PABLO DE SARASATE A brilliant violinist himself, Sarasate wrote Carmen Fantasy in 1883 and dedicated it to Joseph Hellmesberger, an accomplished Austrian violinist and composer. One of the most famous fantasy pieces for violin, it has five movements that each draw upon motifs from different acts in Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera. The first movement, Allegro…
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 – 2018 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra
Xinjiang Spirit Ethnic Dance
Part of a Fei Tian College Easter celebration produced and performed by students – Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun Creations are available at ShenYunCreations.com.
Slavonic Dance, Op. 72 No. 7 – 2017 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Antonín Dvořák broke into the international music scene with his first set of Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, in 1878. Modeled after the widely popular Hungarian Dances of Johannes Brahms, Dvořák used melodies of his own creation instead of drawing from traditional folk tunes. That all of his Slavonic Dances feature wholly original melodies…
Hmong Ethnic Dance
Part of a Fei Tian College Chinese New Year party produced and performed by students – Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun Creations are available at ShenYunCreations.com.
Gounod: March from Act IV of Roméo et Juliette – 2019 Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra
December 11, 2021
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Nineteenth-century Parisian composer Charles Gounod is recognized today for his two most popular operas, Faust and Roméo et Juliette. He wrote both in the grand opéra style, an avant-garde culmination of Italian, German, and French traditions. The operas mirrored classical dramas with their five-act structure, but to indulge the tastes of aristocratic patrons, composers often…
Why Chinese Dance Is Thriving Outside China
It’s no secret that many of Shen Yun Performing Arts’ earliest dancers were alumni of China’s Beijing Dance Academy. Yet a decade after New York-based Shen Yun’s inception, its performances started to look worlds apart from that of any Chinese dance company. “Think about it, Beijing [Dance Academy] has its pick of the best dancers…
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This is Victor Li’s fifth time entering the NTD TV International Classical Chinese Dance Competition. For most aspiring classical Chinese dancers, this competition is a rite of passage, one chaired by many of the same artists who helped put this 5,000-year-old art form on the map worldwide. “I don’t think I’ll enter again,” added Li, a…
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The first thing that captivated Elsie Shi about classical Chinese dance was the flips—the way dancers looked as if they were flying, the way she felt tumbling through the air. She would try to prolong the feat as long as possible, staying in the air as long as possible, before touching the ground again. “Back then,…
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