海洋雨2009/2010学年大事记

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments

 

海洋雨2009/2010学年大事记:

Ocean Rain’s Major Events 2009/2010

热烈祝贺海洋雨的儿童学员中国舞蹈考级全部通过

–北京舞蹈學院中國舞蹈等級考試首次在溫哥華島，維多利亞市舉行

Congratulations to all the students. WE ALL PASSED!!! Chinese Dance Examination Syllabus (CDES) exams were held for the very first time in Victoria, Vancouver Island at Ocean Rain Chinese Arts Academy.

For more information on CDES, please visit: http://www.chinesedance.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31&Itemid=22&lang=en

北京舞蹈学院，中国舞蹈考级中心主考官，中国著名舞蹈家，丁洁教授于6月27号在温哥华梁漱华舞蹈学院校长，舞蹈协会会长，梁漱华老师的陪同下来到了我们美 丽的维多利亚，举办了第一次的全vancouver island的中国舞蹈考级考试。海洋雨华夏艺术学院的小学员们，初生牛犊不怕虎，在学习时间仅仅几个月，考试经验不足的条件下，不气馁，自信，勇敢，落 落大方的完成了整个考试。孩子们全部通过了！！！

  

  華夏舞韻2010–海洋雨華夏藝術學院首屆舞蹈專場匯報晚會

Chinese Dance Spectacular 2010—The first Annual School Recital

2010 年2月28日晚上，在Spectrum Community Theater，海洋雨全體師生迎來了近300名熱情的觀眾。此次演出我們榮幸的邀請到了維多利亞市長Mr.Dean Fortin先生和殷熱南小姐作為晚會的司儀，著名古典舞蹈家，教育家岳瑩，溫哥華青年歌唱家袁農梅，古箏演奏家潘曉川，及其維多利亞知名靈魂歌唱家，Mr.Richard Aloysis等藝術家也到場為晚會增填了絢麗的色彩。

此次晚會的目的是向社會各界展現中國舞蹈藝術的博大精深，和海洋雨師生們在過去一年半的學習成績。舞蹈節目種類包括：民族舞，民間舞，古典舞，戲曲舞蹈。

晚會接近尾聲時，每個學生都得到了由市長和校長簽署的獎狀，肯定了他們在學習舞蹈的學習態度，熱情和進步。

晚會的DVD現已發行：

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese Dance Spectacular is now released, and it will be $35 per copy

($25 for members and students)

Hosted by: Mayor Dean Fortin

City of Victoria

Mrs. Renan Yin

Guest Performer: Mrs. Ying Yue

Principal of Vancouver Beauty Dance World

Mrs. Nong Mei Yuan

Director of May’s Music and Arts Centre

 

Ocean Rain in Motion — A Year of New Begining and Prosperity

Saturday, July 11th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

For Ocean Rain Chinese Arts Academy, 2008/2009 school year is  a great year full of success and prosperity . There are many amazing  stories to tell, many great feelings to share, and many people to thank.

Where should we begin?

Flashback………

What’s Chinese Dance?

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

What’s Chinese Dance? — Cerntainly not an easy question to answer. Chinese Dance has a rich history of 5000 years. We begin with the main folk and ethnic dances that Ocean Rain Chinese Arts Academy teaches and performs.

Fan Dance: Fans play a big part in Chinese folk dance; especially people in the north part of China use all kinds of beautiful fans in their dances to express their excitement for the coming springs.

Dai girls by the rosy clouds stream: Dai ethnic group has a lot of festivals, and the most famous one is the “Water-Splashing” festival in early summer. “Water-Splashing,” still held every year, is the most important festival, during which the Dais splash water on one another, and hold dragon boat races in the hope of chasing away all the illnesses and bad fortune of the past year and bringing about good weather and bumper harvests. ”Water-Splashing,” still held every year, is the most important festival, during which the Dais splash water on one another, and hold dragon boat races in the hope of chasing away all the illnesses and bad fortune of the past year and bringing about good weather and bumper harvests.

Themed Chinese Folk Dance:

1. Sewing for The Spring: Although winter is very cold, all of the young girls in China certainly don’t mind because winter means that spring is not too far away, and the Chinese Spring Festival is coming. All of the young girls in China can’t wait to wear their new clothes and hopefully meet someone that they like. Therefore, winter is the sewing and embroidering season. We know that a lot of people in Victoria like the oriental silk and embroidery arts. However, most of you don’t really know most of the embroidery made of silk is handmade by the Chinese people. Now, our Chinese dancers are bringing their embroidery work up on stage.

2. Pride of the snow: In northern part of China, there grows a unique kind of plum blossoms, called the Pride of Snow. In extremely cold weather, the flowers are always blossoming. Especially, if one plum tree started to flower, then the other trees started to compete with it. Today, we will use our dance to express our admire for the Pride of Snow. We wish to bring you some warmness in the cold winter, just like the plum flowers bring some colour into our lives.

What are we learning right now?

1. Tibetan Dance:

“Tibetans who live in the snow-covered highland are mysterious and holy. They are also, generally speaking, good at singing and dancing. There are two sayings in Tibet that “Tibetans who can walk can also dance.” and “The Tibetans who can talk can also sing.” Tibetans are born good at singing and dancing, make the snow covered highland a well-known “song and dance sea.”

The Tibetan dance is a display of Tibetan life. It’s the cultural accumulation of the 5000 years of the history of Tibet. It shows the life of the people who conquered the highest mountain in the world and it shows the ability and wisdom of the Tibetan people. It’s the treasure of the Chinese civilization and it has already had its own status in the art and literary circles in the world. The folk Tibetan dance usually combines singing and dancing. The custom of carrying water on their back gives them a lean figure. Because they wear special Tibetan long gown, they all tend to have a special beauty which is known as the “Same Direction”. The “Same Direction” means that the hands and the feet of the dancers move in the same direction and makes special well-regulated movements. The reason for forming the “Same Direction” was because they could save much physical strength in moving this way. So it became the basic gait in their daily life. The Tibetan makes the “Same Direction” the basic movement in their dance.”

(Quoted from http://www.e-l-e.net.cn/teacher/read/lishi/200809/16524.htm)

2. Chinese Classical Dance — DunHuang Dance

中国古典舞 ―― 敦煌舞蹈

“DunHuang, an ancient city in Gansu Province, Western China, was the gateway to what was called the “Silk Road” leading to Central Asia and Europe. The Silk Road or Silk Route refers to not one but many routes of trade and cultural and religious exchange extending from China, through Central Asia, to the Middle East and Western Europe. DunHuang is world famous for its artistic sculpture statues and fresco paintings of the 4th - 14th century in China, which reflect Silk Road civilization and important aspects of the Chinese people’s religious life, arts, and customs in the history, including the introduction of Buddhism to China during this period. Over 1,000 caves were cut out of the cliffs in Dunhuang in this period, and a wide variety of colored frescoes and murals were preserved in these caves before it excavations in the 20th century. It has been regarded as a national treasure of China.”

“DunHuang frescoes contain many artistic representations of famous images as depicted in various Buddhist stories and sutras - classic religious texts of Buddhism. These outstanding and graceful artistic images show as aesthetic form that often reflected daily life in China in the age the frescoes were painted. In the late 1980’s, after close study of these images from Dunhuang frescoes, leading Chinese dance experts created a special Silk Road style dance called “DunHuang Dance.” With a breathtaking beauty and elegance, this cultural performance reflects a rich and distinctive dance tradition in China.”

(From http://www.worldartswest.org/plm/guide/locator/chinese.shtml)

And More……

Please come and view any of our dance classes to learn to love Chinese Dance. First class is free for viewing.

Thanks

Golden Moutain 150, 庆祝华人BC省150年演出

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments

On the August 8, 2008 weekend, the Victoria Chinese Commerce Association will host and present events to celebrate 150 years of achievement of Chinese Canadians in Canada. Victoria, British Columbia, (which the Chinese call ‘Dai Fau’ or Big Port) is where the early Chinese created the first Chinatown. Historically, Chinatowns were the focal points of the early Chinese communities, each being a “haven” and a base from which new immigrants could begin their new lives.