Festival of China Video Highlights http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org This series, from the archives of the Kennedy Center's Education Department, brings you a glimpse of the history and diversity of China's performing arts. Feeder 1.5.8(724) http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en © 2006 ARTSEDGE, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org (ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network) dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org (ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network) Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:03:57 -0400 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:04:37 -0400 http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/images/podcasts/podcastCover_chinaVideos300.jpg Festival of China Video Highlights http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org This series, from the archives of the Kennedy Center's Education Department, brings you a glimpse of the history and diversity of China's performing arts. ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network Chinese music, China Music, China, music, Chinese orchestra, pipa, erhu, qin, bamboo flute, chinese art, arts education, endangered cultures, arts education, music education, history, culture no ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network dbx@artsedge.kennedy-center.org no The Festival of China: Yunnan Singers, Dancers, and Musicians http://podcast.rbn.com/kennedy/artsedge/download/01_China_video_highlights_Yunnan.m4v Artists of the Yi and Wa ethnic groups from Yunnan Province-the most ethnically diverse in China-demonstrate their unique folk traditions in this excerpt from the Kennedy Center's free Millennium Stage show.

For more about the traditional arts of the Yunnan people, check out our Sounds of China PodPage http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3899/podcast.html.

To watch the entire sixty minute show visit the Millennium Stage archives http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=yunnan.

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:10:29 -0400 the-festival-of-china-yunnan-singers-dancers-an ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network Artists of the Yi and Wa ethnic groups from Yunnan Province demonstrate their unique folk traditions. Artists of the Yi and Wa ethnic groups from Yunnan Province-the most ethnically diverse in China-demonstrate their unique folk traditions in this excerpt from the Kennedy Center's free Millennium Stage show. For more about the traditional arts of the Yunnan people, check out our Sounds of China PodPage http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3899/podcast.html. To watch the entire sixty minute show visit the Millennium Stage archives http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=yunnan. no 5:06 The Festival of China: Beijing Traditional Music Ensemble http://podcast.rbn.com/kennedy/artsedge/download/01_China_video_highlights_Beijing.m4v Beijing Traditional Music Ensemble's extensive repertoire and virtuoso musicians demonstrate the range of distinctive styles that developed in each region for erhu (fiddle), pipa (lute), and other instruments.

To watch the entire sixty minute show visit the Millennium Stage archives http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=CHINTRADMU

]]> Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:12:52 -0400 the-festival-of-china-beijing-traditional-music-e ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network Chinese music, China Music, China, music, Chinese orchestra, pipa, erhu, qin, bamboo flute, chinese art, arts education, endangered cultures, k-12 arts education, music education, history, culture, Beijing Take a musical tour of China's cultural heritage with one of the country's premiere traditional ensembles. Beijing Traditional Music Ensemble's extensive repertoire and virtuoso musicians demonstrate the range of distinctive styles that developed in each region for erhu (fiddle), pipa (lute), and other instruments. To watch the entire sixty minute show visit the Millennium Stage archives http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=CHINTRADMU no 4:55 The Festival of China: Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra http://podcast.rbn.com/kennedy/artsedge/download/03_China_video_highlights_HKCO.m4v Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:17:23 -0400 the-festival-of-china-hong-kong-chinese-orchestra ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network Chinese music, China Music, China, music, Chinese orchestra, pipa, dizi, erhu, qin, bamboo flute, chinese art, arts education, endangered cultures, k-12 arts education, music education, history, culture Learn about the instruments that make up a traditional Chinese orchestra. Join the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra for a lecture and demonstration explaining each of the four sections of the Chinese orchestra as well as some of the individual instruments. no 4:03 The Festival of China: Terra Cotta Warriors http://podcast.rbn.com/kennedy/artsedge/download/04_China_video_highlights_TCW.m4v Collections Manager Christa Deacy-Quinn of the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana explains the steps that must be taken when handling valuable artifacts.

The Terra Cotta Warriors are a collection of 8,000 statues that were buried over 2,000 years ago in the tomb of China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang. Three of the statues - two soldiers and a horse - were sent to the Kennedy Center for display during the Festival of China.

To learn more about the Spurlock Museum visit their web site http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu/

]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:22:40 -0400 the-festival-of-china-terra-cotta-warriors ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network China, history, Qin, First Emperor, burial ground, statues, chinese art, arts education, endangered cultures, k-12 arts education, ARTSEDGE, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, artsedge, arts education, history, culture, spurlock museum Learn about the process of packing, moving, and mounting ancient works of art. Collections Manager Christa Deacy-Quinn of the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana explains the steps that must be taken when handling valuable artifacts. The Terra Cotta Warriors are a collection of 8,000 statues that were buried over 2,000 years ago in the tomb of China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang. Three of the statues - two soldiers and a horse - were sent to the Kennedy Center for display during the Festival of China. To learn more about the Spurlock Museum visit their web site http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu/ no The Festival of China: Shaanxi Folk Art Theater http://podcast.rbn.com/kennedy/artsedge/download/05_China_video_highlights_Shaanxi.m4v This side by side video shows the story of the turtle and the crane as seen by the audience and behind the screen as the puppeteers bring the story to life.

To learn more about the art of shadow puppets, visit Playing with Shadows at http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/artsedge.html.

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:24:46 -0400 the-festival-of-china-shaanxi-folk-art-theater ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network China, history, Qin, First Emperor, burial ground, statues, chinese art, arts education, endangered cultures, k-12 arts education, ARTSEDGE, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, artsedge, arts education, history, culture, spurlock museum Look behind the screen at the shadow puppet story of the turtle and the crane. This side by side video shows the story of the turtle and the crane as seen by the audience and behind the screen as the puppeteers bring the story to life. To learn more about the art of shadow puppets, visit Playing with Shadows at http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/artsedge.html. no 3:10 The Festival of China: Cai Guo-Qiang http://podcast.rbn.com/kennedy/artsedge/download/06_China_video_highlights_Cai.m4v This excerpt from Cai's Tornado: Explosion Project for the Kennedy Center includes both the dancing boats and the tornado itself.

To get a behind the scenes look at the creation of this event visit The Art of the Explosion at http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/fireworks/index.html

]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:29:09 -0400 the-festival-of-china-cai-guoqiang ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network China, history, chinese art, arts education, endangered cultures, k-12 arts education, ARTSEDGE, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, artsedge, arts education, history, culture, fireworks, explosion, dancing boats, tornado, Cai Guo-Qiang, Some artists choose clay; others choose charcoal. For many of his works, Cai chooses the volatile "medium" of gunpowder, fireworks and other explosives. This excerpt from Cai's Tornado: Explosion Project for the Kennedy Center includes both the dancing boats and the tornado itself. To get a behind the scenes look at the creation of this event visit The Art of the Explosion at http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/fireworks/index.html no