| Saturday 13th February 2010
Enjoy our Chinese New Year celebrations at Chinese Arts Centre providing festive activities from 12pm including: |
Archive for February, 2010
Yellow Academy 2010 is an exciting new initiative between Yellow Earth (UK’s leading East Asian* theatre company) and ALRA (The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts). Outreaching to Belfast, Birmingham, London, and Manchester through February to May 2010, we will be bringing together a group of enthusiastic and curious young people down to London for a free week of acting training in Summer 2010.
Activities are free and open to all British East Asians aged 16-30 curious or interested in actor training. No previous experience necessary.
Round One – Taster Talks
In early 2010, Yellow Earth’s co-Artistic Director Jonathan Man and ALRA’s co-Director Clive Duncan will visit Belfast, Birmingham, London, and Manchester, to reveal secrets on how to get into the industry and provide a taste of what it really takes to be a successful professional actor. They will also introduce the work of both organisations.
Round Two – Audition Workshops
In Spring 2010, we return to Round One cities and offer a practical ‘taste’ of actor training through interactive workshops. Selected participants will be invited to the Acting Summer Camp.
Round Three – Acting Summer Camp
In Summer 2010, the successful participants will go to London to take part in an intensive week’s training. Free tuition and accommodation will be provided. Participants will work in classes with professional practitioners from Yellow Earth and ALRA, covering Movement, Voice, Acting and Mask.
Manchester
Taster Talk
Date & Time: Sat 20 Feb 2010, at 2pm
Venue: Chinese Arts Centre
Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1EU
Audition Workshop
Date & Time: Sat 17 April 2010, 2-6pm
Venue: Contact Theatre
Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6JA
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To sign up please send an email to info@alra.co.uk stating your name, age and contact details.
To find out more, visit www.yellowearth.org / www.alra.co.uk or phone 0208 870 6475.
You can find us on Facebook at ‘Yellow Academy’.
Date: Thursday, 4 February 2010
Venue: Jasmine Suite, Chinese Arts Centre
The Chinese Film Forum UK is a network based in Manchester that exists for the research and promotion of transnational Chinese film. The network includes Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Salford, The University of Manchester, Confucius Institute, Chinese Arts Centre and Cornerhouse.
Schedule:
1:30 – 2:00 Registration
2:00 – 2:30 Welcome and introduction
2:30 – 4:00 Panel papers
Chair: Felicia Chan, University of Manchester
Visible Secrets: a model for collaboration?
Andy Willis, University of Salford
The Japanese Connection to Taiwan Cinema
Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, University of Leeds
The Melbourne Controversy
Robert Hamilton, Manchester Metropolitan University
Six Chinese Cinemas in Search of a Historiography
Song Hwee Lim, University of Exeter
4:00 – 4:30 Q&A roundtable
Moderator: Felicity Colman, Manchester Metropolitan University
4:30 – 5:30 Dim sum reception
Sponsored by Sweet Mandarin
Attendance to the symposium is free but please note that places are limited.
RSVP r.hamilton@mmu.ac.uk for a reservation.
Symposium participants will also receive a complimentary ticket to the Chinese Film Forum UK launch screening at Cornerhouse. Tickets will be allocated on the day of the symposium.
Alternatively, tickets for the film may be purchased through Cornerhouse Box Office 0161 200 1500 or online www.cornerhouse.org
6:30 Film screening
Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH
If You Are The One/Fei Cheng Wu Rao (CTBA)
Dir Feng Xiaogang/CN 2008/130 mins/Mandarin wEngST
Ge You, Shu Qi, Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Vivian Hsu, Fan Wei
Middle-aged multimillionaire inventor Qin decides to put an end to his bachelor life with online dating. Following some failed matches he eventually meets the heartbroken Smiley. They decide to take a trip to Hokkaido and soon find themselves falling for one another. A smart and entertaining romantic comedy from leading Chinese director Feng Xiaogang.
Sponsored by:
Chinese Arts Centre
Confucius Institute, University of Manchester
Research Institute of Cosmopolitan Cultures (RICC), University of Manchester
Sweet Mandarin Restaurant
