Smoky Mountain Palace Theater presents Shanghai Artists’ Performance and Exhibition Week
A Special Press Release from the Smoky Mountain Palace:
The Smoky Mountain Palace Theater in Sevierville, Tennessee, home to Cirque de Chine has been designated as the United States office of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circle (SFLAC). The designation was made in support of SFLAC’s mission to showcase the arts of Chinese culture in America .
The theater will celebrate this designation with a special unveiling ceremony and reception on Saturday, August 8th followed by the premier of Shanghai Artists’ Performance-758355.JPG)
and Exhibition Week (SAPEW). Dignitaries from China as well as the Chinese media will be present for the unveiling. News of the event will be broadcast nationally on Chinese television.
Each year, the Shanghai Artists’ Performance and Exhibition Week event will introduce to America the work of some of Shanghai ’s finest artists and performers. This year’s is August 8-13. Performances during the six-day exhibition include:
- Haohao Gu; internationally recognized as the “Queen of Kun Opera”
- Ji Wan; a master of the Erhu, a centuries-old traditional two-stringed Chinese fiddle
- Chenyun Hu; a skillful performer of the So-na, a Chinese clarinet
- Jiafang Wang; a renowned landscape painter who will also illustrate Chinese calligraphy
- Jung Jo Drummers; 15 female precision percussionists with rhythm and style who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
The Smoky Mountain Palace Theater in Sevierville, Tennessee, home to Cirque de Chine has been designated as the United States office of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circle (SFLAC). The designation was made in support of SFLAC’s mission to showcase the arts of Chinese culture in America .
The theater will celebrate this designation with a special unveiling ceremony and reception on Saturday, August 8th followed by the premier of Shanghai Artists’ Performance
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and Exhibition Week (SAPEW). Dignitaries from China as well as the Chinese media will be present for the unveiling. News of the event will be broadcast nationally on Chinese television.Each year, the Shanghai Artists’ Performance and Exhibition Week event will introduce to America the work of some of Shanghai ’s finest artists and performers. This year’s is August 8-13. Performances during the six-day exhibition include:
- Haohao Gu; internationally recognized as the “Queen of Kun Opera”
- Ji Wan; a master of the Erhu, a centuries-old traditional two-stringed Chinese fiddle
- Chenyun Hu; a skillful performer of the So-na, a Chinese clarinet
- Jiafang Wang; a renowned landscape painter who will also illustrate Chinese calligraphy
- Jung Jo Drummers; 15 female precision percussionists with rhythm and style who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Cast of Cirque de Chine; the theater’s own resident award winning masters of acrobatics, contortion, and the age-old performance of mask change.
The performers will share the stage each evening at 7:30PM.
All the exhibitions in the lobby, prior to the evening event, are free to the public. Each evening, at 6:30 people can enjoy watching live performances in the lobby by acrobats and demonstrations of Chinese painting and calligraphy by landscape painter, Jiafang Wang. A photo exhibit, titled “Shangahi Today” is also open to the public from 9:00AM to 9:00PM.
Shanghai Artists’ Performance and Exhibition Week is August 8-13, 2009 at the Smoky Mountain Palace Theater, 179 Collier Drive , Sevierville , Tennessee 37862 .
The performers will share the stage each evening at 7:30PM.
All the exhibitions in the lobby, prior to the evening event, are free to the public. Each evening, at 6:30 people can enjoy watching live performances in the lobby by acrobats and demonstrations of Chinese painting and calligraphy by landscape painter, Jiafang Wang. A photo exhibit, titled “Shangahi Today” is also open to the public from 9:00AM to 9:00PM.
Shanghai Artists’ Performance and Exhibition Week is August 8-13, 2009 at the Smoky Mountain Palace Theater, 179 Collier Drive , Sevierville , Tennessee 37862 .
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