WHEN: Saturday, August 3, 2013 

TIME: talk is from 6:30-7:10 PM; performance is 7:30-9:00 PM (CST)

WHERE: National Centre for the Performing Arts

No.2 West Chang’an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing中国国家大剧院，西城区西长安街2号

COST: the talk is 50 RMB for members, 60 RMB for non-members.

   tickets to the performance are 120 / 180 / 240 RMB (you’re strongly advised to book in advance)

ABOUT THE EVENT:

  After touring nearly 20 countries on four continents, including performances at Lincoln Center and Sydney Opera House, TAO finally returns home to perform for Beijing audiences on Aug. 3 & 4. Invited by NCPA, TAO Dance Theater will perform “4” and “2”, which won critical acclaim at Lincoln Center Festival in 2012. Do not miss the company that the New York Times has called “extraordinary” and the Financial Times has called “a force of nature.” Legendary Cloud Gate Founder and Artistic Director Lin Hwai-min says the work “belongs to the 21st century…. In my dreams I can create dance works like these, yet at the same time I know that I am not capable.”

  Please join us for the RAS-hosted pre-performance talk by Alison M. Friedman, founding director of Ping Pong Productions and leading expert in China’s burgeoning performing arts market. Ping Pong Productions is a producing and consulting organization headquartered in Beijing with the mission of cultural diplomacy. They recently brought the first American theatre company ever to perform at the National Center. Read more at www.pingpongarts.org

陶身体剧场从成立至今，足迹遍及4大洲近20个国家，作品曾在美国林肯中心和澳大利亚悉尼歌剧院等许多世界著名艺术场馆上演。此次陶身体剧场受国家大剧院的邀请，将携作品数位系列《2 》和《 4》于 2013年8月3日和4日晚19:30在中国国家大剧院小剧场首次与中国观众见面。不可错过《纽约时报》评价陶身体剧场的作品中“激情与能量是如此非凡和吸引人”，《金融时报》评论其“舞蹈中流动着自然的力量”，云门舞集创始人、编舞大师林怀民认为“陶冶的作品是二十一世纪之舞，令人赞叹，引人思索。我梦想可以编出这样的舞作，同时知道自己办不到。”

演出前请来参加RAS主板的活动，演出前演讲。演讲者是方美昂。方美昂是乒乓策划的总裁和创始人。乒乓策划是一家文化交流公司，帮中国表演艺术家和国际表演艺术家合作和创作新的项目。更多信息请参看: www.pingpongarts.org