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Selector on Air in Shenzhen, Beijing, Wuhan, Chongqing and Nanjing
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Presented by DJ Goldierocks and produced on behalf of the British Council, the Selector represents all that is exciting and original in British music right now. No other radio show plays such an eclectic mix of new UK music; you’ll find everything from indie to electro and folk to funky on the Selector. The show also features artist interviews, guest DJ mixes and exclusive live studio sessions from the best new bands every week.
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17:00 – 19:00, every Saturday and Sunday
Hubei Chutian Music Radio FM105.8 <Around the World>
<Chongqing>
13:00 - 14:00, every Saturday and Sunday
Chongqing Music Radio FM 88.1
<Beijing>
23:00 – 01:00, every Saturday
The People’s Radio Top FM101.8 <Nightfly>
<Nanjing>
13:00 - 14:00, every Sunday
Nanjing Music Radio FM105.8
<Shenzhen>
23:00 – 24:00, every Friday
Shenzhen U Radio FM105.7 |
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Connection Through Culture
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China —UK Connections through Culture is a joint initiative between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Council with support from the Scottish Government and Welsh Assembly Government. The initiative offers support, information, advice, networking opportunities and development grants to cultural organisations in China and the UK, aiming to build long lasting relationships and to develop exciting cultural collaborations between organisations in the two countries.
We are pleased to announce the launch of the 13th round of the China-UK Connections Development Grant. The grant will enable one member of staff from your organisation to visit your counterparts in China or the UK between August 2012 and January 2013, with the aim of furthering the face-to-face discussions needed to develop projects between you and your counterparts. Applicants will be notified on Monday 16 July 2012. |
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Rockarchive - 50 Years of British Rock
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The UK has produced many of the most successful groups and performers in international rock music over the last half-century. Alongside have been the photographers. It has been this small army of creative lensmen and women who have supplied the images that make up the rock package – image being as important as the music in many cases. The selection here is not supposed to be a comprehensive history of British rock imagery. It is a personal selection and omits many well-known artists.
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Venue: Chengdu East Music Park
Time: 8 to 20 May 2012
<Beijing>
Time: 26 May to 3 June 2012
Venue: Liangdian Design Center (LDDC)
<Guangzhou>
Time: 9 to 16 June 2012
Venue: Partypier, Zhu Jiang
<Changsha>
Time: 22 to 29 June 2012
Venue: Changsha New Millennium Contemporary Art Gallery
<Shanghai>
Time: 5 to 12 July 2012
Venue: Xintiandi Style, Shanghai |
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London 2012 – Olympic Posters Exhibition
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Since 1912 each Olympic host city has commissioned posters to mark the Games. To celebrate London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the UK has commissioned 12 renowned artists, including Tracy Emin and Michael Craig-Martin, to create their own interpretative prints of the event - 6 for the Olympic Games and 6 for the Paralympic Games. As part of UK Now, an exhibition of these prints will be touring China during the lead-up to August.
<Beijing>
Time: 12 to 20 May 2012
Venue: Red Star Gallery at 798
<Shanghai>
Time: 26 July to 31 August 2012
Venue: Shanghai Xintiandi Style
<Hongkong>
Time: 27 March to 19 April 2012
Venue: Cyberport Exhibition Gallery L3
<Shenzhen>
Time: 27 April to 3 May 2012
Venue: Guan Shan Yue Art Museum
<Qingdao>
Time: 24 June to 1 July 2012
Venue: Qingdao Art Museum
<Wuhan>
Time: July 2012
Venue: Wuhan Central Culture District
<Chongqing>
Time: September 2012
Venue: Metropolitan Plaza |
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Brian Griffin: The Black Country
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Brian Griffin’s photographic series predominately focuses on the factory worker, a role he played himself after leaving school at 16 and both his parents occupied throughout their working lives. The photographs reveal how the factories, its workers, surrounding landscape, and local tradition spurred Griffin’s imagination from an early age. Each of the 29 images within The Black Country brings together a careful composition of nostalgia, tenderness, and absurdity.
<Beijing>
Time: 21 April to 31 May 2012
Venue: Three Shadows Photography Art Centre |
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Mark Cousins presents Story of Film: An Odyssey
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The film was made over five years on six continents, spanning over 12 decades and a thousand films. Based on the award-winning book Mark Cousin, the film explores the story of cinematic innovation and how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. It goes from the beginnings of silent cinema, to the emergence of Hollywood and the star system, to the artistic evolution of film in Russia, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Britain, Scandinavia and the USA.
<Beijing>
Time: 18 to 26 May 2012
Venue: UCCA Art Cinema |
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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The Academy of St Martin in the Fields – one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world – is renowned for its polished and refined sound, rooted in outstanding musicianship. Formed in 1958 from a group of leading London musicians, and working without a conductor, the Academy gave its first performance in its namesake church on 13 November 1959. Today, the Academy performs some 100 concerts around the world each year, with as many as 15 tours each season.
<Beijing>
Time: 26 May 2012
Venue: National Center for Performing Arts |
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Shakespeare’s Henry V by Propeller
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Nationalism at its most dangerous and exciting, Henry V tells the tale of the greatest British warrior in English folklore. Propeller brings its own unique take on one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Dangerous, thrilling and deeply moving, Henry V marks the beginning of a journey that takes the audience from the corridors of Westminster to the fields of France in an evening of unforgettable power. Propeller is an all-male Shakespeare company which seeks to find a more engaging way of expressing Shakespeare and to more completely explore the relationship between text and performance. They have been influenced by mask work, animation and classic and modern film and music from all ages.
<Beijing>
Time: 7 to 8 June 2012
Venue: Theatre, NCPA
<Shanghai>
Time: 13 to 14 June 2012
Venue: Lyceum Theatre |
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Shakespeare’s The Winter's Tale by Propeller
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Propeller presents its breathless take on the story of a man consumed by a jealousy that destroys his family, his kingdom and himself. Wracked by guilt, Leontes sets off a chain reaction of events leading to a miraculous ending and the chance for redemption. The greatest playwright writing at the height of his powers. A tragic fairy story, mysterious and extraordinary. True poetry in motion.
<Beijing>
Time: 19:30, 9 to 10 June 2012
Venue: Theatre, NCPA
<Shanghai>
Time: 19:30, 15 to 16 June 2012
Venue: Lyceum Theatre |
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Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum
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Around 80 of the finest ceramics from each collection are on show and this is the first time the three museums have worked in partnership together. The exhibition explores the export of Chinese ceramics to Europe and their importance in the development of European porcelain industries. It shows how designs, technologies and ideas flowed between the two continents and reflects on the collecting history of Chinese ceramics in the United Kingdom.
<Beijing>
Time: 22 June 2012 – 6 January 2013
Venue: National Museum of China |
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Appetite Dance: Letter to My Father
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Apple Yang creates worlds shaped through her inner experience as a Chinese woman living in contemporary Britain. In Letter to My Father, Yang returns to her adolescence in China to re-examine the relationship with her father, a high-ranking military man who taught her discipline and martial arts – usually the preserve of boys. Told through expressive and powerful movement, we discover what it means to be a Chinese woman shackled by the weight of expectation.
<Beijing>
Time: 22 to 23 June 2012
Venue: China Shijitan Contemporary Arts Center |
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SONGS by Janis Claxton Dance and Beijing Dance / LDTX
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SONGS is a unique collaboration between award winning Edinburgh based contemporary dance company Janis Claxton Dance (JCD) and the internationally renowned Beijing Dance / LDTX. With works choreographed by Janis Claxton and LDTX Artistic Director Li Hanzhong the companies will open the Beijing Dance Festival (BDF) 2012. For BDF, this lyrical and emotional dance work will be performed by 13 LDTX dancers.
<Beijing>
Time: 19:30, 22 July 2012
Venue: The PLA Theater (No.60 West Street Deshengmen Xi Cheng ) |
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Visually Hungry – Touring
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Known for his dynamic and intimate portraits, Rankin has photographed countless celebrities from Britney Spears to Queen Elizabeth II. His iconic images have become part of contemporary iconography, yet his diverse portfolio also includes personal works, commercial campaigns and work for charitable organizations. This exhibition introduces a selection of his most iconic celebrity portraits together with personal works, film and more.
<Beijing>
Time: August 2012
Venue: Today Art Museum
<Wuhan>
Time: 3 to 15 July 2012
Venue: Wuhan Art Museum
<Shanghai>
Time: 2 to 17 June 2012
Venue: Shanghai Xintiandi Style
<Chongqing>
Time: TBC
Venue: TBC |
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Free download: Europe-China Cultural Compass
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The Europe-China Cultural Compass project is part of an ongoing dialogue between Europe and China. It responds to the need to document this dialogue, to reflect on it, for a continuous improvement in the process. It wants to contribute to the understanding of Europe-China cultural cooperation. The intention is to help prepare cultural practitioners for collaboration. The COMPASS addresses both Chinese and European readers. To meet the different needs of the two target groups, two separate publications were produced, one in Chinese and one in English. |
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China -UK Arts Management Professional Development Programme 2012
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Successful applicants will take part in a five-week professional placement in any one or two of a variety of arts organisations anywhere in the United Kingdom. The organisations will include building-based multi-arts venues, touring performing arts companies, galleries from the subsidised and commercial sectors, artist-led spaces, arts development and support agencies, festivals, building based producing theatres, arts funding bodies and arts councils, and range from small to large scale.
Application deadline: Wednesday 14 March 2012 |
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Young Creative Entrepreneur – Publishing Award 2012 (UKYPE)
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The UKYPE award celebrates entrepreneurial ability within publishing, and strengthens creative leadership, networking, and capacity building in the UK publishing industry. It also focuses on strengthening the engagement between the UK and publishing in emerging markets, and seeks to further stimulate the development of the UK publishing industry in an international business context. The aim is to find the most talented young entrepreneurs working in the UK’s publishing industry and give them the chance to find out more about what is happening out there, by becoming part of the British Council’s international network of young creative entrepreneurs.
Deadline of application: 29 February 2012 |
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Residencies: British Musicians in China
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IMOGEN HEAP, JAMIE WOON, GARETH BONELLO AND MATTHEW BOURNE have been chosen from around 40 applicants to take part in a residency programme organised by the British Council and PRS for Music Foundation. The residencies are designed to enable innovative British musicians to explore new musical territory, reach new audiences and write new material in the context of a changing international market.
Between October 2011 and April 2012, the musicians will travel to four cities across China: Hangzhou (East China), Xi'an (North China), Chengdu (South West China) and Xiamen (South China). They will immerse themselves in and respond to their environment, meet local people and share their experiences via local and international media. The new music will then be performed publicly in China and the UK in 2012.
From 24 February to 6 April 2012, you can expect to see Matthew Bourne in Xiamen, Gulangyu, and even other small cities surrounded. He will not only experience local life, art and culture of Xiamen and talk to local artists and people, but also create a new piece of music for Xiamen with elements he experienced during his stay. Please click here to know more about his activities in Xiamen. |
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