MEET IN BEIJING Arts Festival is the
continuation of a series of yearly
cultural activities organized by the
Chinese government. In the last 5
years beginning from 1996, we have
experienced the International Year of
Symphonic Music in 1996, the
International Year of Opera and Dance Drama
in 1997, the International
Year of Fine Art in 1998, and the International
Year of Traditional and Folk
Dance in 1999. The above activities have
helped to build a grand arena of
international cultural exchanges in
Beijing as well as in other parts of
China. In May 2000, MEET IN BEIJING
Arts Festival made its debut and
attracted 38 groups of artists, large and
small, from 24 countries around the
world. These artists offered the
audience of Beijing, as well as other
parts of China, 109 stage
performances, 6 outdoor shows and 6 art
exhibitions. Not only the Chinese
audience was so fortunate to enjoy the
wonderful performances by the
excellent artists from various countries, but also
the TV viewers in many
other countries were also able to appreciate the
arts festival through the
Chinese Central Television by satellite
transmission.
In an effort to further promote Chinese
traditional culture and bring the
best of foreign performing arts and
other visual arts into China, MEET IN
BEIJING Arts Festival will be held for
a designated period of time each
year with different themes. It will
provide a stage for both Chinese
artists and foreign artists. The
festival is sponsored by the government
and supported by the whole society.
People will be able to see the
combination of indoor and outdoor, professional
and amateur performances,
catering to both the highbrow, the traditional and
popular tastes.
Beginning from 2001, while open to all sorts of
performing arts, MEET IN
BEIJING Arts Festival will highlight one form of
the arts in each year
respectively as follows:
-The Second MEET IN BEIJING Arts
Festival : music festival with symphonic
music, folk music, popular music and
all other vocal music performances.
-The Third MEET IN BEIJING Arts
Festival: folk arts festival with circus,
puppet, shadow puppet, handicrafts,
folk shows and other performances and
exhibitions.
-The Fourth MEET IN BEIJING Arts
Festival: art exposition with painting,
sculpture, architecture, photography
and cultural relics exhibitions.
-The Fifth MEET IN BEIJING Arts
Festival: dance festival with folk dance,
ballet, modern dance and ballroom dance
performances.
-The Sixth MEET IN BEIJING Arts Festival: festival
of the theatre with
opera, musical, local opera, and drama
performances.
The Second MEET IN BEIJING Arts
Festival
The
Second MEET IN BEIJING Arts Festival in the new century will
be
jointly organized
by the Ministry of Culture, the Beijing Municipal
Government and the State
Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and
jointly presented by the
China Performing Arts Agency and the Beijing
Municipal Cultural
Bureau.
The
Second MEET IN BEIJING Arts Festival in 2001 will focus on
symphonic
music,
folk music, popular music and all other vocal music
performances.
Around
30-40 music groups or individual artists from home and
abroad will
be
invited. In addition, there will be other performances and
music
related
exhibitions.
Time: From 20th April to early June
2001
Venue:
Theatres, gymnasiums, parks and open squares in Beijing.
Some of
the groups
will have performance tours to other provinces and cities in
China.
Participation: Chinese and
foreign performing arts groups and individuals
are welcome, particularly
groups and individuals of symphonic music, folk
music, popular music and
vocal music.
Registration: The deadline for the registration
will be on 20th January
2001. Groups and individuals may directly apply to
the organizing
committee office, or the Chinese embassy and
consulates in the
participantsÂ’ cities.
Expenses: In principle, the
participants shall bear the expenses for the
international
transportation, while the organizer shall be responsible for
the food and
accommodation during the arts festival. Amateur groups and
individuals are
welcome to participate in the arts festival fully at their
own
expenses.
Contact:
Organizing Committee Office of MEET IN BEIJING
Arts Festival
Tel: +86-10-6403-2702;
+86-10-6555-1900;
Fax: +86-10-6401-5802;
+86-10-6555-1906;
Webster//www.cpaa.com.cn
E-mail:div_intl@culchina.gov.cn
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North Street, Beijing 100020 P.R. China
Box Office:
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