Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company’s Lunar New Year Celebration

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 2013-14 World of Dance series on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 3pm with Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company’s Lunar New Year Celebration – The Year of the Horse. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by phone at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm) or online at BrooklynCenterOnline.org.

Commemorate the Year of the Horse with this spectacular pageant that weaves together the grace and splendor of traditional Chinese arts. Recipient of China’s prestigious Golden Lotus Award, choreographer Nai-Ni Chen and her company will take audiences on a visually delightful, culturally rich tour of this dynamic 3,000-year-old civilization. Inspired by everything from the graceful lines of calligraphy to the thunderous motion of martial arts, this celebration of the Chinese New Year will spin traditional and contemporary music and dance into a colorful mélange sure to delight audiences of all ages.