Louvre Art Collection Exhibition in Shanghai

Date: Aug 15-Oct 10

Venue: Xingyue Global Harbor

Price: 70-320 yuan

Louvre engraving paint studio made 10 packages of engraving painting for Chinese art loves. Le portrait de Monna Lisa, la Joconde; La C��ne; La Vierge aux Rochers (engraving painting is black and white); La Libert�� guidant le people; La baigneuse de Valpin?on; La source; Napol��on Bonaparte, Premier Consul, Passe les Alpes; Le serment des Horaces; Naissance de Venus. Fragment; Le printemps de Sandro Botticelli.

Lightwire Theater-The Ugly Duckling in Beijing

Date: Aug 8-9 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Comedy Theater

Price: 80-450 yuan

Ian and Eleanor Carney founded Lightwire Theater and, in conjunction with Corbian Visual Arts and Dance, began pre-production on their project, The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare in January 2011, adapting two classic animal tales from Andersen's fairy tales and Aesop's Fables through Corbian's signature electroluminescent stage puppetry. Following in the footsteps of the successful production Darwin the Dinosaur-a beloved production by the same two companies that toured extensively in the USA and Europe, The Ugly Duckling has been touring nationwide in the US since the beginning of 2012, bringing their use of cutting-edge technology, moving sculpture and dance together to create another unforgettable theatrical experience.

AcFun 2015 Video Games Live in Beijing

Date: Aug 14 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Exhibition Center

Price: 180-1,200 yuan

Video Games Live (VGL) is a concert series created and produced by Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall. The concerts consist of segments of video game music performed by a live orchestra with video footage and synchronized lighting and effects, as well as several interactive segments with the audience. The concerts are conducted by Emmanuel Fratianni. Video Games Live features music from video games from all eras. Music from more recent games (and ongoing series), such as Final Fantasy, Halo, World of Warcraft, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legend of Zelda, Kingdom Hearts, and Metal Gear Solid have been performed. Other segments feature retro arcade games such as Tetris and Asteroids. Video footage of each game is shown during its segment.

The World Oriental Belly Dance Gala Show in Shanghai

Date: Aug 14 - 7:45 pm

Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center

Price: 180-580 yuan

The World Oriental Belly Dance Gala Show is one of the world's most complete professional competition in all categories. It is international showcase for talents and offering a unique multicultural platform for all dancers. Dances from China, Egypt, Italy, Spain and other countries will perform Shamadan, Hagala, khalegy, Baladi, Mukasum, Shabee, Majance.

Drama Inspector General in Shanghai

Date: Aug 12-13 - 7:15 pm

Venue: Shanghai Grand Theater - Lyric Theater

Price: 160-680 yuan

Valery Fokin, who addresses Inspector General for the third time so far, is rightfully considered one of the best experts in the N.V. Gogol's creative legacy. It was exactly on this stage that the immortal Gogol's comedy was presented for the first time on April 19, 1836, and N.V.Gogol himself took an active part in the staging of that legendary play. Present production is the tenth Alexandrinsky version of Inspector General. In the stage, musicality of compositional and plastic action structure, elegance of compositional and plastic pattern, Russia is shown here not only as a satirical portrayal of the conditional 19th century, but also as a more realistic picture drawing Russia in general, the way it was in the 19th century, depicted similarly in the 21st century.

Asian Youth Orchestra 25th Anniversary Journey of Arts in Shanghai

Date: Aug 8 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai Poly Theater

Price: 50-180 yuan

Asian Youth Orchestra has over 100 members, all of whom were selected strictly. They meet for six weeks every summer. Led by the music director of the Orchestra and internationally renowned conductors, they give concert tours together with famous artists. Over the past decade, the orchestra has cooperated with well-known cellists like Yo-Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky and Julian Lloyd Webber, well-known violinists like Gidon Kremer, Gil Shaham, Lin Zhaoliang and the legendary Beaux Arts Trio. Yehudi Menuhin, Lukas Foss, Alexander Schneider, Eri Klas, Huang Dade and Sergiu Comissiona have conducted the orchestra.

(China Daily 08/08/2015 page20)