Jingju Canada is producing the ‘East meets West’ fundraiser for current Concordia Students traveling to Beijing this summer. The event will be an evening of various performances in the traditional style of Jingju and will showcase the work of Concordia Performance students and Jingju Canada members.

Tickets will be available at the door, but they are limited.

Contact: info@jingju.ca to reserve your tickets today!

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Jingju Canada was invited to perform at a private event at 918 Bathurst: culture, arts, media + education.

Here are some select pictures from the event:
  

We are very pleased and excited to announce that Jingju Canada will be producing a show in the Montreal Fringe Festival in June of 2011!

The show, ‘San Cha Kou’ (Which is translated as; ‘Three Crossing Roads’, ‘The Crossroads’ or ‘Divergence’), will be Jingju Canada’s first full length production and will be directed by Shijia Jiang. It is a physically intensive performance involving stylized movement, combat and comedy, culminating in the famous ‘Fight in the Dark’ scene. The show is scheduled to run 60mins.

In accordance with Jingju Canada’s mission to bring a greater understanding and appreciation of Jingju to a Canadian audience, ‘San Cha Kou’ will be performed in traditional costumes and makeup with a translated adaptation of the classic script. This script will be translated into English and adapted with the objective to further enlighten and inform a multicultural -Canadian- audience of the colourful storyline and characters found in ‘San Cha Kou’.

Featuring;
Nicholas Santillo – Liu Lihua
Robert Montcalm – Ren Tanghui
Avi Bendahan & Mireck Mitelski – Jie Chai
Shijia Jiang – Liu Lihua’s Wife
…And a special surprise Guest as the Famous General – Jiao Zan!

To find out more, or if you want to see a performance of ‘San Cha Kou’ outside of Montreal’s Fringe Festival, contact;
Nicholas.Santillo@gmail.com / Shijia.Jiang@gmail.com

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Shijia Jiang and Nicholas Santillo will be representing Jingju Canada in Toronto on December 28th at theLower Ossington Theatre by taking part in the second ‘Feed the Birds’ Cabaret. The festivities we begin at 8pm and include puppetry, live music, a wet bar and a special appearance by the Monkey King.

To reserve your tickets e-mail:
feedthebirdscabaret@gmail.com

Click here to learn more about Quality Slippers Productions and the first ‘Feed The Birds’ cabaret.

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We are pleased to announce an intensive weekend workshop on December 11th and 12th!

Saturday December 11 & Sunday December 12 from 9:00-14:00
JingjuCanada is offering an intensive 10hour workshop on stylized dance and martial movements.  Students will learn skills to work with traditional ‘Water Sleeves’ and Chinese sabers and be taught a choreography combining these movements and skills.

Registration fee is $50 for the weekend, space is limited so reservations will be made on a first come, first serve basis.
Contact Info@jingju.ca to reserve your space today!

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Jingju Canada, Shijia Jiang and her Concordia theatre students are performing in Montreal’s China town on November 27th at 8pm.
The dinner performance will take place at Restaurant Ruby Rouge (1008 Rue Clark [514]390-8828).
Tickets are $28 and includes a meal.
Tickets can be purchased at the door.

On Saturday July 10th Jingju Canada was invited to take part in a exposition of xiqu (Traditional Chinese Theatre Arts) at the Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec – across the river from the nation’s capital Ottawa.

Pictures to come!