From June 23 to the end of September, the grand gala “Five Nights” will highlight Olympic cultural activities with more than a thousand of arts from over 100 countries of five continents perform wonderful dances and songs.
The first show of “Five Nights”—— Arab Night
Original literature classics of Arab,
Widespread Arab Dances,
Profound Arabic Culture,
Melodious Arab music,
Lively features…
Once Arab is mentioned, it always sparks imaginations: boundless deserts, traveling camel caravans, the men in white gowns, the girls who wear veils exposing brilliant black eyes… also the famous symphony of Russian composer Borodin—— In the Steppes of Central Asia, Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphony One Thousand and One Nights, the famous American movie Lawrence of Arabia, the famous Egyptian movie La Dolce vita and the Doobie Dance which is popular around the world…
Based on the principle of studying one another, seeking common points while reserving differences and respecting world diversity, more than 1,000 artists will come to Beijing and bring five performances of song and dance with different customs—— Asia Night, Africa Night, Latin America Night, Arab Night and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Night from June, 23 to September. The splendid “Five Nights” will review and prospect the accord development of the world culture from different aspect, continue transferring the good wish of “one world one dream” for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. “Five Nights” will lead major Olympic cultural events to a spurting climax and display the grand art works that come from different countries and regions. Everybody will enjoy the peace and harmony of the world!
Both Arab and China are in the east of the world. Many art groups come from Arabian countries come together to Beijing and present song and dance with strong Arabic customs and make the performance to be an audiovisual feast—— “Arab Night” in this passionate summer night.
The “Arab Night” this year will emphasize the subject—— China and Arab cultural communication, and on the other hand it will be different from former years. We will provide a new style opening performance different from the performance in former years that combined formal dance and voiceovers.
SCO (Shanghai cooperative Organization) Night—A Gathering of Nostalgic Songs
Enriched with Russian and central Asian flavor, this special concert should never be missed by the audiences who love the classical soviet songs. Directed by Ge Xiaohong, the director of CCTV, the concert will be performed by China National Symphony Orchestra and artists from the five countries of SCO will adopt chorus, semichorus, solo and accordion as their performing forms to play such classical songs as Moscow Nights, Song of the volga boat men and Katyusha.
Time: July 18 to 19
Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts
