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FROM THE ROOF OF THE WORLD

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FROM THE ROOF OF THE WORLD - MASKED DANCE AND SACRED CHANT FROM TIBET   
In 1924, an extraordinary silent film was made by Captain John Noel documenting the ill-fated attempt at the summit of Mount Everest by climbers George Mallory and Sandy Irvine.  To promote 'The Epic of Everest', the film makers invited Buddhist monks from Tibet to travel to the west for the very first time to perform their magical masked dance and sacred music at screenings of the film.  Unfortunately, the depiction of some of the Tibetan people in Captain Noel’s film, a protest by the Great 13th Dalai Lama and concern about the monks’ performances of ritual dances caused a wave of public outrage, leading to what became known as ‘The Affair of the Dancing Lamas’.  Further attempts at an ascent of Everest were banned by the Tibetan Government, and as a result of the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1949 and the later Cultural Revolution, authentic Tibetan Buddhist culture was not seen in the west again for many decades.
   
Now, a hundred years later, the monks of Tashi Lhunpo present ‘From the Roof of the World’ featuring the same traditional Cham Dance and monastic music which captivated the pioneering mountaineers a century ago.  A group of Tibetan monks from their exiled monastery in India are now able to share their unique culture with the outside world and present a majestic programme of masked dances and sacred chant with accompanying exhibitions of Tibetan Tantric sand mandalas and interactive workshops.

LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS

General stage wash if available, amber-white.

AVAILABILITY

Always Available

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ABOUT THE SHOW

Own PA Supplied

Own Lighting Supplied

Promotional Materials available

OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Some pieces are performed with the monks sitting on the floor, so can be an issue with sight-lines.  We need minimum 2.5m height, stage size ideally 10m wide x 8m deep, but we can cope with smaller areas if necessary.  We bring a painted backdrop which can be hung if possible, or there is an option to project images onto a screen behind if available.  We need a music stand for announcements and ideally a PA for the announcements.  We would hope to perform acoustically whenever possible.  A small trestle table on stage.  Backstage: 3 trestle tables for costume changes.  Access to backstage to be as close as possible to performance area (costume changes happen between each item in the programme).  Get-in time c. 90 minutes.  First half 55 minutes, 2nd half 45 minutes, interval 20 minutes.  Total time 2 hours.

SUITABLE FOR...

Christmas show

PERFORMANCE LANGUAGE

English

MAIN GENRE

Music- World Music

OTHER GENRES

Dance
Music- World Music

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