Westbury Arts Presents: "Let’s go to China!"

255 Schenck Ave,Westbury NY 11590

11 May, 2022

Description

"Let's Go China!" will take the whole family on a journey to a 5000 year old civilization. This program is presented in conjunction with our First Celebration of Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Let’s go to China! Patricia Shih, a multiple national award-winning entertainer, leads adults and families through a fascinating multi-century visit to the world’s oldest continuous living civilization. The program is hands-on and highly participatory with many props and visual aids. Patricia will be joined by Wendy Weng, a professional Chinese dancer skilled in many forms of traditional dances. Wendy owns her own Chinese dance school in China. Participants will learn about this amazing country through many different aspects. Ms. Shih and Ms. Weng cover geography, history, music, art, dance, language, inventions, customs, and much more. As widely respected performing artists, Ms. Shih and Ms. Weng entertain as they educate and both will come in authentic clothing. Some of the activities that the audience may be participating in are the ribbon dance, music, and instruments, language, Chinese New Year, inventions, a mobile museum with authentic artifacts and antiques, history and other facts, and clothing.