About this Event
Traditional and contemporary dances, Cantonese opera, sizhu 丝竹 (silk and bamboo) instrumental music intertwine with delicate papercut-inspired window installations, transforming the windows into a living stage of movement, color, and sound.
Featuring:
Ling Tang — traditional Chinese dance
Ba Ban Chinese Music Society of New York — traditional Chinese instruments
H.T. Chen & Dance — contemporary dance
MeeMee Chin & Sau Chun Chung — Cantonese opera
Jennifer Wen Ma — visual collaborator
Chinatown Arts Festival, presented annually by Think!Chinatown, celebrates the cultural richness of Manhattan’s Chinatown. We present Chinatown folk artists and emerging Asian American artists in dialogue with each other to bring generations together and connect with a wider arts audience.
Think!Chinatown 心目華埠 is a creative placekeeping non-profit here to create intergenerational spaces of art, joy, belonging and connection in Manhattan’s Chinatown. At the intersection of arts, storytelling and neighborhood engagement, T!C works to grow community agency in our own neighborhood’s built environment as well as the narrative of our own stories. T!C is the team behind Chinatown Nights (fka Chinatown Night Market), Chinatown Arts Festival, Chinatown Block Party, Chinatown Storytelling Festival. Our home is the Think!Chinatown Studio, at 1 Pike Street, where you can find exhibitions, cultural and food workshops, small performances and talks. Learn more at www.thinkchinatown.org. To stay up to date on program offerings, subscribe to Think!Chinatown’s email list. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Want to be a patron of Think!Chinatown’s work?
Event venue & nearby stays
Think!Chinatown Studio, 1 Pike Street, New York, United States
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