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Connecticut College China Yunnan/Mekong Project
U.S. Tour Participating Organizations
“Yunnan Revealed: Indigenous Music and Dance from China's Land of Clouds” produced by Connecticut College China Yunnan/Mekong Project in collaboration with Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College; Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, Vermont China Yunnan International Culture Exchange Center Co-produced with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Festival of China in Washington D.C.
China Yunnan International Culture Exchange Center
(Kunming, Yunnan Province, China)
The Center was established in January 1986 with the approval of the
People's Government of Yunnan Province. It is a non-governmental and
non-profit organization for operating international exchanges and fostering
cooperation to meet the needs of the Province in its opening to the
outside world. As a bridge that links regions within Yunnan to other
countries and a window through which the outside world views the province,
CYICEC has engaged in a broad range of international exchanges, from
arts, humanities and science to education and religion, from exhibitions,
publishing, performances and conferences, to investment and research.
The Center has been collaborating with Professor Lan- Lan Wang and the
China Yunnan/Mekong Project at Connecticut College since 2000.
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, a landmark 1450-seat, art deco theatre housed in downtown Burlington, VT, population 45,000, the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts is a vital community-based cultural center that builds model programs, spawns important national artist projects and provides invaluable leadership in the field of performing arts presentation and education. Annually, the Flynn produces a 40+-event Mainstage season of music, dance, theater, and multidisciplinary work; experimental genres in a 150-seat black-box “FlynnSpace;” a 30+performance Student Matinee Series attended by over 45,000 students annually; the nationally recognized, 10-day Burlington Discover Jazz Festival; Summer Artists' Development Residencies providing creation time and space for local and national artists; FlynnArts, a year round program in performing arts classes for children, teens and adults; and year-round humanities-centered and community-interactive programs. Over 150,000 people attend Flynn events annually. In 2000, the Flynn was a recipient of a prestigious Ford Foundation millennium initiative grant of $1.25 million toward artistic programming and endowment. The Flynn was also one of 16 presenters chosen to participate in JazzNet, a national program of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Flynn's project "Activating Access" with AXIS Dance Company received the first Innovation in Access award, 2005, at Arts Presenters given by the MET/Life Foundation. Through a wide diversity of programs, the Flynn links artists, non-profit organizations, social service agencies, area businesses and the general public in supporting and experiencing the performing arts.
The Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, a renowned multi-disciplinary academic, visual and performing arts center since 1962, presents over 300 events each year in Hanover, New Hampshire, and is one of the original prototypes of campus-based performing arts centers in North America. The Hopkins Center's award-winning Visiting Performing Artists Series presents a spectrum of creative expression, reflecting the world's cultures to more than 66,000 attendees annually. Over 20,000 youth, students and community members interact with artists in 200+ educational programs. The Hopkins Center commissions new works of dance or music each year, a commitment that fosters greater understanding and participation in, and excitement about, the arts. It also supports local and regional performers through free concert series serving thousands, and hosts an annual development residency for the New York Theatre Workshop. Serving economically and culturally diverse communities in northern New England, the Hopkins Center invests more than $200,000 annually in educational programming, bringing diverse traditions to a region with little exposure to diversity.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Festival of China: During the month of October, the Kennedy Center is the destination for a groundbreaking experience in Chinese performing arts and culture. The Kennedy Center's Festival of China reveals fascinating visions of China that are ancient and new, familiar and exotic. Welcoming more than 800 performers from various regions throughout China as well as Hong Kong and the United States, this unprecedented celebration brings together East and West in a vibrant spectacle of the finest arts. At the nation's cultural center, more than 50 indoor and outdoor events will showcase the beauty, color, passion, and diversity of Chinese culture, including Peking opera, orchestral music, folk music, drumming, ballet, modern dance, theater, puppetry, acrobatics, contemporary film, photography, fashion, and visual arts.