If I asked you to tell me about all the tech ads you've seen this year, I wonder how many you'd remember at all. Our attention spans are even shorter than our tempers these days. We block ads. We mute them. We disdain them. How many ads, ...
Guangdong Song and Dance Ensemble put on dance drama Dragon Boat Racing at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York on Jan 7. The dance drama marks the start of "2016 Happy Chinese New Year" in New York. Zhang Qiyue, ...
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The National Ballet of China re-rehearsed "Giselle" in late 2014. [File photo] The French ballet classic "Giselle" will be staged by the National Ballet of China (NBC) at the National Center for the Performing Arts from Dec.4 to 6. The ...
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Chinese community and local Brazilians pose for a group photo after a lion dance performance. [File photo] There has been a long tradition that Chinese people and British people are interested in each other's culture. The two countries ...
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Photo provided to China Daily A production by an ethnic music troupe, titled Tsangyang Gyatso, aims to shine the spotlight on a legendary spiritual leader. Chen Nan reports. The taste for romantic poems and love songs written by ...
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[Photo/Xinhua] Sa Dingding is among the few Chinese pop stars who have grabbed the attention of Western audiences. Her 2007 album, Alive, on which Sa performs in Mandarin, Tibetan, Sanskrit and a self-created language, won her the BBC ...
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Dancer-choreographer Hou Ying instructs young dancers at a rehearsal of her production Tu Tu in Beijing. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily] At a late-afternoon rehearsal in a vast studio at Hou Ying Dance Theater on Beijing's outskirts, ...
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Chinese actors perform drama "Confucius" at Belgrade's Sava Center in Serbia, Nov 15, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] As soon as they returned to the stage after performing a one-and-half hour drama featuring ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, ...
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People danced to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday at Lotus Lake Park, Fengtai district, on Sept 26. It was also the final competition of Dancing Beijing, an annual contest for amateur dancers. The finalists ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping recently paid a state visit to the US, but cultural exchanges between the two countries are an important backdrop to the diplomatic ones. For example, Universal Studios has just contracted to build a theme park ...
After a successful debut at Honghe Grand Theater in Yunnan province, the music drama Muomaamei, which depicts the story of the Hani ethnic group's migration, will be staged in Beijing this weekend. The ethnic group is believed to have ...
Xinjiang Culture Week was staged at the Madrid China Cultural Center in the Spanish capital. With the theme "Charming China, Colorful Xinjiang", the occasion featured a series of events including a "Happy Xinjiang" performance, "Beautiful ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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