CHA performance video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjJz6eula1c&feature=related
Shanghai World Expo 2010 presented more than 2 million performing arts and cultural activities from all over the world.[1]
Located in the heart of the Expo site, the Performance Center is the most central architecture in Shanghai World Expo. It is the first size-changeable performance center in China, also it is one of the permanent pavilions. May 1st 2010 until June 30th 2010, in the Performance Center (also called Event Hall), the acrobatic drama "CHA" (tea) was presented. There was a blue and white Chinese porcelain cup pot in the middle of the stage. The acrobats’ marital art and dancing skills, combing with the theme of Chinese traditional tea and thick history of china, gave the audience a strong feeling and impression.[2]
Shanghai World Expo will spare no effort in presenting one of the most valuable Chinese historical heritage—Chinese martial arts. Shaolin Wudang (prominent Chinese martial art performers who get trained in the temple called Shaolin in Henan Province China.
Tailored for the Shanghai World Expo Shaolin kung fu drama "Legend of Shaolin's monks" was presented from July 1 to August 31, staging at the Event Hall. Four times each day. "Shaolin 72 secret skills will be demonstrated: boy power, two-finger Zen (standing upside down just with one figure each hand), impregnable cocoon etc."[3]
Similarly, the audience at home and abroad will be the first close contact with the mysterious Taiji (Also called Yin-yang). Taiji performance was presented from July 1 to September 30. Many people in the western people sometimes get confused with the origin of Shaolin, Taiji, and tea. They are absolutely from China.
Carnival parade is also one of the joyful elements in Shanghai Expo. During the World Expo, there were carnivals in Pudong and Puxi, as many as five times a day to start road-style get-togethers. Colorful carnival cars and beautifully dressed actors were singing and dancing, thus created an arty environment for visitors.
In the Performance Center, not only the 2010 Shanghai World Expo venue of choice for opening and closing ceremonies, but also a concert or performance every night for viewers until the last day of Expo. The shows are from China, Asia, Europe, Africa and America. Over the weekend, the world's high-profile performing arts were shown in Performance Center. Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, the prestigious British Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the United States Philadelphia Orchestra were presented.
Drum performances from Africa, Burundi were presented. Drums are hollowed tree trunks and wrapped with cow leather. Famous Canadian circus, warm samba from Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Argentina Tango, Aladdin, Sinbad Sailing Record, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Nepal's dance parade, traditional Afghan music Sierra Leone National Dance Company performances, Fiji Dance, Indian Bollywood shows, Bolivia dress parade, Kenya Cultural Village show, fire knife dance of Samoa, Solomon Islands’ String and Wind music performance all together made Shanghai World Expo into a global performing arts center.
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