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Chinese New Year celebrationsjanuary/february 2009
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VENUE INFORMATIONLakeside Arts CentreUniversity Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Beeston Town SquareFoster Avenue, Beeston NG9 1AB0115 917 3695 [email protected]
The Buttercross, Bingham Market PlaceBingham, Nottingham 0115 9148517www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/chinesenewyear
BUSES - for information on travelling bybus, contact Nottingham City Transporton 0115 950 6070, www.nctx.co.uk orBarton and Trent buses on 01773 712265www.trentbuses.co.uk
WelcomeBroxtowe Borough Council,Nottingham City Council, LakesideArts Centre and the University ofNottingham are delighted to beworking together for the fifth yearto celebrate the Chinese New Yearand Spring Festival. Join us towelcome the Year of the Ox with a series of performances,workshops, film screenings andresidencies.
Special thanks to all our partnersand participants whoseinvolvement and enthusiasmmakes this celebration a highlightof the winter calendar.
We look forward to welcoming youto an event soon.
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Grateful thanks to Pyramid Pressfor their support.
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONBeeston Square,Saturday 31 January, 1pm - 4pm
The sixth Chinese and Lunar New YearCelebrations in Beeston will feature a range ofprofessional and community performances anddemonstrations inspired by the traditions of theLunar New Year across South East Asia including:
• Lion Dance• Welcome Speech - Mayor of BroxtoweCouncillor Sue Wildey and students fromCastle College• Monkey Stories - Puppetry and music byAlderman White School and Language Collegetogether with musician Ling Peng and PuppeteerMelvyn Rawlinson • Tai Chi Fan Dance and Singing - NottinghamshireChinese Community Association• Kung Fu demonstration - Notts and Derby 7Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu School • Performances - Castle College students• Dragon Dance - Chinese Students and ScholarsAssociation • Nottingham Chinese School Choir• Traditional Mongolian and Tibetan Dance- Du Dan• Martial Arts and Erhu performance- Master Ma Yue and Ling Peng
Also in the square will be:• Make and take activities• Chinese food stall• Chinese Trinket stalls
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Broxtowe Schools Residency Project withAlderman White School and Language College
LING PENG AND MELVYN RAWLINSONBroxtowe Borough Council’s Schools project hasused the ancient Chinese Monkey stories toinspire a unique performance. Musician Ling Pengand Puppeteer Melvyn Rawlinson have workedwith pupils to create large scale puppets and anoriginal sound-scape using traditional Chineseinstruments and percussion.
See the results at both the Beeston Chinese NewYear celebration on Saturday 31 January and atthe Lakeside event on Sunday 1 February.
For more information contact: The Arts andEvents Team on 0115 917 [email protected]
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Lakeside Arts CentreUniversity of NottinghamBroxtowe Borough Council Nottingham City Council present
CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECTACULAR ANDFIREWORKS FINALESunday 1 February, 4.30pm - 6.30pmLakeside Arts Centre/Highfields ParkAdmission Free
Wrap up warmly, and bring the entire family to enjoyour outdoor stage and large screen showcasecelebrating the arrival of The Year of the Ox, and themost significant festival in the Chinese and SouthAsian calendar. Our event features:
• Lion Dance - Notts and Derby 7 Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu School • Chinese Folk Songs - Julia Zhou• Dragon Dance - Chinese Students and Scholars Association• Nusantara - South East Asian Community Dance Group• Monkey Stories - Puppetry and music by Broxtowe Schools together with musician Ling Peng and Puppeteer Melvyn Rawlinson • Nottingham Chinese School Choir• Martial Arts and Erhu performance-Master Ma Yue and Ling Peng • Nottingham Rhythm Orchestra• Rong Tao premieres• And featuring DULSORI - Korean Drumming Band• Ending with astunning Firework display created especially forChinese New Yearby Mick Bowen of Crescendo Fireworks
Contact 0115 8467777www.lakesidearts.org.uk
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RONG TAOLAKESIDE CHOREOGRAPHER IN RESIDENCELakeside welcomes the return of Choreographerand Dancer Rong Tao. Professor in Modern DanceChoreography at the Chongqing Meishi FilmAcademy and Artistic Director of the Yuwu DanceProject, this year he will work with visual artistHetain Patel to explore ideas about language andrhythm. He will also be creating a newperformance piece with professional dancers tobe premiered at our outdoor celebrations on 1February, and choreographing a short piece withsome of Déda’s (Derby Dance’s) youth dancers.
DANCERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTOPPORTUNITY WITH RONG TAONottinghamshire County Council are supportingthe opportunity for two trained dancersliving/working in Nottinghamshire to gainprofessional development experience workingalongside Rong Tao between 19 and 31 January,making a new piece of dance which will bepremiered at the 1 February event. Auditions willtake place during the week of 15 December;interested dancers should email for details:[email protected]
HUI-CHEN LINLAKESIDE VISUAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCEHui-Chen Lin (Annie) took up her new post asVisual Artist-in Residence at Lakeside inNovember 2008 for 12 months. Annie initiallytrained in Taiwan where she learned traditionalforms of eastern painting which she hassubsequently translated into a contemporaryform. Hui-Chen Lin will be running someworkshops using origami and calligraphy on 3 and18 January. See Workshops page for details andbooking information.
RONG TAOPhoto: Alan Fletcher
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Thursday 15 January, 10am - 2pmThe Buttercross, Bingham Market Place
BINGHAM CHINESE CULTURAL DAYRushcliffe Borough Council and Rushcliffe RaceAwareness Forum will be celebrating the ChineseNew Year with a free family Cultural Day inBingham’s Market Place.
The event will include demonstrations oftraditional Chinese crafts and music as well asfree food tasters and displays. The event will befollowed by an exhibition on the history ofChinese New Year at Bingham Library from 19thJanuary - 2nd February.
For more information visitwww.rushcliffe.gov.uk/chinesenewyear
Sunday 8 February, 7.30pmRoyal Concert Hall, Nottingham £15 (£6 Students)
Chinese Students and Scholars Associationpresent
CHINESE NEW YEAR GALA 2009Chinese Acrobatics, Dragon Dance, Tai Chi,Martial Arts, and traditional music are just someof the elements in this year’s spectacularperformance organised by the CSSA Nottinghamto celebrate the Chinese New Year or SpringFestival which is the most important festival inthe calendar for the Chinese and many otherSouth Asian countries.
Box Office: 0115 9895555For further information contact: www.cssa-nott.org.uk
The University of NottinghamConfucius Institute Presents
2009 CHINESEDIGITAL FILMFESTIVALPerforming Arts Workshop,Lakeside Arts CentreScreenings are FREE,but booking is recommendedAll films have English subtitles
China produces many of theworld’s most important andinnovative films. This festivalcelebrates the creative use ofdigital technologies that helpsensure China’s position at theforefront of developments incontemporary cinema. TheFestival marks the occasion ofthe establishment at theUniversity of Nottingham inNingbo in March 2009 of DigitalChina, Digital Hollywood, aninter-campus collaborationbetween the Institute of Filmand Television Studies and theDivision of InternationalCommunications.
Monday 2 February, 10.30amFUJIAN BLUE(Jin Bi Hui Huang) Dir. Robin Weng 2007 91 mins The Neon Knights use digitalcameras to film wealthy‘remittance widows’ in trystswith their lovers. But whenAmerika decides to blackmail hisown mother, the gang is forcedto take a stand...
Monday 2 February, 2pmCHINESE OPERA ANIMATION(Xiqu Donghua Jicui) Dir. Faculty members, Chinese Academy ofFine Arts, Hangzhou 2007 50 minsA collection of nine shortanimated films that bring to lifestories from Chinese Opera,traditional and modern, usingcontemporary animationtechniques.
Wednesday 4 February,10.30amUSELESS (Wuyong) Dir. Jia Zhangke 2007 81 mins.Jia’s celebrated study of thesocial life of clothing uses thelaunch of fashion designer MaKe’s Wuyong label to exploreissues of history, memory, andconsumerism.
Wednesday 4 February, 2pmCRAZY STONE(Fengkuang de Shitou) Dir. Ning Hao 2006 106 mins.Co-produced by Hong Kong starAndy Lau’s Focus Films, thisdomestic hit is a classic heistcomedy and China’s answer toOcean’s Eleven.
Friday 6 February, 1pmSTORM UNDER THE SUN(Hong Ri Fengbao)Dir. Xiaolian Peng and S. Louisa Wei 2008.140 mins.An epic new documentary aboutMao’s 1955 national campaignagainst leading literary critic HuFeng, using interviews andnewsreel footage to argue thatthis historical incident can beunderstood as a prelude to theCultural Revolution.
The festival is organised by the ConfuciusInstitute, the School of ContemporaryChinese Studies, the Institute of Film andTelevision Studies, and the School ofAmerican and Canadian Studies at theUniversity of Nottingham. FestivalProgrammers: Luke Robinson and JulianStringer.
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Children and Families Workshop Programme at LakesideAll tickets £5Box Office: 0115 8467777Booking is essentialNB Children aged 7 and under must be accompanied by an adult
Monday, Tuesday 22 and 23December, 10am - 12pm and 1 - 3pmKOREAN-STYLE SILK FLAGMAKING WITH JESSICA KEMPSuitable for children aged 5+Venue: Angear Visitor Centre,next to Djanogly Art GalleryCreate fantastic flags for thisyear’s Celebrations and makeanother to take home.
Sunday 28 December, 12 - 1.30pm and 2.30 - 4pmCHINESE DRAGON PUPPETSWITH SARAH PALMERSuitable for children aged 5+Venue: Angear Visitor Centre,next to Djanogly Art GalleryMake miniature dragons to takehome, and contribute to a large-scale one too.
Saturday 3 January, 1 - 3pmMOBILE COLOUR WITH HUI-CHEN LIN Suitable for children aged 5+Venue: Angear Visitor Centre,next to Djanogly Art GalleryMake colourful origami zodiacanimals to hang as mobiles orwindow decorations.
Sunday 4 January, 12 - 1.30pm and 2.30 - 4pm SOUTH EAST ASIANSHADOW PUPPETRY& STORYTELLING Suitable for children aged 5+Venue: Performing ArtsWorkshop Space, D H LawrencePavilionDebbie Guneratne tells storiesdrawn from ancient Asianlegends, illustrated withtraditional shadow puppets byMaziah Omar, before you createshadow puppets to take homeand devise your own stories.
Sunday 11 January, 12 - 1.30pm and 2.30 - 4pmEASTERN STYLE RHYTHMSWITH MARK EVANSAND MIKE DAVISSuitable for children aged 7+Venue: Performing ArtsWorkshop Space, D H LawrencePavilionExplore different types of easternrhythms using percussioninstruments includingdrums and soundpipes.
Sunday 18 January,12 - 1.30pm and 2.30 - 4pmCHINESE GLASS ARTWORKWITH HUI-CHEN LINSuitable for children aged 8+Venue: Visual Arts WorkshopSpace, D H Lawrence Pavilion Use Chinese calligraphy to createyour own glass plate artwork.
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Nottingham - Ningbo, Sister City LinkTHE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM AND NINGBO Last summer the first cohort of Chinese students who began their studies in 2005 received their degreesin a historic graduation ceremony at the Ningbo campus. Student numbers have grown to 3,700 frommore than 50 nations.
September 2008 saw the opening of CSET - the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies, wherecutting-edge research will be carried out into sustainable construction and energy technology to helpChina and the rest of the world to meet the challenges of climate change. October saw the announcementof a new collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Ningbo government toestablish the Research Centre in International Finance. The Leverhulme Centre for Research onGlobalisation and Economic Policy was launched in November, and in March 2009 an inter-campuscollaboration between the Institute of Film and Television Studies and the Division of InternationalCommunications will result in Digital China, Digital Hollywood (see page 6).
NOTTINGHAM BUSINESSDEVELOPMENT LTDCommercial links betweenNottingham and Ningbo havealready taken root. The launchof the Nottingham BusinessDevelopment Ltd office - aprivate company owned byNottingham City Council andbased at the University’sNingbo campus - isstrengthening economic tiesbetween the two cities andhelping to develop trade linksbeneficial to both nations.www.nottinghambdl.com
NOTTINGHAM/EAST MIDLANDS BUSINESS EVENT IN CHINAIn 2008 Nottingham CityCouncil and East Midlands China Business Bureau led adelegation of 20 companies inthe fields of IT, textiles,education, agriculture,healthcare and culturalexchange to visit Shanghai and Ningbo for one week. An investment seminarwas held in Ningboinvolving over 50Ningbo enterprises;and UK companiesvisited Ningbocompanies to discoverpotential opportunities.www.eastmids-china.co.uk
NINGBO WEEKIN NOTTINGHAMNottingham’s partnership with the city of Ningbo wascelebrated in a week long visit in May when Chineseperformers came to sing, dance and practice martial artson the Market Square and visitschools, colleges and theUniversity. The City Council also signed an agreement withNingbo Government officials tosupport the Chinese tacklingthe causes and impacts ofclimate change.www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/international
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