The Monkey King —-Openning of Nordica Movie Night & Theme Park

Being a child at heart, you might have missed the pleasant time of this June 1st, or perhaps the joyfulness of it is still lingering in your mind, why not come and join us on July 15 for some fun activities. Bringing with you a small stool to TCG Nordica, let’s watch our long time childhood classic animation “Havoc in Heaven”.
Havoc in Heaven is a Chinese animated feature film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio from 1961-1964. As a classic Chinese animation the film has influenced generations of people and been deemed as a monumental work in the history of Chinese animation.
It may not be as spacious as it is in an open-air cinema, there will be definitely the feeling of it. In order to make sure you appreciate the film as much as possible, please bring your own mosquito repellents in these mosquitos rampant summer days. We have also prepared fun competition activities for the night, picking beans, catching goldfish, painting faces, kicking shuttlecocks and cracking melon seeds. You might even be able to win a gift with a voucher.

Date: 2011.7.16 Sat 6:00pm 6pm Dinner Time, 7pm Movie
Address: TCG Nordica No.101/Loft, Xi Ba Road
Movie Ticket: 5RNB, Nordica Happy Meal：20RMB (Child), 25RMB (Adult)
(Booking Needed, Book dinner ticket before 16th get free movie ticket)
Tel: 4114691 4114692

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Jazz Piano Master Classes

Jazz Piano

The Jazz Piano master classes includes:
Basic elements of improvisation
Jazz piano skills
Jazz music theory, chords & jazz scales

About the teacher

Martin Berggren
he is a young jazz pianist who has a great passion for teaching. He studied Jazz piano and Ensamble at The Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden and has also conducted several orchestras, especially for theatres and other shows. He is a composer and arranger and is the leader of his own Big band. Martin is a pianist who plays all kinds of music; classic, pop, jazz, though his heart probably lies with jazz and improvisation.

Zoltan Sigeti has been appointed as guest professor at the Yunnan Normal University, and also cooperates with different music institutes in Kunming and Beijing, for giving piano performances and lectures such as the Yunnan Arts University, Conservatory of Music.

Graduated first as a classical pianist, later continued to study Afro-American /jazz/ music, improvisation, composition and arrangement, with prof. Phil Markowitz at the Manhattan School of Music New York, USA, and prof. Joe Miller /Toronto, Canada/, Loic Dequidt /France/. He received his second MMA /Master of Musical Arts/ degree, in subject “Jazz Arts” in 1999, later performed in many countries including Japan, the Netherlands, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and China.

Later worked as an active concert and studio musician, music project-leader in Sweden. Played often in various TV and Radio music programs, international music festivals. Worked also in Denmark, in Coppenhagen as film music composer for TV program music productions.

About Jazz
Jazz is one of the most significant form of musical expression in the American culture and an outstanding contribution to the art of music. The rich harmony(chords) using, the unique exciting rhythm and especially the improvisation is increasingly fascinating many many musicians from other music styles. Improvisation means real time composing, and is a big part of jazz music but also of other music styles. Composers including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt have all been celebrated for their ability to improvise. The special way to harmonise (use chords), the freedom and creativity in the language of jazz is unique, and it makes jazz one of the most important and remarkable contemporary music styles of the 20th century.

Contact Nina Cheng:152-8840-5910
Tel: 0871-4114691, 0871-4114692
Add: TCG Nordica in Kunming

Monthly Program Of 2011 July

Mon 4, 20:00–21:00, English Corner – Talk About Independence Day
Sat 9,  20:00 “OUT OF RECOGNITION” – Exhibition Openning of Yunnan contemporary photography

Mon 11, 20:00–21:00, English Corner – Red, White And Blue – Talk about Different World Views
Sat 16, 18:00–21:00,  Kids’ day!—–Openning of Nordica Theme Park

Mon 18, 20:00–21:00, English Corner – Handicraft
Sat 23, 11:30-19:00,  Creative Market
Sun 24, 11:30-19:00, Creative Market

Mon 25, 20:00–21:00,   English Corner – Young People’s Composition
Sat 30, 20:00-21:30, Norwegian artist Tone Leksbø’s exhibition

Movie & BBQ Night

This Saturday 25/06/2011, at 18:30, TCG Nordica invites your family and friends come to enjoy a delicious afternoon with our famous BBQ chicken wings, special grilled steaks, fillet, and vegetables etc. Meanwhile, we will present you an Oscar nominee for best foreign language movie—< Yin Shi Nan Nv>, directed by Li An.
Price: 49 RMB/person. For a group more than 10 people, we give one for free!
Dinner time: 18:30 to 20:00
Advanced booking comes with gifts! Through: 4114691, 15288405910

The Book of Tenth Anniversary of TCG Nordica

Hello friends! The book of TCG Nordica’s Tenth Anniversary was published, this book included very precious historical materials of China contemporary art scene, and also TCG Nordica’s important 10 yeas history. It’s very worth to collect it if you are interested in TCG Nordica, Chinese art and international culture exchange projects experiences.

Size: 168×212mm
Pages: 178p, color print.
Price: 80 CNY/per one
You can buy it at TCG Nordica Culture Center, our address is, TCG Nordica, Xi ba lu 101, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Or you can order through Email: info@tcgnordica.com, but you need to pay the freight fee.
IF you have Chinese Zhi Fu Bao(支付宝), you can order it online at: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10724805552
Tel: 0086-871-4114692
Thanks!

Contents:
008 //从机模厂到艺术区//汉娜
009 // From Mould Production to Art Quarter // Hanna Sahlberg

060 //价值的土壤//罗菲
061 // Soil for the Cultivation of Values // Luo Fei

088 //年轻音乐家们更上一层楼//邵蔓琳
089 // Young Musicians’ Development // Mari Salli

094 //小舞台,大世界//李琦
095 // Small Stage, Big World // Li Qi

108 //文化课程与TCG诺地卡//约瑟夫
109 // The Culture Course and TCG Nordica // Josef Mörnerud

118 //TCG诺地卡的文化旅游
121 // TCG Nordica’s Culture Tourism

132 //口述：我所认识的诺地卡//于坚等
132 // Dictation: TCG Nordica I Know // Yu Jian etc

150 //TCG诺地卡十周年
151 // TCG Nordica 10 years

156 //附录：国际文化交流项目档案1999-2010
157 // International Culture and Arts Exchange Projects Archives 1999-2010

172 //附录：TCG诺地卡团队(2000-2010)
172 // TCG Nordica Team (2000-2010)

174 //后记
175 // Postscript

Album pages(examples):

Postscript

Over the past decade, stories and people associated with TCG Nordica have been as numerous as the sand on the seashore, with each being so precious. We have witnessed the process how they came across, got acquainted, accompanied and accepted with each other right here. It’s our honor to be involved in the cause of cultural exchanges, artistic exploration and social care. We hereby decided to compile this album, in order to review the past as well as to look into the future.

This book was edited and designed by Luo Fei, the gallery director, while everyone in the team have done his/her bit to offer support (Wu Yuerong, Sky, Aria, Zhu Xiaolin, Nina etc). However, due to time constraints, limited capacity, scarce resources or the lost of them in the earlier phases and plus our poor memories and financial resources, it is difficult to present this book perfect as there will be inevitably flaws, or places we hope could have done better. Thanks for your understanding. Should you find any mistake while reading, please do let us know; hopefully we can make progress in the literature for the next decade. We would also like to point out that this is not meant to be a historical document, but a report with the effort to explain our work. Therefore, we cannot include every art project and artist. Thank you for your understanding.

Thanks to every friend who has involved and made this book possible, you are the authors of the texts and art works of this book. You are the photographers, who have generously provided precious photos for the book: Eleonor Broman, Gao Yunfei, Li Xu, Du Ning, Lin Zonghui, Carl Rytterfalk, Mikael Dahl, Jonathan Kearney, Anders Gustafsson…and so on. But there are still many photos we cannot identify their authors, you have our gratitude as well! In addition, involved in the translation of this book are Li Li, Jonathan Mellergård, Jeff Crosby, Xiao Diming, Li Jianbo and so on. Those who involved in proofreading are: Michal-anne Lum, Henry Zhou, Zhou Yi and Ruth Wu etc.

There are so many people to give thanks for. Our beloved friend, you have been always supporting, caring and even being a part of TCG Nordica, though we cannot list all of your names here, we are grateful for your time, love and hard work for TCG Nordica. You know who you are. We hereby sincerely say: “Thank you all!”

TCG Nordica Team

The Voice of Dance-Arrows International Dance Group

Performance Date:
17th of June Friday 8pm Price:30RMB

Ticket Sales Location:
Mai Tian Bookstore (Wen Lin Street)
Yi Sa Bookstore (Chun Yuan Xiao Qu )
San Lou (Xi Chang Road)
TCG Nordica
Tel: 4114691,4114692

Workshop Date:
16th of June Thursday 7-10pm, just for professional dancers, please call this number:15288405910(Nina Cheng) to apply.

18th of June Saturday 9am-12, 2pm-5pm.(Open for everyone who is interested in different dances such as swing, Jazz, Modern Contempory,
Hip hop, Drama, Musical Theater, please call this number:15288405910, 4114691, 4114692 apple it.)

About ARROWS INTERNATIONAL DANCE GROUP
Arrows International, founded in March 2008, directed by Jeff and Natalie Lewis, based in Edmond Oklahoma, a professional dance company comprised of multi-talented and passionate artists from all over the USA. This one company displays a variety of styles of dance that will engage the emotions of the mind and heart of the individual and captivate the audience. They capture their audiences through exciting/ joyful movement and music, dancing – swing, jazz, hip hop, and musical theater. They will also present a powerful production piece entitled “Release Your Arrow”, through drama, contempory, and ballet movement, that will encourage, bringing hope and peace for our lives in a world that is faced with many tragedies.

This company not only displays a fun and engaging concert of dance, but also teaches mini -workshops. It’s an opportunity for all generations and all levels to learn different styles of dance and drama. They offer swing/ partnering, hip hop, jazz, ballet, contempory, mime, and drama. So weather you are a beginner or experienced mover/dancer, you can be apart, and enjoy the impartation that will take place.

The company is comprised of 13 members, and the majority have traveled all over the world performing, teaching master classes and setting choreography, in USA, Asia, Central America, Europe, Africa, Russia, and Israel. Most have degree’s at major Universities all over the USA, from California, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and Washington, DC. They all have accolades in various areas, from training with the prominent, New York City Joffery Ballet, to touring with top music artists in the music industry, all over the USA, to acting and singing in theaters, commercials, industrials, and films.

workshop:

Live show:

Graduation exhibition 2011 of Wenhua College

Graduation exhibition 2010 of Fine Art Department of Wenhua College of Yunnan Arts University

Opening time: 4:30pm, Friday, 10th June, 2011
Exhibition Duration: 10th –20th of June

Welcome to visit!

Nattglim

Date:9th of June Thursday 8pm
Price:35RNB

Guitar: Daniel Henriksson (Sweden)
Violin: Ellinor Fritz (Sweden)
Guqin, guitar, voice: Zeng Xiaogang

The band was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden. Three musicians with completely different backgrounds are: Ellinor Fritz from Dalarna, the home of Folk Music in Sweden. Growing up, he has been greatly influenced by traditional Swedish music, and is good at playing traditional dance and folk music of Sweden. Daniel Henriksson, from Stockholm the capital of Sweden, he is obsessed with heavy metal, Sweden Folk music, and Chinese Guqin music. Zeng Xiaogang is from Kunming, Yunnan Province, has now moved to Sweden. He served as the vocal with the band People Rhythm. He has dedicated himself to the development of traditional Chinese music and folk music of Yunnan. They met at the Gothenburg School of Music, came together with different ideas for music. From Chinese Folk Music to that of the Swedish, from traditional to improvise, Night Flower Factors is expecting to share their musical fruits with you.

Ticket Sales Location:
Mai Tian Bookstore (Wen Lin Street)
1895 Movie Bar (Kun Du)
Yi Sa Bookstore (Chun Yuan Xiao Qu )
San Lou (Xi Chang Road)
TCG Nordica
Tel: 4114691,4114692