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Chinese Folk Dance

     The Chinese dancing class is offered by Mrs. Rosa Yeh in the Chicago North Chinese School (CNCS). This class works on the traditional folk dancing movements, basic Chinese Opera and fundamental Chinese Kung Fu to build on the essential technique. In addition to learn the dances, our students also learn history and geography of the dances.

     Our major performances in 2001 are scheduled as followed:
We performed "Taiwanese heritage" on 1/20/2001 at Chicago Hilton Tower for the Chicago area Chinese New Year Celebration.
On 2/03/2001 at the Vernon Hills Sullivan center, we performed for the Lake county Chinese New Year Celebration.
CNCS new year party was schedule on 2/10/2001 at Oakton Community College.
On May 19 2001, we performed in Chinatown for celebrating the Asia month.

     If you need any information, please email to Rosa Yeh at go2clc@yahoo.com.

     The following photos were taken during our current performances. Please click on these photos for more performance detail.

THE BEAUTIFUL SPRING IN TAIWAN was performed at Oakton Community College and Westmont High school.
Click on the following photos for movies.
     THE SILK FAN DANCE was directed by Mrs. Rosa Yeh and performed by the students of Chicago Northwest Suburban Chinese School(CNSCS) in 1998. This dance describs a group of lively children play games and chase butterflies with round silk fans in the garden. It presents the happiness of Chinese children.

     FAIRIES IN THE MOON PALACE :The traditional Chinese ribbon dance was performed at Shamburg Performing Art Center in 1998.
     This is a classical Chinese dance dates back to the Tang dynasty in the early eighth century. It has been attributed to Emperor Tang-Ming-Hwon and his consort Yang-Gwei- Fei for their musical and dancing talent respectively.
     The Chinese legend has it that Emporor Tang- Ming-Hwon, who reigned from 713-755, once dreamed that he was in the moon palace with many fairies singing and dancing in multicolored cloud-like long robes. The dance with the flowing silk ribbons and accompanied by Chinese instruments- Erhu and Pipa is characterized by its refreshing and poetic mood.

     In addition to the Chinese folk dance performance, CNCS dance teacher, Rosa Yeh, and principal, Tung-Ling Chen frequently demonstrated Chinese opera in different communities. The traditional opera "The story of Chinese cowgirl and shepherd boy" was performed at Loyola University and Nile civic center.

     The sword dance was combined the movement of Tai-Chi sword and traditional Chinese music. It was performed by Rosa Yeh and Jean-Luc Dewez at Holiday Inn in Crystal Lake, IL.

     The ribbon dance was performed at Chinese Culture Center TECO in Chicago.