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Friday, March 12 | Dance Performance

Dai Dance

The Dai is one of the 56 ethnic groups in China. Dai people are gifted to be master of dancing. As early as 2,000 years ago, the Dai’s folk art has reached a sophistication level. Dai dance has very distinguished movements, hand gestures, and poses.

Sword Dance

In China, the dance initially developed as a training exercise for soldiers before later turning into an acrobatic dance. It is one of the four classical dances employed in traditional Chinese opera as well as a dance often performed in Tai Chi.

Ribbon Dance

The ribbon dance is typically performed to celebrate various holidays and celebrations. Enjoy watching how different movements are integrated and interwoven to create new ones; and how ribbons create beautiful shapes in the air.

Jiao Li (dancer) is a teacher and choreographer in New York Chinese Cultural Center. She is a Chinese native graduate from Temple University Master of Fine Art in Modern dance. Before receiving her BA from Beijing Dance Academy in Chinese Folk dance, she served as an adjunct professor in the dance department of University of Sports Tian Jin in China. She has previously had the great honor of performing at China’s National Center for the Performing Arts. She was invited to dance at the New York Times Square Countdown Live 2017. She participated in Hong Kong international Choreography Festival and presented her piece in Sheung Wan Civic Center Theater in 2017.

Jiali Wang (dancer) is an award-winning and multi position dance artist based in New York City. Working for New York Chinese Cultural Center as a cultural artist, Jiali is also the founder, artistic director, and choreographer of 7Midnights Physical Research. Wang received her BFA from Beijing Dance Academy in 2010 and went on to earn her MFA at SUNY The College at Brockport in 2017. Wang’s choreography has been presented at ACDA Conference, Mark Morris Dance Theater, Movement Research, Green Space, AOS Performance, CBG Dance Festival, The Craft, Sans Limites Movement Festival, Queens Outdoor Dance Festival, PIP Central Park, Dixon Place Theater, NYC Dance Parade and Brookfield Lunar New Year Gala.

Sunday, March 14 | Music Performance

Instruments:
Erhu is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle which may also be called a Southern Fiddle. The Erhu is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or Chinese two-stringed fiddle.

Guzheng is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. It belongs to the zither family of string instruments. The guzheng is the parent instrument of the Japanese koto, the Korean gayageum, and the Vietnamese đàn tranh.

Musician:

Yang Wang (musician), is an erhu prodigy, started his music journey at age seven. Over his years of formal music education, Yang attended Xi’an Conservatory of Music for college and studied professional erhu performance from instructor Wei Jin, a prestigious erhu artist in China. In 2013, Yang successfully held a recital where he showcased traditional and contemporary numbers with outstanding erhu techniques. Yang traveled and performed at Lincoln Center, New York Carnegie Hall, and the Chinese National Center for Performing Arts. Yang is currently living in Brooklyn and experimenting erhu infused world music.

Sun Wei (musician) is the principal performer of Guzheng of the Chinese National Orchestra in New York and has been collaborating with major orchestras for a long time. Since her arrival in New York in 2016, she has been invited to perform at the Lincoln Center, United Nations, Pace University, Columbia University, Merkin Concert Hall, Flushing Townhall, Queens College Art Center, among others. Wei was born into a family of artists. She is a national certified senior teacher of Guzheng, a member of the Chinese National Instrumental Association and a member of the International Guzheng Association. She learned from the famous Guzheng artist Sha Yuan. Wei’s employment of the seven-tone Guzheng offers groundbreaking possibilities to play in western sound worlds, breaking the usual pentatonic limitations of traditional Chinese instruments.

Song list:

Performance 1 | 1:05 – 1:20 PM

The Only Flower in the World

Big Fish

Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon

A Story of a Small Town

Performance 2 | 1:25 – 1:40 PM

Blue and White Porcelain

Jasmine Flower

Dance of the Youth

Mojito

Performance 3 | 1:45 – 2:00 PM

The Fisherman Sing in the Evening

Little Hill Like Gold Bottle

A Story of a Small Town

Performance 4 | 2:05 – 2:20

Moonlight Over the Lotus Pond

The Moon Represents my Heart

The Night of Spring Flowers, River and Moon

Performance 5 | 2:50 – 3:05

The Fisherman Sing in the Evening

Little Hill Like Gold Bottle

A Story of a Small Town

Performance 6 | 3:10 – 3:25

The Only Flower in the World

Big Fish

Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon

A Story of a Small Town

Performance 7 | 3:30 – 3:50

Blue and White Porcelain

Jasmine Flower

Dance of the Youth

Mojito

Performance 8 | 3:55 – 4:10 PM

Moonlight Over the Lotus Pond

The Moon Represents my Heart

The Night of Spring Flowers, River and Moon