Electroniclink.com

Dec 12, 2006

Amidst a profusion of swirling colors and sparkling sequins, New Tang Dynasty TV’s CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECTACULAR opens with a lavish production of “Creation” where heavenly and earthly beings join to bring goodness to the planet. In celebration of The Year of the Pig, over 150 dancers, vocalists and instrumentalists take a mesmerized audience back to the golden age of culture with candlelight vigils, big musical numbers, ballet-like folk stories, soprano arias, victory drumming, and dances of ribbons, flowers, Mongolian herders and Dai traditions. Against breath-taking backgrounds graceful bodies in traditional costumes reveal the rich history of the Chinese culture through music provided by a 50-member pit orchestra led by Rutang Chen (formerly with China’s Central Philharmonic Society Orchestra). Spectacular is the only word that could be used for this elaborate presentation of a multi-faceted country and its history. CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECTACULAR serves not only to showcase the diversity of the culture but also emphasizes the underlying universality of all mankind - a search for truth, a striving for compassion, and yearning for goodness. This show is truly spectacular in all senses of the word!