China Broadcasting Performing-Arts Group

Co-presented by CCC and the Canada Multicultural Exchange Centre Foundation

The China Broadcasting Performing-Arts Group (CBPG) is a mix of professional artists who had previously performed outside China, which include both traditional Chinese and modern performances. The performance for the night include singing; traditional Chinese instruments like the flute, the yangqin, the pipa, the erhu; magic; acrobatics; and traditional dance.

The whole show will be performed by visiting CBPG artists and emceed by Ms Zheng Xiaocun, also visiting from China.

Featured artists:

• Wang Jieshi, male vocalist
• Zhu Sha, female vocalist

Other performers include:

• From the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra:
  • Zhang Gaoxiang, yangqin player
  • Feng Chaohong, pipa player
  • Yi Yongren, sheng player
  • Qiao Chenglin, dizi (flute) player
  • Zheng Jie, pipa player
• From the China Broadcasting Shuochang (Comic) Arts Troupe:
  • Wen Shuping, handeng yanchang vocalist
• Jin Linlin and Yang Linhai, acrobats
• Yang Lulu, magician
• Wei Na, Xue Mingqian, Zhu Lijuan, Wan Quan, Sun Da, and Li Yunling, dancers

Performances of the evening include (not listed in order):

• Dances: Jiqing Youyu (吉慶有餘), nichang yuyi (霓裳羽衣), and Liuliu Kangding, Liuliu-de Qing (溜溜康定溜溜的情)
• Female solo: Shan Dan Dan Kaihua Hong Yan (山丹丹開花紅艷)
• Lusheng solo: Huoche Jin Dongzu (火車進侗族)
• Chinese ensemble: Full-Blown Blossoms Under The Bright Moon (花好月圓)；
• Pipa solo: The Ambush (十面埋伏)
• Erhu solo: Moon's Reflection On Erquan (二泉映月)
• Male solo: school-themed songs
• Handeng yanchang—the vocalist sings while holding a lighted candle on a candlestand with her lips
• Magic
• Acrobatics