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TigerLion Arts (TLA), founded by Markell Kiefer and Tyson Forbes, is a Minneapolis-based production company whose vision is to celebrate human wisdom and the spirit of nature through creative works that awaken, inform, and delight. For more than ten years, TLA has touched the lives of tens of thousands nationwide with five original productions: The Buddha Prince, a play about the life and culture of the 14th Dalai Lama, performed in New York City's Central Park and endorsed with high acclaim by the Office of Tibet; Buddha Prince Backstage, a PBS documentary featuring the inspired creation process with the Minnesota Tibetan community, along with the unique ‘walking play’ style for which TLA is renowned. Nature, the outdoor telling of Emerson and Thoreau's mutual love affair with the natural world, created by Emerson’s descendent Tyson Forbes; KIPO!, a circus of spirit, song, and dance from Tibet, an official event of the Dalai Lama’s 2011 Minnesota Visit; and The Dragons Are Singing Tonight, a musical adaptation of Children's Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky’s book of dragon poems, which performed its flying dragon finale at the 2012 Ivey Awards. Funded by the Minnesota State Arts Board, Dragons also offered an extensive music and puppetry residency program to the Minneapolis and Robbinsdale Public Schools. TLA serves communities of all ages and backgrounds, inspiring good human values and a love of nature through the arts and social empowerment. TLA carries out this work in collaboration and partnership with innovative groups worldwide, including: Circus Juventas; Minnesota Boychoir; University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality & Healing; The Nature Conservancy; The Thoreau Society; Twin Cities Public Television (TPT); Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts; Minnesota Landscape Arboretum; Carlson Meadows; City of Pasadena; Puppet Farm Arts; In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre; Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota; Tibetan Communities of New York & New Jersey; The Tibet Fund; and Shambhala Sun Foundation.
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