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| Post subject: Arts Calendar: 4 Items for August 2005 |
From The Economist. Click link for full summaries and pictures-
http://www.economist.com/cities/briefing.cfm?calendar=1&city_id=SHA
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1. KM3 Proposals for Chinese Cities
Until August 21st 2005
This exhibition by MVRDV, a Dutch architectural firm, looks like a giant playground. Wooden bridges and gangways are suspended over a clear, plastic floor (made from perspex), lit by flashing coloured lights...
Shanghai Gallery of Art, Three on the Bund, No.3 The Bund 3/F, 3 Zhong Shan East No.1 Rd, Shanghai 200002. Open: 11am–11pm. Tel: +86 (0) 21 6321-5757 or 6323-4549. Free admission.
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2. The Giant Kung Fu Performance - Shaolin Soul
August 3rd-31st 2005
Shaolin Soul offers a chance to see the Chinese martial art of kung fu performed by monks from the Shaolin temple—the birthplace of the art. The original Shaolin temple was built in 495 AD, and...
Shanghai Lyceum Theatre, 57 Mao Ming Rd South, Shanghai 200020. Tel: +86 (0) 21 6217-2426/6217-3055. Tickets: 100-280Rmb. Performance at 7.15pm.
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3. Electroscape: International New Media Art
Until August 25th 2005
With an emphasis on digital art, Electroscape brings together 26 artists from Asia, Europe and America to reinterpret the Chinese garden. Using computers, videos, paintings and photography, these artists approach...
Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Zendai Thumb Plaza, Building 28, 199 Fangdian Lu, Pudong, Shanghai. Tel: +86 (0) 21 5033-9801.
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4. Shanghai Summer Proms
August 12th 2005
This year Shanghai hosts its Summer Proms at the newly renovated Shanghai Concert Hall. The beautiful art-deco structure, originally built as a cinema in 1930, was reopened last October after an $18m facelift and a change of location. Engineers hoisted the entire structure off the ground and...
Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yanan Donglu, Shanghai 200021. Tel: +86 (0) 21 6386-2836/5386-6666. Tickets: 80-300Rmb. Performance at 7.30pm. |
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