Performing Arts: About 关于我们

PURPOSE
To promote Chinese culture, spread the truth, goodness and beauty in Chinese culture, and enhance cross-cultural understanding and communication.

MISSION
To teach and disseminate Chinese culture and art, among second and later generations of Chinese Americans, and people who love Chinese culture.

To enhance communication and exchange between different ethnic groups, especially between Chinese and American social structure, and Chinese- Americans; to improve mutual understanding; to expand the availability, capacity, and visibility of quality Chinese performing arts in the community; and to confidently utilize the rich cultural heritage to lead the Chinese community to actively integrate into American society.

To contemplate problems facing all of humanity, and inspire creative solutions through arts.

VALUES
Dance language is the most primitive common language of human beings. We are committed to express the beauty of Chinese culture, discover the beauty of life, show the beauty of nature, convey the emotions and energy of truth, goodness and beauty, Inspire hope for a better life, and cultivate people’s strengths and confidence in the pursuit of their ideals.

Through utilizing the art of dance, we stand against racism, sexism and cultural discrimination, especially against Asians and women. We oppose war and call for peace. We dedicate our work to promoting cultural diversity and social justice. We are committed to the preservation and further development of Chinese American culture and arts.

APPROACH/PHILOSOPHY
Our work is grounded in the Chinese philosophical view that nature and humans are inextricably linked, and the Chinese aesthetics that integrate body and mind, form and spirit. We learn from nature, and draw from the wellspring of traditional Chinese culture, which offers unique ways of thinking (through allegories and imageries), ways of expressing (emphasis on emptiness and innuendoes). At the same time, we also incorporate contemporary ideas, to explore the embodied culture of the East, such as dance, martial arts, and qigong. Our goal is to convey the beauty of nature, humanity, and traditional Chinese culture, to inspire the search for beauty, truth and justice. 

宗旨:
弘扬中国文化，传播中国文化中的真善美，增进理解与沟通


使命:
传播与传承中国文化艺术，特别对于美国社会的ABC，和具有中国血统，热爱中国文化的年轻一代。


以艺术为手段，加强各族裔特别是华裔与美国主流社会，中国-美国人的文化交流，增进相互理解。扩大高品质中国表演艺术在社区的可用性、容量和知名度，并以丰富的文化背景和信心引导中国社区积极融入美国社会。

以艺术方式关注人类共同面临的困境，唤起人们对自身问题的思考与解决途径。


价值与意义:
我们认为舞蹈语言是人类最原始的本体语言。 我们致力于用舞蹈作为一种人类共通的语言来表达中国文化之美，发现生活之美，展现自然之美，传递真善美的情怀和能量，唤起人们对美好生活的期待，以及共同追求美好生活的信心和力量。

同时以舞蹈语言为武器，来反对种族歧视，性别歧视，文化歧视，特别是对亚裔和女性的歧视。反对战争，呼唤和平与和谐，以保护我们社区的文化多元化发展以及社会公正，保护并传承亚裔文化艺术在美国的生存与发展。


美学与哲学
以中国天人合一，即自然与人息息相通的哲学观；身心一元，形神兼备的美学观为基础，师法自然，中得心源。采取中国传统文化特有的比兴、意象等思维方法，空灵、虚拟的表现手法，百体妙用的睿智手段，在当代观念的关照下，创造性地运用东方身体文化宝藏，如舞蹈、武术、气功等等，诗意地展现自然之美，人性之美，中国传统文化之美。呼唤对美的发现与呵护，呼唤对社会不公的觉醒与斗争，鞭挞恶行与陋习，表达战胜恶的决心与信心。