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The Peacock - Dance performance

This dance show in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province is a large-scale dance drama created by renowned Chinese dancer Yang Liping.

The plot of the show focuses on life and love, two eternal themes in human history. Separated into four chapters - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter - the dance drama tells a story of growth, humanity, life, love and the integration of life and nature. 

Through the art of stage performance, the show explores the world and human nature, displaying the humanistic spirit of the intersection of life and art.

In this dance drama Yang presents not only beauty, but also the struggles, the tribulations and the journey of beauty, and in the end, the return of beauty.  

Starring Xiao Ronghao, Yang Han, Ma Yuanhan and Mi Junji, the show brings together a group of excellent artists with Yang as artistic director. 

Yang, an internationally renowned Chinese folk dancer, will also make a special appearance herself in the performance.

Where: Shenzhen Poly Theater, Shenzhen

When: September 25-29, 2022

Price: From 180 yuan ($26)

Restart Unlimited - Art exhibition

This exhibition at the Minerva Gallery in Hefei, Anhui Province, exhibits the works of three artists: Zhang Yanzi, Wang Xiao and Yu Yu. On display are a total of 28 works across a variety of mediums that the three female artists have created in recent years under the theme of "art therapy." 

Curated by Zang ­Yiqian, the show not only explores how to embrace the various possibilities in the ­post-pandemic era, but also discusses the situation of Chinese female artists in the context of globalization, showing that in the face of cosmopolitanism, female creators go beyond specific people or events and focus on the universality of people as a whole.

Where: Minerva Gallery, Hefei

When: Until October 13, 2022 

Price: Free entry

MEOW Meow Forever - Art exhibition

This exhibition in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province is a solo show for artist Gan Nianrong. It presents five pieces capturing the moments when the artist was interacting with her cat Huang Ermao. 

Born in 1976 in Yibin, ­Sichuan Province, Gan graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 1998 and currently works in Shenzhen. 

When she left home to make a living in the big city, she found herself surrounded by solitude. Fortunately, she met a stray cat, which she later named Huang Ermao.

Gan is good at abstract oil painting. Her works often extract abstract concepts from individual life experiences, taking viewers through time and space to another dimension where there are flowers and cats, two of her most important creative elements. 

There are also interactive sections at the exhibition. Viewers can enjoy themselves by painting pictures of cats or reading "rainbow Tarot cards."

Where: Boopucat Art Space, Shenzhen

When: Until August 28, 2022

Price: Free entry