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Tag Archive: Performance

“Yishi” Band

Founded in 2010, “Yishi” Band (衣湿乐队) boasts a special kind of performance that features in Yibin dialect. The band takes folk music as the root and combines it with other music elements such as jazz,[…]

Fly in the Field

Everyone has dream but some may abandon their dreams and lost themselves on the way of pursuing, due to stubborn or distraction. Flying in the field is the man’s dream when he was little, and[…]

Under Siege

Yang Liping, the world-famous dance artist, worked behind the scenes as a director for the first time. Yang staged the Chinese history of two thousand years ago, Competition between Chu and Han, and created the[…]

8 Hours of “Yang Zongbao”

This little boy was selected to perform as a legendary Chinese commander Yang Zongbao on the new year parade. He’s suffered a lot for acquiring this role but when new year comes, everything seems to[…]

Crossing Borders

A 14-year-old girl who lives in Tijuana, Mexico crosses the border with the United States every single day to train tennis at a sports academy. Her dream is to become a tennis professional and with[…]

The Young Kunqu Opera Performer

Jiang Ke, a pretty Chinese girl, stepped to her career on Kunqu Opera stage for the first time when she was 12. Now Jiang has been a professional opera performer with experience of more than[…]

Personal

A documentary about the struggle and the joy of being an international actor in New York City.   About the Filmmaker Submitted by Elena Grosso Elena was born and raised in Italy where she obtained[…]

Listen, Imagine, Create

Tim Alicino is an Italian sound engineer based in South Africa.  Through his words we discover what the art of sound design means for him.   About the Filmmaker Submitted by Michelangelo Torres Michelangelo Torres[…]

Jason Freese: The Man Behind the Keys

This world is full of dreamers, innovators, and hard workers. When you put all three of these traits together, you get a man live Jason Freese. Jason is a hometown hero to many people in[…]

Portrait of a Ballet Dancer

Portrait of a ballet dancer is a short story about Miriam Kacerova, who is a first soloist. Small insight of her thoughts and feelings about her live as a ballet dancer. Ballet is not just[…]