by Peter | Jun 21, 2013 | ChinaRA, Interviews
Expressing the Energetic Life Force of Daily Living Grand collaborative acrobatics entitled Binding Forces Min-On: Thank you very much for staging such wonderful performances every day. Your acrobatics, called zaji in Chinese (zatsugi in Japanese)—literally,...
by Peter | Jun 21, 2013 | ChinaRA, Features
Award-winning Lion Dance, Majestic Dignity This year, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Min-On Concert Association (founded in 1963), and in commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the conclusion of the Peace and Friendship Treaty between Japan and the...
by Peter | Sep 4, 2012 | ChinaRA, Interviews
Friendship Year for Japan-China Exchanges Ambassador Cheng Yonghua Ambassador Cheng was among the first students to come to Japan under a Chinese government scholarship in 1975, studying at Soka University in Hachioji, Tokyo. The university was established by SGI...
by Peter | Sep 4, 2012 | ChinaRA, News
Mr. Hiromasa Ikeda (second from left) accepts the honorary title on behalf of his father, the Min-On founder On July 2, 2012, the Institute of the Shaanxi Provincial Song and Dance Theater from Xi’an, China, bestowed the title of Honorary President on Min-On founder...
by Peter | Sep 4, 2012 | ChinaRA, Interviews
Wang Hong Min-On: The Shaanxi Song and Dance Troupe has performed in over 40 countries on the five major continents, and has won a renowned reputation over the course of its 70-year history. Wang Hong: The Shaanxi Song and Dance Troupe grew out of the Northwest Art...
by Peter | Sep 4, 2012 | ChinaRA, Features
Scene of the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty in Moon Over the Capital On the evening of 10 July, the Shaanxi Song and Dance Troupe’s Moon over the Capital – Music and Dance of the Tang Dynasty premiered in Tokyo before a capacity audience at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall....
