Bailemos Juntos at ACTFL 2009

Bailemos Juntos at ACTFL 2009

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Las Vegas, November 2009. Bellagio water dance

Explore Minneapolis: North Loop (2)

Day of the Dead in the classroom and in the community

Day of the Dead in the classroom and in the community

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"A Path Home: A Story of Thich Nhat Hanh"

A Path Home
A Story of Thich Nhat Hanh
November 6 - 22, 2009
Created and performed by
Masanari Kawahara
Directed by Sandy Spieler

This intimate performance explores the life and work of Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese monk, poet, and peace activist. In the hands of master visual storyteller Masanari Kawahara, eloquent puppets weave an interpretation of the man and his teachings in this new production.

Based on writings by Thich Nhat Hanh, this active meditation juxtaposes the simple joys of life with the horrors of war and violence, and illuminates his influential path through both.

First test for "El dueño de la Luz" shadow puppet (no narration)

I've been working on my first shadow puppets show to do for my Spanish classes. It's a story based on the Warao legend on the creation of the sun and moon.

I know that I have to rehearse more and there are lots of things that I need to correct. But I would appreciate your feedback. I will add the narration in my next version.

As I said, this is my first shadow puppet show.. so be nice! :-)

Thanks! Gracias!

(can you guess what the story is about without hearing the narration?)

Experiment with Google Voice and World Languages

I was wondering how well could Google Voice handle languages other than English. Well... you can probably guess that not well at all. It also had a hard time with my accent. Now I wonder why nobody understands me! :)


Here is the message I recorded:
(English) My name is Paulino 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.  (Spanish) Mi nombre es Paulino. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco. (French) Je m'appelle François.   Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq.  (Italian) Mi chiamo Paulino. Uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque.


This is what Google Voice transcribed for me:
"Yes, my name is Paul when you you know 12345 number there is no you know or no. Those today's quite down so you can call you should not there. As far as well, and to park cut price sick, we can hopefully you know. Winnowed do it today, quite touching course."


And this is the recording.


Enjoy!

Cómo hacer una piñata (parte 2)