In the past dozen years classical Chinese dance has burst onto the world stage and drawn intrigue and appreciation from global audiences. The revival of this traditional art form is a departure from the modern China under communist rule that most people know, and the truth about China’s heritage continues to move audiences and motivate…
LIVE: 9th NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition Final and Awards Ceremony
One of the key goals of communism is to destroy traditional culture. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, it set out to destroy all forms of tradition—including the arts. The Chinese regime has done this deliberately to disconnect the Chinese people from their heritage and the divine. The NTD International Classical Chinese…
Video: 9th NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition Final and Awards Ceremony
One of the key goals of communism is to destroy traditional culture. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, it set out to destroy all forms of tradition—including the arts. The Chinese regime has done this deliberately to disconnect the Chinese people from their heritage and the divine. The NTD International Classical Chinese…
China’s Lost Culture on Display: Power, Precision, and a Noble Spirit
Lillian Parker took to the stage over the weekend at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, in long water sleeves, portraying the Taoist spirit of yin and yang. “I thought it was pretty hard, it has a lot of Chinese flavor to it,” Parker said on Sept. 4 after her performance in the semi-finals of…
Faith Drives Dancer to Show World the Truth About China
China is more than what we see today, said Aaron Huynh, a classical Chinese dancer who went from barely understanding the culture to becoming a member of the world-renowned Shen Yun Performing Arts. On Sept. 4, he took to the stage on his own at the NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition, and secured a…
Conveying Core Virtues Through Dance
Jesse Browde has been on tour with Shen Yun Performing Arts, which brings the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization to stages everywhere in the world except China—but Sept. 4 was his first time performing solo on stage. “I’m very nervous!” he said after he performed in the semifinal round of the NTD International Classical Chinese…
New Generation of Dancers Recover Chinese Culture
Every time Shen Yun Performing Arts dancer Marilyn Yang takes to the stage, she feels a sense of responsibility. On Sept. 4 in New York where she performed solo for the NTD International Classical Chinese Dance semifinals, it was the same. “As an artist you have a responsibility for what you’re expressing,” she said. “There’s…
China’s Lost Culture on Display at New York Dance Competition
September 4, 2021
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Carol Huang took home the Gold Award last time she entered the NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition, an event meant to celebrate and showcase the ancient art form of classical Chinese dance. It’s an art form that was all but destroyed by the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to erase traditional culture, but a new generation…
Finalists Announced for NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition
The once-nearly-lost 5,000 years of Chinese civilization came alive in New York on Sept. 4, 2021 as dancers from around the globe participated in the 9th NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition. The classical Chinese dance competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events aimed at promoting traditional culture. In China, this culture has been…
Meaning in Every Movement: Conveying Emotions and Timeless Virtues Through Dance
Coming from a family of artists, Marilyn Yang was exposed to classical Chinese art forms from an early age. Her two brothers were dancers and her mother was a bel canto singer, all at Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premier classical Chinese performing arts company. It was almost inevitable that Yang, 19, would one…
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