'Moon over He Lan Mountain' performance at Kian Kok Tuesday
Published on: Friday, October 21, 2016
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Ma-Zhong Friendship Association will be organising a cultural drama performance "Moon Over He Lan Mountain" that will be performed by Yinchuan Arts Theatre from the Hui Islamic community in China."Moon Over He Lan Mountain" is an award-winning performance and had been nominated as one of the ten best national beautiful art projects in 2011 plus a long list of other nominations in the national ethnic minority performance.According to its President Dr Oh Ei Sun, the cultural performance will be held at SM Kian Kok Multipurpose Hall on October 25 (Tuesday) starting 8pm.ADVERTISEMENT He said the association has received full support from the China General Consulate in Kota Kinabalu to organise the programme."This international performance is something that should not be missed. On behalf of the organisers, I invite members of the public to come," he said, adding that entrance is free of charge.Dr Oh shared that the Hui ethnic dances are a Chinese drama performance created and choreographed by Yinchuan Arts Theatre. The dances have been performed more than 600 times since 2007.Yinchuan Arts Theatre Co. Ltd is a company owned by the Yinchuan government. It is the biggest and most comprehensive arts troupe in Ningxia that performs a variety of dances, stage acts, children's plays, songs, China folk arts, acrobatics, music and magic shows.ADVERTISEMENT The troupe consists 200 staff members out of which 40 are professionals. Their artistic works have won multiple awards, including the Splendour and Peony awards.
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The programme is sponsored by the China National Arts Fund 2014. The troupe has performed in various countries including Egypt, Qatar, Algeria, Japan, Indonesia and Hong Kong.