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The following is a republished press release from the Center for the Arts of Homer.
The Center for the Arts and the CNY Chinese Cultural Center present a special Chinese New Year Celebration.
The event, open to all, will take place Sat. Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. at the Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S. Main St., Homer, NY. There is no formal admission cost, but donations to benefit the CNY Chinese Cultural Center and the Center for the Arts are encouraged.
The celebration will feature Chinese classic, folk and ethnic dances by Ms. Ling Wang and her students, traditional Chinese finger food, and exhibits of China, Chinese music and instruments and staging of martial arts and folk songs.
Born and raised in mainland China, Ling Wang started dancing with the Russian Ballet at 5 years of age. She became accomplished as a national level, first-class dancer in Beijing, where she was recruited by the world famous, “China Oriental Singers and Dancers Troup” at 15. She achieved celebrity status in her country as a high profile dancer and became a dance tutor for prekindergarten to high school students in dance schools through several cities in China.
While part of a New York City ballet tour, Wang participated in Broadway shows such as the musical, “Cats” in the mid-1990s. Julliard School of Music enlisted her expertise to tutor some students of the prestigious school. She danced the leading role in “Brides of Friendship” with Julliard School students in Lincoln Center. Cosponsored by the Chinese Consulate and the United States government, she continued to dance in New York City while teaching at Columbia and New York Universities. After establishing friendships here, she decided to move to the United States in 1997.
