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沉浸在纽约的上海文化脉搏中 2025-07-13
Center for the China Shanghai International Arts Festival announced last Saturday the lineup for Shanghai Day at Lincoln Center's Summer for the City festival. Lincoln Center has invited the Center to co-present Shanghai Day, which takes place on July 26, and will be a dynamic celebration of the city’s heritage and its contemporary creativity.
Highlights include a family-friendly concert inspired by the Chinese zodiac, a genre-defying jazz set by renowned trumpeter Li Xiaochuan and a multimedia concert based on the global video game phenomenon Arknights. Throughout the day, visitors can enjoy DJ sets, street dance and artisan markets across Lincoln Center's campus.
"It is a great honor to be invited by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts to bring Shanghai's Haipai culture to New York—a global stage of diverse cultures–through the Summer for the City Shanghai Day celebration," said Li Ming, President of Center for the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. "We hope this vibrant artistic showcase, filled with both the traditional and modern spirit of Shanghai, will allow audiences from around the world to experience the charm of Shanghai culture and the creativity of Chinese artists, all in one day. With a dynamic lineup that blends classic and contemporary, we invite everyone to join us at Lincoln Center to experience the power of art as Shanghai Day transcends language and serves as a bridge between cultures."
"Each year, Summer for the City welcomes New Yorkers who want to experience new cultures or find ways to deepen their understanding and celebration of their own cultural backgrounds," said Shanta Thake, Ehrenkranz Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. "We invite audiences to Shanghai Day to experience the incredible ways the city blends history with contemporary culture. In collaboration with the Center for the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, the entire day is crafted to provide audiences of all ages with a newfound sense of discovery, connection and joy from the arts."
Shanghai Day will feature Jazz, Street Dance, and Silent Disco on the Dance Floor at Josie Robertson Plaza featuring Shanghai-style jazz, pop, hip-hop and DJ sets. Trumpeter Li Xiaochuan and his band will perform original compositions that blend Chinese and Western musical forms, while dancers and DJs bring a mix of street styles and live beats. The Dance Floor transforms into a signature Silent Disco as the sun sets.
Families and younger audiences can enjoy Stories of Chinese Zodiac, which introduces each of the Chinese zodiac animals through classical music and animated visuals. The show will be performed at the David Rubenstein Atrium by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra and accompanied by water ink animation from artist Zhang Lelu, offering an entry point into Chinese musical traditions.
Also at the David Rubenstein Atrium will be a screening of Shanghai Animation Film Studio's iconic The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven, which incorporates traditional Chinese aesthetics, animation and Peking opera components for a one-of-a-kind audiovisual experience. The Film follows the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, on a fantastical adventure as he goes up against the Jade Emperor.
Later in the evening, fans of gaming and animation will be immersed in Arknights Concert, a spectacular reimagining of the popular game’s soundtrack at Damrosch Park. This cross-genre production features symphonic music, Chinese folk elements and rock instrumentation, all bringing the vivid world of Arknights to life.
Throughout the day, audiences can also explore artisan markets with live demonstrations and pop-up cultural experiences that showcase the breadth of Shanghai's artistic scene.
Alongside Shanghai Day, the Center for the China Shanghai International Arts Festival will bring Shanghai Grand Theatre's dance Lady White Snake to the David H. Koch Theater. Performances will take place on July 26 and July 27. Lady White Snake, which is led by international ballet artist Tan Yuanyuan as the artistic director, is the latest expression of the "White Snake" story: a timeless Chinese tale through a thousand years, and also a journey of self-discovery.
Source: Shanghai Eye
