UBC Lecture on Multiculturalism featuring Mina Shum & Tandava
By Richard Eriksson on June 14, 2004 - 8:56pm
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Shum's most recent film, Long Life, Happiness, and Prosperity, has appeared at more than 20 international film festivals and has received international recognition. Shum has a BA in Theatre and a diploma in Film Production from UBC and was a director resident at the Canadian Film Centre.
Music group Tandava will perform enchanting world music to set the evening. Tandava is a contemporary world music ensemble inspired by the folk and classical music of India and Bangladesh, with influences from China, the Middle-East, Africa and the West. Virtuosic tabla and world drum styles, with polyphonic marimba underpinnings, create the rhythmic and textural engine for lyrical erhu, multilingual vocals, bamboo flutes, distinctive guitar stylings, and various plucked stringed instruments to soar over. Their repertoire consists of original compositions and original arrangements of traditional pieces.
Register by calling 604-822-1444.
