Educational Resources

The New York Chinese Cultural Center's Red Ribbon Dance Performance at Hudson Yards NYC to celebrate the Year of the Snake. (January 25, 2025) Video filmed by Cindy Chan and edited by Jameelah Rose Lineses Donate to NYCCC: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=M3KKPFDY8GW2G https://www.nychineseculturalcenter.org

The New York Chinese Cultural Center's Lion Dance Performance at Hudson Yards NYC to celebrate the Year of the Dragon Lunar New Year 2024 presenting the January 27, 2024 1PM performance. PERFORMERS Ian Luk, Alyssa Luk, Winson Cheong, Maxwell Tam, Ermelinda Young, Jameelah Lineses, Jason Lee, Kitty Kan, Ellie Guo and Aria Guo video by VKF

The New York Chinese Cultural Center's Lion Dance Performance at Hudson Yards NYC to celebrate the Year of the Snake. (January 25, 2025) Video filmed by VKF and edited by Jameelah Rose Lineses Donate to NYCCC: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=M3KKPFDY8GW2G https://www.nychineseculturalcenter.org

New York Chinese Cultural Center's Lunar New Year Show 2024 at Queens Museum, February 11th 2024 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Nico Li PERFORMING GROUPS: NYCCC Resident Company, Eastwind Percussion, Dance For The People, Xinghai Arts Center, Danting Qiao, Wei Sun, Vivian Liu, Suling Guo video by VKF (MAIN Cam)

The New York Chinese Cultural Center's Performance at Hudson Yards NYC to celebrate the Year of the Dragon Lunar New Year 2024 presenting the January 27, 2024 3PM performance of "Spring Flowers and Autumn Fruits" (Front Main Cam). This special performance was created to celebrate the Year of the Dragon in the spirit of NYCCC’s mission to plant seeds of Chinese culture and traditions among our communities. The music is a hymn for people who come together from all walks of life, and the piece is dedicated to all of the NYCCC artists over the years who have shared their passion, expertise, and legacies. In this dance, you will see silk fans, Chinese yo-yos, lions, and dragons come together for a high-energy, festive celebration. CAST: CHOREOGRAPHERS: Nico Li and Yuxi Liu COMPOSER: Yunfei Wang DANCERS: Alice Chacon, Katrina Bernhardt, Sarah Lam, Stefanie Chan, Ella Lee, Alyssa Luk, Vivian Lee LION: Kitty Kan and James Luk video VKF

Invited by our cultural partner Sino-American Friendship Association, NYCCC rang in the new year with a performance on the main stage of the Times Square New Year's Eve Countdown 2024. As the opening act to the celebration, we debuted our newly choreographed piece, "Harmony of Wuliangye" that highlighted Chinese drinking rituals, Sichuan Hua Dan Opera, and Lion/Dragon dance. Thank you to our cast including our community partner Dance For the People Dance Studio, guest performers from the Conservatory of Dance, SUNY Purchase College, and the dedicated artists from NYCCC's Resident Company.  video credit: Time Square NYC

New York Chinese Cultural Center's 2024 Lunar New Year Show at the Oculus World Trade Center 2/18/24 NYCCC performed an afternoon of Chinese Dance, Music, and Kung Fu at the Oculus World Trade Center in celebration of the Lunar New Year, Year of the Dragon. This year is NYCCC's 50th Anniversary! Please donate to support our work. Donate to NYCCC: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=M3KKPFDY8GW2G Video footage from VKF https://www.nychineseculturalcenter.org

On Sunday, February 20th, the New York Chinese Cultural Center performed an afternoon of Chinese Dance, Music, and Arts at the Queens Museum in celebration of Lunar New Year! It was so great to continue our annual partnership with the museum in celebrating Lunar New Year together, and we hope to see you all again next year! 非常感謝大家為參與了新苗文藝中心的2月20日中國民間舞蹈，音樂，和藝術表演在皇后區博物館。很高興能繼續與博物館合作每年的新春活動，希望明年再見！ Video Credit: Vidkamfu

This past February, The New York Chinese Cultural Center performed an afternoon of Chinese Lion Dance, Dai Peacock Dance, and Shaolin Kung Fu at the Queens Place Mall in celebration of Lunar New Year. Thank you to all who joined us and looking forward to seeing you next year! 在2月裡，紐約新苗文藝中心表演了舞獅，傣族孔雀舞，和少林功夫在皇后區Queens Place商城為慶祝新春佳節。感謝大家參與了，也希望明年再見！ Video: Vid Kamfu and Mrs. Vid Kamfu

Erhu 'Horse Racing' with NYCCC/DCNY performance and event highlights NYCCC performed at the 30th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Queens on July 31, 2022. We were thrilled to be back on stage to support this longstanding festival and celebrate its 30th anniversary. Video credit: VKF

The New York Chinese Cultural Center's Lunar New Year Show 2025 at Queens Museum. (February 2, 2025) ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Nico Li PROGRAM & PERFORMING GROUPS: 1.《Feathered Hearts》- Yes I Can Performing Arts Center 2.《Umbrella Dance》- NYCCC Resident Company 3.《Shaolin Kungfu》- Manhattan Shaolin KungFu and QiGong 4.  Kungfu Demo - Led by Master David Fung 5.《Long Sleeve Dance》- Shuning Huang, NYCCC Resident Company 6.《Graceful Feathers》- Yes I Can Performing Arts Center 7.《Mulan》- NYCCC Resident Company 8. Ribbon Dance Demo - Led by Yuxi Liu Video filmed by VKF and edited by Jameelah Rose Lineses Donate to NYCCC: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=M3KKPFDY8GW2G https://www.nychineseculturalcenter.org

NYCCC had its virtual Lunar New Year Celebration show on February 14th with 8 performances of Chinese ethnic dances, lion dance, kung fu, Chinese music and singing. Senator Chuck Schumer, Council Member Margaret Chin and Consul General Huang Ping joined our show to share their new year's greetings with our audience. After the performances, we had fun workshops for participants to learn Chinese dance, kung fu and Mandarin language. The show and workshops were all free and open to the public.

The New York Chinese Cultural Center celebrates our many Asian American and Pacific Islander communities by showcasing artists from different Asian ethnic groups, including Korean, Filipino, Japanese and Chinese. We’re thrilled to collaborate with these artists and the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans to lift each other up in celebration of our different Asian heritages. Let’s unite in solidarity to support each other and work together in speaking out against anti-Asian violence and racism. Together, we are stronger!

Sifu Tony Chuy's Lion Dance Team at WTC Oculus and BFPL Winter Garden to open NYCCC's LNY 2020 Celebration Event performed Sat Feb 1st 2020 Oculus at World Trade Center NYC Brookfield Place Winter Garden NYC NYCCC the New York Chinese Cultural Center www.nychineseculturalcenter.org info@nychineseculturalcenter.org engagements@nychineseculturalcenter.org PH 212.334.3764

Butterfly Lovers Dance (Excerpts) Before Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are Liang Zhu (梁祝), The Butterfly Lovers. This Chinese legend portrays the tragic love story of Liang Shanbo (梁山伯) and Zhu Yingtai (祝英臺) DCNY/NYCCC Principal Dancers Grant and Wanru perfomed their version of Liang Zhu (梁祝),The Butterfly Lovers with Erhu accompaniment by Maestro Yang Wang LNY 2020 performance Saturday Feb 1 2020 at BFPL Brookfield Place Winter Garden NYC NYCCC the New York Chinese Cultural Center www.nychineseculturalcenter.org engagements@nychineseculturalcenter.org 212.334.3764

New York Chinese Cultural Center is excited to present our Chinese Music Appreciation Series led by musician Yang Wang. This educational series will showcase different instruments with a discussion on the history and cultural significance of each instrument. Instruments will include erhu, dizi, guzheng, pipa and zhongruan. This week, we will be showcasing another well-known Chinese instrument - Guzheng. Wei Sun, a talented Guzheng player will join Yang to share the distinct northern and southern playing styles, each comprising schools specific to a region. Enjoy watching Wei's performance and Yang's introduction, while getting a taste of Guzheng from Chaozhou, Hakka, and Shandong.

For the month of July, we are excited to launch a weekly series of Chinese dance and music online performances. We will be showcasing two of our artists, Yang Wang and Jiali Wang, who will be highlighting different ethnic dances and musical pieces every Saturday at 11am. Join us in enjoying pieces ranging from a Mongolian folk ballad that invokes the emotions of sadness and nostalgia to an original piece choreographed to depict a powerful female lion dance teaser - a role often easily overlooked. To watch the first two installments: Classical Chinese Dance and Music: https://youtu.be/LirSqWNC40c Traditional Chinese Opera: https://youtu.be/KdjjHXVTZfs To donate to help support our artists and programs like this, please consider donating: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... NYCCC the New York Chinese Cultural Center info@nychineseculturalcenter.org 212.334.3764

For the month of July, we are excited to launch a weekly series of Chinese dance and music online performances. We will be showcasing two of our artists, Yang Wang and Jiali Wang, who will be highlighting different ethnic dances and musical pieces every Saturday at 11am. Join us in enjoying pieces ranging from a Mongolian folk ballad that invokes the emotions of sadness and nostalgia to an original piece choreographed to depict a powerful female lion dance teaser - a role often easily overlooked. See the launch of the series here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LirSqWNC40c , where our artists highlighted aspects of Chinese classical dance and music. Tune back in here or on our Facebook page @chinesedance for the following installments in this series. To donate to help support our artists and programs like this, please consider donating: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GBMEZPV68R2D2 Saturday July 25 - 11:00AM EDT Mongolian Folk Dance and Music New York Chinese Cultural Center info@nychineseculturalcenter.org 212.334.3764

Culture Connects Us ! Celebrating The Dragon Boat Festival Learn about Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu), a traditional Chinese holiday, through Chinese calligraphy with New York Chinese Cultural Center's calligraphy teacher. This holiday is celebrated with Dragon Boat races where drumming is very important. Watch some of NYCCC's drumming performances that were inspired by the importance of drums in Chinese culture, traditions, and dance. *BEST Viewed in 1080P HD* NYCCC The New York Chinese Cultural Center www.nychineseculturalcenter.org info@nychineseculturalcenter.org engagements@nychineseculturalcenter.org 212.334.3764

“The Breath and Memory of Life” - produced by New York Chinese Cultural Center The New York Chinese Cultural Center is proud to present an original production “The Breath and Memory of Life” showcasing Chinese dance, music, calligraphy and ink-brush painting to capture the essence and images of living during this unprecedented time of COVID-19. The first piece, “Nature’s Breath”, depicts wind as nature’s breath and how it is free flowing. However, people are unable to breathe freely behind their masks during this pandemic. It also symbolizes how people mask their true selves and we wonder what we will see when the masks are removed. The second piece, “Smother”, shows how our lives have changed during this pandemic and what we need to get through this challenging time. The last piece, “Spring in Memory”, reminds us of how everything comes back to life in the spring with the growth in nature and the celebration of Spring Festival in Chinese culture. But this past spring, our world paused and entered a long silence stunting the growth of humanity. Drawing from fond memories of past spring times, we look forward to the world coming back to life in unity as we heal together from this pandemic.

DCNY/NYCCC Classical Long Sleeve Dance at NYC Dance Parade 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bcjv30Q5gY Our NYCCC/DCNY Team's lovely performance of Chinese Classical Long Sleeve Dance on the stage at Tompkins Square Park, NYC May 18, 2019 for the 13th Annual NYC Dance Parade & Festival 2019 'Movement Of The People' NYCCC/DCNY Dancers: Alice, Anna, Hannah, Helen, Hillary, Katrina, Susanna +Best Viewed in 1080 HD or 4K+ NYCCC The New York Chinese Cultural Center www.nychineseculturalcenter.org engagements@nychineseculturalcenter.org 212.334.3764

NYCCC celebrated the LNY Year of the Pig very actively with numerous appearances and performances in many different venues. Amidst all the multiple events and festivities a team of four superb NYCCC dancers represented Chinese dance NYCCC-style at 'MMA', the prestigious, renown Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC... Here is their audience-rousing performance.... ***BEST Viewed in 1080P HD*** Original choreography Xu Hangdong Modifications by Tiff-C, A-Cha, Brit-C n Hill-Z performed Saturday February 9, 2019 at MMA, NYC NYCCC The New York Chinese Cultural Center 212.334.3764 www.nychineseculturalcenter.org info@nychineseculturalcenter.org engagements@nychineseculturalcenter.org

Macy's Star Rewards ! It's NYCCC/DCNY NYCCC/DCNY performed two sets of four routines at Macy's' Flushing NY Store on Friday May 24 2019 to set off the Memorial Day Weekend with flare and style This is the Lion Dance performance from the first set, opening NYCCC/DCNY's presentation to pleasantly surprised and entertained Macy's Store customers and shoppers NYCCC The New York Chinese Cultural Center www.nychineseculturalcenter.org engagements@nychineseculturalcenter.org PH 212.334.3764

We are coming to Brookfield Place Wintergarden ! https://www.artsbrookfield.com/event/lunar-new-year-2020/ https://www.nymetroparents.com/event/Brookfield-Place-2020-02-01-2020-02-01 NYCCC The New York Chinese Cultural Center will be coming your way to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Rat come see our wonderful performers and show Saturday Feb 1st 2020 Admission Free ! Meanwhile here are some recap highlights from last year's celebration performance.... NYCCC The New York Chinese Cultural Center www.nychineseculturalcenter.org info@nychineseculturalcenter.org engagements@nychineseculturalcenter.org 212.334-3764

NYCCC students Ella & Vivian Lee perform the Peacock dance at the 40th Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration in Chinatown (Sunday May 19, 2019).

NYCCC students perform the Mongolian dance at the 40th Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration in Chinatown (Sunday May 19, 2019).

NYCCC student Hillary Zeng performs the Fei Tian dance at the 40th Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration in Chinatown (Sunday May 19, 2019).