Dance Company Presents Pageantry of a Chinese Festival
A professional dance troupe that celebrates the color and pageantry of a Chinese festival is coming to Alma College.
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, which performs dances from a diversity
of cultural groups in China, such as Mongolian, Bai and Han, will stop
in Alma on Tuesday, April 3.
The performance will take place at 8 p.m. in the Remick Heritage
Center, Presbyterian Hall. Tickets are $8 for adults and free for Alma
College staff, students and youth 18 and under. Call (989) 463-7304 for
ticket information.
The dance company uses both traditional dances and costumes as well as
modern experimental dances that fuse American modern dance with Asian
art. The company’s productions take the audience beyond cultural
boundaries to where tradition meets innovation.
The company recently received a grant award from the President’s
Committee on Arts and Humanities and the Department of State to
represent the United States in a seven-city tour arranged by the
Tamaulipas International Arts Festival in Mexico.
It has performed in the Silesian International Contemporary Dance
Festival and the Konfrontations International Dance Festival, both in
Poland, the Chang Mu International Arts Festival in Korea and the China
International Dance Festival.
The company has received more than 12 awards from the National
Endowment for the Arts and several Citations of Excellence and grants
from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
It won the Golden Lotus Award, the highest honor for companies not
based in China, at the First China International Dance Festival in
Kunming Yunan.
The company is also a cultural ambassador for children and families
with its program “The Art of Chinese Dance,” which reaches more than
40,000 young people each year.
Posted: Fri, March 23rd, 2007 at 2:13PM
