Global television network NTD is launching its 10th classical Chinese dance competition, with the mission of promoting pure, authentic, traditional dance and fostering cultural exchange.
As part of a series of cultural and art events hosted by NTD, the International Classical Chinese Dance Competition is aimed at renewing the ancient art form that is grounded in a civilization of five millennia, but was nearly lost after decades of ideological repression and commercialization by the Chinese communist regime.
Authentic classical Chinese dance, the organizers noted, is distinct from ballet or modern dance. “Although modern dance contains movements and techniques from classical Chinese dance, it does not contain the traditional aesthetics of classical Chinese dance,” the organizers said on its website….