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The sights and sounds of China's performing arts are instantly recognisable.

The sights and sounds of China's performing arts are instantly recognisable. This series takes us into a world of Chinese performance that is rarely seen outside of China.

The sights and sounds of China's performing arts are instantly recognisable. From the first plucked notes of a guzheng, to the drama of the Whip Dance, they conjure up a unique and unmistakable artistic world. In this series, we see how China's many and varied performers are finding exciting ways of synthesising China's artistic heritage with fresh global influences. We discover a China that's absorbing new ideas and art-forms hitherto unknown there, and hear how these have been infused with Chinese characteristics. Over six episodes we explore the traditional and the cutting edge in Chinese music, dance and theatre - from ballet to street dance, from Beijing opera to the latest pop - the series takes us into a world of Chinese performance that is rarely seen outside of China.  

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China on Stage: How China Moves

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How China Moves

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Discovers how the ebb and flow of China's changing times is reflected in dance.

Jeff Crosby and Li Tong discover how the ebb and flow of China's changing times is reflected in one of its oldest performance art forms - dance.

The sights and sounds of China's performing arts are instantly recognisable; they conjure up a unique and unmistakable artistic world. In this six-part series, we see how China's performers are finding new ways of synthesising China's artistic heritage with fresh global influences. In this third episode, presenters Jeff Crosby and Li Tong discover how the ebb and flow of China's changing times is reflected in one of its oldest performance art forms - dance. In remote Dali in Southwestern China, Jeff spends time with Maya Dong whose unique talents in the Whip Dance have been inspired by the traditions of the Bai people. By contrast, Li Tong meets China's breakdancing supremo, Danny Wong, as he nurtures the next generation of Breakdancing performers into the international limelight with their distinctive Chinese characteristics. And Jeff witnesses the wunderkind of Chinese contemporary choreography, Hu Shenyuan, bring a new innovative dance to life in the tech city of Shenzhen.

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