CHINESE NEWYEARCELEBRATIONS 2016NOTTINGHAM

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Welcome to our Chinese NewYear Celebrations 2016.

The Year of the Monkey will officiallybegin on Monday 8 February, butbefore then we’ll be welcoming twowonderful Chinese artists fromChongqing and Ningbo to Nottinghamto work with a broad range ofcommunity groups, special interestgroups, schools, universities and thegeneral public.

Traditionally a family celebration, weinvite individuals, friends and families to come together and enjoy theexhibition, workshops, and performancesculminating with a celebrated fireworksfinale at Highfields Park.

SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY, 6PMUniversity of Nottingham, Nottingham ConfuciusInstitute and Nottingham Lakeside Arts present

CHINESE NEW YEAR FIREWORKS FINALEHIGHFIELDS PARKFREE

Wrap up warmly and bring the family or comewith friends to enjoy one of the most eagerlyanticipated fireworks displays of the year,delivered by Mick Bowen and CrescendoFireworks!

NB This event is subject to suitable weatherconditions. Please check on-line or on social mediabefore leaving home in the case of bad, or windy,weather.

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SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY 1-5PM

CHINESE DRAGONS AND LANTERNS THE CIVIC CENTRE, ARNOT HILL PARK, ARNOLD,NOTTINGHAM, NG5 6LU FREE, BUT ON-LINE BOOKING IS ESSENTIALWWW.GEDLING.GOV.UK/EVENTS

Gedling Play Forum and Gedling BoroughCouncil present an arts and craftsafternoon with a Chinese New Yeartheme. Come and make your own Lantern,join in with various Chinese NewYear-inspired arts and crafts, includingmaking bouncy dragons, watching thetraditional Lion Dance and listening toChinese stories during the afternoon.

1PM - 2.30PM & 3PM - 5PM CRAFT SESSIONS

2.40PM TRADITIONAL LION DANCE

5PM EVENT ENDS

On-line booking essential as places arelimited. Parents must be in attendance atall times. SEN Chill out Zone.

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SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY, 4PM - 6PM

BROXTOWE BOROUGH COUNCIL CELEBRATIONSBEESTON SQUARE, NG9 2AN

Have your face painted, and see your name writtenin calligraphy, taste some treats and try your hand atsome Chinese crafts.

Enjoy a rich variety of performances including a LionDance, Dragon Dance, Martial Arts demonstrations,traditional & contemporary dances, music, lanternprocession rounded off with a Fireworks finale.

CONTEMPORARY CHINESE DANCE RESIDENCYPush Dance group, an innovative company of learningdisabled adults from Broxtowe Day Service, will beshowcasing a contemporary dance performancedeveloped with visiting Chinese artist Rong Tao.

CHINESE LANTERN PARADEPupils from Roundhill Primary School will be workingwith artist, Sarah Palmer, to create Chinese lanternsthat will be displayed and paraded at the BeestonSquare event.

For more details visit Broxtowe Events websitewww.broxtowe.gov.uk/broxtoweeventsT: 0115 917 3695 E:events@broxtowe.gov.uk

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SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY, 7PMNottingham Confucius Institute (NCI) and ChineseStudents and Scholars Association (CSSA) present

CHINESE NEW YEAR GALA 2016THEATRE ROYAL, NOTTINGHAM

A grand celebration featuring talented musicians, dancers, martialartists, and singers specially selected from the CSSA membershiplocally and nationally, plus special guests

For tickets, and further information please call Nottingham Lakeside Arts 0115 8467777Online: www.lakesidearts.org.ukOr visit CSA website at www.cssanott.co.uk

TUESDAY 12 JANUARY - FRIDAY 5 FEBRUARY

JIANG HONGSHENG IN RESIDENCEJiang Hongsheng (Jack) is an artist and teacher in the traditional Chinese arts of brush painting andcalligraphy. A Master of English Education fromZhejiang Normal University, he was a teacher ofEnglish for 22 years before developing his art skillsworking under Master of Art, Yu Yiqing. In 2012 waspresented with a National Golden Prize for ChinesePainting. He is based in Nottingham’s twin city Ningbowhere he founded the Red Peony Academy of ChinesePainting and Calligraphy at the Ningbo Library. Jackteaches international visitors about Chinese culturethrough these ancient art forms and to date he haswelcomed visitors from 150 different countries.

CLASSES,WORKSHOPS, & MASTERCLASS WITH JIANGHONGSHENGBooking essential 0115 8467777 or at www.lakesidearts.org.uk/CNYOpen to anyone keen to learn about thebeautiful traditional art of Chinese brushpainting with visiting Chinese artist JiangHongsheng, and create a piece of yourown to take away!

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CHINESE BRUSHPAINTING FORBEGINNERS Tuesday 19 and 26January, 6.30 - 8.30pm Nottingham LakesideArts, £5 per session

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHYFOR BEGINNERS Wednesday 20 andWednesday 27January, 6.30 - 8.30pm Nottingham LakesideArts, £5 per session

MASTERCLASS IN CHINESE BRUSHPAINTING Wednesday 3 February,11am - 4pm Nottingham LakesideArts, £25 (£15 concessions)Beeston

CLASSES,WORKSHOPS, & MASTERCLASS WITH JIANGHONGSHENGBooking essential 0115 8467777or at www.lakesidearts.org.uk/CNYOpen to anyone keen to learn aboutthe beautiful traditional art ofChinese brush painting with visitingChinese artist Jiang Hongsheng, andcreate a piece of your own to takeaway!

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EXHIBITIONWALLNER GALLERY, NOTTINGHAM LAKESIDE ARTSTHURSDAY 14 JANUARY - SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY

TRADITIONALCHINESE BRUSHPAINTING ANDCALLIGRAPHY BYJIANG HONGSHENGThis specially selected exhibition of traditionalChinese art has been curated from the work ofour resident visual artist, Jiang Hongsheng(Jack), from Ningbo. It will include scrollsfeaturing some of the iconic elements ofChinese art, as well as examples of hiscalligraphy. Since 2012 Jiang Hongsheng hasbeen teaching visitors to China about Chineseculture through the medium of visual art. Manyof the items on display will also be for sale andavailable to take away following completion ofthe exhibition. For details please ask at NLA’sBox Office, next to the Wallner Gallery.

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TUESDAY 12 JANUARY -SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY

RONG TAO IN RESIDENCERong Tao is a choreographerand dance artist with a richprofessional career. He wasPrincipal Dancer with both theGuandong and Beijing ModernDance Companies; he has alsobeen Assistant Professor ofDance at the University ofChongqing, and Choreographerat the Chongqing Meishi FilmAcademy.

He is also the foundingChoreographer of the YuWuDance Project, providing aplatform for emerging youngdancers and also working withdifferent abilities within thecommunity. This will be his fifthvisit to Nottingham LakesideArts to help celebrate ChineseNew Year by working inpartnership with a range ofdance groups in Nottinghamand in Loughborough; he willalso be collaborating with thevisual artist Jian Hongshengwith whom he shares a veryparticular interest as his work isinspired by calligraphy.

During his residency Rong Taowill be making new work withthe dancers of New CollegeNottingham, at Oak FieldSchool, with Push DanceCollective, NottinghamChinese Folk Dance Group,and visiting a number ofdifferent schools in the city tointroduce the children totraditional and contemporarystyles of Chinese dance. InLoughborough he will beworking with Charnwood Artsand Loughborough Collegestudents, as well as FuelledDance Theatre.

Grateful thanks to ourLoughborough partners,Charnwood Artswww.charnwoodarts.com

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