- Tsering Dorjee
Tsering Dorjee Bawa is a Tibetan stage and film
actor ,singer ,dancer andmusician .He was born in Toe Bawa in the
Ngari Prefecture in western Tibet. At the age of 16, he began studying the arts at theTibetan Institute of Performing Arts inDharamsala ,India , graduating in 1994 with an advanced degree in Tibetan secular dance, music and opera. In 1999 he starred in the French Nepali film directed byEric Valli , "Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef ", in which he starred alongsideLhakpa Tsamchoe . He obtained his Master's degree of the Tibetan performing arts in 2000.He currently resides in the Bay Area,
California where he teaches Tibetan music and acting in between theatrical performances.In 2008 he celebrated the
Losar festival with a performance inToronto ,Canada withPassang Lhamo . Later, he performed the play "Tibet, A Year After" atOakland, California to celebrate the 73rd birthday of His HolinessTenzin Gyatso the 14thDalai Lama .Amongst his well known songs are "Mani Do Bum".
Filmography
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Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef " (1999) .... Rabkie
*"We're No Monks " (2004) .... Pasanag
*"The Tulpa " (2005) .... TenzinExternal links
* [http://tibetanactor.blogspot.com/2007/11/international-tours.html Tibetan actor biography]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50d_IIR-TzQ A singing performance on YouTube]
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