The ATLANTA CHINESE DANCE COMPANY, renowned for its original Chinese dance dramas played to sold-out houses at Gwinnett Center, presents an EDUCATIONAL LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION and INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP designed specifically with K-12 schools, community centers, and libraries in mind.

With dazzling costumes, colorful props, and melodic music from China, our EDUCATIONAL LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION takes students on a journey of the coming of age of a traditional Chinese villager.  Through a carefree child playing with a toy drum, a coy teenage girl twirling red handkerchiefs to impress young men at a local festival, and an expecting mother sewing clothes in restless anticipation of her first child, students experience the charm and elegance of one of the most ancient cultures in the world.  Boys and girls alike are also enthralled by the strength and skill of Chinese sword dancing as they meet a warrior from ancient China.  Authentic Chinese dances are interspersed with detailed live narration and audience participation, such as the opportunity for selected students to learn a silk ribbon dance on stage with the performers.  Students walk away at the completion of the program with an education of Chinese dance, history, and culture that will empower and inspire them to take pride in their own cultural backgrounds and to gain an understanding and appreciation of the fastest growing minority group in the U.S.

Looking for something more hands-on to complement the lecture-demonstration?  Get on your feet and learn two of the most representative Chinese folk dances, the silk ribbon dance and fan dance, in our INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP.  This program can be scheduled alone or in conjunction with our lecture-demonstration.

Now is the perfect time to book a wonderfully entertaining yet educational program for your students.  Our lecture-demonstration and interactive workshop are each 45 minutes in length, but both can be restructured to meet your needs.  E-mail us at atlantachinesedance@comcast.net or call us today at 770-449-9953 for more details (including fee) and/or to schedule a final date and time for the program(s).

Meet the Artists

The ATLANTA CHINESE DANCE COMPANY is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the development, advancement, and appreciation of Chinese history and culture through the art of Chinese dance to metro Atlanta and surrounding areas.  The company has presented fifteen original full-evening productions in theaters such as the Performing Arts Center at Gwinnett Center, Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, and Rialto Center for the Performing Arts as well as numerous community outreach performances throughout the metro Atlanta area.  Most notably, ACDC appeared in the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games and the “Chinese variation” of Atlanta Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Fabulous Fox Theater for ten consecutive years.

HWEE-ENG Y. LEE (NARRATOR/INSTRUCTOR), ACDC founder and artistic director, has been teaching traditional Chinese dance for over twenty years at the Chinese Cultural Center in Chamblee, where she currently trains over eighty dancers.  Named "Lexus Leader of the Arts" in June 2001, she is the creator of four full-evening Chinese dance dramas.  She holds a MA from Boston College.

KERRY LEE (DANCER) has performed in several educational lecture-demonstrations on Chinese dance, history, and culture in New York, including H.T. Chen & Dancers' Eight Strokes and the Moving Word, the Orchestra of St. Luke's What is American Music? - The Asian Influence, and Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company's The Art of Chinese Dance and Dragon's Tale.  As a professional dancer, she has toured thirteen US states and the British Virgin Islands.  She holds a BS from Stanford University.  See Kerry in action here and here.

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