98 art & culture
Beautiful
arts,
It is two decades since Macau
hosted its first arts festival and
next month the city plays host to
what promises to be one of the best
and broadest line-ups of artistic
talent ever to gather in the city
Beautiful
life!
by Jack Regan
HE theme of the 20th Macau Arts Festival - which Guangdong folk song.
takes place at venues across the city - is Beautiful The 20th Macau Arts Festival opens with a Sadler’s Wells
arts, Beautiful life! and it is organised by the Cultural London production, Sutra, on May 2 at the Macau Cultural
Affairs Bureau of the Macau SAR Government. Here, Macau Centre Grand Auditorium. This is a brand new dance work
Business offers some of the highlights PLUS a full calendar of inspired by the skill, strength and spirituality of Buddhist
events in a special four page supplement. Shaolin monks, specially presented by celebrated Flemish/
More than 30 performances by artists from Portugal, the Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the USA, Kicking off on the local front is Macau-born composer
Canada and Singapore will perform to delight audiences. Lam Bun-Ching’s contemporary opera Wenji: “Eighteen
And of course, the festival would not be complete without the Songs of a Nomad Flute” on May 3 and 4 at the Dom Pedro V
ever-present spirit of performers from Macau and the mainland. Theatre. It is the first contemporary chamber opera to be pre-
sented at the festival and incorporates influences ranging from
Global reach Chinese Beijing opera to contemporary Western music.
The opera is based on the true story of poet/musician Cai
As well as offering the best of international artistic talent, Wenji from the Han Dynasty and the story follows a scholar’s
one of the main priorities for the organisers is to showcase daughter who becomes a prize of war, torn between two worlds.
local talent, and especially debut works which reflect the city’s
performing arts scene. Big contribution
The programme brings together theatre, dance, music,
opera, cinema and multimedia arts, in a selection extending Local professional orchestras make a substantial contribu-
into lesser-known Chinese traditions like Qinqiang opera and tion to the festival programme, beginning on 8 May with The
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