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The global tour of the captivating Divine Performing Arts Spectacular will be back in Vancouver for the third time with a brand new 2008 show!
The Divine (Shen Yun) Performing Arts Spectacular uses the expression of Chinese classical dance to showcase the genuine traditional Chinese culture that encompasses pure truthfulness, pure compassion and pure beauty.
Based on ancient heroic myths and legends from the Chinese dynasties and also incorporating modern tales, the Spectacular charms all who see it. It brings Chinese arts to life in a gloriously colourful and exhilarating show.
The Spectacular will travel to more than 60 cities around the world, playing to a total live audience of an estimated 650,000. In Canada, as well as in Surrey the show will play in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto.
Come to the Divine Performing Arts Spectacular and witness the renaissance of the true Chinese culture!
Location:
Bell Performing Arts Centre
6250 144th Street, Surrey B.C. V3X 1A1
Date & time:
April 27, 2008 (Sun.) 2 shows, at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m
April 28, 2008 (Mon.) 1 show, at 7:30 p.m
It’s a snapshot of the millennia of artistic China, a global cross-cultural pageant of a concert that in the next three months will be seen by 100,000 people globally.
It is the Chinese New Year Spectacular, a highly-charged, vividly-coloured entertainment of dragons, drums, dance and costumes, plus vocals and instrumentalists. And, true to its multi-cultural mission, it also includes some ballet of the western variety.
In Vancouver for a second year, a matinee has been added to the one-day event at the 2,500-seat Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The aim of the show’s sponsor, New Tang Dynasty TV, is to expose society to traditional cultures, according to Patrick Dong, show coordinator and NTDTV executive director in Vancouver.
“It is a truly cross- cultural event suitable for all the family,” he added. Central to the show is the belief that China’s ancient culture was a gift from the heavens and so deserves its “land of the divine” accolade underscored by the themes of love, compassion and virtue in the triumph of good over evil.
The Chinese New Year Spectacular is at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre tonight with a 2 p.m. matinee and evening performance at 8.
Tickets, from $30, at 604-683-2202 and www.ticket.ntdtv.com/Vancouver.
Lloyd Dykk, Vancouver Sun, Tuesday, January 02, 2007-
CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECTACULAR
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Wednesday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
$30 – $80
604-628-0303 (Chinese)
604-628-1620 (English) or 604-280-4444 (Ticketmaster)
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According to the Chinese calendar it is the Year of the Pig coming up, which signifies good fortune, kindness, honesty and tolerance. And you may want to feast on the entertainment of the second annual Chinese New Year Spectacular when it comes to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for two shows Wednesday.
It sounds like the sort of extravaganza you’d normally see just a few blocks away at the Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver: A celebration of what’s known as China’s golden age, the Tang Dynasty, a remarkable time in China’s 5,000-year history.
The three-century-long Tang, with present-day Xi’an as its then most populous city in the world, reached a high point of cosmopolitan culture and prosperity, largely the result of military exploits. From this show, purportedly based on the Tang, you can expect epic tales, dragons, drummers and beautiful dances from about 100 young performers in all, most of them overseas Chinese who live in New York. But it might be a good idea to try to see the Tang through a 21st-century filter.
In its four years of existence the show seems to have been a success, growing from appearances in five cities at its beginning to this year’s 28 cities across four continents, a run that will total 67 performances. (In Canada it goes to Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto after the Vancouver appearance.)
It’s put together in New York in a production by New Tang Dynasty Television, based in New York. It was ranked No. 7 in Billboard magazine’s top 10 shows in 2006, based on shows that ran last year at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. (… read more fromVancouver sun’s report )