Feel Wind - 2008
The ACM, in collaboration with the American Dance Festival is going to implement its next stage of modern dance training. Thanks to the funding of Trust for Mutual Understanding, two Mongolian selected dancers will participate in the modern dance training to be held in the US. More information coming soon...
Feel Wind: Modern
Dance Training 2006
The “Feel Wind” Modern Dance Training in 2006 has been successfully implemented for a third year by the ACM, the American Dance Festival and “Arabesque” Center in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
Within the project,
a 14-day modern dance workshop
with an American dance teacher
was conducted, which aimed
to create a learning opportunity
for young Mongolian dancers,
choreographers and dance students
to develop their professional
skills in the field of modern
dance.
During 12-26th August 2006 in Ulaanbaatar, more than 30 dancers, choreographers and dance students from Ulaanbaatar city, Dundgobi and Zavkhan aimags participated in the training, which aimed to provide modern dance skills training to young Mongolian dancers and choreographers. .
The training was conducted by Mr. Douglas Nielsen, a Dance Professor of Arizona University, USA, whose travel was kindly supported by the Arts Link program and the American Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The goal of the project was to contribute to the development of modern dance in Mongolia and to enhance the skills of Mongolian dancers and choreographers in modern dance.
The unique “Feel Wind” Modern Dance Training 2006” exposed Mongolian dancers and choreographers to the independent creative thinking, self-identity and expression of professional dancers and choreographers.
The modern
dance training was funded by the US embassy
to Mongolia and CEC Arts Link.
Feel Wind: Modern Dance Training Program 2005
The Feel Wind project is a short term modern dance training initiative designed by the American Dance Festival in partnership with the Arts Council of Mongolia and Arabesque Modern Dance Center to provide modern dance skills training to young Mongolian dancers and to conduct after school dance-based program for students at schools in the underprivileged districts of Ulaanbaatar.
The main activity of the project is to conduct 21-day modern dance workshop with 2 American dancers, which aims to create a learning opportunity for young Mongolian dancers and dance students to develop their professional skills in the field of modern dance and to organize an after school dance program for school kids, in order to enhance their creativity and personal, cognitive and relationship skills. The second phase of the project is an exchange program for 2 Mongolian dancers to the American Dance Festival American dance teachers.
'Feel Wind" Modern Dance Training 2004
The Modern Dance Festival was initiated and implemented by Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) American Dance Festival (ADF), and “Arabesque” Contemporary Dance Training and Information Center. The project consisted of two residency programs in Mongolia and the USA and was partially funded by the Trust for Mutual Understanding Foundation, the US Embassy in Mongolia, ACM and “Arabesque” Contemporary Dance Training and Information Center. The training, conducted by Gerri Houlihan and Jeffery Bullock, dance teachers of ADF, was organized during May 17-June 5, 2004 at the dance hall of the “Arabesque” Contemporary Dance Center and involved over 30 dancers and choreographers from the Music and Dance College, Mongolian University of Culture and Arts, State Song and Dance Ensemble, Military Song and Dance Ensemble and dancers from remote areas. The training classes included the practice of modern and jazz techniques, composition and repertory and through the exchange program of the project, two Mongolian dancers participated in ADF's Six Week School in Durham, North Carolina, USA during June 10 - July 23, 2004.
