＂The Colors of Water＂： Miao Xiaolong＇s Modem Dance Concert

In China＇s dancing arena today where most dancers pursue hasty success, it is truly rare to prepare a dance concert for as long as seven years. And more amazingly,the whole production is planned and presented by merely one person who choreographs and directs the dance concert, designs all costumes, stage settings and lighting as well as dances its leading part. But Miao Xiaolong made it. Several months ago, this young talented teacher at the dancing department of the Music School of Shanghai Normal University presented his dance concert ＂The Colors of Water＂ in Shanghai.     

FOLK DANCE AND RELATED CULTURAL RELICS OF GUIZHOU

Miao ethnic group, most dwelling in the southwest province of Guizhou, is versed in singing and dancing. Folk dances of Miao people vary in accordance with props, movements, themes and performance venues. In terms of props, there are wooden drum dance, copper druln dance, reed pipe dance, bamboo stick dance, big knife dance, spear point dance and flower stick dance. From the perspcctive of movements, there are chicken fight dance, chicken dance, flower drum dance, rolling dragon dance and rolling pearl dance. Migration dance and stepping-bridge dance are so named because of their themes. And dances named after their different performance venues include stick-passing dance, round dance, Nan-hall dance and hidden-drum dance. Even for the same type of dances, there are minor differences in light of performance venues, gender and agc of dancers as well as instruments. The four most famous and popular types of folk dance in Guizhou include wooden drum dance, copper drum dance, flower drum dance and reed pipe dance. As these four dances are all accompanied by drums or reed pipes, Miao culture is thus called ＂culture of drum and reed pipe＂.     

Folk Festivity Parade Brings Fun to Beijingers

Folk festivity parade （literally meaning ＂folk flower fair＂ in Chinese） dates back to hundreds of years in China. This miscellaneous form of folk performance is evolved from ＂bai-xi＂ （variety folk show] in the Han Dynasty and ＂she-huo＂ [festivity performance] in the Song-and-Yuan period when it featured walking on stilts, yangke dance, lion dance and land-boat dance. Since the Qing Dynasty, diverse forms of performance have been added and folk festivity parade has developed into a major folk arts form performed during temple fairs and other traditional festivals that integrates such diversified art expressions as dance, singing, drama, martial arts, acrobatics, ballad-singing and music.     

Di Opera and Masks

Nuo culture is one of the most popular traditions in southeastern China. Forms of presentation of Nuo culture include Nuo dance, Nuo sacrifice and Nuo opera. During the early Ming Dynasly （1368-1644）, imperial troops from inland China continued to be dispatched to southwestern China for permanent habitation, with an aim to keep stability of the empire＇s frontier areas.     

Dance Drama Confucius Conveys Traditional Ethics

The large-scale original dance drama Confucius is the new production of China Opera and Dance Drama Theatre, with Kong Dexin, Confucius＇s 77th-generation descendant, as its playwright and director. The six-act dance drama interprets Confucius＇s life through solo dance, pas de deux and group dance, reflecting this great thinker＇s disappointment about the chaotic society with the collapsed ritual and music system, aspiration for the society of great unity, pursuit of humanism and truth, and respect for traditional culture of ancient China.     

Primitive Nuo Dance Once Vanquished Evil,Now Entertains

China's Nuo dance, which originated in the primeval age as a means of exorcising demons and worshiping gods, is the oldest known dance form in the country. The Nuo dance was performed in most parts of China, by Han people as well as some ethnic minority groups in the southeast.     

Ancient Southern Music Still Lingers Today

The Arts Center for Han-and-Tang Imperial Music ＆ Dance, a Taiwan-based company promoting Chinese traditional arts, has dedicated itself to the promotion of ancient Chinese Southern Music and palace dance. With its steadfast pursuit of artistic perfection, the company has been recognized as a world-class organization presenting elegant and classical music and dance of ancient China.     

Tiger Culture Recorded on Stone

<正>Guizhou Plateau in southwest China is known as the "Kingdom of Stone", for it is a mountainous region with diverse stone landforms. Over the sweep of history, local residents have developed unique tiger traditions and culture which are recorded in cliff sculptures, rock paintings and stone carvings.     

Twentieth Century Chinese Music

THE Society for the Promo-tion of Chinese Cult-ure re-cently listed a number of20th century Chinese musical com-positions it considers to be master-pieces.These consist of 124 piecescreated over a span of 87 years,fromthe song“Yellow River,”written in1905,to Flute Concerto in 1991.Theyinclude vocal music in the form ofsolo,chorus and opera,and instru-mental music in the form of solos,ensembles,concertos,symphoniesand dance.The oldest musician wasShen Xingong,born in 1870;andthe youngest is Tan Dun,born in1957.The difference between theirages is,again,87 years.The worksrepresenting five generations in Chi-na’s modern and contempoary mus-ical history mark different stages inChina’s musical creation in this cen-tury.     

South Tunes Linger in Czech Republic

China is an old nation enjoying five thousand years of splendid civilization. But Chinese culture remains abstract and mysterious to many foreigners today. They know little about Chinese culture, partly because original cultural products or brands as well as suitable marketing mechanisms have yet to be developed. Take an example of performing arts. China has rich traditions in theatre, dance, music and acrobatics. But foreign audiences know virtually nothing about Chinese masterpieces in the…     

Focus on Europalia.China

Europalia is a major international arts festival hetd every other year to ：＇etebrate one invited country＇s cultural heritage. Founded in 1969, this biennial festival is celebrated in Brussels, Belgium and since the 1990s countries offside Europe have been invited as the festival＇s highlights. The festival lasts for four months each tgme, from early October to next FebpJary Each session turns the spotl：ght on one culture in a comprehensive program of music, fine arts, photography, cinema, dance and literature, offering guest countries a unique opportunity to present their CUltural heritage and contemporary arts in an optimal formal.     

Brilliant for Its Purity——A review on the Beijing Premiere of Henri Oguike Dance Company from UK

For four consecutive years, contemporary dance performances from UK jointly presented bv the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy in Beijing and Milky Way Arts ＆ Communications Co., Ltd., have been staged in Beijing during Chinese New Year celebrations. In the Spring Festival this year, Henri Oguike Dance Company presented its Beijing premiere in Tianqiao Theatre, bringing flesh charm of British modern dance to Chinese people.     

STAR ＆ DIAMOND @ KERRY CENTRE HOTEL,BEIJING

A black tie charity gala dinner and dance was taken place in Kerry Centre Hotel, Beijing-part of the proceeds from every ticket donated to the China Women‘s Development Foundation to aid poorer women in needy areas of Western China.     

Stool Dance of the Miao Ethnic Group

People of the Chinese Miao ethnic group, dwelling in southeast Guizhou Province, enjoy many ancient and distinctive traditions. A couple of favorite customs are playing/usheng (reed-pipe wind) and the stool dance, which both continue to be highlights of Miao festivals and major events.     

Shanghai Arts Festival Brings Together Chinese and International Stars

Shanxi folk dance ＂A Handdful of Wild Juiubes＂ opened the 8th China Shanghai International Arts Festiwd on October 17, Zhang Jigang＇s new Shanxi ballet romance is permeated with local flavor, and was honored as ＂poetic perfection of love in the land of Shanxi＂. This is the first time that the festival has broken with tradition and hrought in repertoire from another province as the opening performance.     

SAINAM： UNIQUE UIGHUR DANCE

Sainam is a folk dance and music form of uighur people which is popular in areas around the Tianshan Mountain Range in Xinjian, In the Uighur language, Sainam has several meanings-- ＂idol＂, ＂deity＂and ＂beauty＂,     

Magazine Review

Art is at the top of spiritual dimension of human beings. Market is the necessary place and behavior that sustains human existence. Lawsuit is an important means to solve disputes and conflictions among humans. The three looks independent from each other but share the same nature - attracting attention. In 2014, Chinese art mar- ket began to take reform. The biggest obstacle from inside is the conventions and practices that hinder the sound development of the market. The rule of law is the strongest tool to refom the existing pattern and rule of operation for the art market of China.     

The Mysterious Wutu Dance of Nianduhu Village

The Wutu dance, an ancient ritual dance to exorcise evil spirits, is still practiced in Nianduhu, a village in Tongren County of Qinghai Province. An extraordinary example of a oncevigorous culture, this dance illustrates reflects their strong attachment to their own unique ways.     

Wenxi Huamo:Intangible Cultural Heritage Created by Mothers

The very ordinary steamed buns have become exquisite craftwork in Shanxi province, a once very rich province in China, and it is passed on from generation to generation. In many northern cities, there is a custom of steaming flowery buns, also known as huamo, a kind of steamed bun of different patterns. There is a saying that if there is huamo, there will be an event; and if there is an event     

A World of Colors 2005 Exhibition of Oil Paintings by China''''s New Young Artists

In China, artists born in the 1970s can always be identified by the variety and individuality of their works. Unlike the earlier generations who shared similar strong social and political beliefs, the younger generation of artists doesn't really form schools with distinctive common features, such as the "scar arts" in the late 1970s, the "neoclassic" in the 1980s and the "new generation" as well as the "political pop arts" in the 1990s. Instead, they attach more importance to personal experience, inner conviction, and individual forms of presentation, resulting from the constantly changing social environment. Consequently, their works tend to be more diverged and alternative.