Chongqing UK Arts Festival

Time: 30 Sep- 31 Oct
Venue: Paradise Walk, Nan Bin Lu
Organizer: British Council
Supporters: Long Hu•Paradise Walk, Nan Bin Lu management office
Sponsors: Scottish & Newcastle

1. Timetable
Please click here to downlaod the programme (WORD format 71KB).

2. Introduction

1) “Rivers of the world” exhibition
A Thames Festival project delivered in partnership with the British Council, sponsored by HSBC Global Education Trust.  Funded by DfES (London Challenge) and Jack Petchey Foundation.

Rivers of the World is an international arts project that involves the creation of large scale artworks by young people for public display. The artworks have shared river themes and are based on the styles of leading contemporary artists.

The featured rivers (and partnered cities):
River Thames (London, UK)
Yangtze River (Chongqing, China)
River Ganges (Kolkata, India)
Liesbeek River (Cape Town, South Africa)
River Nile (Cairo, Egypt)

The six river themes are:
River of Life (the river’s ecosystem, its distinctive plants and animals)Polluted River (drinking water, sewerage, pollution and efforts to keep the water clean)
Resourceful River (global warming, flooding, dams, irrigation and river calamities)
Working River (people whose lives and livelihood depend on the river)
River City (the changing politics of river space, riverside developments, river crossings, docks, leisure and river attractions)
River Culture (representations of the river in art, the river as a play space, river explorers, sacred river, famous events, sport and river festivals)

Exhibition time: 30 Sep- 31 Oct

Venue: Paradise Walk, Nan Bin Lu

2) Lemmings
Dedicated to creating original comedy theatre, the Lemmings have been touring since 1984. By 1986 the Lemmings had started touring internationally. Apart from touring theatres and festivals the Lemmings have been involved in many unusual theatrical productions.

Some of the places that the lemmings have performed include:

3) Yu Dance
The studio is a non-profit studio group promoting international exchange of modern dance, providing platform for choreography residence work, and professional training to dancers. The studio team includes:

Rong Tao: Director, chief choreographer
Matthew Hawkins: Consultant, chief choreographer
Hu Wei: Main external coordinator

Dancers
Some artists and professionals

Yu Dance was invited by 2007 Aberdeen International Youth Festival this year. British Council supported them to attend the festival. They would bring back the latest element from UK to present in our festival.

4) Airplay UK+ fashion show

5) Carnival procession

There would be 8 teams during the carnival walk, each 15 persons. Then we would award the first prize, the second prize and the third after the procession performance.

6) Avanti Display

7) Strangelings