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Music Theare - Jinyang

Jinyang, the ancient name of Taiyuan city, was founded two thousand and five hundred years ago, developed over the Spring and Autumn Period of five dynasties, peaked in the Tang Dynasty, and was burned down over 3 days in the Song Dynasty. Fortunately, the posterities have unearthed historical relics and sites, among which were manyBuddhist temples. lt has since been dubbed Chinas ancient city of Pompeii. The composer grew up with influences of Buddhism and Taoism. The acquisition of local natural sounds, the clear and pure female voice with plain male voice, and drum from local villages, all combines to shape the Jinyang city that blurs space and time. With the unique characteristics of world music, the composer divides the work into three parts, that is, Cultivate Oneself, Release Souls from Purgatory, and See All Sentient Beings. It outlines the old image of the ups and downs of human civilization. Zhang ZhiweiZhang Zhiwei, an independent composer and game sound designer, is graduated from Shanxi Normal University. He created and led the first domestic major of sound design in Beijing Contemporary Music Academy in 2010. He has a world music band ‘Liang Ren(Beloved). He seeks inspirations from the western classical and modern music, opera, kunqu opera, martial arts, literature and ancient Chinese poems.

Music 2014

Contemporary Dance Dance The Monkey King’s Enlightenment

Monkey King, a character from classic literature Journey to the West, came to life from stone in the wild and ended up as a saint. In him we can find monstrosity, humanity and divinity all at the same time. The image of him has reflected inner heart of us in modern time. In nature, everyone is acting like a monkey in daily life, both as performer and a bystander. Choreographer Chang Xiaoni uses movements from Peking Opera in a sarcastic way to tell the story of Monkey Kings struggle and his epiphany. Chang XiaoniInitially graduating from the Beijing Dance Academy, she later furthered her education in film and television for a Masters Degree in the Beijing Normal University. She has participated in many performances and competitions both at home and abroad, winning various awards. She won the First Creation Prize of Mandarin Awards in the Seventh National Dance Competition for her solo dance work Odds to Yangtze River, the Creation Golden Award for professional dance group in ‘Hujihua International Music Dance Competition in Singapore for her work The Girl in Blue. She participated in cultural communication activities during the Amsterdam international Youth Drama Festival in Holland and the activities in China-ltaly Cultural Exchange Year in Rome, Italy.

Dance 2014

Dance Theatre - Wind Valley

Through performance in this dance theatre, Tibetan choreographer Wanma Jiancuo now sets the context in a fictionary future where human race civilization was declin-ing by a clue of birth, development, death and rebirth, and finally all creatures became extinct and was replaced by machines and robots. Wanma tries to explore how tech-nology, such as wind power, influ-ences us throughout the history of evolution. Wanma JiancuoBorn in Tibet in 1979, he loved dancing at a young age, and has created and directed more than 10 dance dramas, gained awards such as the Best Creation Award in Chinese Dance Competition, the Golden Medal in National Taoli Cup Dance Competition, Mandarin Award for performers in China Art Festival, and Golden Award in International Dance Competition in Seoul. After further education in the Graduate School of Minzu University of China, he established Beijing Wanma Dance Troupe in 2012 and his first work ShamBhaLa is warmly accepted both at home and abroad.

Dance 2014

Contemporary Dance - All and None

Evolution has brought suffocating high pressure to modern life. To meet their desires, people subconsciously step into a net impossible to shake off. The work describes the dilemma between a high speed city life and our pursuit for inner peace. Yang ChangGraduated from the Dance College in Korean National University of Arts and is currently a dance choreography teacher in Sichuan Conservatory of Music. From 2006 to 2010, as a dancer and a choreographer of Beijing Modern Dance Company, he had participated in important arts festivals in America, France, Britain, ltaly, Sweden, Finland and Spain, and started working on experimental dance, collaborating with celebrities such as Tian Zhuangzhuang and ChenKai-Ko. In July 2013, he was awarded the gold medal in the Second Session of Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Match.

Dance 2014

Physical Theatre - 123·45

Walking in prosperous cities, we played the roles of A, B, C and D in others eyes, to be home mortgage slaves, car slaves and "office building slaves". How much time could we provide to ourselves? Accidents happened every day and speed being prioritized seems to be a way of modern life. Memories and beauty in our heart is almost dead, in our formula of pursuing external things. Huang XinShe has graduated from Master Degree of Dance in Shanghai Theatre Academy and focuses on dance performance and creation, currently is engaged in directing and teaching in dance in Jia Xing College. Some of her works such as Time and Journey have gained success in Beijing, Shanghai, Hang Zhou, etc. ln2007, she had participated in great music epics performance of Himalaya as the main actress; and she had also acting as a screenwriter and director for various kinds of grand evening parties.

Dance 2014

Experiment Kinqu Opera - Inscription

Inscription is adapted from the traditional Kunqu opera Soup For Treat-ment of Jealousy. lt tells the story of woman in civilian clothes, QiaoXiao-qing, who has both talent and beauty, but was sold to a man as his concubine and later to suffer the wrath of his wifes jealousy. This work concentrates on the role transformation in Inscription. The performer plays different roles, transforming from QiaoXiaoging, to DuLinaingand others, and then back to Xiaoging. In the 20 minutes performance, a folded drama form appears with transformation and crossing among soundless performance, sounded performance and tune names. Shen YiliShe is graduated from drama performance major in Shanghai Theatre Acade-my (STA) and had ever acted a leading role in Peony Pavillion, Palace of Eternal Youth, The Jade Hairpin, The Story of Sima Sheug-yu, Pei Shaojun and Li Qian-jun, and also participated in performance of some opera highlights such as Dream in the Deserted Garden, Pursuit of a Dream, The Drunk Beauty, and she has ever participated in performance and lectures in Britain, France, Spanish America, and Taiwan and Hong Kong in China, to promote the development of Kunqu Opera art actively. With strong and solid basic skills, elegant costume and makeup, rich classic appeal, she acted vividly and voiced mellowly, show-ing a dignified and elegant stage appeal and exquisite performance.

Drama 2014

Theatre - An Expressionless Man

K and S met by chance on the subway. Later, S found out that they were neighbors in the same residential community, and K has had an eye on her in a social networking website for a long time. It was then that their relationship started to change. K had a strange disease, which lost him the ability to smile and made him the subject of ridicule. He desperately tries to recover his ability to smile and plans to meet someone who might be able to help him. Can he recover his smile? What will happen between him and S? A confusing and intriguing situation follows. Shang LeiAs a screenwriter and director, Shang Lei graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Peking University in 2007. His drama works include What was Make-believe has Become Reality, The Birthday Party, Ulysses in Mental Hospital, Loves Conditional Expression, Expressionless Person, Hamlet Sonata and many others. In July 2012, he was among in the final 6 of the Tian Qinxin New Writing Planand went to the National Theater of Scotland in Britain. Hamlet Sonata was presented in the Beijing Fringe Festival, and publicly shown in No.9 Theater in Beijing in December that same year.

Drama 2014

Multimedia Theatre - The M Feast

The play takes Mr. Ms feast as the cue, the invited guests (the audiences) are asked to join the Wechat group through two-dimensional code scanning. The mysterious Mr. M uses voice commands and randomly selects seven people from the Wechat group. The selected audiences are guests of the feast from different social classes. They attend the feast with different purposes. They conduct hypocritical social performances ofthe upper class at first, but then fight crazily for the so-called mysterious gift. Sartre once said: others are the hell. The law of the jungle among animals and human beings greed and desire we reflected vividly in the play, and the even peoples hypocrisy is gradually faded with Mr. Ms game instructions. Crime and punishment the third eye, them mysterious Mr.M, the strange diners, how could everything develop? Tong TongTong Tong (Bella) is a scriptwriter, director, and actress graduated from New York University, majored in Media, Culture and Communication. She is named as Youth Ambassador to fight against AlDS by UN, and worked as an NBA reporter for the SOHU sports channel. She starred in many TV dramassuch as I Want A Home, The Little Imperial Envoy and Smiling Crabs. She is the script writer and director of the documentary films Chinese University Alliance in Greater New York area, Drop Mark, and the First Great Wall Modern Art Biennale. Her work directing The Little Master was awarded Best Film in the Sino-American University Student Micro-Film Competition, organized by the Miami International Festival and Shanghai International Festival.

Drama 2014

Ballet -Salute to Michael Jackson

DREAMSTHE ASTEROIDS DANCE COMPANY Sometimes I daydream about the future. Will it be just as I imagine?Filled with love, laughter and clarity, or will mistakes, fear and destiny turn it all in different directions? In my daydreams I create a love story, during the night I dream about the rain, and for the future, I just dream as BIG as I can. In DREAMS the audience is invited to join 16 young dancers from The Asteroids Dance Company in Denmark on a dream journey filled with passion, dynamic and hope. Throughout the performance the Asteroids open their heart and show the audience what they dream about right now at this stage in their life. Through movement the dancers will fill the stage with their different personalities and they will unite in finding ways to embrace their dreams. DREAMS is based on a research among the dancers. A research focusing on the dancers thoughts about being a teenager in Denmark. DREAMS is choreographed by Lene Bonde, but throughout the process the Asteroids have been contributing with their own movements and ideas for the performance.The 16 dancers will be dancing both to live music, their own recorded voices and music composed only for this performance. Furthermore the Asteroids will dance to some familiar European songs, and even a cello will appear on the stage. THE ASTEROIDS DANCE COMPANY is based at the Royal Ballet School in Holstebro, Denmark where the 14-16 years old dancers are students. They are trained in Hip Hop, Ballroom dance and Contemporary dance, and in this performance they will share what their dreams through the contemporary style. Dancers: The Asteroids Dance CompanyChoreographer: Lene BondeMusic: Mads Emil NielsenRunning time: 45 minutes

Theratrical Events 2014

Silent Drama《 STA StopPuppet》

Theratrical Events 2014

Traces by the Canadian 7 Fingers Circus

Traces by the 7 Fingers CircusDirected by Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider, known from Cirque du Soleil INFODates: Saturday October 18th and Sunday October 19thTime: 19:30Audience: All agesDuration: Venue: Malanhua Theatre / 马兰花剧场Entrance Fee: 580RMB, 380RMB, 280RMB, 180RMB, 100RMB DESCRIPTION Traces is called one of the 5 best productions (out of 2,000) in the Edinburgh Festival where it received a Hairline Award. Time Magazine has titled it a Top Ten show in the category Plays and Musicals The Off Broadway Alliance » for the best Special Event. It received a Drama Desk Awards nomination and Conseil des arts de Montréal has Prized it for the best tour in Canada and the USA. In 2002, seven senior acrobats founded the Les 7 Doigts de la Main and as a new born troupe. They fought for the same target with their skills and experience. Exploring the different psychological levels, Traces leads the audience walking into the dreamlands, future visions and past memories of different roles by the acrobatics, Chinese high poles, German roller, high-wire acrobatics and teeterboard, with the features of avantgarde dancing, physical comedy, image and music. After the debut in Montreal, Canada in 2010, the highly popular Traces has gone out on world tours in U.S, UK, Japan and France.

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Crazy Apple Performed by British Smashed

Smashed by Gandini Juggling INFODates: Saturday October 18th and Sunday October 19thTime: 19:30Audience: All agesDuration: Venue: STA Theatre / 上戏剧院Entrance Fee: DESCRIPTIONTake 80 apples, nine performers and four sets of crockery and what do you get? Award-winning extreme juggling at its very best! Juggling with thirty kilos of apples and a couple of complete tea sets. Its all in Smashed, a contagious mix of movement, juggling, humour and music. Music from the 50s and 60s creates an atmosphere of nostalgia, lost love and the cosiness of an afternoon tea. Internationally-acclaimed Gandini Juggling are heading to the theatre with the unforgettable Smashed. At the forefront of contemporary circus for over 20 years, the company has performed worldwide in more than 40 countries and comes to Shanghai on the back of rave reviews. Not one apple is dropped.

Theratrical Events 2014

Hongkong Tap Dance “Tap Building”

It seems ridiculous and absurd. But we must go on, and the world will prove it for you.In a rough hostel, there are guests from different backgrounds and experiences. They seem to be strangers passing one another, but they all look forward to having a home, a place where they can live and stay. Although they speak different languages, it is human nature for them to create a common language. It is like going back to the past. Together they look at the familiar sorrow and sadness, and once again deconstruct their own lives. They make it to the dilapidated windows and doors and become to realize they can decide their own destiny. This is no longer rough hostel anymore...

Theratrical Events 2014

Musical“Happiness Doesn’t wait”

Compelling story, exploring the relationship between dream and happiness. Qiaoqiao is a girl from Zhuang minority group. After graduation, she didnt embark on her dreamed design career, because she thought that only success could lead to happiness. Naïvely, she considered high income as the standard of success. By the lake of Minge, Qiaoqiao kissed a guy called Luo Haolong by mistake, and Luo fell for Qiaoqiao. Qiaoqiao opened a Superstar Wallpaper store, selling products copied from the brand of Luos family. Luo saw no future for Qiaoqiao doing so and warned her about it. But Qiaoqiao took his advice for granted. In order to help Qiaoqiao and to prove the strength of his family brand, Luo opened a Star Wallpaper store next to Qiaoqiaos store. Luos father wanted Luo to go on a blind date with the successor of Superstar Wallpaper. Luo made a bet with his father that if he could make profits of 100,000, then he can call off the blind date. In order to win the bet, Luo had to compete with Qiaoqiao. But their inadequate experience did not bring them any progress. A friend of Qiaoqiao suggested them to attend Sales League. In the sales show, they found that low price was more important to customers than high quality. Therefore, Qiaoqiao and Luo started a price war. It turned out that Luos Star Wallpaper store won the price war but still suffered deficit. Luo realized that he did not have a clue on how to operate a wallpaper store. He humbly turned to his father for advice. A neighbor, Miss Bao asked both Luo and Qiaoqiao for proposal on decoration. At the same time, Luo found out Qiaoqiaos design dream and encouraged her to pursue this dream. But Qiaoqiao still thought that dream can only be realised in dreams. Luo told her to be down to earth and strike effort step by step to achieve what she dreamed about……

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Drama “To kill or to be killed”

Two stage drifters return, grappling with each over brilliant acting skills and attempting to uncover the mystery of the terminator. The comedy of To Kill or to be Killed tells a story about ‘executive terminators. The work was written by Huisen Pan and directed by Haoran Wang, and was once starred by the Hong Kong award-winning actor Anthony Wang and reputable film star Kwan-Ho Tse. In the play, two killers, Beiyue and Nanyue, are assigned to carry out their tasks by the ‘Division. Despite a rather political choice of the names, the play does talk about politics, but lifethe meaning of life is carefully examined during the process of killing. The roles of these two killers were created based on personal characteristics of the two actors. Huisen Pan, however, doesnt like a killer to be of a film stereotype of a cold-faced heroic figure; instead, he goes to the opposite. He takes out the legendary trait on killers and has them returned as an absolutely ordinary being. Putting aside their mysterious veils, his killers do cry and laugh like average people. In this play, the two killers are confined in the same space waiting for their targets, yet they are actually apart. The story begins with an odd setting, bringing the audience into the world of two marginalized lives. They play the game of death, embrace darkness instead of brightness and mask their fear by pretending to be brave. The process of waiting for the targets is presented in a comical and absurd way, aiming to touch upon the spiritual enlightenment that is deeply buried in human nature. Presented by: Top of the MountainTheatreRunning time: 80 minutesDirected by: Haoran WangWritten by: Huisen Pan Produced by: Lipeng ZhaoPerformer: Chong Chen, Youde Qin

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Taiwan Modern Dance “De/part”

A perfect meeting of dance and music begets a fascinating journey of memoriesEcho of movement, body of sound Dancing the moment before the memory disappears De/part is a dream, a password, a pathway for sound to evoke the memory in a body. Inspired by what she heard during her travels, TUNG I-Fen uses sound as a hub, connecting physical experiences and emotions from each foreign place, dancing between and outside of space and time. The flow of music and sound take us inside the body, to the edge of an echoing darkness. Making visions out of sounds and music out of bodies, through heightened sensations De/part leads us on…… The sound takes us where we want to go.

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Visual Drama “Dragon”

China and UK cooperation production, international actors. Dragon is a fantastic show with vivid imaginations for audiences of all ages. An extraordinary visual story told without words, featuring puppetry, illusion and original music. Dragon is a story without borders and will inspire children on dealing with lifes setbacks, how to overcome negative emotions, and how to gain courage of living a positive life. Through the magic stage effect, the show will bring children and their parents into an unparalleled experience and endless touching moments. The first performance of the show was last October in the UK, followed by 23 performances on tour all over the country with international audiences. Within only half a year, the show stood out from among hundreds of works, and has won five awards nominations from the top British theatre awards among which the Critics Awards For Theatre In Scotland (CATS). It is the first time for a production in cooperation with Chinese theatre received this honor in CATS.written by Oliver Emanuel

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Shadow Puppet Peking Opera“The Execution of the Judge of Hell”

The play combines the traditional Peking opera with the time-honored art of shadow puppetry, resulting in an experimental Peking opera full of wonder and amazement.The audience will be vividly presented with an astonishing play with thick settings, mysterious oriental tales, sad but beautiful Peking opera singing and a dreamy puppet show throughout the cultural mingling of the East and West in both realistic and romantic ways. The show of The Execution of the Judge of Hell has made successful tours in Europe and has stirred much social repercussion.Amidst the Lantern Festival, the lantern servant, Ghost of Youliu, comes to Wangxiangtai to admire the lanterns, where he happens to witness the murder of Jinchan Liu. Aggrieved by the injustice, he sends ghosts to the nether world to right this wrong. Afterwards, he discovers that the murderer, Bao Zhang, is put under his fathers protection. Zhangs father serves as the Judge of Hell, so he secretly falsifies the life-and-death register book for his son. Hence Ghost of Youliu suffers much intimidation before Zheng Bao comes to the nether world to handle the case. The entire unjust story is then brought forward by Ghost of Youliu in front of Zheng Bao, whose resourcefulness helps to have the Judge of Hell executed. The play tells the story of how a ‘small potato refuses to go along with the evils of the world and fights for justice.Running time: 90 minutesDirected by: Sarah Oppenheim Written by: Feizi Han Art Director: Xing HanProduced by: Chi HanCast: Xuehua Wang; Xing Han

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Drama “A Madman’s Diary”

A Madmans Diary represents our own experience at present. We tried to have dialogue with the madman and Lu Xun.The stage is made up of stones and bricks and the acting is non-academic. We tried to create a kind of new theatrical aesthetics. A Madmans Diary, the first vernacular fiction written by Lu Xun, is seen as the first masterpiece of modern Chinese literature. It was written in April 1918, and then published within the fifth chapter of New Youth, volume 4. Lu Xun once said this fiction shows the achievement of ‘literary revolution, and inspires young readers by its ‘profound meaning and particular style. Therefore, it represents the beginning of new Chinese literature. According to the author, the theme of A Madmans Diary is to reveal the harm of family system and traditional propriety, that is, eating people. For most of us in modern society, this fiction is in accordance with our life experience todayconfused in faith and mind. And in this drama, we can try to exchange ideas with Lu Xun and his madman. The theater work A Madmans Diary is according to the novel, was directed by Li Jianjun, in 2011. Original Work ：Lu XunScriptwriter：Zhuang JiayunDirector: Li JianjunLiterary adviser： Xue YiLighting Design：Han JiangStagecraft Design: Tan ZeenCostume Design ：Wang MaoProduction Manager：Xiao JingMusic ：Yang Mingchen

Theratrical Events 2014

Taiwan A Cappella Musical “Miss Taiwan”

This style of performing arts has never been seen before, extremely spectacular! This production inspired all of us, both in the field of drama, and musical theater.(Yang Qianwu, Beijing Dramatists Association, Beijing, 2010)Performing as one of the closing programs in the 2010 Beijing International Youth Drama Festival, invited by the Trojan Theater(Beijing) for ticketed performances in 2011, and toured to the KunShan Culture & Art Center and Art Center of Tsinghua University in 2014, Miss Taiwan 2014 signs through its performance with the pun, telling a story of a Taiwanese-born songstress, studied and developed a flourishing singing career in the U.S., yet decided to come back to her hometown, for Miss Taiwan misses Taiwan. Miss Taiwan 2014 profoundly portrays 2 distinct lifestyles and intriguing cultural differences in Taiwan and America, combining a variety of music styles and songs in various languages, to communicate Miss Taiwans nostalgia and yearn for home. Miss Taiwan 2014 has attracted packed houses and enchanted audience both in Taiwan and China. It draws on A Cappella to present the show in the form cabaret and mixed with a diverse of elements of experiential theatre, not only offering an exceptional entertaining experience, but also a highly Taiwanese one with its rich digital media presentation of local cuisine and beautiful scenes. 80 mins，no intermissionPresented by Total Musical TheatreGeneral Manager：Chan, Chao-tsungProducer：Hsieh, Chia-cheWriter/Director/Set Designer/Video Designer/Stage Manager: Wu, Wei-weiMusic Director：Chan, Je-jiunPerformers: Chan, Je-jiun, Lai, Chia-hsuan, Kung, Neng-an, Chen, Bo-hao, Kuo, Tzu-hao, Tsai, En-lin, Sung, Yu-yiComposer of Theme Song：Liu, Sheng-xianLyricist of Theme Song：Lee, Yun-yuMusic Arranger：Yu, Ru-hanCostume Designer：Lee, Yu-linLighting Designer：Hung, Chi-yuSound Engineer：Zhang, Meng-shengBack Stage Manager：Sun, Wan-syuStage Crew：Lo, Wan-yuProduced/ Agented by We ART Together Culture Foundation, KaohsiungAssisted by Shu-Te University, Harbor Cities Education & Culture FoundationSupported by The Bureau of Culture, Kaohsiung City Government；Taiwan Affairs Office, Shanghai City Government

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