Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Receive $10K Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
(FORT LEE, NJ) Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the Company s Year of the Golden Ox Celebration. This project will provide the necessary funding support to make this year s festival possible and allowing the Company to bring some of the leading Asian American Artists together virtually. The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company project is among 1,073 projects across America totaling nearly $25 million that were selected during this first round of fiscal year 2021 funding in the Grants for Arts Projects funding category.
Nai-Ni Chen Announces Dancers For The Bridge February 8-12
(FORT LEE, NJ) In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the
The Bridge. The Institute s aim is to bring together dancers, choreographers and directors around the world to experience the master teachers of color whose practices are embedded in the community and are focused on advancing the art of dance that transform the personal, environmental and metaphysical spaces.
Interested dancers can join the class by registering on Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company s
As a virtual dance institute,
The Bridge will invite world renowned as well as up and coming dancers and choreographer to come to guest teach the class. Advanced/Intermediate level professional or pre-professional dancers who are looking to explore beyond their own boundaries and looking for new dance experiences are encouraged to participate.
Photo by Rhododendrites via Wikimedia
Next Friday, February 12th, begins the Year of the Ox, an animal whose attributes are hardworking and honest. The Lunar New Year is a 16-day celebration, often marked by lantern festivals, parades, and fireworks. But since we aren’t able to enjoy a lot of these gatherings this year, we’ve rounded up some of the best safe celebratory events in New York City, including virtual dumpling-making classes, papercutting workshops, a small business crawl in Chinatown, and traditional Chinese dance and music performances.
Outdoor fun
Send Chinatown Love–a digital community that was founded in March of last year to support Chinatown and its 7,000 businesses amidst the pandemic–has created a Lunar New Year Crawl in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens that highlights 29 vendors, ranging from gift shops to restaurants, and encourages communities to shop at local Asian-owned businesses in celebration of the holiday. To keep the event safe, takeout and
Nai-Ni Chen Announces Dancers For The Bridge February 1-5
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has established a new dance institute through Zoom,
The Bridge. The Institute s aim is to bring together dancers, choreographers and directors around the world to experience the master teachers of color whose practices are embedded in the community and are focused on advancing the art of dance that transform the personal, environmental and metaphysical spaces.
Interested dancers can join the class by registering on Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company s
As a virtual dance institute,
The Bridge will invite world renowned as well as up and coming dancers and choreographer to come to guest teach the class. Advanced/Intermediate level professional or pre-professional dancers who are looking to explore beyond their own boundaries and looking for new dance experiences are encouraged to participate.
Flushing Town Hall Celebrates the Year of the Ox with the Annual Chinese Temple Bazaar
The event will take place on Sunday, February 14.by BWW News Desk
Flushing Town Hall will celebrate the Year of the Ox with Flushing Town Hall s Chinese Temple Bazaar, held virtually for the first time and streaming via YouTube on Sunday, February 14 at 2:00 PM (ET).
The Chinese Temple Bazaar, title sponsor Tai Wang and Glow Foundation, will feature a feast of Lunar New Year celebrations, including traditional folk dance by the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; Hao Bang Ah, New Year! , a new Chinese hand puppet performance by Chinese Theatre Works; a paper-cutting demonstration by Hongyi He and Ling Tang; a Chinese comic crosstalk episode; A Guide of New York Love , by Shuimu Xiangsheng; and, a fish-drawing demonstration by Arthur Liu of the Queens Arts Education Center.