4th Annual Asian Cultural Festival
Place: Queens Theatre in the Park
Adress: Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Corona, NY 11368
Explore a wide selection of music, dance and theater by acclaimed Asian artists this April at Queens Theatre in the Park. Back by popular demand, Queens Theatre brings you its Asian Cultural Fest. These affordable shows bring top talents from a multitude of countries to the Queens stage. Located next to the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park with free parking, handicap access and a beautiful new lobby, Queens Theatre is the ideal place to catch world renowned talent. Space is limited, so order your tickets today. We look forward to seeing you.
- Asian Cultural Fest
Xiayin Wang in Concert
Saturday, April 18th, 7:00 pm
Rising star Xiayin Wang showcases her virtuoso talents for an enthralling evening of classical piano works by Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Hayden, Wanghua Chu and Peixun Chen. On her debut at Carnegie Hall in 2007, Steve Smith of the New York Times hailed Wang’s ability to maintain and illuminate a strand of melody within the thickest of textures."
Tickets $15 - $25
- DANCE
Horizon
Saturday, April 18th, 8:00 pm
Choreographer Hou Ying presents her signature dance theater work, Horizon. Hou Ying, a long-time performer in the acclaimed Shei Wei Dance Arts Company, explores the inner world of human beings through abstract movement.
Tickets $10
- MUSIC
Vinalog: Two Worlds
Saturday, April 18th, 8:00 pm
With a pursuit of creating an abundant and warm sound, pianist and award-winning jazz composer/arranger Soungwhan Yang and Korean traditional instrumentalist Youngsub Lee fuse traditional Korean music with popular western genres - an evening of unforgettable rhythms and melodies.
Tickets $10
- THEATER
Paper Son
Sunday, April 19th, 3:00 pm
Queens Theatre stages a reading of Paper Son, an absorbing drama by award-winning playwright Christine Toy Johnson. In 1952, Tommy, a young Chinese-born soldier in the U.S. army meets Dorothy just as he is about to be shipped out to Korea. She challenges him to discover his true identity after learning that he was sponsored to come to the U.S. by an unknown Mr. Lee.
FREE with reservation
- MUSIC
Chai Found Music Workshop: Silk and Bamboo
A Musical Journey to Taiwan
Sunday, April 19th, 3:00 pm
Main Theatre
Co-sponsored by Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan, ROC and Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York
Popular Taiwanese music ensemble Chai Found Music Workshop presents Silk and Bamboo. The celebrated group performs selections ranging from Taiwanese and Hakka folk songs to George Gershwin favorites in the improvisational Sizhu style. The afternoon features the premiere of Future City, a breathtaking portrait of a virtual city performed with special guests JACK Quartet and written by experimental composer Gene Coleman.
Tickets $15 - $25
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Tickets & Other Information
For tickets and more info including senior, student and group discounts do to www.queenstheatre.org or call 718 760.0064
Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) is the premiere performing arts venue in Queens. QTP’s mission is to provide quality and diverse performing arts activities that are economically and geographically accessible to the 2.2 million residents of Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the nation, and the surrounding metropolitan region. To foster greater cultural awareness and appreciation, the Theatre presents and produces programs that reflect this diversity and features international, national and local artists. |
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