Podcast appearances and mentions of alison friedman

This week on Sinica, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1950 concert tour of China by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1973, Kaiser chats with Matías Tarnopolsky, the orchestra's president and chief executive; Alison Friedman, executive and creative director of Carolina Performing Arts; and virtuoso guzheng player and composer Wu Fei about the legacy of the Philadelphia Orchestra's China tour, their continuing connection with China, and their concert performances in Chapel Hill, performed to the day on the two closing nights of that historic tour 50 years ago.07:00 – The China connection in the overall identity of the Philadelphia Orchestra11:32 – 缘分 [yuánfèn] and the serendipity of the commemorative concert in Chapel Hill14:19 – What can we learn from the original Philadelphia Orchestra members?19:49 – Has the interest in the China-U.S. culture exchange started to fall off in recent years?25:04 – Music as the common ground in the light of worsening relations with China28:02 – “What's the orchestra of today?” - as the leading theme for the commemorative concert 31:10 – The significance of Beethoven's Symphony No.6 to the orchestra's history in China33:41 – The inspiration for Hello Gold Mountain and its connection to the Jewish history in China A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.Recommendations:Matias: Soave sia il vento (the trio from Mozart's opera Così fan tutte)Alison: Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics (podcast)Shanir Blumenkranz's musicFei: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (avant-garde metal band)Kaiser: Good Harvest 大丰收 (restaurant) Matteo Mancuso (Sicilian guitar virtuoso)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Over the past few years, we have marked the 50th anniversaries of official visits to China by then National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon. Historians have scrutinized the records of their conversations with Chinese leaders, but less attention has been given to people-to-people exchange that began with “ping-pong diplomacy.” Based on archival sources in China and the United States and numerous interviews, Pete Millwood argues in Improbable Diplomats that the significance of cultural and scientific exchanges goes beyond reacquainting the Chinese and American people with each other after two decades of minimal contact; exchanges also influenced Sino-American diplomatic relations and helped transform post-Mao China. In an interview conducted on March 9, 2023, Pete Millwood discusses with Alison Friedman how a diverse cast of Chinese and Americans – athletes and physicists, performing artists and seismologists – played a critical, but often overlooked, role in remaking U.S.-China relations. About the speakers: https://www.ncuscr.org/video/improbable-diplomats-us-china/ Read the transcript of this conversation Follow Pete Millwood on Twitter: @PeteMillwood Follow Alison Friedman on Twitter: @AlisonMFriedman Subscribe to the National Committee on YouTube for video of this interview. Follow us on Twitter (@ncuscr) and Instagram (@ncuscr).

Alison Friedman is a wardrobe stylist and fashion designer based in New York. Her work is centered around visual presentation through her precise attention to detail, bold vision, and extensive knowledge of trends. For every project, she intricately pieces together clothing, accessories, and props while ensuring that her clients always feel comfortable. Alison's approach towards her work encompasses the idea of bringing creative vision to life by curating an image that tells a compelling story. Known for her energetic personality, Alison provides a unique perspective to styling by experimenting with distinct combinations of color, shape, form, and texture. She perceives styling as a form of art, and has developed a thorough understanding of how fashion relates to the human mind, especially through the use of color. Always exploring the paradoxes of fashion, Alison has always believed in learning the rules and then breaking them. She has worked with clients such as Rachel Miner, Kai Morae, and Juliette Brindak. Her work has been featured in 14:59 Magazine and Gothesque Jr. Magazine. www.simplyhealthyglobalmedia.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simplyreal/message

She is an American performer regularly consulted by the Chinese Ministry of Culture for her expertise in contemporary performing arts. The founder of Ping Pong Productions - a cultural exchange organization - Alison Friedman has worked closely with governments from around the world to further dialogues and foster mutual understanding amongst stakeholders.

You are in for a treat this week!  Whitney "sits down" with a long time friend and fellow mom Alison Friedman.  The two chat about the advice they would give if they could go back in time and talk to themselves as first time parents.  It's relatable and funny! 

She is an American performer regularly consulted by the Chinese Ministry of Culture for her expertise in contemporary performing arts. The founder of Ping Pong Productions - a cultural exchange organization - Alison Friedman has worked closely with governments from around the world to further dialogues and foster mutual understanding amongst stakeholders.

Alison Friedman is Artistic Director, Performing Arts at West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong. She shares her experiences of using performance to bridge cultural divides, embracing fear, creating work as a foreigner and how you cultivate a home.

Today’s ASHK Movers & Shakers Podcast is with Alison Friedman, the Artistic Director of Performing Arts at the West Kowloon Cultural District one of the largest arts and cultural developments in the world. During nearly two decades in China, Ms. Friedman worked closely with Chinese and international governments, non-profit and private organizations, as well as established and emerging independent performing artists across genres. Alison is a board member of the International Society for the Performing Arts, one of the largest international alliances of leaders in the performing arts. She founded the successful cultural exchange organisation Ping Pong Productions (PPP) in 2010 after studying as a Fulbright scholar at the Department of History in Peking University and the Beijing Dance Academy in Mainland China between 2002 and 2003. Prior to PPP, Alison held producer and general manager roles at dance and music institutions including the Beijing Modern Dance Company as well as famed composer/ conductor Tan Dun’s production and management company. Alison sat down with ASHK Executive Director Alice Mong to conduct the following interview.

She is an American performer regularly consulted by the Chinese Ministry of Culture for her expertise in contemporary performing arts. The founder of Ping Pong Productions - a cultural exchange organization - Alison Friedman has worked closely with governments from around the world to further dialogues and foster mutual understanding amongst stakeholders.

ROM COMS! A genre of film that, like Rodney Dangerfield, never seems to have gotten enough respect. But for this episode, we hope to change that - at least for one night only. Because everyone's new favorite movie game #FantasyMovieDraft is BACK! And this time - it's personal! Krissy joins in this time and we invite our good friends Bryan (of the Rankophiles Podcast) and Alison Friedman over to test our relationships by drafting and debating 90s romantic comedies LIVE in the same room! There's fighting, there's cursing , there's smack talk and there's plenty of mentions of BOOBS! It's all very professional. So take a listen to see who you think had the best 5 movie "team" at the end and go vote for your fave on social media! Like our podcast on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @MovieGeekCast! Subscribe and if you want to be besties on AIM, please leave us a positive rating and review on iTunes! We'll give you a virtual high five and a shout out on the show! You can also email us any questions, comments and concerns to moviegeekcast (at) gmail (dot) com! Thanks for listening!

Episode Content:This week we have Alison Freidman who runs Pinpong Productions, a non profit in the performing art sectors. She was featured in the New York times and many other places such as:International Arts Manager: “Is Capitalism Harming the Arts in China?”sino-us.com: Alison Friedman and Ping Pong Productions: Linking China and the World Through ArtsBON TV Feature: “Ping Pong Productions and Cultural Diplomacy in China”Sinica Podcast: "Alison Friedman on China and the Arts”China Daily: “Chinese and Overseas Arts Serve and Return”Asia Pacific Arts: “US Artistic Ambassador to China: Ping Pong Productions' Alison Friedman”The interesting part for us was the whole business part of running a production company. So, first Alison, tell us a bit of what you do and about PingPong productions. I saw that PPP is a non profit? Why did you choose to build your production company as a non profit vs. for profit production company? You hear about non profit in China but it’s not wide spread concept like in the west and it sometimes seems that non profits in China has harder times managing their organization. Do you really think this is the case? I’m going to ask more of a personal question here. Looking at your impressive keynote speaker list seems to me you turned it also to kind of your profession. I wonder if that’s true and perhaps you can outline a career path for somebody interested in that. Can you tell us a bit of how you started Pingpong productions and why? What kind of gaps you identified in the market that you wanted to solve? Can you tell us about the work with Chinese authorities. How is the regulation over cultural events is happening? Who are the government organizations you need to speak with? How do you start a production company in China? what would be major milestones and perhaps noted difficulties on the way? What’s the best way to get in touch with you? Episode Mentions:https://www.facebook.com/productions.pingpongThe Actors' Gang / Tim Robbins: http://www.theactorsgang.comTAO Dance Theater: https://www.facebook.com/TAO.Dance.TheaterVisit her website at www.pingpongarts.orgShlomo at GMIC in Israel inspired him to write about China events in 2016Mike's Event - Cross Border Summit (special discount for listeners here)Download and SubscribeDownload this episode: right click on this link and choose "save as"Subscribe to China Business Cast on iTunesOr check out the full list on subscription options Periscope Live broadcasting of the recordings follow @StartupNoodle (open link on mobile)

Alison Friedman, lets her life speak by growing creativity and performance in China. She exports and imports the soul of our countries...our culture.

Covering an historic arc that reaches from the Cultural Revolution to the 2008 Olympic Games, Alison Friedman looks at how China is searching for a new globalized contemporary identity through music, dance and theater. Examples of artists navigating this search include world-famous classical musicians like Lang Lang and Tan Dun as well as less well-known underground 'Chinese indie' musicians such as Xiao He and the performing artist collective ZuHe Niao. Ms. Friedman also addresses how performing artists are combining traditional Chinese forms with new influences from the west -- or not! -- as well as the role of international partners in the field, including festivals, collaborators, funding bodies, and Embassies, and how the international community is affecting China's contemporary performing arts scene, for better or worse (in sickness and in health....) Alison M. Friedman is the founding director of Ping Pong Productions, a producing and consulting organization headquartered in Beijing with the mission of cultural diplomacy. Clients include TAO Dance Theater, Mark Morris Dance Group, the U.S Embassy in China, the British Council, Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, and Los Angeles Theatre Works. As director of Ping Pong Productions, Ms. Friedman works closely with Chinese and international governments and arts organizations to facilitate collaborations, tours, and lasting artistic relationships. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and political negotiations, Ms. Friedman has worked in the performing arts in China for more than a decade. She served as international director of the Beijing Modern Dance Company, general manager of Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun's company Parnassus Productions, Inc., and as a producer and host on Chinese national radio and television programs. Ms. Friedman graduated Phi Beta Kappa/magna cum laude from Brown University with a degree in Chinese Literature/Literary Translation. She was a Fulbright fellow to China, an arts management fellow at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., and a fellow of the International Society for the Performing Arts. An expert in China's developing arts market, Ms. Friedman lectures internationally in both English and Mandarin Chinese, including keynotes at the National Committee on US-China Relations, Asia Society, Brown University, People's University of China, China International Performing Arts Fair Guangzhou, Fulbright Association 31st Annual Conference, and Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. She has contributed articles and chapters to journals and collections published in the United States, China, and Europe. Ms. Friedman has been cited as an expert on Chinese performing arts by the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and China Daily.

Covering an historic arc that reaches from the Cultural Revolution to the 2008 Olympic Games, Alison Friedman looks at how China is searching for a new globalized contemporary identity through music, dance and theater. Examples of artists navigating this search include world-famous classical musicians like Lang Lang and Tan Dun as well as less well-known underground 'Chinese indie' musicians such as Xiao He and the performing artist collective ZuHe Niao. Ms. Friedman also addresses how performing artists are combining traditional Chinese forms with new influences from the west -- or not! -- as well as the role of international partners in the field, including festivals, collaborators, funding bodies, and Embassies, and how the international community is affecting China's contemporary performing arts scene, for better or worse (in sickness and in health....) Alison M. Friedman is the founding director of Ping Pong Productions, a producing and consulting organization headquartered in Beijing with the mission of cultural diplomacy. Clients include TAO Dance Theater, Mark Morris Dance Group, the U.S Embassy in China, the British Council, Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, and Los Angeles Theatre Works. As director of Ping Pong Productions, Ms. Friedman works closely with Chinese and international governments and arts organizations to facilitate collaborations, tours, and lasting artistic relationships. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and political negotiations, Ms. Friedman has worked in the performing arts in China for more than a decade. She served as international director of the Beijing Modern Dance Company, general manager of Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun's company Parnassus Productions, Inc., and as a producer and host on Chinese national radio and television programs. Ms. Friedman graduated Phi Beta Kappa/magna cum laude from Brown University with a degree in Chinese Literature/Literary Translation. She was a Fulbright fellow to China, an arts management fellow at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., and a fellow of the International Society for the Performing Arts. An expert in China's developing arts market, Ms. Friedman lectures internationally in both English and Mandarin Chinese, including keynotes at the National Committee on US-China Relations, Asia Society, Brown University, People's University of China, China International Performing Arts Fair Guangzhou, Fulbright Association 31st Annual Conference, and Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. She has contributed articles and chapters to journals and collections published in the United States, China, and Europe. Ms. Friedman has been cited as an expert on Chinese performing arts by the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and China Daily.