Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts

Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts sign in McLeod Ganj, India in 2009

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,[1] and was established to preserve Tibetan artistic heritage, especially opera, dance, and music.

Opera company

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 day and were "a reminder of home" for refugees.

Directors

  • Phuntsok Namgyal Dumkhang (1965-1968)
  • Thupten Samdup (1976-19??)
  • Jamyang Norbu (1981-1985)
  • Tsering Wangyal (19??-19??)
  • Ngodup Tsering (1991-1995)
  • Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar (1994-2000)[2]
  • Sonam Tashi (Acho Danny)
  • Kalsang Yudon Dagpo (2003-2007)

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts Frommer's India, by Pippa De Bruyn, Keith Bain, Niloufer Venkatraman, Shonar Joshi. Published by Frommer's, 2008. ISBN 0-470-16908-7. Page 514.
  2. ↑ Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar Archived 8 July 2012 at Archive.is
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