The Exhibition Opening will include an opportunity to meet some of the artists from the exhibition and to hear from the curator Dr. Aihua Zhou. The evening will conclude with a teaser performance of live brush painting to traditional Chinese instruments by Dr. Nan Liu and Dr. Haigiong Deng.

The program will begin at 11am with the family workshops running until 1pm. This will include, fan painting, calligraphy workshops and drumming on the grass in front of the gallery and dance workshops inside the gallery.

The live program will start at 1pm with traditional Chinese songs, music and dance. This will include performances by local Chinese cultural groups including players from the Westlake Village Symphony, the Phoenix Family Performing Art Collaborative and the YangSheng Choir.

The Westlake Village Symphony will present an ensemble performance from Yuankai Bao’s score book “Chinese Sights and Sounds”. This work has been known as a masterpiece of Contemporary Chinese Music in China. The Phoenix Family Performing Art Collaborative will present traditional work such as ‘The Legend of the Sword Dance.’

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