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Kyaw Naing, 1999
is one of Myanmar's up and coming musicians. The son of the late musician
Sein Chit Tee (one of the last Burmese musicians to visit the United States
in 1975), Kyaw Naing is a performer on a number of traditional instruments
including the pat waing (a circle of 21 tuned drums), pattala (23-key
bamboo xylophone), and also the Burmese style of piano playing. He has
recorded extensively in Myanmar for traditional projects and also for
movies, videos and stage productions, and regularly performs in traditional
contexts such as Buddhist offerings and monk initiation ceremonies. Recently
he has been collaborating with traditional singers, dancers and puppeteers
in various culture shows. He is one of the few Burmese musicians whose
music has been recorded for projects released outside of Myanmar, and
has performed in Russia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and will perform
in London in June.
U Chan Tha, 1997
U Chan Tha is Artistic Director of Yangon's most distinguished company,
Thitsa Metta Shwe Mann Thabin. The youngest son of the renowned Myanmar
artist, Shwe Man Tin Maung, he carries on the family tradition in the
company founded by his father. The featured performer in this seventy-eight
member company, U Chan Ta constantly tours the country, performing from
nine o’clock at night until five in the morning. U Chan Tha has often
represented Myanmar on cultural missions; he has participated in the 1997
Singapore Dance Festival, and has traveled to Singapore, Indonesia and
the U.S. An actor, singer—and most especially—dancer, he is
considered one of Myanmar's outstanding performers.
U Ye Htut
As the chair of the Department of Dramatic Arts of the University of Culture
in Yangon, Myanmar, U Ye Htut established the first dramatic arts program
in this newly established University. He received his degree in Myanmar
literature and language from the University of Yangon, and has taught
English and Political Science. Early in his career he was active in the
performing and literary arts, and his creative work encompasses a broad
range of media, as playwright, poet, screen writer, television and theater
director, and documentary filmmaker. U Ye Htut has led cultural missions
to Thailand, China, and Japan, and in 1996 was awarded a literary prize
for his research work, Myanmar Zat Kyee: The Traditional Grand Drama
In 1997 he published a book titled Myanmar Dances in English
and Myanmar.
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