TAO Dance Theatre 2011 WORLD TOUR
TAO Dance Theater has taken China's dance world by storm since its founding in 2008 by l'enfant terrible choreographer Tao Ye.
2011 brings TAO Dance Theater to five countries across three continents, including the Company Premiere in the USA and the UK, as well as a world premiere of co-commissioned work "2."
Ping Pong Productions receives grant from Danish Arts Council
The Danish Arts Council Research Programme awarded Ping Pong Productions Director Alison M Friedman a research grant to attend the ICE HOT Nordic Dance Platform in Stockholm, Sweden from December 1-4, 2010 to strengthen artistic ties between China, Denmark, and other Nordic countries.
Atelier for Young Festival Managers – Open Call for Applications
It is an intense and rigorous one-week training platform addressed at emerging artistic festival directors or those who have ambitions to become involved in programming or in programming-related departments within a festival. It is all about formulating experiences and passing on knowledge to a next (new) generation of festival makers.
SINGAPORE 2011: the first Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Asia, from 14-21 May 2011, Singapore
IZMIR 2011: the third Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Europe from 24-31 October 2011, Izmir/Turkey
Switzerland's Culturescapes Festival China 2010 Book Launch
As part of the 2010 China focus of Culturescapes, the Festival invited PPP Director/Founder Alison M. Friedman to contribute the Modern Dance chapter to Chinas Kulturszene ab 2000
"Dancing to Connect" in Beijing and Liuzhou
"An international cultural diplomacy project that touches the hearts and minds of youth through dance"
November 22-27, 2010: Battery Dance's Carmen Smith and Tadej Brdnik together with teachers from BeijingDance/LDTX work with 40 students from a Beijing migrant school.
December 1-6, 2010: Battery Dance's Carmen Smith and teachers from Guangdong Modern Dance Company work with students at a minority school in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province.
TEDxBeijing is "Uncovering Innovation" on Nov 13!
Ping Pong Productions partners with TEDxBeijing to host their second annual conference in China
First Ritual collaboration: BeijingDance/LDTX & Australia's Expressions Dance Company
November 5 & 6: Don't miss the world premiere of this international collaboration by two leading modern dance companies at Beijing's PLA Theater
VOY: Piano & Dance Performance Oct 29-31
Following the successful premiere in June's 2010 Sino-French Festival Croisements, French pianist/vocalist Veronique Truffot + Chinese choreographer/dancer Tao Ye of TAO Dance Theater return to Beijing for an encore performance October 29-31
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TAO Dance Theater in Europalia
Jan-Feb, 2010 TAO Dance Theater travels to Europalia Festival, one of the leading arts festivals in Europe.
Lecture: Modern Dance in China
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Fri., February 13, 2010
In the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, a foreign-imported, contemporary art form stole briefly but notably into the mix of martial arts and Peking opera: modern dance. Does this reveal China now embraces modern dance, an art form that was completely outlawed less than 30 years ago?
TAO Dance Theater: "Weight x3"
China's new contemporary dance trio TAO Dance Theater is taking the scene by a storm. On Sept. 5 & 7, 2009, don't miss their newest creation!
Igor Stravinsky's "The Soldier's Tale" (2009) in Shanghai
Stravinsky's Timeless Tale of Temptation comes to Shanghai's Lyceum Theater for four days of performances in Chinese and English.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
booking DANCE FESTIVAL beijing
booking DANCE FESTIVAL beijing 2008 brings together top dance companies from across the USA and China during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
American Tap Dance in China
Chicago Human Rhythm Project's Lane Alexander brings 80 tap dancers from across the US to perform the first all-tap dance production as part of the 5th annual Beijing International Dance Festival, together with local tap dancers from Yan Ling Tap Dance School.
"Passages of Martin Luther King" in Beijing
The National Theatre Company of China and the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University stage the international premiere of Passages of Martin Luther King
Igor Stravinsky's "The Soldier's Tale" (2005)
A Narrator tells the tale of a Soldier who is tricked by the Devil into exchanging his soul – in the form of a violin – for a magic book that will bring him wealth and power....
