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Gigi D' Alessio Malaterra World Tour in Shanghai
Date: Jan 31 - 8:30 pm
Venue: Qianshuiwan Culture Center
Price: 380 yuan
Gigi D'Alessio was born in Naples in 1967. His father introduced him into the world of music thanks to the accordion that Gigi received for his birthday. At 23 he started directing the Scarlatti Orchestra and, afterward, became the pianist of one of the most important neapolitan singers: Mario Merola. In 2012 Gigi celebrated 20 years of career with the new album Chiaro and his new project Primera Fila, the first spanish album edited in South America. Other album and another world tour until year 2014: Gigi is the second italian singer that became a legend entering in the World Billboard Music Chart. Only Modugno with Volare had the same success. The artist doesn't know any break and another success is near: last year on Dec 31, he celebrated the New Year's Eve for his first time in Plebiscito Square in Naples. Now he's planning to travel with his Malaterra's tour all around the world.
Contact: 400-610-3721
National Ballet Britain The Great Gatsby
Date: Feb 3-5 - 7:30 pm
Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts
Price: 220-1,200 yuan
A new full-length story ballet based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, choreographed by David Nixon, is the perfect project for this energetic, enthusiastic ensemble - the characters are strong, the locations distinctive, the atmosphere unforgettable. Founded in Manchester in 1969 and based in Leeds since 1996, Northern Ballet has grown to become one of the UK's best loved companies and an important international cultural ambassador.
Contact: 010-6655-0000
Toro Y Moi China Tour 2016 in Shanghai
Date: Jan 14 - 8 pm
Venue: Qianshuiwan Culture Center
Price: 160-200 yuan
Chazwick Bradley Bundick better known by his stage name Toro y Moi, is an American recording artist and producer. His music has taken on many forms since he began recording, but he is often identified with the rise of the chillwave movement in 2010 and 2011. His stage name is a multilingual expression consisting of the Spanish words toro and y (meaning "bull" and "and", respectively), and the French word moi (meaning "me"). In January 2015, Toro y Moi announced a new album What For? to be released April 7 by Carpark Records and shared a new track "Empty Nesters." The album marked a further departure in sound from previous releases with a guitar-based rock sound, drawing inspiration from artist such as Big Star, Talking Heads, Todd Rundgren, Tim Maia, and Cortex. On August 28, 2015, Toro y Moi released a surprise free mixtape called Samantha featuring 20 electronic/hip hop influenced songs recorded in Berkeley, California between February, 2012 and August, 2015. The mixtape contained collaborations with Washed Out, Kool A.D, Nosaj Thing, and Rome Fortune. In his home studio, Bundick utilizes a Roland JX-3P, Moog Voyager, Fender Rhodes, and various soft synths.
Contact: 400-610-3721
Flux Pavilion at Fusion in Shanghai
Date: Jan 15 - 10:30 pm
Venue: Fusion Shanghai
Price: 100 yuan
Joshua Steele, better known by his stage name Flux Pavilion, is an English dance music record producer, singer-songwriter, DJ and label owner who has been performing since 2008.Flux Pavilion has headlined three US tours, two UK tours, and several festival DJ sets, including Glastonbury, Reading, Coachella, and EDC Vegas. He has also made live performances with Example, Foreign Beggars and Chiddy Bang. Flux has listed his sound to be inspired by The Prodigy and Rusko.
Contact: 400-610-3721
2016 Shinhwa - Andy Lee Shanghai Fan Meeting
Date: Jan 16 - 7:30 pm
Venue: Shanghai Center Theater
Price: 680-1,280 yuan
Andy Lee is known as a rapper and youngest in six-member boy band Shinhwa. Besides rapping for his band, Andy has ventured out into television acting, musicals, and solo singing. Lee is also the producer of duo Jumper and boy bands Teen Top and 100 percent.
Contact: 400-610-3721
DVBBS 2016 Asia Tour in Shanghai
Date: Jan 22-10 pm
Venue: Linx
Price: 150-200 yuan
DVBBS entering the scene in 2013 with the No 1 club track of the year. Their recent track Gold Skies, a collaboration with Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix and Aleesia, topped the Beatport charts. A total of 5 No 1's in Beatport's main chart and platinum records in over 10 countries are the result of DVBBS' world domination! Performing at the biggest club shows and festivals all over the world, including Tomorrowland, TomorrowWorld, EDC - Las Vegas, Ultra Music Festival, Made in America and their own Never Stop The F*cking Rave World Tour, DVBBS secured their place as a global phenomenon.
Contact: 400-610-3721
Kaskade at Fusion in Shanghai
Date: Jan 22 - 10:30 pm
Venue: Fusion
Price: 150-180 yuan
Ryan Gary Raddon better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ and record producer. On October 20, 2011, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records, Kaskade placed at No. 30. DJ Times polls voted Kaskade "America's Best DJ 2011" and "America's Best DJ 2013". Along with producers deadmau5 and Wolfgang Gartner, Kaskade became popular during the revival of American progressive house in late 2008-early 2009.
Contact: 400-610-3721
Hirano Aya 2016 Shanghai Fan Meeting
Date: Jan 24 - 2:30 pm
Venue: Qianshuiwan Culture Center
Price: 280-680 yuan
Hirano Aya is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan. She was contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of the Space Craft Group, for her voice acting career and for her singing career, she was signed under Lantis. She left both Space Craft and Lantis in 2011. Hirano moved to the voice acting agency Grick in August 2011, and into Universal Sigma in 2012.
Contact: 400-610-3721
The Romantic Harp Recital By Xavier de Maistre
Date: Jan 13-7:30 pm
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center
Price: 220-800 yuan
Xavier de Maistre belongs to an elite category category of soloists who are redefining what is possible with their instrument. Aside from new commissions from composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki and Kaija Saariaho, he performs works like Smetana's "Ma Vlast" with breathtaking precision, presenting masterful arrangements of works that are usually played by an entire orchestra. The interpretation of these works, that few harpists before him have even considered playing, has contributed to his reputation as one of the most creative and extraordinary musicians of his generation.
Contact: 400-610-3721
Cinematique by The Adrien M/Claire B Company
Date: Jan 15-17 - 7:30 pm
Venue: Beijing Tianqiao Performance Art Center
The Adrien M/Claire B Company has been acting in the fields of the digital arts and performing arts since 2004. They create many forms of art, from stage performances to exhibitions combining real and virtual worlds with IT tools that were developed and customised specifically for them. They place the human body at the heart of technological and artistic challenges and adapt today's technological tools to create a timeless poetry through a visual language based on playing and enjoyment, which breeds imagination. The projects are carried out by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. The company operates as a research and creativity workshop based out of Presqu'?le in Lyon.
Contact: 400-610-3721
Night Life
Inspirative 2016 China Tour in Shanghai
Date: Jan 10 - 8:30 pm
Venue: Qianshuiwan Culture Art Center
Price: 80/120 yuan
Inspirative is a post-rock band from Bangkok, Thailand formed in 2006. The band's music is composed of expansive melodic guitar based and ambient field recordings. The band joined label FinalKid Group in 2007 and released two tracks, "The Lost Moment" and "After Sunset", in the FinalKid Compilation 2. In 2008, Inspirative released a three-song EP Floating Down Through The Clouds. The band start to be well known as the new group in the indie listener. In March 2011, The band had been in the final list of the candidate the term of the instrumental music with the Flames Tree tracks on 23rd Season award, Bangkok, Thailand.
Contact: 400-610-3721
Holland Indie-Electronic Band FARA DDC Concert in Beijing
Date: Jan 9 - 9 pm
Venue: Dusk Dawn Club
Price: 40/50 yuan
FARA is a four-piece Dutch group based in The Hague performing electronic indie music. Combining the energy of a live band with the power of synthesizers, they create a high-energy electronic set. The four friends and former classmates started as all-guitar indie band Atlantic Attraction in 2011. While touring through Europe and China, the music changed, and slowly synthesizers replaced guitars. Right after their last China tour of early 2015, the group isolated themselves in an abandoned mental institution to write new music. Here, FARA was created as it is now. Guided by an aggressive urge to perform abroad, FARA will be touring China, Holland and Germany in winter 2016. FARA released their first song "Looking for Answers" in August 2015. This is a revision of one of the first songs the group ever wrote, which stands model for the transition the group made over the past years.
Contact: 186-1173-0692
Swing Dance Monday Nites
Date: Jan 11 - 8 pm
Price: 30 yuan
Join us every Monday night for a beginners' level swing dance class that focuses on Lindy Hop and Charleston. This lively American dance began in Harlem in the 1920's and has received renewed interest in recent years, especially in Los Angeles, California and even here in Beijing. In this class we will focus on basics of both styles with a moderate repertoire of moves for both dances. Partner is optional as we rotate leaders frequently.
Contact: 135-2155-5296
The Latest in Brain Research in Relation to Emotional Intelligence to Intellectual Intelligence
Date: Jan 15-17 - 9 am
Venue: Beijing Normal University
Price: 1,680 yuan
During this course the participants will learn about the latest research on neuroscience, EQ and learning and learn more about how to apply these findings in their classroom to improve the engagement and performance of their students. The speaker is Natalie Roitman, B.A. Sociology, Anthropology and Chinese Studies, and master trainer and expert on Emotional Intelligence.
Contact: 010-8949-6877
Multi-Grammy Award-Winning Superstar - DJ Jazzy Jeff Live!
Date: Jan 15 - 10 pm
Venue: Elements Club
Price: 380 yuan
Superstar and nusiclLegend Jazzy Jeff makes his Beijing debut at Room 79, kicking off the new year with a huge bang. In 2015, Jazzy performed the scratch overdubs for the film "Straight Outta Compton". Aside from being a lead actor with Will Smith on the superhit TV series, "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", Jazzy and Will Smith have number tracks together too. And 2016 Summer, they will tour together internationally. Touring with Jazzy as a very special guest performer is, Dayne Jordan.
Contact: 010-6552-6223
SPORT
Learn to Ride: Snowboarding Trips
Date: Jan 17
Venue: Jundushan Ski Resort
Price: 1,100 yuan per day
Sports Beijing has a brand new program that will get your kids shredding the pow like a pro! We have teamed up with Jundushan Mountain Resort and Burton Snowboards to offer snowboarding trips in December and January! This is the perfect time to get your kids strapped in and riding in a safe and supervised environment. These trips are all inclusive meaning all you have to do is register and get your kids to the bus pick ups...we'll take care of the rest.
Contact: 010-6430-1370
(China Daily 01/09/2016 page20)
