Chinese Theatre Works’ Budaixi Purim Puppetshpeil blends up traditional Chinese glove puppets with old-fashioned Purimshpeil mayhem. The whole mishpuchah will enjoy this cross cultural celebration. Ring in Esther and grog …
“Hao Bang Ah!” is a common Chinese expression meaning “Great!” or “Well done!” Each year, Chinese Theatre Works celebrates the Lunar New Year season with an original “budaixi” traditional Chinese …
Drawing on China’s two-thousand-year history of shadow puppetry, Tiger Tales, features an artful blend of Eastern and Western, ancient and contemporary techniques that are the hallmark of all CTW productions. …
Triple Zhongkui Pageant is a unique piece of theater that blends several CTW performance styles. This production is at once a lively piece of bilingual street theater, a demonstration of …
“Hao Bang Ah” is a common Chinese expression meaning “Great!” or “Well done!” Each year, CTW celebrates the Chinese New Year season with a great original “budaixi” (traditional glove-puppet) production …
Melody and rhythm are universal languages, communicated through our bodies, voices, and music. This workshops uses traditional Chinese dance styles to introduce students to fundamental techniques in dance performance and …
CTW’s traditional music, dance, & opera programming combines three traditional performing art forms into a single event of cultural and artistic spectacle. Chinese Opera is a traditional performing art form …
Like all forms of movement in Chinese opera, physical conflict— from small street fights to large scale warfare— is transformed into dance. Although heavily influenced by Chinese martial arts, opera …
In cultures across the world, symbols and colors are frequently used to convey deeper meanings. In China, brides traditionally wear the color red which symbolizes happiness. Since the Yuan Dynasty …
For thousands of years, China has been a feudal society where clothing has been used to indicate social and political status. These conventions are reflected in Chinese opera where elaborate …
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