Chinese music, acting group to perform at = Purdue

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August 26, 2008

Chinese music, acting group to perform at Purdue

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Jiangsu Silk & Bamboo = Performing=20 Group
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The = Jiangsu Silk=20 & Bamboo Performing Group is performing at Purdue University = on Sept.=20 13.=20

The event, which is free and open to the = public, is=20 2-3:30 p.m. in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Doors open at 1:45 = p.m.=20 The event is sponsored by Confucius Institutes at Purdue and = Valparaiso=20 University.

The 25-member group includes 13 = instrumentalists, two=20 vocalists, two dancers, two acrobats and three Beijing Opera = actors and=20 actress, and one puppet show actress. The artists will present = traditional=20 Chinese instrumental and vocal music, folk dance, magic = face-changing,=20 puppet shows and excerpts from famous Beijing Opera classics.

"All the artists have toured extensively in = and=20 outside China and performed at many famous venues around the = world," says=20 Wei Hong, a professor of Chinese and director of Purdue's = Confucius=20 Institute. "Jiangsu Performing Arts Company is one of the largest=20 performing companies of China."

Jiangsu Province is located northwest of = Shanghai in=20 the lower valley of Yangtze River.

"With its long history and unique culture, = the=20 provincial capital Nanjing used to serve as China's capital," Hong = says.=20 "Jiangsu Province also enjoys a highly developed economy with its = gross=20 domestic product ranked No. 1 among all the provinces of China. = Purdue has=20 had a long and very productive relationship with the universities = and=20 cultural institutions in Jiangsu and Nanjing including our = hospitality,=20 tourism and management student exchanges and internship programs. =

"The upcoming visit and performance by the = artists of=20 Jiangsu Silk & Bamboo Performing Group at Purdue celebrates = the=20 existing cultural and academic ties between Purdue and Jiangsu=20 Province."

Other Purdue support for this event is from = the=20 Mosaic program in the Provost's Office, the College of Liberal = Arts, China=20 Center and the College of Consumer and Family Sciences. The Purdue = performance is one of many performances for the group that is = touring=20 Midwest Confucius Institutes. The tour is called the Great Lakes = Confucius=20 Institute Music Festival.

The Confucius Institute at Purdue is a = collaboration=20 among the colleges of Liberal Arts, Engineering and the Krannert = School of=20 Management, as well as Shanghai Jiaotong University in Shanghai, = China.=20 One-hundred forty Confucius institutes worldwide are sponsored by = the=20 Chinese Language Council International to develop relationships = and=20 understanding between countries.

Writer: Amy Patterson Neubert, (765) = 494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu =

Source: Wei Hong, (765) 494-3859, hongwei@purdue.edu

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PHOTO CAPTION: The = Jiangsu=20 Silk & Bamboo Performing Group will present traditional = Chinese=20 instrumental and vocal music, folk dance, magic face-changing, = puppet=20 shows and excerpts from famous Beijing Opera classics during its = Sept. 13=20 appearance at Purdue. The show, which is free and open to = the public=20 and sponsored by Confucius Institutes at Purdue and Valparaiso=20 universities, will be from 2-3:30 in Purdue's Stewart Center. = (Photo=20 provided.)

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