Don't miss this extraordinarily visual ensemble April
28 at Cal State Northridge's Performing Arts Center.
They are internationally renowned and have even opened
for the Grateful Dead! Details follow...
Cal State Northridge proudly presents the
internationally acclaimed
LILY CAI CHINESE DANCE COMPANY
"Exotic and brilliantly theatrical" The Sacramento
Bee
Saturday, April 28 at 8pm at Cal State Northridge
"By marrying vividly theatrical, demurely feminine
Chinese dance with sculptural American modernism,
choreographer Lily Cai has created a form thats very
nearly otherworldly" San Francisco Weekly
WHAT: Cal State Northridge presents the Lily Cai
Chinese Dance Company, San Franciscos spellbinding
dance ensemble led by former Shanghai Opera principal
dancer, Lily Cai. Elegant, sensual and captivating,
the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company presents an East
West fusion of ancient Chinese choreography with
Western modern dance in an artistic and inventive
marriage of styles and cultures. Bridging the gap
from past to modern times, the company performs a
range of works from the spectacular court dances of
Chinese dynasties to contemporary works melding
classical Chinese dance and ballet. The unique
choreography is complemented by an exquisitely modern,
"American" twist and theatrical sensibility that
employs dazzling costumes, enigmatic imagery, timeless
elements, original music and multi-media designs to
produce an exuberant spectacle.
WHO: Artistic Director, choreographer and dancer LILY
CAI, former principal dancer with the Shanghai Opera
House, is the founder of Lily Cai Dance Company and
co-founder of Chinese Cultural Productions. Since
coming to the U.S., Cai has choreographed dozens of
new works and expanded traditional Chinese dance forms
into contemporary choreographic and theatrical
settings. A recipient of both a National Endowment
for the Arts and California Arts Council
Choreographers Fellowship, Cai has also won
commissioning project awards from the Rockefeller
Foundations Multi-Arts Production Fund, Bay Area Fund
For Dance, San Francisco Arts Commission, Sacramento
Metropolitan Arts Council, and the Creative Work Fund.
Lily Cai has performed and toured extensively in both
the U.S. and Europe.
LILY CAI CHINESE DANCE COMPANY was established in 1988
by Lily Cai. Presenting a unique variety of
classical, folk and modern dances, the company has
performed and toured extensively in the U.S. and
Europe. The company has also appeared at festivals,
conferences, universities, community events and
in-school programs, including:a Grateful Dead concert
before 15,000 transfixed fans; the Stern Grove
Festival; Redlands Bowl Music Festival; San Francisco
Ethnic Dance Festival; the Alaska Asian Pacific
Performing Arts Festival; the Britain Meets the Bay
Festival at Theater Artaud, and the International
Dance Festival in Germany.
WHEN: Saturday, April 28 at 8pm
WHERE: Cal State Northridges Performing Arts Center,
located at 18111 Nordhoff Street in the San Fernando
Valley, just west of the 405 freeway. (Directions at
end of release.)
TICKETS: Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 senior
citizens, and $9 for students.
Call 818 - 677- 2488 for ticket purchase.
Directions: CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE is located in the
San Fernando Valley at 18111 Nordhoff St. west of the
405 freeway and south of the 118 freeway. The campus
is bounded by Zelzah on the east, Nordhoff on the
south, Reseda on the west and Devonshire on the north.
Parking is in lot C, located at Zelzah and Plummer
streets and is FREE on weekends. Call 818-677-2488
for reservations, tickets and directions.
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