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Khaita at the International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, Oxford

Khaita at the International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, Oxford

Wolfson College, Oxford
September 2–4th, 2024

In the begining of September Khaita Joyful Dances were presented on The International Seminar of Young Tibetologists at Wolfson College, Oxford. On the seminar an academic talk on Dzamlingar Song and Dance was given by Eva Leick. The talk was started with demonstration of the dance by our dancers.

The evening program of the conference included Khaita performance, done by Khaita dancers together with Tibetan dancer Tenzin from London. The performance was followed by 3-hour Gorshey, Tibetan circle dances, danced together by Tibetans and Khaita dancers.

The seminar was followed by art exhibition with Drugu Chögyal Rinpoche’s paintings on the Bardo. An introductory speech on Khaita given there by Lena Dumcheva was translated on Tibetan, and also materials and books for further study were provided to listeners.

Outside the exhibition there were also Khaita performance, followed by dancing several Khaita dances together with audience.

Read the full story in The Mirror: Shang Shung UK and Khaita at Oxford University

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Khaita weekend in Phendeling, August 23-25

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Practice weekend in Vienna, July 26-28

Practice Weekend

Vienna
July 26th - 28th
On July 26th-27th in Samdrubling took place the 2nd Khaita practice weekend led by Eva Leick and Anna Jiresch.
 
Participants repeated Kawa Bap, learnt on the 1st practice weekend, learnt the dance Kelsang Yardro Lak (Good Fortune Increases) and shot a learning video to it, prepared and led Khaita Forever practice.
 
It was joyful and beautiful time spent together in learning, dancing, exchanging ideas and just relaxing. Thank you so much to all participants!
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Dzamling Gar song and dance, in Merigar West, July 11-13

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5th Course of Khaita Educational Program in Merigar West, July 8-14

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A course on Lhagkar in HH Dalai Lama’s birthday in Budapest

Khaita course in Budapest

July 6th-7th

with Nadiia Gnatenko

The course of the Khaita Joyful Dances which took place on July 6-7 in Buddhist College of Budapest was dedicated to the birthday of His Holiness Dalai Lama.

We learnt a beautiful special dance connected to HH birthday,  Lhagkar  ལྷག་སྐར།  A Special Date.  
Also we talked about the principles of Khaita Joyful Dances and how to apply them on practice, learnt some other simple dances, and just enjoyed dancing together.

Thank you so much to all participants!

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Children performance in senior house in Czech Republic

Children performance in senior house

Planá nad Lužnicí (Czech Republic)

June 18th, 2024

On June 18th a group of girls from Planá nad Lužnicí primary school performed several Khaita dances for elderly in Planá nad Lužnicí senior house.

The performance was prepared by Martina Krejčová:

“We danced mostly dances learnt by girls last year. One dance, Meypo Dranlu, was new for us. And most of the girls danced last year, one just short time and one girl is completely new to Khaita.

In the beginning I showed people the infinite knot and talked about symbol of Khaita and gave a few symbols to them so they could follow the line with their finger. I think they were very happy and enjoyed it.

The last dance, Tashi Dangpo, we danced with collaboration with the audience. Passing  the khatags to each other was a great experience for all of us. It was really touching.

Also the lady who is in charge of the Senior House told me that she was really touched. And me too.

We received presents from the Senior House – a paper notebook for drawing, a pencil and socks with logo of the town Planá nad Lužnicí. When we came back to our school one girl started immediatelly drawing a picture for seniors – a beautiful rose, which was delivered to them next day.

Names of the girls are Dana Shten (her parents are  from Ukraine), Lilien Habichová, Barbora Kostrůnková, Eliška Válková and Barbora Trachtová.

The girls are 12 years old.

We are invited for Christmas because they have every year some performances so we will become one of them.”

 

 

The performed dances with links to learning materials are below:
 
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Vesak Festival in Vienna

Vesak Festival

Vienna, May 26, 2024

The Vesak Festival in Vienna was organized by the Austrian Buddhist Religious Society and took place at the Peace Pagoda on the Danube. Our dancers offered the dance MfT 10.07 Neykor གནས་སྐོར།, Pilgrimage to Sacred Places.

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Exploring Khaita 2024: Main themes in Khaita songs and its connection with Tibetan culture, May 12th

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Supervision & Exam of Khaita Educational Program in Dzamling Gar, April 14 – 21

Supervision and exam of Khaita Educational Program in Dzamlingar

April 17–19, 2024

Photos by Yulia Petrova, Lubomir Mishna, Lourdes, Monika Marcik, Gisela Martinez, Sharina Techer, Carlos Garcia 

Photos from the exam

The supervision and exam for the students of the first cycle of Khaita Educational Program took place on April 1719 in Dzamling Gar, Tenerife.

Examinees explained simple and complex dances, shared their understanding of Khaita principles, knowledge of its history, goals and other aspects, and explained the basic Khaita movements.

The final task was to study and perform together a dance with complex choreography, Tashi Thogang Nyiwod (བཀྲ་ཤིས་མཐོ་སྒང་ཉི་འོད།, Auspicious Highland Sunshine), which was especially challenging due to the students living in different countries. We performed the dance on the graduation ceremony.

Newly graduated instructors Eva Leick and Martina Krejčová share sharing their impressions and a story of intensive preparation and successful passing of the exam in The Mirror article

Graduation ceremony: video and photos (below)

Congratulations to the new instructors:

  • Issa Cox (Peru)
  • Janina Parejo (Spain)
  • Anna Jiresch (Austria)
  • Alessandra Policreti (Spain)
  • Eva Leick (Austria)
  • Nadiia Gnatenko (Hungary, Ukraine)
  • Clotilde Hubert (France)
  • Katerina Drajsajtlova (Czech Republic)
  • Martina Krejcova (Czech Republic)
  • Sharina Techer (France) 

Having a great time together while preparing to the exam and after it.

After exam we went to Khaita picnic on Teide, and tried to shoot the video for to complex dances — Jidkai Trinsang and Choelka Sum. Though the weather was not favourable, we enjoyed dancing, talking, delicious food and great company.