Since its premiere at the National Theatre of China on Sep 4, the play War Horse has enjoyed popularity among local theatergoers. Many fans want to see Joey, "the horse", after watching the show, so the National Theater of China opens its ...
Tags: War Horse, National Theater, children
On a sleepless night in early spring of 2013, standing on the balcony of his New York apartment, choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung saw the sky begin to fill with a magical blue hue. For some 20 minutes, the sun was still below the horizon but ...
Tags: Dancers, Blue Hour, folk dancing
When The Heaven & Earth Totem/China Beat concert opens on Oct 19 in Beijing's popular bar area of Sanlitun, the audience will experience something which is more like a shamanic ritual. "I hope our post-ancient rhythms can lead our ...
Tags: Liu Sola, musicians, classical music
Oct 10 marked the 90th anniversary of the Beijing Palace Museum's founding. Besides opening four new sections to tourists this month - mainly the Cining Gong, the Cining Gong garden and the Shoukang Gong - the museum is holding a series of ...
Tags: Palace Museum, 90th Anniversary, Exhibitions
The surprise choice of Go Away Mr Tumor instead of Wolf Totem as China's official entry for this year's Oscars has shocked local filmmakers, who say the Academy's rules 'aren't clear.' Xu Fan reports. Young Chinese director Han Yan was ...
Tags: Oscars, movie, Chinese-language movie
Tibetan moviemakers are increasingly moving away from themes of scenery and mysticism to tell people stories. The Tibetan-language movie Tharlo has been nominated in four categories for this year's Golden Horse Award, a prestigious annual ...
Tags: movie, Cutting Cliches, culture
Wei Shaoxian operates a film projector at his film museum in Siliugu village of Handan county, North China's Hebei province, Oct 13, 2015. Cinephile Wei Shaoxian collected more than 20,000 items about film, such as filmstrip, poster and ...
Actor Mickey Huang (left) and actress Lin Chi-ling, who will host the 52nd Golden Horse Awards ceremony, pose for pictures during a press conference of the event in Taipei on Oct 12. The 52nd Golden Horse Awards ceremony will be held on Nov ...
Tags: Lin Chi-Ling, Mickey Huang, Golden Horse
Dancers from the Bandaloop dance troupe of the United States perform sky ballet near a skyscraper in East China's Shanghai municipality, Oct 14, 2015. The performance is part of the warm-up for the 17th Shanghai International Arts Festival, ...
Tags: Dancers, sky ballet, Shanghai
An exhibition featuring German artist Reiner Kallhardt's work will kick off at the Visual Art Center of the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University in Beijing on Saturday. The show, Unity of Contradiction, displays a series of ...
Tags: exhibition, Reiner Kallhard, Arts
An opening ceremony celebrating the beginning of the national tour of more than 200 art works showcasing China's pacesetters is held at Bo'xing Building of the Military Museum in Beijing, Oct 15, 2015. About 200 people attended the opening ...
Photo taken on Oct 14, 2015 shows ruins of the ancient city of Milan, some 80 kilometers to the east of Qarilik (Ruoqiang) county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Milan, laying on the south of Taklimakan Desert, was an ...
Tags: Ancient City, Milan, "Silk Road"
Following the example of The Precious Collection of the Stone Moat, a special gallery featuring traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting in the Palace Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it will hold a world-class ...
Tags: Chinese Painting Exhibition, Palace Museum, pictorial art
Shanghai's efforts to bring art to the people are paying off, as more than 4 million people are expected to participate in the ongoing China Shanghai International Arts Festival. The 17th annual festival runs through Nov 16, with 46 ...
Tags: Art Fest, Theater performances, Art Space
An ongoing photo exhibition looks at the progress in poverty reduction that has been achieved in the Hobq Desert in China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region over three decades. More than 130 snapshots show how local residents have greened ...
Tags: photo exhibition, Inner Mongolia, snapshots