The
1st Sino-America International Teenager Cultural Festival, sponsored
by Sino-American Friendship Association and Sino-American Culture and Arts
Foundation, opened at Broadway, New York, the U.S., on August 3, 2014. At the
opening ceremony, China National Opera and Dance Drama Theatre (CNODDT) Dance
Drama Troupe presented a large song and dance party Charm of the Seasons, which is CNODDT’s classic performance. Since
its premiere performance of Charm of the
Seasons in September 2006, the artists have performed it for nearly 1,000
times at home and abroad. They have also performed it in Korea during former
Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to Korea and for members of the Politburo Standing
Committee of the CPC Central Committee at CPPCC’s tea party, thus getting high
praise from Party and state leaders. In Charm
of the Seasons, the artists performed graceful songs and dances
representing “summer, autumn, winter and spring” within two hours and
integrated songs and dances of different times and different styles with ethnic
instrumental music and primitive ecological ritual music. At the performance of
Charm of the Seasons in the U.S.,
artists performed large dances Flying
Snowflakes, Drunken Concubine and
Jasmine; CNODDT’s baritone Gao Peng and
soloist Chen Xiaoduo song classic songs, e.g. Secret Garden and Phantom of
the Opera. All of these wonderful performances will inevitably popularize Chinese
elements at Broadway. Let’s look forward to the “Evening of Chinese Culture” on
August 3 together.
