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Goals
1. Reflecting one theme: an integrated global world which exists as a result of ongoing cross-strait and inter-disciplinary collaboration.
2. Involve, in each creation, the input from two of the following three continents: Asia, North American or Europe. This process includes receiving input and editing between continents and cultures.
3. Create new multi-media works surrounding the theme of finding home.
4. Participate with the worldwide artistic community in creating global works in the same way that Fortune 500 companies expand their products and services.
5. Constantly evolving and bringing in new artists and collaborators from each new community we enter, we invite artists and companies to join us as we move forward. This process of collaboration as a whole creates a new and exciting medium for creating global work.
Examples of our process in practice:
- "Center" - Music Created by Philein, Millenium Records and the Ting Brothers in LA
- Choreography was set on Praxis Project Dancers in LA
- Choreography further developed on dancers from Amaranth Arts Dance Co.
- Final Piece performed by new set of dancers from Beijing and Shanghai in China
Case Study: "Child of No Nation" Video
- Written by Pat Burtis and Philein Wang in SF
- Recorded at Cybersound Studios in Boston
- Re-edited by Platinum Studios in Taiwan
- Global Photos taken by Keith Weng of KW Photography
- Video Edited and rendered by Director Jorg Ihle in Beijing, China
Board of Directors
- Ingrid Jonsson /Motorola
- Keith Weng/Qwaq
- Laura Whitman/Biotechnology Consultant
- Lori Tilkin/Lion Rock Productions
- Mona Wang-Ono/Latham & Watkins
- Sally Yeh/Film Producer
- Philein Wang/Artistic Director & Founder
Philein Wang, Artistic Director/Founder
At present, Philein divides her time between the San Francisco/Bay Area and Asia. She is a guest choreographer for Amaranth Dance Company. She has taught workshop intensives for: LDTX, Praxis Project, Laney College, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Ren Liang School of Dance.
Philein Wang is a Chinese-American dancer, musician, and poet whose exploration of her heritage and artistic identity has led her to create the perfect dance form for the Chinese body and identity: Tiger Hip HopTM. Using this highly stylized hybrid of Shaolin Style Tiger Claw, ballet, Tai Chi, yoga, modern dance, and hip hop, Philein strives to create a cross-cultural bridge to unite generations of immigrants through a hybridization of dance elements from Asia, Europe, Africa, and America.
"When a young Chinese person is feeling confused as I was,
and looking for answers to 'who am I,' maybe Tiger Hip-HopTM can provide a link.
.... Maybe through this dance, that person would be able to find their identity,
their culture and their strength. They would know where they belong." P.W
Philein Wang (her Chinese name, Zi-ru, meaning freely, smoothly and with facility) is the daughter of a mother from Hubei and a father from Taiwan. She was born in Michigan and raised in California. Philein studied at the prestigious Beijing Ballet Academy and privately  with Zhong Ren Liang, who performed with Mikhail Baryshnikov.
After college graduation Philein began studying martial arts under Beijing Wushu Team's five-time Champion Patti Hao Li. Philein received scholarships to the American Dance Festival and the Lewitzky Workshop. She worked with and was a soloist with several companies including: Janice Garrett, Ron Brown, Winifred R. Harris, Liss Fain Dance, and Taiwan's world-renowned Cloudgate Dance Theater.
In 2005, Philein released her debut album, "Child of No Nation." Recorded in 6 cities, 2 continents and in 3 languages (English, Chinese and French), "Child of No Nation" was well received. Since 2005, she has taken her dance and music on live tours throughout the United States and abroad.
Tiger Hip Hop/ Tiger MotionTM. is a mesmerizing, hybridized movement that meshes seamlessly with Wang's music to create a performance-based immersion in her Chinese heritage. In the same way that African-American hip hop and Argentinian Capoeira are dance manifestations of fighting styles, Tiger Hip Hop TM is meant to create a motion-based history of the Chinese Martial Art movement.
Writing of Chinese-American multi-disciplinary artist Philein Wang's splendidly received performances in Beijing, China, Time Out Beijing said "It's easy to hate someone with this staggering level of broad-based talent, but whatever you do, don't miss her show."
Artist Collaborations:
A group of unique artists and companies in the fields of Film/Video, Music and Visual Arts brought together by Our Board of Directors
- Cybersound Music, an established production house featuring producer Perry Geyer, who has worked on award winning albums by artists such as Sarah MacLachlin and Mai Karaki
- German native Hollywood Director Jorg Ihle
- RAHJ, an urban rap artist in Brooklyn
- Painter, Areta Wang in Los Angeles.
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