony), dance, theater, film, poetry, health care, and psychotherapy. His aim was, in his own words, to bring ""art to everyday life."" He founded the Nalanda Foundation in 1974 as an umbrella organization for these activities. Trungpa visited Nova Scotia for the first time in 1977. In 1983 he established Gampo Abbey, a Karma Kagyü monastery"
"Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) was founded by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama on reaching McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, India in exile from Tibet in August 1959. It was then called Tibetan Music, Dance and Drama Society, which was one of the first institutes set up by the Dalai Lama, and was established to preserve Tibetan artistic heritage, especially opera, dance, and music. The new opera company employed both professional and amateur performers and entertained the Tibetan refugee camps and staged numerous performances of the folk Lhamo operas. These performances lasted all"
"Australia. Kaapa Tjampitjinpa is one of the early Papunya Tula artists and is known for ""Gulgardi"". It is notable for being the first work by an Indigenous Australian artist to win a contemporary art award, and the first public recognition of a Papunya painting. Tibetan Buddhist sand paintings usually composed ""mandalas"". In Tibetan, it is called ""dul-tson-kyil-khor"" (mandala of coloured powders). The sand is carefully placed on a large, flat table. The construction process takes several days, and the mandala is destroyed shortly after its completion. This is done as a teaching tool and metaphor for the ""impermanence"" (Pali: ""anicca"")"
"such as the gods and their reincarnations, the lotus flower, extra limbs, and even the traditional arts make their appearances in many sculptures, paintings, music, and dance. Natya Shastra and centuries of Hindu cultural traditions have given rise to several art forms. Some of which are: The names and meanings of all the 64 Arts (1) gita — art of singing. (2) vadya — art of playing on musical instruments. (3) nritya — art of dancing. (4) natya — art of theatricals. (5) alekhya — art of painting. (6) viseshakacchedya — art of painting the face and body with colored"
"performers who start dancing rhythmically. They are supposed to represent the serpent gods, who accept offerings and grant boons to the devotees. The intensity of the dance heightens gradually. It is believed that prophesies which the dancer gives at the point of heightened intensity of the dance usually comes true. They fall on the floor in a trance and rub off the Kalam at the end. The traditional Mulluthara devi temple Sarppam thullal gives Pulluvar songs sung on Aayilyam Pooja — a day which is considered to be very auspicious. The presiding deity of the Aayilyam is the serpent. The"
"called King Dza. As with most tantras, there are different traditions and transmissions. Perhaps the oldest surviving lineage is the Jñānapada Tradition (""ye shes zhabs lugs""), which goes back to Buddhaśrijñāna (late 8th century). The most important historically is the Ārya tradition (""gsang 'dus 'phags lugs"") which is based on commentaries attributed to Nāgārjuna, Āryadeva, and Candrakīrti. 'Gos Lotsawa Khug pa lhas btsas originated a transmission in Tibet, as did Marpa Lotsawa. The Sakya tradition received both transmissions. Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelug tradition, considered the ""Esoteric Community"" to be the most important of the tantras and used the Ārya"
"that resemble ancient thangka, as well as radical, avant-garde, works. Popular Contemporary Tibetan artists include Karma Phuntsok , Tibetan-Swiss painter Sonam Dolma Brauen and Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar. Tibetan art For more than a thousand years, Tibetan artists have played a key role in the cultural life of Tibet. From designs for painted furniture to elaborate murals in religious buildings, their efforts have permeated virtually every facet of life on the Tibetan plateau. The vast majority of surviving artworks created before the mid-20th century are dedicated to the depiction of religious subjects, with the main forms being thangka, distemper paintings on"
"is also known for his use of traditional martial arts, of Thang-Ta in his plays, such as in ""Urubhangam"" (Broken Thigh), of Sanskrit playwright Bhāsa itself based on an episode from epic, the ""Mahabharata"", which along with ""Chakravyuh"" (Army Formation) is considered one of his finest works. In 1986, he adapted Jean Anouilh's ""Antigone"" as ""Lengshonnei"", a comment on the personal behaviour of politicians, failing to handle political situation in the state. ""Uttar Priyadarshi"" (The Final Beatitude), an adaptation of Hindi verse play by playwright and poet Agyeya in 1996, based on a story of redemption of King Ashoka, a"
"Zhang Yudrakpa Tsöndru Drakpa Zhang Yudrakpa Tsöndru Drakpa (1122–93) ""(zhang g.yu brag pa brtson 'gru brags pa)"", also known as Gungtang Lama Zhang ""(gung-thang bla-ma zhang)"" and often simply as “Lama Zhang,” was the founder of the Tshalpa Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Zhang Yudrakpa was a prominent religious figure, and his extensive involvement in the political and military conflicts of Tibet was controversial at the time. Zhang Yudrakpa was probably the first to establish a system of theocratic rulership centered on the figure of the charismatic lama in the Lhasa area of Central Tibet. Together with Phagmo Drupa Dorje"
"tulkus, the Samding Dorje Phagmo, are associated with the Bodongpa, a little-known school of Tibetan Buddhism. Vajravārāhī is one of the most popular female Tantric deities in all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Although there are several forms, the basic iconography is that she has one face, (usually) two hands and two legs, is usually red in colour, and standing in a dancing posture on a human corpse. The distinguishing iconographic attribute is a sow head (varahi) placed either on the right side of her head or on the top of her head. Because of this sow's head, sometimes she is"
"Dance forms of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu has a rich history of art of entertainment. The three modes of entertainment classified as Iyal (Literature), Isai (Music) and Nadagam (Drama) had their roots in the rural folk theatre like Theru Koothu (""Street play""). Many forms of group and individual dances with the classical forms for popularity and sheer entertainment value. Some of the dance forms are performed by Tribal people. The majority of these dances are still thriving in Tamil Nadu today. This dance is performed inside a temple, around a lamp. The purpose is to worship Lord Krishna, and celebrate"
"of Hindu and Buddhist art inspired from the Gupta tradition, with numerous monumental statues of great virtuosity. From the 9th century, the various schools of Thai art then became strongly influenced by Cambodian Khmer art in the north and Sri Vijaya art in the south, both of Mahayana faith. Up to the end of that period, Buddhist art is characterized by a clear fluidness in the expression, and the subject matter is characteristic of the Mahayana pantheon with multiple creations of Bodhisattvas. From the 13th century, Theravada Buddhism was introduced from Sri Lanka around the same time as the ethnic"
"Kulayarāja Tantra The Kulayarāja Tantra (Tibetan phonetically: Kunjed Gyalpo, ; English translation: ""All-Creating King"") is a Buddhist Tantra extant in Tibetan which centers upon the direct teachings of the primordial, ultimate Buddha (Adibuddha), Samantabhadra. Samantabhadra is presented or personified in this tantric Buddhist text as ""bodhi-citta"", the Awakened Mind, the ""mind of perfect purity"". In the Kunjed Gyalpo, Samantabhadra discourses to Vajrasattva who asks questions in clarification. This tantric work is the principal 'mind-series' (Wylie: sems sde) text of the Dzogchen view of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Importantly, the Kunjed Gyalpo is the first text in the Tsamdrak"
"first Samding Dorje Phagmo, Chökyi Drönma (1422–1455), the female incarnation lineage of Vajravārāhī. Thangtong Gyalpo is said to have built 58 iron chain suspension bridges around Tibet and Bhutan, several of which are still in use today. He also designed and built several large stupas of unusual design including the great Kumbum at Chung Riwoche, Tibet; established Gonchen Monastery in Derge; and is considered to be the father of a style of Tibetan opera called Lhamo. Associated with the Shangpa Kagyu, Nyingma and Sakya traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, and with the tradition of ""mad yogis"" known as nyönpa, Thang Tong"
"in North India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It exists in four major forms: Dhrupad, Khyal (or Khayal), Tarana, and the semi-classical Thumri. Dhrupad is ancient, Khyal evolved from it, Thumri evolved from Khyal. There are three major schools of Thumri: Lucknow gharana, Banaras gharana and Punjabi gharana. These weave in folk music innovations. Tappa is the most folksy, one which likely existed in Rajasthan and Punjab region before it was systematized and integrated into classical music structure. It became popular, with the Bengali musicians developing their own Tappa. Khyal is the modern form of Hindustani music, and the term literally means"
"of performance arts, such as the ""Abhinaya Darpana"", ""Abhinaba Bharati"", ""Natya Darpana"", ""Bhava Prakasa"" and many others. The term ""classical"" (Sanskrit: ""Shastriya"") denotes the Natya Shastra-based performing arts. The text Natya Shastra describes religious arts as a form as ""margi"", or a ""spiritual traditional path"" that liberates the soul, while the folk entertainment is called ""desi"", or a ""regional popular practice"". Indian classical dances are traditionally performed as an expressive drama-dance form of religious performance art, related to Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, pan-Hindu Epics and the Vedic literature, or a folksy entertainment that includes story-telling from Sanskrit or regional language plays."
"Tsongkhapa, renowned for both his scholarship and virtue. He was a prominent supporter of the Madhyamika philosophy and formalized the Svatantrika-Prasaṅgika distinction. Its spiritual head is the Ganden Tripa and its temporal one the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama is regarded as the embodiment of Avalokiteśvara. After the civil war in the 17th century and the Mongol intervention, the Gelugpa school dominated Tibetan Buddhism, and successive Dalai Lamas ruled Tibet from the mid-17th to mid-20th centuries. The ""New Kadampa Tradition"" is a Buddhist new religious movement founded by Kelsang Gyatso in England in 1991, which branched-off from the Gelugpa school."
"they usually depict traditional motifs including religious, astrological, and theological subjects, and sometimes a mandala. To ensure that the image will not fade, organic and mineral pigments are added, and the painting is framed in colorful silk brocades. Tibetan folk opera, known as lhamo, is a combination of dances, chants and songs. The repertoire is drawn from Buddhist stories and Tibetan history. Tibetan opera was founded in the fourteenth century by Thang Tong Gyalpo, a lama and a bridge-builder. Gyalpo and seven girls he recruited organized the first performance to raise funds for building bridges to facilitate transportation in Tibet."
"with Shiva dancing in an aureole of flames, lifting his left leg (in rare cases, the right leg) and balancing over a demon or dwarf (Muyalaka) who symbolizes ignorance. It is a well-known sculptural symbol in India and popularly used as a symbol of Indian culture. The Udayarpalayam taluk of the Ariyalur District, in Tamil Nadu, India has nearly 463 ancient temples, of which 200 belong to the Chola period dated 9th to 10th century AD. Most of these temples haven't seen maintenance for many decades and have lax security. Local thieves used to target the idols for their metal"
"Kaapa Tjampitjinpa Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa ( 1920 – 1989) was a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist of Anmatyerre, Warlpiri and Arrernte heritage. One of the earliest and most significant artists at Papunya in Australia's Northern Territory in the early 1970s, he was a founding member and inaugural chairman of the Papunya Tula artists company, and pivotal to the establishment of modern Indigenous Australian painting. Kaapa was born west of Napperby Station in the 1920s. His father was Kwalapa Tjangala, a senior Aboriginal man who had ritual responsibility for a site known as Warlugulong, which would subsequently be portrayed by several different"
"dresses up as Bhadrakali, a creation of Shiva. In the performance she is just back from killing Darika and is telling the events to Shiva who is symbolised by the lighted lamp. As she was affected by small pox and has pockmarks on her face she has her back to the lamp almost throughout the performance. Shree Bhadra Kalasamajam, Kottayam made some efforts to revive and reform the art.As it is being as a ritualistic art form and has strict traditional rituals which are strictly followed even now,Theeyattu cannot be modified at one's will. Ayyappan Thiyyattu is a temple art"
"Duldzin Dragpa Gyaltsen Duldzin Dragpa Gyaltsen (1374-1434), the first Kyorlung Ngari Tulku, was one of the principal disciples of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Duldzin Dragpa Gyaltsen is renowned for his strict adherence to the Vinaya or Buddhist monastic code as well as for his survey of the Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Tantra. Dragpa Gyaltsen was the founder of Tsunmo Tsal ""(btsun mo tshal)"" monastery in Tagtse Dzong ""(stag rtse rdzong)"", Central Tibet. His students included Jamyang Choje Tashi Palden (1379-1449), the founder of Drepung Monastery, and most of the other important Gelug masters of the time."
"Duldzin Dragpa Gyaltsen Duldzin Dragpa Gyaltsen (1374-1434), the first Kyorlung Ngari Tulku, was one of the principal disciples of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Duldzin Dragpa Gyaltsen is renowned for his strict adherence to the Vinaya or Buddhist monastic code as well as for his survey of the Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Tantra. Dragpa Gyaltsen was the founder of Tsunmo Tsal ""(btsun mo tshal)"" monastery in Tagtse Dzong ""(stag rtse rdzong)"", Central Tibet. His students included Jamyang Choje Tashi Palden (1379-1449), the founder of Drepung Monastery, and most of the other important Gelug masters of the time."
"was Shara Rabjampa Sanggye Sengge (1427–1470) who conveyed to him the ""Aural Transmissions"" (""snyan brgyud"") of the Kagyu tradition. Tsangnyön spent years in solitary retreat on Tsari in southern Tibet, which is the major sacred mountain retreat for the Kagyu school. He also studied the tantras in Pelkhor Chode Monastery in Gyantse for three years. After Heruka left the monastery, he became a wandering yogi for the rest of his life, never staying in one place permanently. He was known to keep his hair long, carry a khaṭvāṅga and drink from a kapala. When local villagers saw his body covered"
"practice. More specifically, Tibetan Buddhism contains Tantric Buddhism, also known as Vajrayana Buddhism for its common symbolism of the ""vajra"", the diamond thunderbolt (known in Tibetan as the dorje). Most of the typical Tibetan Buddhist art can be seen as part of the practice of tantra. Vajrayana techniques incorporate many visualizations during meditation, and most of the elaborate tantric art can be seen as aids to these visualizations; from representations of meditational deities (yidams) to mandalas and all kinds of ritual implements. A surprising aspect of Tantric Buddhism is the common representation of wrathful deities, often depicted with angry faces,"
"Executive Director of Liberation Arts, a registered USA non profit organization, relating to art, culture and the environment. Liberation Arts was created with advice from the 17th Karmapa in 2010. Presently Terris is executive producer in a feature documentary “Thongdrol” on the subject of Tibetan art especially the lineage style Karma Gadri with the Karmapa. He is also completing a documentary “Tsurphu, the Giant Appliques"", using the archival footage of the giant appliqués created for Tsurphu, 1992–2017. In Maui Hawaii 1976, the 16th Karmapa advised Terris to do flower and bird painting in addition to thangkas, which Terris only produces"