Organizers of the world's leading arts festivals gathered on
Tuesday in Shanghai for an arts fair, as a warm up for the 9th
Shanghai International Arts Festival which opens on Thursday.
Peking Opera performers
entertain participants of the 9th Shanghai International Performing
Arts Fair on Tuesday, October 16, 2007.
Secretary General of the Shanghai arts festival organization
committee, Li Yiping, inaugurated the opening at the Shanghai
Exhibition Center.
Among the attendees were Jonathan Mills, director of the
Edinburgh International Festival, Hugo De Greef, secretary general
of the European Festival Association, and Alain Paré, chief
executive officer of the Canadian CINARS International Exchange for
the Performing Arts.
The five-day gathering has created a platform for participants
to exchange ideas and discuss possible future collaborations.
Chinese organizers are expected to ink a string of deals with
their foreign counterparts to promote the exchange of
performers.
This year's one-month-long Shanghai International Arts Festival
will treat locals to a fusion of world culture, with each day
marked with musical or dramatic shows until November 18.
Grammy-winning Chinese composer Tan Dun will raise the curtain
with his critically renowned paper and water concertos on October
19.
Participants exchange ideas
at the 9th Shanghai International Performing Arts Fair on Tuesday,
October 16, 2007.?
Participants exchange ideas
at the 9th Shanghai International Performing Arts Fair on Tuesday,
October 16, 2007.
Performers entertain
participants of the 9th Shanghai International Performing Arts Fair
on Tuesday, October 16, 2007.
(CRI.cn October 17, 2007)
