The National Little Birch Tree Dance Troupe of Russia China Tour

2/4/2011-2/8/2011The National Little Birch Tree Dance Troupe of Russia China TourVenue: NCPA-Opera HousePrice: RMB 180/280/380/600/700/780/880Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 7845The Little Birch Tree Dance TroupeThe Little Birch Tree Dance Troupe is very famous in Russia with a history of 59 years. Being the representative of Russian folk songs and dances， the troupe has acclaimed as a national treasure. It has been invited to perform in more than 60 countries in the world. In 2007， the troupe was named as the Traditional Cultural Heritage of Russia. In 2009， it is the 60th anniversary of the troupe， the 100th anniversary of the troupe founder and also the 60th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China. The Little Birch Tree Dance Troupe will bring its perfect cast to China to present a colorful display of Russian folk songs and dances.2/12/2011Chinese Concertos III: For Yellow River -Sun Yingdi and Beijing Symphony Orchestra ConcertVenue: NCPA-Concert HallPrice: RMB 80/120/200/300/350/400/500Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 7845Presenter: Beijing Symphony OrchestraConductor: Tan Lihua2/13/2011-2/17/2011Verdi’s Opera: La Traviata (NCPA’ s Production)Venue: NCPA-Opera HousePrice: RMB 100/180/280/400/460/520/580Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 7845Production: National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra: China NCPA OrchestraChorus: NCPA ChorusConductor: Chen ZuohuangwDirector / Lighting Designer: Henning BrockhausStage Design: Benito LeonoriCostume / Makeup Design: Giancarlo ColisLa Traviata is the last part of “Popular Trilogy” by Verdi， the Italian romanticist composing master. It’s also one of the best-selling classical works in the world opera history. The original version of the story is from Dumas Fils’ famous novel Lady of the Camellias. The whole opera consists of three acts. It was initially performed in Teatro La Fenice on Mar. 6， 1853. After further adaptation， it became one of the most popular works in different opera houses universally and was performed again and again. Many arias with elegant melody enjoy great popularity and are engraved on the mind of the audience. Among Verdi’s pieces， it has the greatest number of famous selections， which can be compete with Bizet’s Carmen. Dumas Fils once hailed: “50 years later， people may not remember my novel， but Verdi makes it immortal.”2/14/2011Sweet Melody for Valentine’s Day: The National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra ConcertVenue: NCPA-Concert HallPrice: RMB 80/120/200/300/350/400Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 78452/16/20112011 NCPA Lantern Festival Concert by Beijing Symphony OrchestraVenue: NCPA-Concert HallPrice: RMB 180/240/320/420/500/580Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 7845Presenter: Beijing Symphony Orchestra2/20/2011Pot hfr eiHm Raiokt u ikv nead P S He oonopgul sea e:n Cdh Dar amnc o efVenue: NCPA-Opera HousePrice: RMB 80/100/120/230/ 280/330/480Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 78452/24/2011-2/26/2011Ballet: The NutcrackerVenue: NCPA-Opera HousePrice: RMB 80/120/180/28 0/330/380/430/500Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 7845National Ballet of China2/26/2011Poetic Russian-China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra Tchaikovsky ConcertVenue: NCPA-Concert HallPrice: RMB 80/120/200/300/350/400Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 7845NPAR ie CnacdnPi troAaa l Ss I enSrtciehersinf 2af0 t P i1oi1an:na o lVenue: NCPA-Concert HallPrice:RMB 180/280/4 00/520/600/680Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 78452/26/2011LCoovnec eErntsemble-Classic Opera Duet SelectionsVenue: Beijing Concert HallPrice: RMB 50/80/180/280/380Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 78453/2/2011-3/3/2011DBeaynocned-D thraem Hao: rRizoosny CloudsVenue: NCPA-Opera HousePrice: RMB 80/150/260/ 320/380Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 7845Presenter: Shanghai Song and Dance Ensemble3/4/2011AVimne orgircaadne P Piiaanniost RPeecte itralVenue: Beijing Concert HallPrice: RMB 50/80/180/ 280/380Tickets are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 7845 3/4/2011-3/5/2011CPO2FDL’e 0hhrrA1sicait1lnhmrih vlMeaeaaassr:luti m rCeBsanioaa c2nrnl 0mle ie1cte0 n-，Venue: Poly TheatrePrice: RMB 50/80/ 180/3T8i0c/k6e8t0s are available at 400-610-3721; 6417 7845Lost HorizonInspired by Béla Tarr’s movie aesthetics and George Orwell’s novel ‘Animal Farm’， Xu Zhe fabricates a convincing geographical environment with documentary photography and ‘records’ the occurring situation by camera. In fact， the story itself has been dissolved in the scenes. What each audience receives is the most intense expression of absurdity. The world shall be clearer when seen in reverse. This is exactly what Xu Zhe wants to emphasize.Wandering DreamWithout any help of inborn realities， Lian Dongya conjures many‘patients’， who try to act in different ways， struggling between reality and dream. ‘Wandering Dream’ is based on psychology， which is obviously audacious and fascinating as images， releasing us from inner fear， abnormity and rebellion. As leading role， the imaginary patients find a way out of dilemma and achieve new social order and relationships. Therefore， ‘Wandering Dream’possibly attracts people to be involved themselves.One by one — ShanghART Group ShowGroup Exhibition ShanghART Gallery， ShanghaiDuration: Dec. 20th， 2010 - Feb. 15th， 2011Exhibition space: Shanghart Main gallery， bldg. 16， 50 Moganshan Rd. Shanghai“One by one”， 38 artists in total， 86 smaller size artworks in different media; each work is placed at the height of 1.1m from the floor.Every work only has a number beside， no artist’s name， no caption， not classified by any standards， aligned randomly.“One by one” will be one of the fanciest views in Shanghai during the upcoming New Year.Past 15 years， name one by one， exhibition one by one， space one by one.“One by one， 2010 – 2011” is an exhibition， is again the collective party， is another way to meet art， is a revel time about dream and memory!Then， what is Art? What is the Artist? What’s the judgment criterion of art?This exhibition could be no history， no names， but many kind of judgment standard. In the same time， art like aggregation of the sickness， dilution， issues and quests.In front of the view which made up of these 38 artists， the conjectures， the fallacies， even the fleeting history is surging forward.The meeting between the audience and the art will be more purely， interesting and even more exciting.But the most important is: Is Art fun for you?Are you happy with it?Do you art today?Things From the Gallery Warehouse 3—Huang Kui Zhang DingShanghart H-Space， bldg. 18， 50 Moganshan Rd. ShanghaiJan. 12th， 2011-Feb. 10th， 2011Following “Things from the gallery warehouse 1 and 2” which introduced this exhibtion series last winter ShanghART Gallery is pleased to present now “Things from the gallery warehouse 3.”This time three large scale installation works from two young artists， Zhang Ding and Huang Kui， will be exhibited. They are “Does God exist?”， “Heaven is only an excuse” from Huang Kui and “A game of unclear direction” from Zhang Ding.What we do is to present people more approaches of understanding the art pieces and their creators.“Game with direction unknow” by Zhang Ding， Game of Unclear Directions is a large stage raised at more than a meter above the floor， composed of four main settings: a stuffed peacock， a zen-style rock， a fountain made of a vase and foams; a carpet featuring a symbol; a boat with chairs sunken in the wooden floor; a snowy slope with half of a body at its bottom. All these objects extracted from reality are combined together into a decor that possesses an unusual， awe-inspiring beauty.“Heaven is only an excuse” by Huang Kui is showed this time， consists of a video and a light box installation. Inspired by an extremely violent online video， Huang Kui described its content as a process during which “some lives are deprived of by some other lives”. Huang separated this video frame by frame to obtain individual pictures in large quantity: pictures of murdering. Then he applied these pictures on an image of the oil painting named Le Printemps by French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau， creating a new work， namely， the installation on display. During the production process， the colors of each picture were changed according to Le Printemps. Then， the artist took these color-changed pictures to make a new video， achieving this work that presents a uniquely sparkling effect.