Chinatown Arts Space is delighted to have been chosen as one of the twenty participants of New Music 20x12, an independent commissioning programme initiated by Jillian Barker and David Cohen, and delivered by PRS for Music Foundation in partnership with the BBC, The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and Sound and Music.

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Date: Sunday 25/3/2012, 2 pm - 4 pm.
(Please see file below for all details.)
Kathy Hall will perform the Kunqu opera scene,'In Pursuit of the Dream' from 'The Peony Pavilion', with the LJKOA Kunqu Ensemble. There will be English and Chinese surtitles. Then, with the aid of slides, Kathy will take you briefly through the history of Kunqu Opera, role types and special characteristics, and explain the differences between Jingju (Beijing/Peking Opera) and Kunqu opera. The session will end with a Kunqu singing and movements workshop for anyone interested.
This event is part of a series of 6 FREE lecture-demonstrations and workshops to celebrate the 10th Anniversay of LJKOA.

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When the yearning for home intensifies, cultural identity unfolds. Creating a new contemporary dance language inspired by classical Chinese dance, Beloved Emoh rediscovers 'home' through different perspectives and cultural backgrounds.

Conceived and choreographed by Yuyu Rau
Material devised and performed by Angelina Jandolo, Marie Chabert, Raul Ibanez
Live musician – Cheng-Ying Chuang
Composer - Barbara De Biasi
Lighting Designer - Sammi Fang
Concept –Jih-Wen Yeh and Yuyu Rau

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British-Vietnamese pianist Tra Nguyen is giving a series of recitals to coincide with her CD release on Grand Piano Records (a new premium label of Naxos). "Moments Musicaux" explores some of the most intimate writings of 19th century piano literature in the Salon Culture inspired setting of the 1901 Arts Club.

When
Wednesday February 29, 2012 at 19:30
Where
1901 Arts Club, London
Tickets
£15, £12 concessions
Phone for tickets: 02076203055
Phone lines open: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5.30pm

Piano recital

The Korean Film Night: Year of the 12 Directors

2012 Korean Film Night is proud to present the work of 12 of Korea’s leading Directors with a dynamic selection of weekly screenings throughout the year.


January’s mini-season features the films of Director LEE Myung-se who will be joining us for a special Q&A screening of his 2005 film ‘Duelist’.


Screening Details:
Duelist, 2005, 111min, Cert. 12
Thursday 26th January 2012, 6.30pm
Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly
Tickets: £10/£8 Cons.



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RED LIGHT REVOLUTION finally gets a big screen release. Now's your chance to catch it if you missed it at Terracotta Festival.

The press say: “If you see one sex shop comedy this year, do not miss this one!”

The hilarious feel-good comedy tells the story of a down on his luck Beijinger (sacked by his cab company, wife runs off with another man) who throws in all his chips to open a sex toy store. Little did he know that he was a target of a high pressured sales scheme operated by a gangster who will break his legs if he doesn't deliver a weekly payment.

Nor did he realise the bureaucratic nightmare of opening a store in China. To cap it off, the neighbourhood he chose is full of geriatrics!
Shot by an Australian brought up in Beijing, it's been compared by the press to The Full Monty quite often and described from your feedback at our screenings as "a US indie comedy shot in Chinese."

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Jessica Longmore is a Manchester based artist whose current focus is the idea of the studio as a container; an environment which acts as a 'former' in the production of work. Jessica's practice involves a series of appropriate gestures; instinctive sculptural responses to the psychology of particular spaces.

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Japanese contemporary performance has been plunged into a very interesting and exciting phase, breeding many different styles from the younger generation who are quite often free from existing codes. The Japan Foundation once again looks at a leading example of a Japanese contemporary play by award-winning playwright Shiro Maeda, who is believed to have been instrumental in leading performing arts in Japan into a new phase. This play reading of Getting Lost will offer to a UK audience the first chance to experience, in English, this piece of very recent high-calibre Japanese theatre.

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Virtuoso Chinese pianist Lang Lang will be celebrating his hero Franz Liszt’s 200th birthday with a one-off anniversary concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Charles Dutoit, and it will be broadcast live and as-live into cinemas throughout the UK, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 2pm (UK time).
In order to find out the nearest cinema broadcasting this exceptional event, visit www.xdcentertainment.com

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Following successful premieres in Sweden, Singapore, and the USA this summer, TAO Dance Theater 2011 World Tour continues to New York City, Amsterdam, Birmingham, and London this fall!

Tour Dates 巡演日程

November 3, 4 / 11月3,4日

NYC premiere in “Fall for Dance” Festival at New York City Center
舞团纽约首演在纽约都市剧院的秋季舞蹈节


November 8, 9 / 11月8,9日

European premiere of co-commissioned work “2” at Theater Bellevue, Amsterdam
"２"欧洲首演在荷兰阿姆斯特丹贝尔维尤剧场

November 11,15,16 / 11月11,15,16日

UK Company Premiere at
DanceXchange, Birmingham (Nov 11) &
Lilian Baylis Studio Sadler's Wells
(Nov 15,16)
舞团的英国首演在
伯明翰DanceXchange（11月11日）与
伦敦沙德勒之井剧院（11月15,16日）

Photo: Lars Ake Stomfelt

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