New Century Dance & US Chinese Dance Association’s presents…

The New Century Dance Arts Festival - Program

A Celebration of Dance Arts - Ballet, Chinese Dance, Indian Dance, and Flamenco performed by South Bay Dance Artists.

This year we wanted to showcase some new dance pieces we’ve learned, as well as introduce our audience to some of our sister schools who we share our Sunnyvale studio space with.

Program Details

Saturday, October 25th

1. Snake Fairies 惊蛰

   • Olivia Du, Shunan Zhang, Sophie Hu, Grace He, Yang Yang, Sheri Xie, Weijing Song, Mingshu Liang, Jialu Yuan, Xinyue Chen, Rachel Yen, Grace Cao, Wanyu Huang, Jin Huang

2. Kung Fu Spirit | 男子三人舞

   • Ethan Sun, Li Gong, You Xin

3. Little Swans 十二小天鹅

   • Shirley Hu, Annabelle Ma, Miranda Li, Kimberly Zhou, Pauline Pan, Anna Wang, Layla, Aolina Lu, Kaylen Li, Pepper Zhou, Vivian Zhang, Ariana Huang

4. Butterfly and Blue 蝴蝶与蓝

   • Grace He, Peggy Wang

5. Imperfect

   • Sophie Hu

6. Raymonda Variation 雷蒙达

   • Yang Yang

7. Giselle Variation 吉赛尔

   • Olivia Du

8. Winter Light 冬日之光

   • Shunan Zhang, Sheri Xie, Weijing Song, Mingshu Liang, Grace He, Peggy Wang, Grace Cao, Xinyue Chen, Jialu Yuan, Rachel Yen, Wanyu Huang, Jin Huang

9. Chipolino Radish Variation 樱桃萝卜

   • Annabelle Ma

10. Paquita 4th Variation 帕基塔

    • Miranda Li

11. A Butterfly Dream 蝶香

    • Pauline Poon

12. Music of the Night 小夜曲

    • Wanyu Huang, Grace Cao, Jin Huang

13. Pharaoh's Daughter Variation 法老的女儿

    • Tracy Xie

14. Sleeping Beauty Variation 睡美人

    • Weijing Song

15. Cinderella Variation 灰姑娘

    • Shunan Zhang

16. Silken Blade 青丝 水袖舞

    • Olivia Du, Sophie Hu, Grace He, Wanyu Huang

17. Antara Asthaayi Dance - Rangmanch

    • Kashvi Chatrath, Sanjana Acharya, Avni Jain, Saachi Roy, Sanemi Ahuja

Intermission

1. Koko De La Isla School of Flamenco - Sevillanas & Fandangos de Huelve

   • Koko de la Isla, Kayo Toki, Pushpak Bhandari

   • Guitarist: Alberto Marques

   • Singer: Jose de la Isla

2. Returning Red 归来红菱艳

   • Shunan Zhang, Tracy Xie, Yang Yang, Wanyu Huang, Ming Suliang, Weijing Song, Sheri Xie, Jin Huang, Jialu, Xinyu Chen, Rachel Yan, April Bickman

   • Ethan Sun, Li Gong, You Xin, Ji Wang

3. Ripples of Enchantment 醉轻波

   • Shirley Hu

4. Early Summer 初夏

   • Kimberly Zhou

5. Ave Maria

   • Sophie Hu

6. Don Quixote - Kitri's Friends 堂吉诃德

   • Olivia Du, Shunan Zhang

7. Night Banquet in the Tang Palace 唐宫夜宴

   • Tracy Xie, Shirley Hu, Annabelle Ma, Miranda Li, Kimberly Zhou, Pauline Pan, Anna Wang, Layla, Aolina Lu, Kaylen Li, Pepper Zhou, Vivian Zhang, Ariana Huang

8. Flying Apsara 飞天

   • Jin Zhang

9. Swan Lake Pas de Trois 天鹅湖三人舞

   • Shunan Zhang, Sheri Xie, Weijing Song

10. Antara Asthaayi Dance - Junoon

    • Kashvi Chatrath, Sanjana Acharya, Avni Jain, Saachi Roy, Sanemi Ahuja

11. Waltz of the Flowers 花之圆舞曲 & Finale

    • All performers

Production Staff

Artistic Directors - Fenhua Lu, Koko de la Isla, Antara Bhardwaj

Choreographers - Fenhua Lu, Olivia Du, Ethan Sun, Ming Hai Wu, Zhong Qi Shi

Master of Ceremony - Amy Liu

Stage Managers - Tianling Qian

Lighting Design - Ge Xin Wang

Sound - Andrew Bissell

Graphics / Visuals - Olivia Du, George Zhao, Andrew Bissell

Photography - Chris Wu

Videography - Li Qiu

sincere thanks to All of our Donors, partners, sponsors and families who have supported our school over the years

And a special thanks to the following teams for matching dancer donations

Apple, Inc.

Google LLC

Waymo LLC

PIMCO

Benevity

Genentech, Inc.

Kodiak Sciences, Inc.

Lam Research Corporation

Green Grand Foundation