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Experimental Short Musical “ War-chariots”

Experimental Music Short Play, A song of war-chariots is a creative art performance work inclusive of art elements such as opera-oriented voice and western band music, string music, percussion music of Chinese traditional opera, structure of western opera, and essence of Chinses Kunqu opera. It is an art form predicated upon music expression. Regarding ideological contents, it makes deep dissection of Chinese and western culture in now days and over the history. It is initiated to adapt to the modern culture on the basis of inheriting the legacy of the past. In the progress of art, the new work gives us more food for thought. The script is based on the recomposition of poetry of Tu Fu. It writes a story from the perspective of a pregnant woman who sends her husband to the army draft with a purpose of revealing the pain and sadness that conscription brings about to the people. Meanwhile the story also tells the positive. Regardless of the hard life and cruelty of reality, people living in that age still see the light at the end of the tunnel. In detail, when the woman sees his husband off, she is thinking about whether his husband is able to return or not. The woman has dialogue with bystanders played by the instrument performers and they air their opinions. Eventually, the woman gives up the hope for his husbands return, but she starts to be worried about the fate of her baby. If the baby is a girl, she can grow up and marry a good neighbor boy. If the baby is a boy, he grows up only to find himself be drafted and then killed and buried in the battlefield. A baby boy or a baby girl, bystanders start to argue and there is no definite answer at the end. At the very last, the question is open to all the audience.

Indoor Activities 2014

Experimental Drama “Distance”

Performed in domestic drama festivals and receiving much attention and praise.Bridging the gap between people, break through barriers. As long as we exist, great efforts will be made unswervingly. Switch and explore between abstraction and concretization, time and space.The purpose of drama is to investigate the distance" between people. Three in the morning as a static moment, is a metaphor about the strong barriers of reality. People hide the self-consciousness in reality, and refuse to dialogue sincerely with the outside world or other people. The men and women in the drama communicate with the help of drama, and hope to close infinitely to the true of their hearts, and to break the bounding for the individual by the distance in real life. They challenge the specific time and place by the several performances at three in the morning, railroad tracks.Acting Company： Drama and film creative workshop of Zhongshan UniversityCo-Production：Magnetic Gaiety CompanyDuration：25minDirector：Wang MingduanAssistant Director：Liu YuyangMusic Design：Chang SiliangLighting Design： ZhenglongCast： Liu Jingyi Liu TIanli Duchen Wang Guoxi

Indoor Activities 2014

The Water Music Group Concert

Musicians: Wang Nan, Nicole Lee, Albert Xue, Xu HaibeiMusic Engineer: Niko Wang, Angela ShiDesigner: Zheng Bangqian Producer: Happy Independent Music Studio Xu Haibei, a young composer and the founder, invites his artist friends to participate. Musicians showcase their own style, from expression, to interpretation, and making music at the scene. Music styles that does not just contains traditional Chinese styles, but also aims to explore and absorb world music.

Outdoor Activities 2014

Canadian Group “The Command Sisters”

Siblings, wicked harmonies, mastered musicians & songwriters that garnered them their 1st publishing deal out of Nashville at 12 & 15 are the COMMAND SISTERS. Charlottes unique lead vocals & writing style along with Sarahs harmonies & ability to solo and riff like one of the boys defines their sound--country with soul, or, edgy/indie country pop. Its that sound that is breaking genres. Whatever it is, its exciting, innovative & completely their own. This talent, this sound~wrapped up in sincere wit, charm & energy, coupled with an engaging stage show, has industry insiders & fans alike, sit up and pay attention...close attention. The COMMAND SISTERS have been seen on the Edmonton & Canmore Folk Fest Stages, a nationally televised CBC benefit concert (Johnny Reid, George Canyon), at private parties for Sundance Film Fest, Slamdance Celebrity Party & MTV Movie Awards, Hoot Fest, Hard Rock Cafe & Blue Bird Cafe (3 one hour all-original shows). They were also heard on the Songwriter Stage at Big Valley Jamboree 2012/2013, opened for George Canyon, showcased at CCMAs 2012/2013 (New Artist & Songwriter), Official Folk Alliance 13 showcase, featured on CBC TV Special NEW FACES, awarded Rising Star Award & Artists to Watch Edm Music Awards, HEROES Safe & Caring Award, featured in Guitar World & Acoustic Nation, Yeggie Music Award and are the recent winners of the John Lennon Song Contest (showcase in LA). To keep with whats important & dear to their hearts, the girls continue to sing at Stollery Childrens Hospital & support The Stollery Foundation & Kids Help Phone. Most recently, the Sisters were asked to partner with the RCMP to film an anti bullying video using their song Something To Live For (which will be shown in schools across Canada).

Outdoor Activities 2014

Chamber Music - Dolphin Song

Dolphin Song is a lamentation on the recent extinction of Yangtze River "baiji" White Dolphins. One of the rivers greatest losses, the dolphins extinction is considered the first time human activity directly caused an entire species to disappear. In four movements, this piece of music tells the tragedy of the dolphins. The first movement is a depiction of Mother Nature at work, where the dolphins live, breed, feed, and die according to natural cycles of life. The second movement tells the legend of the Yangtze princess; the creation myth of the dolphins told by generations of Yangtze River fishermen. This story is central to the concept of respecting Mother Nature, and as folklore, is an intangible cultural heritage that holds sway in teaching us how to live as a small piece of the puzzle that includes all of Mother Natures creations. The third movement depicts our materialistic desires and the resultant conflict between the dolphins and us, while the finale is a spiritual farewell from all the dolphins when their spirits evaporate with the river water on a warm sunny day. The work is a prayer for action; a call for us to protect what little of the wildlife is left in our time. Sam WuSam Wus music deals with the beauty in blurred boundaries. Many of his works center around extra-musical themes: architecture and urban planning, climate science and the search for exoplanets that host life.Selected for the American Composers Orchestras EarShot readings, winner of an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Sam was also awarded First Prize at the Washington International Competition. Sams collaborations span five continents, most notably with the Philadelphia, Minnesota, and Sarasota Orchestras, the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphonies, New York City Ballet, Sydney International Piano Competition, the Lontano, Parker, Argus, ETHEL and icarus Quartets, conductors Osmo Vänskä, Case Scaglione, and Benjamin Northey, and sheng virtuoso Wu Wei.After growing up in Shanghai, Sam (b. 1995) received degrees from Harvard University and The Juilliard School, and is a DMA candidate in Composition at Rice Universitys Shepherd School of Music. His teachers include Tan Dun, Anthony Brandt, Pierre Jalbert, and Chaya Czernowin.Zeyu Victor LiZeyu Victor Li is honored as a musical prodigy. Entering Curtis Institute of Music when he was 14 years old (2010), he was the youngest violin student there from Asia. Aaron Rosand, the world renowned violinist and educator speaks highly of his youngest student. Early in China, Victor excelled with his consummate violin skills and innate musical talent. He won the Gold Award of Junior Division, and the only award for Chinese work performance in the Ninth National Youth Violin Competition in Qingdao, 2009; he won the New Creations Performance Award (Composer Prize) in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2012; and he was awarded First Place of Senior Division in the concerto competition in Summit Music Festival in New York, 2012. In 2009, Victor was invited to participate in the 5th anniversary of the restoration of Weekly Radio Concert held at Shanghai Concert Hall, as well as the 50th anniversary of the naming of the hall. In 2010, he was invited to perform solo the Sibelius D minor Violin Concerto in Shanghai Spring International Music Festival. In April 2009, while communicating with internationally eminent violin virtuoso Pinchas Zukerman in Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Victor Li was praised as "a genius with a bright future". Since Victor entered Curtis, he has performed in Carnegie Hall in New York, and several times in Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. He participated in the American Summer Music Festival at MANN CENTER on May 11th, 2012.

Music 2013

Multimedia Music Theatre - And the Future Echoes

This is the dialogue between times, between style and idea. By the virtue of digital effects as well as performance and extension of projection, musicians and dancers live performance brings Guqin ancient song, Shanghai old song, modern city and industrial sound together to form the multi music space. As time goes by, it witnessed countless touches, collisions, fractions, and integrations. Since dialogue continues, voice form the bottom of heart becomes clearer. Jeff TseJeff Tse, graduated from Shanghai Conserotory of Music in the year 2012, major in Music Design and Composing, and now a student with masters degree of Department of Music Engineering and Designing, mentored by Professor Chen Qiangbin, electronic music production and composing.

Music 2013

Peking Opera and Street Dance Theatre - Rong

As the descendant of Peking Opera family, QIO shoulders the inborn great trust of inheriting the quintessence of China. Faced with the ever changing world, what feelings does he have and how does he respond to it? Rong is trying to find the expression of time spirit and the consistent lineage of opera charm in the symbolic life. This work develops from the exquisite and vivid facial painting of Peking Opera and follows the painting brush to reflect the rise and fall of the inner emotion. It infuses the Chinese traditional opera (Peking Opera) culture, kung fu (Chen-style Taijiquan) culture, Dunhuang culture as well as "Egyptian Hand" hand culture inspired by the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, and thus contributes to the "integration" of cultural and spiritual heritage in the new time and space. QIOAn actor of comic role of Peking Opera and a practitioner of crossover art. He graduated from Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera with a bachelors degree. He is now working at Beijing Peking Opera Theatre. As the 4th generation official heir of Qiu-style Peking Opera, he developed the Qiu-style and integrated Chinese and western music theory, dance elements and martial arts and Tai Chi in to Peking opera, and is committed to the exploration of the new expression of the integration of modern art state and traditional classics. Born and raised in the operatic circle, he inherited the good voice of his grandfather Mr. Qiu Shengrong, master of Peking Opera and the founder "Qiu-style" and his father, Qiu Mr. Qiu Shaorong, a famous artist of Peking Opera from childhood. He is very talented and cut a figure as a teenager and won gold medal for Plum Blossom Prize for the Young". Under the guidance of many famous masters and his own diligence along his art journey, he not only carried forward the "Qiu family" performing and artistic style but also won him many awards. He is the silver medal winner of the 2008 National Youth Peking Opera TV Competition and gold medal of the 2012 National Youth Peking Opera TV Competition. PAN QINPAN QIN, the founder of Kung Fu Street brand, a senior tutor of artists and singers, choreographer, the in house disciple of the 19th generation successor of Chen-style Taijiquan, vice president of World Nunchaku Association. He has been practicing Shaolin, nunchakus, long sticks since childhood and later went to South Korea to learn street dance culture. After his return to China, he engaged in stage directing, choreography and teaching work and has 12 years of back stage experience to date. By virtue of his unique experience and international vision, Pan Qin integrated Chinese martial arts, Tai Chi, folk dances and other traditional culture and modern dance elements in his works in a creative way. He focused on Chinese classical music and modern pop beats, and thus established Kung Fu Street with the pursuit of the unmatched new school art-dance color in the philosophy.

Dance 2013

Theatre and Shadow Animation - Wowo

In the play, Wowo and Wowow woke up on the first day and found themselves in a very high place. Not only did them confused that why they were on the despair high attitude, but also found themselves unable to speak. The only yelling they could make and connect themselves was the sound Wo~Wo~ from far away. Wowo only had a rope and tied a knot every day, while Wowow only had a cage that could grow a paper plane every day and he threw the plane out of the platform again and again. After 651 days, would they get out of the despair? The platform on the despair high attitude remains people of the skyscrapers in the city or cliffs in the nature, and symbolizes the unconquerable despair in humans subconscious, which means that even though it is not as difficult as in imagination, the majority choose to escape it. The play explores the connections among people in modern society through urban allegorical grotesque forms of expression and contradictory stage space. In the play, Shadow Puppet, the traditional element, is presented by high technology and fully engages in the play, which has added the grotesque and fairy tale feeling to the performance. The real-time interaction between the theater actors and Shadow Puppet operators results in many effects including environment romance, the reflection of inner heart of characters as well as the dialogue of virtual characters. It even makes breakthrough in presenting the exquisite beauty of simplicity and stunning visual effects. Dai WeiDai Wei, graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, was CG designer of Visual Effects Arts Studio of 2008 BEIJING Olympic Games and BEIJING Paralympic Games, directly involved in fireworks and visual effects design for four opening and closing ceremonies. From 2009 to 2011, he participated in CG works for fireworks and visual effects in lots of major events including the Ceremony of the National Day in BEIJING and the Opening Ceremony of Taipei Intl Flora Expo. After that, he engaged in theatre, visual communication and cross-boundaries design. He has been a creative designer in Virtual Simulation Laboratory for Multimedia Performance since July 2010, involving in stage and visual art design in lots of theaters and performances, at the same time, he conducts disciplinary research related to new media and visual art design. In 2012, due to the achievements and cross-boundaries art exploration in new media, he was the only one who awarded Cai Guo-qiang Fellowship by Asian Cultural Council in this field and went to New York for investigation in contemporary crossover arts and new media theatre from October 2010 to April 2013.

Drama 2013

Kunqu Opera and Physical Theatre - Spinning Top

The work starts with short plays, Nv Diao and Nan Diao, presenting that in the opening of a social drama, people express thanks to the god and expel evil spirit; and takes the performance of social drama depicted in Lu Xuns essay Wuchang Nvdiao as a cut-in point. The work combines opera, acrobat, modern dance and percussion together as the basic performance means, expresses the feeling of helpless, confusion of identity, depression of trapping in and psychological confrontation in allegorical way. Audience will expose to the dream of author directly and experience a grotesque story that sometimes seems true and sometimes illusion. Ding YiDing Yi, graduated from Shanghai Traditional Opera School, studied Chinese traditional Performing arts - Beijing Opera, Kunqu Opera at young age (almost 20 years now), including Sheng( main male role), Dan(young and beautiful female role). She obtained Master Degree of Arts from Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2010. She was invited to compose theater new opera and perform modern dance: in 2009, she was the director of Du Liliang in The Pavilion Of Peony performed in the ancient stage of Three Mountains Assembly Hall; in 2010, she was invited to be technical director of new historical play, The Purple Hairpin, of Guangdong Foshan Cantanese Opera Theatre; in 2011, she was invited to be the movement coach of Landscape Huang Gongwang, the Shaoxing Opera play. In 2012, She was invited by Shanghai Jinxing Dance Theatre to perform modern dance Shanghai Tango in America and signed with the Dance Theatre to become a modern dancer at the same year. Her modern dance works are Mystery and Charming Shanghai, China Project, Sudoku and etc. Lu Ge Lu Ge studied gymnastics in his 5 years old, and turn to study acrobatics in 11 years old, when he was 17, he doubted the changeless drills and performance. At the same time, he was inspired by a modern dance teacher, completely changed the view of actor as a profession, and became an actor and artist in real sense. He believed that comparing with skills that could use body freely, more important is ones own ideas and creation. Half year later, he wrapped up in acrobatic troupe and went to Shanghai Jinxing Dance Theatre to learn modern dance. During the 9 years of modern dance training and international tour, he was exposed to and learned different kinds of art expressions. He furthered his study of theatre performance in Shanghai Theatre Academy and learned new circus in Royal Academy of Dance in Stockholm early or later. Currently, he works with others to open a physical theatre studio, focusing on new theatre combining acrobat, opera, dance and theatre.

Drama 2013

Experimental Dance Theatre - Roots

We are going to face the conflict of modern culture and traditional culture. When traditional culture rotted by modern culture, where should the traditional culture go? It does not mean that traditional culture and modern culture cannot coexist. They need to merge each other and address the contradictories continuously, which may be the best explanation. As the younger generation, we have the obligation and responsibility to reignite the brightness of traditional culture. We will find that traditional culture and modern culture could balance themselves in certain areas, and Roots will have it all explained.Root, the cradle of primary, breeding, feeding, educating;Root, the home of spirituality, peace, pure, true;Root, the fetter of tenderness, care, bloodline, origin;Root, the boundless support, free, inclusive, purifying… Baima CirenBorn in Xigaze, Tibet, he has loved dance since a very young age, has won awards from National Dance Competition, Lotus. Dance Competition, Tao Li Cup and other competitions held by CCTV for many times and received the praises from professionals.2002 - 2008 Shenyang Institute of Musical Dance2008 - 2010 Tibet Autonomous Region Song and Dance TroupeEnd of 2010 - present Tangka Dance Studio in Beijing

Drama 2013

Pozhenzi

During the late Northern Song Dynasty, there was a small place called Baihudang in the middle of Song kingdom and Liao kingdom. A good-looking and well-beloved widow in Baihudang was taken away by a soldier who was defending the boarder of Liao kingdom. The villagers of Baidudang became outraged and decided to take her back from Liao kingdom. However, when they arrived in Liao Kingdom, they found that they did not want to go back to their hometown anymore.

Theratrical Events 2013

Oculus

Cloud Gate 2 was formed in 1999 by Lin Hwai-min, the Founder and ArtisticDirector of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. It showcases talented young dancers in original works by innovative young choreographers. Wu Kuo-chu, the choreographer of Oculus, was a legend in the art circle of Taipei. While digging deep into the dark areas of life, his choreographies always glitter with hilarity. German dance critics have described Wus works as the perfect combination of playfulness, lightness and depth. Wu passed away in 2006. Oculus is a Latin word for eyes or eye-shaped window. It is also the circular opening on the roof of the Pantheon. Through Oculus , Wu simply speaks to the audience his hopes through movement.

Theratrical Events 2013

Shambhala

Modern dance drama Shambhala discusses the cycle of birth and death through all living creatures. It presents artless lines of human body as well as gorgeous visual impact. Integrated with Tibet classical dance, King Kong dance, the performers will finish a grand sand painting on the stage by the coordination of live performing arts.

Theratrical Events 2013

The Unreality of Time

Time speeds past. There is so much to do, so much information to gather. We can hardly manage to concentrate on one thing for a long period of time.Spanish choreographer Marina Mascarell closely examines our perception of time. The production is the first collaboration between Marina Mascarell and New York composer Chris Lancaster. Dancers and Chris weave together the concept of time with a strong physical approach, creating a parallel world where the audience will have their own voice. They manipulate time by accelerating it, slowing it down and by stretching it. Dynamic and intense, The Unreality of Time offers an alternative for our relationship with time.

Theratrical Events 2013

Shakespeare's Wives Club

The Shakespeares Wives Club tells a story that happened about the Shakespeares Wives Club Troupe (for short: Shakespeares Wives Club). The club was going to put on the best play of the year Othello. To increase the box office sales, the director invited one famous actress to join the performance. Just before the outset of the play, accidents emerged here and there. Some actor got injured in a traffic accident; the stage factory closed down without forewarning. The famous beautiful actress was envied by the chief actress of the troupe who spread rumors to disrupt the actresss relationship with her lover. Same with the story of Othello, these accidents were triggered by jealousy and someone took advantage of the opportunity and sabotaged the trust.

Theratrical Events 2013

Aquatic

It is said that there is a water ghost living in the deep river. In order to get out of the cold river to go for his next life, he needs to find a drowning human being to be his replacement. But in a remote place like this, seldom passersby are shown in this area. Therefore, he hasnt yet got the chance to fulfill his plot until one day......

Theratrical Events 2013

Thor of the Common Man

Devastated by demons, human civilization wasat grave risk. At this very time, an ordinary man was selected to be Thunder God with a mission to save the world and hunt devils. Fighting in a fierce and cruel war, Thunder God finally led the army to success. Demons broke and fled. Unfortunately, good times did not last long. Evil thoughts came to this arrogant Thunder God and he began to trample on innocent people, almost cast this peaceful place into an abyss of anguish. Oppressed by Thunder God, human being finally rose against him.

Theratrical Events 2013

That Guy

Based on the novel All Men are Brothers , one of the four literature classics, the main characters of the play That Guy were not the heroes that had been well known through the novel, but the Yamen runners, procuress and minions who were fairly anonymous. These nobodies existed at the very bottom of the society in a shell of human being as the so called That Guy.

Theratrical Events 2013

Cooking a Dream

Cooking a Dream, originated from a legendary novel of the Tang Dynasty, A Story of a Dream , has a history of over 1,200 years. Lu, a scholar who lived by farming, came across in a hostel an old Taoist priest, Lv. While they were waiting for the innkeeper to cook millet, Lv gave the young man a magical pillow, on which the latter fell asleep immediately. In his dream, he experienced a whole life, whereas woke up only to find that the millet was not cooked yet.

Theratrical Events 2013

Drum Tribe South Africa

Drum Tribe South Africa is a groupof talented drummers (white & black) who have , through the years excelled in both westernized drumming and contemporary sounds. However, when South Africa became a Rainbow Nation the boys identified a need to create something entirely unique and different in the world of African (Zulu) styled drumming and the new genre world of audience inter-active drumming was born!

Outdoor Activities 2013
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