Chinese Phoenix Arts had a beautiful performance at John Tosco's New Year Eve Variety Show on 12/31, the dancers practiced very hard in order to present the best performance at this important event. Great thanks to them. Please see the photo links and poster below:

Event website is http://www.blumenthalarts.org/default.asp?blumenthal=59&objId=2955

 Phoenix group  Promoting Chinese Culture at Wells Fargo Community Celebration
(by Huijing Yang)    

In the community celebration sponsored by Wells Fargo on Oct. 29, Charlotte area residents and visitors had the opportunity to explore and enjoy the city’s diverse arts, science and history offerings for free through a one-of-a-kind community experience.

“The Wells Fargo Community Celebration shows their commitment to the cultural sector and will provide amazing arts, science and history experiences that will entertain and educate thousands of individuals,” said ASC President Scott Provancher. “Plus, with the opening of the Wells Fargo History Museum, Charlotte’s ‘cultural mile’ along Tryon Street has gained another attraction.”

Charlotte Phoenix performing group played an important role in promoting Charlotte's culture diversity by providing a large-scale Chinese cultural exhibition, including dances of Chinese minorities, fashion show, lion dancing, martial arts, Beijing scene gallery, and Chinese calligraphy, which received a great success and appreciation by both organizers and the audience.

Sherman Tse, the marketing director of Chinese phoenix arts, is dedicated to transmitting Chinese culture. He exerted himself to have Wells Fargo Atrium as the activity center, picked the best time to exhibit Chinese variety show from 12:50 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and played martial arts  workshop after the Chinese variety show in the hall. Born in Hong kong, he has a deep understanding about Chinese culture. And after several years martial arts practicing, he is now calling more people to realize the magic in Chinese Kung Fu.


The first attraction was a performance of a traditional Chinese lion dance by Hung Gar Kung Fu school, who was accompanied by the Chinese tom drum and ching ching cymbals. At the peak of the day, four members of Phoenix dancing team performed two eye-catching Chinese classical folk dances, beauty and the moonlight pours on the West temple. Li Wei, Xueyao Zhang, Shan Li, and Hong Wang,  exhibited Chinese femininity in sea blue performance clothes. Also, the Phoenix fashion show team exhibited the ethnic costumes of Xinjiang, Tibet, Dai, Yi, Manchu, and Han, performed by Di Wu, Ivan Svetlicic, Linda Yu ,Xiaoqin Xue , Xinxin Liu, Yihuan Song, Shanghua Yang, and Huijing Yang,  respectively, to hundreds of audience members under the direction of Peiya Lou, a professional model from Beijing, and team leader, Sherman. Actresses of Little Lotus Troupe, most of who are adorable girls adopted by American, showed lively Laternentanz, under the direction of Xiaosong He, a dance instructor from Shanghai.

What's more, the Exhibition of China -- Beijing scene gallery designed by artist Austin Lu, together with Phoenix President Linda Yu and Yiping Huang was full of attraction, with its grace, beauty and abundance. A collage of essays, photographs and paintings about Chinese Pavilion in World Expo 2010, Bird Nest and Water Cube in the 2008 Olympic Game are showed, which made many passers-by stopped to appreciate the Chinese elements.

Last but not least, Chinese calligraphy practicing table also attracted many children to practice brush. Linda Yu and Yiping Huang had been busy teaching kids for four hours without lunch. In front of the table are many American teenagers and kids accompanied by parents. They think it very interesting and artistic to practice calligraphy. Seeing that American children are so obsessed with practising, Chinese Phoenix Arts Center members thought the time was worth it.

Followed by Indian variety show and ensemble by Charlotte Meckenburg School, the activity did not end until 5 o'clock. By the end of the day, over 20,000 people have joined the community celebration. This is a great time for promoting Chinese culture. And we are looking forward to more diversified culture shows in Charlotte.

There will be another celebration for Chinese New Year in the coming January. By then, New dance “Kang Ding Love Song”( 康定情歌) and another turn of fashion show will be available by Phoenix members. To know more about this group,  visit www.chinesephoenixarts.com

(Photographed By Lian Xia)

Charlotte Phoenix Group Promoting Chinese Culture  at  Wells Fargo Community Celebration event in uptown
(by  Huijing, Jack)

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In the community celebration sponsored by Wells Fargo on Oct. 29, Charlotte Phoenix group  provided large-scale Chinese cultural exhibition,  including dances of Chinese minorities, fashion show, lion dancing, martial arts, Beijing scene gallery, Chinese calligraphy,
which received a great success and appreciation by both organizers and the audience.
 
Sherman, the marketing director of  phoenix group, exerted himself to have Wells Fargo Atrium as the activity center. At the peak of the day, the performance begins with eye-catching lion dancing by Hung Gar Kung Fu School,Then,   four members of Phoenix dancing  team performed two Chinese classical folk dances, Beautyand The moonlight pours on the West temple.  Also, the Phoenix fashion team exhibited the ethnic costumes of Xinjiang, Tibet, Dai, Yi, Manchu, and Han to  hundreds of audience under the direction of Peiya Lou, a professional model from Beijing, and team leader, Sherman.
Actresses of  Little Lotus  Troupe showed lively Laternentanz, most of who are adorable girls adopted by American,  under the direction of Xiaosong He, a dance instructor and founder.
The Exhibition of China -- Beijing scene gallery presented by Phoenix President Linda Yu, Art Designer Austin Lu and Yiping Huang was full of attraction, with its grace ,   beauty and abundance. 
 
Chinese calligraphy practicing table also fascinated many children to practice brush. Linda Yu and Yiping Huang has been busy teaching kids for four hours without any time for lunch. Seeing that American children are so obsessed practicing, they thought the time worth it. The whole activity did not finish until 5 o'clock.

Chinese Phoenix Arts - Cultural Variety Show - part of the Wells Fargo Community Celebration, please also refer to following links for more details.        
http://www.charlottecultureguide.com/event.php?id=10905
http://charlottecultureguide.com/feature.php?id=21

Dates: Saturday, October 29, 2011, Performance Time: 12:45pm-1:40pm
Call 704-332-2227 for more information.

Chinese Phoenix Arts - Cultural Variety Show
1) Lion Dance
2) Traditional Chinese Fan Dance
3) Children dancing Long Silk Fan Dance
4) Kung Fu performance
5) Traditional Chinese Ribbon Dance
6) Children dancing Lantern Dance
7) Traditional Chinese Costume Show

Also, see an Exhibition on Beijing
2 Kung Fu workshop (12:00 pm, 2 pm)
and Chinese Calligraphy for children


  Please click the photo below for more pictures:

10/29/2011 Cultural Variety Show

Event photographed by Jack Wang 

During this annual community celebration event that rings in the New Year, Chinese Phoenix Arts joining many performing arts organizations performed Chinese imperial and ethnic costume show and two Chinese ethnic dances in downtown Charlotte. 

Led by Linda Yu (the president of the organization), Lily Lou and Sherman Tse (the Fashion Team Advisors), a team of eight performers presented the dazzling costumes worn by imperial families from Qing and Tang dynasties, the modernized version of the classic Qipao (Cheongsam) dresses worn by Chinese women in the 50’s, as well as the beautiful ethnic costumes worn by Miao ethnic group resides in Southern China. This program is narrated by the ex-president of Phoenix Xiaosong He, who gave a concise explanation of history and related Chinese tradition on each costume as the performer came on the stage. 

A team of three dancers performed a Yi ethnic dance in beautiful ethnic dresses and head wear to portrait the Chinese Yi minority group’s cheerful lifestyle as well as the lively and hard-working atmosphere during the harvest season. 

Cara Zhang, Phoenix’s Dance Advisor, performed a solo Uyghur ethnic dance. This dance portraits a beautiful young woman and her tranquil routine in the Uyghur minority village in Northwestern China. 

Last but not least, Sherman Tse presented a Chinese Kungfu and calligraphy show to send the best wishes to the audience. 

Phoenix team members that participated this festive celebration, which drew over ten thousand audience from local Charlotte communities, include: Linda Yu, Xiaosong He, Lily Lou, Sherman Tse, Cara Zhang, Yiting Pan, Hong Wang, Yihui Yao, Nada Vergili, Langyu He and Xiaoqin Xue.

Dear friends, the annual festive celebration event will be taking place on Dec 31, 2010 starting at 3:00pm. Chinese Phoenix Arts is again invited to join the many performing arts groups in this event to represent Chinese culture. We will be presenting Chinese folk dances, costume show, Chinese Kongfu as well as calligraphy. Our program will start at 9:30pm in center city on Wachovia Plaza, located at the interception of 2nd Street and Tryon Street. Our program will last till 10:15pm. Wish everyone a Happy New Year!

By Karen Sullivan,ksullivan@charlotteobserver.com.   Read More. 
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/16/1697314/myth-and-legend-kung-fu-masters.html#ixzz0zzMddsE2

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