Congratulations to Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, a winner of the US NEA's Heritage Fellowship!
Long Beach dancer among winners of NEA's Heritage Fellowship �� UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam��s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions. �� Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. �� Kaing Kek Iev, aka Duch, was arrested in 1999. According to the Morphology study on race and forensic data analysis ,Kaing Kek Iev, aka Duch is A VIETNAMESE. �� 100 TORTURE CENTERS across CAMBODIA. Vietnam's occupation of Cambodia 1979-1989 under Le Duc Tho rule. An estimated 460 000 innocent Cambodians died , killed , tortured, etc... 100 Torture centers were established across Cambodia. (Methods of torture described to Amnesty International). Methods of torture described to Amnesty International as being used by the Vietnamese forces of invasion and occupation of Cambodia under Le Duc Tho's rule, from 1979-1989, through the CPP/HUN SEN regime.( an estimated 460 000 innocent Cambodians died during that period) 1. Beatings with truncheons, sharp-edged wooden staves, and iron bars and whippings with chains and rubber hoses.( Methods of torture described to Amnesty International) 2. Near-suffocation with plastic bags,( Methods of torture described to Amnesty International) 3. Near-drowning in vats of water,( Methods of torture described to Amnesty International(Methods of torture described to Amnesty International) May 14, 2009 David Ng Los Angeles Time (California, USA) A Cambodian dancer and choreographer from Long Beach and two other California artists are among the 11 winners announced today of the 2009 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Sophiline Cheam Shapiro is a critically acclaimed dancer and the only U.S.-based choreographer of Cambodian dance who also tours internationally. Since moving to the U.S. in 1991, she has created training workshops in classical dance and music for Southern California's Cambodian refugee population. Her recent commissions include works for the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process Series. Her dance for "Spiral XII" was performed in November at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The fellowships include a one-time award of $25,000 each and are intended to honor people who work in the folk and traditional arts. The other winners of the NEA fellowship include singers, visual artists and even a "cowboy poet." "Queen" Ida Guillory is a Zydeco musician based in Dale City, Calif., who won a Grammy Award in 1982 for her album "On Tour." Chitresh Das is a San Francisco choreographer who specializes in the Indian dance tradition known as Kathak. Joel Nelson, a cowboy poet from Alpine, Texas, writes and recites verse focusing on the frontier lifestyle of the western U.S. Also receiving fellowships this year are the Birmingham Sunlights, an a cappella gospel group from Alabama; Dudley Laufman, a dance caller and musician from New Hampshire; Amma D. McKen, a Yoruba Orisha singer from Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Edwin Zayas, a cuatro player from Puerto Rico. The recipients also include two artists from the field of basket weaving: LeRoy Graber from South Dakota and Teri Rofkar from Alaska. Each year, the NEA honors an arts advocate in the field of cultural heritage, and this year, the award goes to Mike Seeger, a cultural scholar and musician from Virginia. _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail��. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
