Join us on Sunday, 3rd February 2019 to celebrate Chinese New Year in Lancaster!
Find streets full of tasty international food, exciting funfair rides for the family and entertainment throughout the day with artists, musicians and martial arts taking the stage in Market Square.
Information from www.WanlinDanceSchool.co.uk.
Wanlin Steele is a professional Chinese dancer, performer and choreographer based in Sheffield, the heart of the UK. Wanlin trained professionally as a dancer since the age of ten, later graduating in Chinese Classical Dance and Performance at the world-renowned Beijing Dance Academy (BDA).
While a student, Wanlin represented the BDA at the top dance competition in China, the Taoli Cup, winning a Best Performance Award. She then performed and choreographed extensively across China before moving to the UK; highlights included an invitation to perform at the birthday celebrations for the King of Thailand and repeated appearances on Chinese national TV.
Wanlin is the director of Wanlin Dance School, which offers a wide range of courses for children and adults and specialises in bringing Chinese dance to dancers and audiences in the UK. She also leads the Wanlin Dance Troupe, an ensemble of the School’s professionally trained advanced dancers, which has delivered many successful stage performances at events all over the UK in the past years.
While in the UK Wanlin has also worked with renowned choreographers, most notably Kim Gavin, and regularly teaches at national and international dance events including annual Chinese dance workshops at MOVE IT in London.
The Hua Xian Chinese Society presents an evening with the theme ‘Golden Era’ – harking back to the glamourous heydays of jazz and swing with a Chinese twist.
Join other distinguished guests at Lancaster Town Hall’s prestigious Banqueting suite to enjoy a Chinese feast and enjoy performances by:
The evening also includes the Hua Xian Chinese Society’s annual prize giving ceremony recognising the work of its volunteers.
One of the most established Chinese Opera Troupes in the UK – the Manchester Cantonese Operatics Society – present an evening of traditional Cantonese Opera.
This is a unique opportunity to experience a form of Chinese performing arts with centuries of tradition for the first time in Lancaster at the Dukes Theatre. Combining powerful vocals and dramatic narrative with exquisite costumes and make-up, this show will explore Chinese opera through five specially selected plays each accompanied by live music performed by an ensemble of Chinese instruments including the Erhu, Dizi, Yangqin and percussion.
