Ballet will remember martyr s sacrifice By Chen Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-15 09:15 Share CLOSE The Suzhou Ballet Theatre will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Communist Party of China and pay tribute to the martyrs with the production, My Name is Ding Xiang. [Photo provided to China Daily]
New production by Suzhou company highlighting inspirational bravery will mark Party centenary
The story of Ding Xiang, a martyr who died at the age of 22 during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), has been adapted into a ballet. The Suzhou Ballet Theatre will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Communist Party of China and pay tribute to the martyrs with the production, My Name is Ding Xiang. It will premier at the grand theater of Suzhou Culture and Arts Center in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on June 11 and will run through June 13.
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By Global Times Published: May 12, 2021 06:23 PM
Alexander Brose (left) Photo: Courtesy of the Tianjin Juilliard School
A series of four concerts by the Tianjin Juilliard Ensemble and the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Orchestra will be staged at the school s concert hall and the NCPA in May, the renowned music school announced Tuesday.
As part of NCPA s May Music Festival, the concerts in Beijing and Tianjin will include musicians like Chen Lin, Chang Jing, Niccolo Athens, Tan Dun and Chen Qigang.
According to Alexander Brose, executive director of the Tianjin Juilliard School, the collaboration will help connect with our audiences in new and creative ways. Artists from NCPA can share their artistry with students. Meanwhile, our faculty and students can contribute to NCPA s diverse programming.
The Vanraj Bhatia interview: ‘My music was unique then and is perhaps unique even now’
The acclaimed 90-year-old composer looks back on the music he made and looks ahead to the opera he hopes to finish some day. Vanraj Bhatia | Photo by Chirodeep Chaudhuri/Scroll.in
On March 1, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai will pay tribute to film scores and songs composed by Vanraj Bhatia. Tabla player Zakir Hussain, the Symphony Orchestra of India, and Tushar Bhatia’s music group Swaradhara will perform Bhatia’s tunes. The 90-year-old composer will attend the event.
Vanraj Bhatia is preeminent among the handful of Indian musicians who have studied Western classical music in depth and have then successfully mixed that knowledge with an understanding of Hindustani classical music. His studies and the resulting scholarships and awards gave him a more substantial and sustained exposure to Western musical thought than perhaps any other Indian com
2021-05-03 15:35:30 GMT2021-05-03 23:35:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said on Monday that China and Russia will promote the development of bilateral relations with a broader scope, covering a wider field and at a deeper level.
Sun made the remarks in a video speech during a special concert to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.
Noting that celebrating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the treaty represents a milestone in the development of Sino-Russian relations, Sun said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the two sides will continue to carry forward the spirit of the treaty.
April 27, 2021
Tsinghua University faced criticism over the weekend for approving a dance that some considered vulgar.
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A short video clip of nine women dancing during the anniversary celebration of a prestigious Chinese university over the weekend was panned for being “pornographic” and “vulgar”.
The short video features the women dancing while wearing golden dresses decorated with tassels during the 110th anniversary celebration at Tsinghua University in Beijing, one of China’s top schools.
The women danced for about two minutes in front of the school’s iconic Grand Auditorium on Saturday (April 24) while a marching band played music in the background.