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Katie Ka Vang is an American performance artist, poet and playwright. She has created and written several performance pieces and plays. These include ''wtf'', ''Hmong Bollywood'', ''Meaning of Freedom''; ''Use of Sharpening'', ''Youth In Session'', and ''Myth of Xee''. Vang was born in Santa Ana, California and moved to Minneapolis–Saint Paul the in 1999. She attended Concordia University, where she studied marketing. As a performer, Vang has appeared at numerous venues, including Theatre Mu, the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent, the Walker Art Center, Exposed Brick Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, and as an ensemble member at Pangea World Theater. Vang has published work in the ''St. Paul Almanac'', ''Bakka Mag'', ''Asian American Press'', and ''Voices from the Asian American Experience''. Her self-published book of poetry and prose is ''Never Said''. Vang has received grants from the Jerome Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She received a NPN Creation Fund grant to complete ''Hmong Bollywood''. In 2012, she was awarded the Woman of the Year award; this recognized her contributions to the lives of Hmong women and the Hmong community. Vang has worked as a program director, volunteer and teaching artist with C.H.A.T. (Center for Hmong Arts and Talent), one of the world's first Hmong arts organization.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.brown.edu/academics/theatre-arts-performance-studies/katie-ka-vang )〕 In 2012 Vang was diagnosed with stage four anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. After going into remission, Vang put on the one-woman show ''Hmong Bollywood'' at Intermedia Arts in 2013. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katie Ka Vang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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