Intrigued into the beauty and mystical delight of the traditional and modern Chinese culture? Why not join our Chinese New Year's Gala?

The Chinese New Year's Gala presents the Chinese culture in a visually and aurally revitalizing manner. There are wide varieties of shows included live performances of traditiona l& modern cultural dances, vocals, musical with Chinese traditional and mainstream instruments, drama, stage comedy, so on.

For those who have not been involved into Chinese cultural activities, this is a great chance for you to experience and take a glance of them within a night time.

 Activity Highlights

1.  Cambridge Talk Show

Cross talk is a traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue between two performers, or, much less often, a solo monologue or, even less frequently, a multi-player talk show. The language, rich in puns and allusions, is delivered in a rapid, bantering style. Cross talk is one of China's foremost performing arts, and is typically performed in the Beijing dialect. This year we have invited KangQiao cross talk society which just finished their london show. The head of this society learnt cross talk from his childhood and he got the first prize of national-wide students' drama competition.

2. Er Hu

Erhu also called nanhu, which existed at least 1000 years. As the timbre similar to the sound of singing, it can express the emotion of the song entirely.  When you listen to the Erhu, you can feel the story behind the song and the emotion of the players, just like you are him. For example, if you listen to the song called "Liang Xiao", you can feel that there is a kind of miss which will never end, and there hided the perpetual love.

3.  Lion / Dragon Dance

Lion Dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture, in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion custome. Chiense lion dances can be broadly categorized into two styles; Northern and Southern. The Northern dance is acrobatic and is mainly performed as entertainment. Southern dance is more symbolic. It is usually performed as a ceremony to exorcise evil spirits and to summon luck and fortune. Every Lunar New Year, Chinese immigrants around the world use Lion Dance and Chinese Drums to celebrate this lively festival, maintaining this long lasting traditional culture.

4.  Gu Zheng

Guzheng is a Chinese traditional musical instrument with a history of more than 200 years. Even though time passes, Guzheng is still an entertaining instrument of all time. It has bright, clear and refined tones. Its smooth and beautiful sound deeply penetrates through everyone's heart. Any sad, aroused, energetic piece of music can be described fully. Because Guzheng is perfect to be played in any circumstances, people therefore praised it as the "Eastern Piano".

5.  Yang Qin

Yangqin is a necessary in the gentilitial band and it has nearly 400 years history. The first character changed to Yang means "acclaimed".

Its timbre is rich and colourful. At the bass, it is solid and deep, at the alto, it is soft, at the high pitch, it is clear and melodiious. Different playing skills can describe different picture from the music, no matter is the splash of waterfall or the run of small stream.

6.  Martial Arts

Chinese Martial Arts sometimes referred to by the Mandarin Chinese term "WuShu" and popularly as "Kung Fu", consist of a number of fighting styles that were developed over the centuries. Example of themes are physical exercises that mimic movements from animals or a history and training method that gather inspiration from various Chinese philosophies, myths and legends. Each fighting style offers a different approach to the common problems of self-defense, health, and self-cultivation from a Chinese perspective.

 How to get your tickets?

The tickets for the CSSA Warwick Chinese New Year Gala 2010 can be bought from the following locations:

1. warwicksu.com

If you prefer to do it at home you can always buy with a few clicks from the Student Union's website. Just search "New Year Gala 2010" and you will find your ticket in a short moment.

(http://www.warwicksu.com)

2. Warwick Arts Centre Ticket Sales

If you are the person who prefer the traditional way, please feel free to talk to the ticket sales staff at the Warwick Arts Centre about the event. Nice and easy.

(http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk)

3. Campus Ticketing Counters

Ticketing Counters will be set up during 25th-29th January, 10am-5pm at the Arts Centre. Please come and visit us for more info.

 Any Enquires ??

For further enquries, please don't hesitate to find one of our representives:

• CSSA Warwick President: May Xie
  Tel: 07878521437
  Email: jingmei.xie@warwick.ac.uk

• CSSA Chinese New Year Gala 2010 Production Director: Liu Li
  Tel: 07786157879
  Email: l.liu.11@warwick.ac.uk