Brief Introduction of Chinese Arts Week

　　Chinese Arts Week, sponsored by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC), is an art exchange activity held overseas to display the Chinese culture and art with the most distinctive national style and the achievement of the art development in contemporary China. Held once a year in a certain country, Chinese Arts Week involves artistic performance, art exhibition, etc.

　　Chinese Arts Week was started from the year of 2004. It was first held in Canada from August 13 to 24, with the content of the artistic performance “Oriental Charm” and the Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Graphic Design and Ceramic Art”. The Art Ensemble of CFLAC was composed of the artists from 8 different institutions and ensembles, including China Central Conservatory of Music, China Conservatory of Music, Beijing Dance Drama and Opera House, China Broadcasting Traditional Music Orchestra, China Railroad Art Ensemble, Jilin Provincial Song and Dance Ensemble, Wuxi Song and Dance Ensemble and Xiamen Little Egret Folk Dance Ensemble. They presented 7 performances in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. The art exhibition was held in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, displaying 80 digital art works and 35 Chinese ceramic art works, both of which won prizes in the artistic contests at home and abroad.

　　The Second Chinese Arts Week was held in Greece from August 23 to September 4, 2005 which involved the artistic performance “Oriental Charm” and the Exhibition of Chinese Paintings “Charms of Beijing”. The Art Ensemble of CFLAC was comprised of the artists from China National Song and Dance Troupe, Beijing Dance Academy and Zigong Acrobatic Troupe of Sichuan Province. They had 12 tour performances in 11 cities of Greece. The art exhibition was held in the art center of Athens, displaying 28 paintings, kept by Beijing Art Academy, from the renowned Beijing painters who presented the culture and glamour of Beijing from a unique angle with special techniques and in different styles of traditional Chinese paintings.

　　The Third Chinese Arts Week was held from March 28 to April 13, 2006 in Australia. It was regarded as the most important part of artistic performance of “Experience China in Australia”, jointly sponsored by CFLAC, Ministry of Culture of China, Information Office of the State Council of China, Beijing Municipal Government, Embassy of P. R. China in Australia and other organizations. CFLAC sent an ensemble of 90 performers from National Ballet of China and 31 performers from China National Orchestra to take part in the performance in Australia. National Ballet of China presented a large-scale ballet “Raised the Red Lantern” for 8 performances in the Capital Theatre of Sydney. “Traditional Music in Splendid Attire”, presented by China National Orchestra, had 11 tours of performance in 11 cities of Australia, including one non-commercial show in the open air attracting over 4000 spectators in the famous Sydney Darling Harbour.

　　The Fourth Chinese Arts Week will be held from November 19 to December 14 in Vienna, Austria, cosponsored by CFLAC and the Ministry of Education, Art and Culture of Austria. There will be five parts in this Arts Week: Gala Performance “China Today”, Fashion Show “China Wind”, Chinese Film Week, Forum on Architectural Art and Exhibition of New Media Art.