by Peter | Mar 12, 2013 | ArgentinaRA, Cultural Exchange, Latin & Tango, News
Argentina’s top-class dancing pairs performed with the Orchesta Nicolás Ledesma This year marks the 50th anniversary of Min- On’s founding as well as 115 years of amicable relations between Argentina and Japan. During the past 50 years of Min-On’s history of cultural...
by Peter | Mar 12, 2013 | Features
Min-On President Hiroyasu Kobayashi “Min-On aims to deepen mutual understanding and friendship among all countries by promoting music and cultural exchanges that transcend differences of nationality, race and language.” This is one of the founding principles of the...
by Peter | Mar 12, 2013 | Features, IndiaRA
Ekatatva—a collaborative performance of odissi, kathak and bharatanatyam onstage The Sanskrit word ekatatva means ‘unity’ or ‘one essence’. “Ekatatva,” says Uma Dogra, a virtuoso of Indian kathak dance, “is a common principle of our thought that strings together three...
by Peter | Nov 30, 2012 | GhanaRA, Interviews
A Nation United in Music and Dance H.E. Dr. William G. M. Brandful, Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana “In Ghana, the concept of the formation of cultural institutions and groups like the Ghana Dance Ensemble goes back to the time of our founding...
by Peter | Nov 30, 2012 | IndonesiaRA, News, Recent Visitors
A member of institute plays an Indonesian Angklung on display in the Music Museum On the morning of October 23, a delegation of the Betawi Cultural Institute (LKB) from Indonesia, headed by its chairman, H. Tatang Hidayat, paid a courtesy visit to the Min-On Culture...