Friday, June 5, 2009

We'll Cap the Night Off With an Acrobatics Show

Traditional Chinese acrobatics is quite popular in China, and reportedly the Shanghai Acrobatics Troupe has some of the best performances in town at the Shanghai Centre Theatre. You can check out the theater on their website by clicking here. I'm still not sure on the details of who acrobatics company we will see, but I'm sure that we'll thoroughly enjoy whoever we see.

4 comments:

Erika said...

I am really excited about this show!! Even though we'll be worn out. haha.

Alec Livaditis said...

i don't think anyone but prill will have any interest in this, but i'll share it anyway... I found this great thesis on Chinese animation (Chinese animation?) and some videos of the films it discusses...

I find it interesting...

http://cms.mit.edu/research/theses/RenaHuang2007.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctkvO1oJW0A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhIRLZs1lbc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_V4PnqIkUc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=07F022D4495F0864&search_query=havoc+in+heaven

all of the above films were produced during the "first golden age of Chinese animation" from 1956 to 1966, which ended with the emergence of the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution

Erika said...

Only you Leviticus, only you...

Although, I'm looking at it now.

Erika said...

And while I'm at it, perhaps you should get ready to be dominated by reading THIS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_film)

GO AHEAD. READ LEVITICUS. And then you can feel bad about yourself.