Family Day: Moon over Manhattan- Celebrate the Lunar New Year
VIEW EVENT DETAILSAsia Society rings in the Lunar New Year with incredible performances and traditional craft activities inspired by Lunar New Year traditions. Don't miss an auspicious Lion Dance, Kung Fu demonstrations, and the extraordinary Chinese Theatre Works Company performing folk dance and classic scenes from Peking operas.
List of Events
1:00-1:45 pm
Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium
Chinese Theatre Works presents stunning performances from classic Chinese operas and folk dances. All opera excerpts include child-friendly explanatory talks in English, and are sung in the original Chinese by classically trained performers in full stage makeup and costume with traditional musical accompaniment. For more about Chinese Theatre Works, visit http://www.chinesetheatreworks.org/
Watch a clip of Chinese Theatre Works:
2:30-3:00 pm
Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium
New York Bo Law Kung-Fu martial arts school presents a Lion Dance, followed by an interactive Kung Fu demonstration.
3:30-4:00 pm
Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium
Bestselling novelist, children's book writer, and illustrator Mingmei Yip re-enacts stories from her book Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, followed by book signing and craft activity.
1:00-4:00 pm
8th Floor
* Explore Chinese calligraphy with Kat Yeh and Huy Voun Lee, author and illustrator of the recently published children's book The Magic Brush.
Combining a heartwarming family story, a magical adventure, and a multilingual primer on Chinese language, The Magic Brush tells the story of Jasmine, a young girl who learns Chinese calligraphy from her Agong, or grandfather. As Jasmine learns how to paint the characters for dragon, fish, horse, friend, and more, she and Agong are magically transported to the wondrous world they are creating. The Magic Brush, beautifully rendered in traditional cut-paper, is perfect for young readers and their parents to share, steeped in Chinese traditions and full of magical adventure.
* Create a Year of the Rabbit good luck charm with ceramic artist Syma.
* Discover your imagination as children's installation artist Brianne Teevan-Bongiovanni teams up with play curator Linda White to bring you the interactive exhibit Imagination Project, where you can create a magical Chinese New Year Parade of your very own using lights and shadows!