{"id":29270,"date":"2016-02-12T13:24:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=29270"},"modified":"2016-02-12T14:18:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T20:18:25","slug":"longyun-kung-fu-troupe-is-here-in-time-to-celebrate-chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/longyun-kung-fu-troupe-is-here-in-time-to-celebrate-chinese-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"LongYun Kung Fu troupe is here in time to celebrate Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Qingwei Vivian Chen <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jackie Chan\u2019s LongYun Kung Fu Troupe came to Chicago to usher in the year of the monkey with modern dance that draws on the traditions of Kung Fu, ballet and drama. This is the troupe\u2019s second performance in North America and their first time in the Midwest.<\/p>\n

LongYun Kung Fu Troupe performed \u201c11 Warriors\u201d at the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago this week. The performance covers \u201cFive chapters: Source, Soul, Master, Softness, Celebration and Fighters\u201d to interpret the origin, spirit, artists, tenderness and essence of Kung Fu. The final performance is on Saturday. Information about the troupe and the Saturday performance can be found on The Chinese Fine Arts Society<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

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Performers combine Kung Fu with traditional dance<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Chapter Two: Soul<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Chapter one: Source<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Chapter Four: Softness<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Chapter Five: Celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Finale: Fighters<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n
Photo Gallery of LongYun performance (Photo courtesy of The Chinese Fine Arts Society)<\/div>\n

\u201cFrom its primeval origins to its refined precision and technical mastery, ’11 Warriors’ takes the audience on a journey through both the physical and spiritual development of a Kung Fu master. Informed by ancient Chinese philosophy, art and aesthetics, the program demonstrates Kung Fu\u2019s connection to the underlying tenets of Chinese culture,\u201d explains the dance program.<\/p>\n

Handpicking by international martial art star and Hollywood legend Jackie Chan, the LongYun Troupe was officially founded in 2006. \u201cSome of us were just 11 when we were chosen, in the past nine years, we have lived, studied, and trained together to create a stunning new art form,\u201d said Mingwu Hu, who heads the troupe and also coaches and choreographs the dances.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted that the Chinese Fine Arts Society has arranged to bring my vision of contemporary Kung Fu to the great city of Chicago. And I am excited that a broad audience will have the chance to see the strength, agility and artistic depth of our new show \u201911 Warriors\u2019,\u201d Jackie Chan said in in a written statement.<\/p>\n

In Chinese culture, Kung Fu goes beyond martial arts and literally means to pursue mastery, with the objective of perfecting personal \u201cbeing\u201d to the utmost.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have brought our Kung Fu performance to many different counties around the world, but we keep trying and incorporating elements from different disciplines into our martial arts,\u201d said Hu. \u201cEveryone in our group is contributing their new ideas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Unlike other performances with martial artists, acrobatic artists and dancers in the show, Hu said all the artists in the troupe learn Kung Fu, traditional dance and music, and also ballet to perfectly combine all of these art elements. Their unique style of incorporating martial arts and dance forms is called Xin Wu Lin, which means \u201cnew martial arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

“’11 Warriors’ is real Chinese Kung Fu that not only inherits tradition, but also innovation,\u201d said Zhitao Pan, dance professor at the Beijing Dance Academy in Beijing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who goes to any Chinese cultural performances will recognize the beautiful long sleeves that you typically see on beautiful women, buts these guys re-appropriate them, combined with Kung Fu and make this a completely different art form,\u201d said Julie Ma, president of the Chinese Fine Arts Society in Chicago. The mix of people in the audience marks a\u00a0 wonderful success, she said. “For us, we are not only interested in promoting Chinese culture to Chinese people, we are interested in sharing our culture with western audience too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Final scene in the performance:Fighters (Photo courtesy of The Chinese Fine Arts Society)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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