The second edition of the Chinese Culture Festival (CCF) will be held from June to September, with various performances and activities being presented for the public to experience traditional Chinese fine culture.
The festival’s opening show is a dance production. “Dongpo: Life in Poems” is directed by the internationally acclaimed choreographer and visual artist Shen Wei, and blends modern dance with poetry, traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy, seal engraving and guqin music to delicately deconstruct the poetic works of Su Dongpo, a literary master during the Song dynasty.
A core part of the CCF, this year’s Chinese Opera Festival (COF) features six quality productions covering Peking opera, Yuediao opera, Qinqiang opera, Yue opera, Cantonese opera and Kunqu opera.
The COF this year features classic plays inspired by the “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, one of the four great classic novels of Chinese literature. There will also be a dance drama highlighting the resilient spirit and sentiments of the famous Song dynasty poetess, Li Qingzhao, and her contributions to China’s literary inheritance from a contemporary perspective.
In another production, the Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts will present the original Chinese dance drama “A Dream of Red Mansions”, the plot of which concerns a love triangle between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai. The production restructures the traditional storylines from the perspective of the 12 Beauties of Jinling.
This year’s CCF also features a “Tea Culture” series curated by Hong Kong’s Ambassador for Cultural Promotion, the internationally renowned composer and conductor Tan Dun.
The City in Focus of this year’s CCF is Xi’an. Relevant shows include the classic opera “Zhou Ren on the Way Home”, a exhibition showcasing Xi’an’s invaluable archaeological relics, and a production of the ballet “Swan Lake” by the Xi’an Acrobatic Troupe.
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