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Contemporary and Chinese classical dance company, based in Toronto. Artistic director Emily Cheung.

What an honour that our beautiful dance piece "Dun

What an honour that our beautiful dance piece "Dun Huang Revisited" choreographed by Felix Chen appeared on the cover of Ontario Arts Council's 2018-19 Grant Listing Report. This project was a sponsor from Hong Kong Trade Economics. Photo by Victor Tan.

Little Pear Garden is pleased to announce our new

Little Pear Garden is pleased to announce our new Associate Artistic Directors: Jiapei Ma and Yi Yuan.

Jiapei Ma, M.Ed: Jiapei Ma finished her bachelor degree of dancing and got certificate of teaching in Guangzhou South China Normal University, where she studied Chinese classical dance, folk dance and contemporary dance. Her choreography was awarded excellence in Hong Kong’s competition, and was showcased in Beijing’s dance festival. Currently, she is a dance instructor with rich experiences on teaching and dance performances.

Yi Yuan, MA: Yi Yuan is had begun her Chinese dance training from a young age at the Beijing International Arts School, specializing in both classical and contemporary Chinese dance styles. Yi is a professional performer and experienced dance educator with a BFA and an MA in Dance at York University. Her enthusiasm and motivation in Chinese dance have informed her research interests, focusing on the transmission and the evolvement of Chinese dance in Canada.

Takeout Arts 2nd batch of tickets released, with s

Takeout Arts 2nd batch of tickets released, with some evening time slots! Get them now before they are gone!
Ticket Box:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-little-pear-garden-dance-company-le-compagnie-de-danse-le-jardin-petite-poire/events/takeout-arts/?fbclid=IwAR0UzL2mxz_fyVYLorYMzl62h890hg-r5eQuEGFdojE9mp6nCxWh3AgaBFM

March 2013, still a month frozen in the snow and b

March 2013, still a month frozen in the snow and bitter wind, we welcomed the best Asian artists to our symposium to demystify Chinese dance movements and aesthetics. It was like yesterday.
(from left to right:
Emily Cheung, Artistic Director at LPGDC,
Lynanne Sparrow,
Ya-Ting Lin, Associate Professor of Dance Studies at Taipei National University of the Arts
Chengxin Wei, Artistic Director at Moving Dragon Dance Company,
Tao Ye, Artistc Director at Tao Dance Theatre,
Selma Odom, retired professor of York Dance Department

Absent:
Yvonne Ng, Artistic Director at Tiger Princess and Curator at Dance Made in Canada
Su-Feh Lee, Artistic Director at Battery Opera Performance

Dancer Melissa Yang talks about herself and her th

Dancer Melissa Yang talks about herself and her thoughts on improvization.
@melissayangartist

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Instagram post 17896844062890852

Dancer Lu Li talks about herself and her thoughts

Dancer Lu Li talks about herself and her thoughts on improvization.
@lilu_430

Dancer Candace Kumar talks about herself and her t

Dancer Candace Kumar talks about herself and her thoughts on improvization.
@candacekmr

Our dancer Jasmine Huang in the March Improv Serie

Our dancer Jasmine Huang
in the March Improv Series talks about herself and her thoughts on improvization.
@jasminehuang__

Our dancer Sebastian Bash Hirtenstein in the March

Our dancer Sebastian Bash Hirtenstein
in the March Improv series talks about himself and his thought on improvization.
@bash416ix

Our Associated Artistic Director Yi Yuan explains

Our Associated Artistic Director Yi Yuan explains the upcoming IMPROV series.

Give the gift of LIVE dance performance and suppor

Give the gift of LIVE dance performance and support its artists. Yes – right now, and in accordance with public health and safety measures for COVID. 想看現場表演的機會來了, 訂購小梨園藝術外賣不但可以看到一段現場舞蹈, 還可以拿到捐款退稅收據, 一舉兩得!

Available to those living in Markham and Richmond Hill, Ontario, you can purchase a 2-min piece of live Chinese dance performance for yourself or your friends. While respecting public health measures, a dancer will come to you and perform outside your door. 這個籌款藝術推廣活動將在安大略省的萬錦市以及列治文山市試推, 訂票由即日起開始.

Through this event, we hope to bring you the joy of live performing arts while we wait for our theatres to re-open. Your generous donations will be put toward a COVID SURVIVAL fund for artists, and used to create income-generating work for dancers during this challenging time. 這個活動所募集的捐款將會用於支持職業舞者收入之用.

Ticket Box 訂票連結: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-little-pear-garden-dance-company-le-compagnie-de-danse-le-jardin-petite-poire/events/takeout-arts/

Our dancer goddesses graced the screen of TV show

Our dancer goddesses graced the screen of TV show "The American Gods" Season 3 Ep 5 during the opening sequence, portraying a group of performers came from the Qing Dynasty China to attend Chicago's 1893 World Exhibition. They simply looked fabulous on screen.
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LAST DAY for the online showing of our festive dan

LAST DAY for the online showing of our festive dance pieces. Be sure to enjoy them before midnight tonight!!

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-little-pear-garden-dance-company-le-compagnie-de-danse-le-jardin-petite-poire/events/chinese-festive-dance-fundraiser/?fbclid=IwAR3Z00lIUIv18oGNmxpdksWOLsXlCabwY8auauyIt1IRJ1MSP2TRpYUtTbg

"Chinese Festive Dance" online show TICKET BOX NOW

"Chinese Festive Dance" online show TICKET BOX NOW OPENED! Get your tickets at the following link or find the link on our FB post. (In photos: "Welcome" Mongolian dance by Wind Horse Dance, Inner Mongolia.)

Photos by Luke Lau

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-little-pear-garden-dance-company-le-compagnie-de-danse-le-jardin-petite-poire/events/chinese-festive-dance-fundraiser/?fbclid=IwAR2H_K7PzDwAHQPIPcuJDPIm9qacFFoY5qq1qhoi-RQlF-Gl2ja4JZGURLQ

"Chinese Festive Dance" online show TICKET BOX NOW

"Chinese Festive Dance" online show TICKET BOX NOW OPENED. Get your tickets at the following link or find the link on our FB post. (In photos: "Chopsticks" Mongolian folk dance by LPGDC.)

Photos by Kam Chiu Tam, AL Cheng, Dominic Leung

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-little-pear-garden-dance-company-le-compagnie-de-danse-le-jardin-petite-poire/events/chinese-festive-dance-fundraiser/?fbclid=IwAR2H_K7PzDwAHQPIPcuJDPIm9qacFFoY5qq1qhoi-RQlF-Gl2ja4JZGURLQ

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"Chinese Festive Dance" online show TICKET BOX NOW

"Chinese Festive Dance" online show TICKET BOX NOW OPENED! Get your tickets at the following link or find the link on our FB post. (In photos: "The Fair Ladies" Tang dynasty dance reimagined.)
Photos by Victor Tan @victoratlarge

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-little-pear-garden-dance-company-le-compagnie-de-danse-le-jardin-petite-poire/events/chinese-festive-dance-fundraiser/?fbclid=IwAR3xvrB2gs20YVukb5010_p6M_5_zemjYRdj3pBkz41ln5CDq2GXgZyXNXs

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FOR ONE WEEK you can view the exuberant and festiv

FOR ONE WEEK you can view the exuberant and festive Chinese Dances performed / produced by Little Pear Garden. From the Mongolian prairies, to the middle earth palace, to the mountain ranges of South-West Yunnan province, you will experience the vast diversity of cultures and the joy of Chinese movements. This is part of our continuous celebration of Chinese New Year and fundraising effort to support the upcoming project year.
This online show will start from Thursday Feb 18th at 8am (EST) and end on Wednesday Feb 24th at midnight (EST). Ticket Box will open on Thursday Feb 18th at 8am (EST).
Once you have purchased an event ticket, a email with the link to our show and a tax receipt from Canadahelps will be sent to your e-mail inbox.
** A tax receipt will be issued by the system to every ticket buyer. Be sure to provide accurate information when making the purchase. Additional donation is also possible on top of ticket purchase in the same transaction.
For ticket link:

Check our Facebook page; or; copy and paste the following

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-little-pear-garden-dance-company-le-compagnie-de-danse-le-jardin-petite-poire/events/chinese-festive-dance-fundraiser/?fbclid=IwAR0zXFWDVNF6yAnQY5LHYV0Z5slwXcSXVrAi_AUvxvY7b3Hr7aEgSmpN6Wg

Photo by: Maylynn Quan @maylynnquan

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