Wind your way through Millennium
Park in an interactive telling of the ancient Chinese love story of Qi
Xi--The Story of Niulang and Zhinu, the Cowherd and the Weaver
Fairy--complete with a lion dance, opera singers, drummers, martial
artists and a lantern parade. The performers traveled from Cloud Gate to
the Crown Fountain to Wrigley Square and back. Adapted by Julie Tiao
Ma for the Chinese Fine Arts Society, and part of Chinese Cultural Week
in Chicago.
Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above.
Lion Dance by "Chicago Chinese Cultural Center"
People are anxious to take pictures with the lions.
Before the performance
Jay Pritzker Pavilion is the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the United States.
Frank Gehry, winner of the National Medal of Art, applied his signature style to this revolutionary outdoor concert venue. The Pavilion stands 120-feet high, with a billowing headdress of brushed stainless steel ribbons that frame the stage opening and connect to an overhead trellis of crisscrossing steel pipes. The trellis supports the sound system, which spans the 4,000 fixed seats and the Great Lawn, which accommodates an additional 7,000 people.
The event begins here with a colorful procession of lion dancers, musicians, ribbon dancers, and all other performers who move between sites throughout the park between acts.
Millennium Park was simply a perfect backdrop for this story. The story opens at Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, representing the Heavenly Court. At the northern end of the Park, Wrigley Square fountain basin serves as the sacred pond where the cowherd and weaver princess meet while the two Towers of the Crown Fountain at the southern end of the park dramatically enhance the separation of the two lovers. The final scene takes place back at the Cloud Gate, again representing the Heavenly Court.
Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above.
Lion Dance by "Chicago Chinese Cultural Center"
People are anxious to take pictures with the lions.
Before the performance
Jay Pritzker Pavilion is the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the United States.
Frank Gehry, winner of the National Medal of Art, applied his signature style to this revolutionary outdoor concert venue. The Pavilion stands 120-feet high, with a billowing headdress of brushed stainless steel ribbons that frame the stage opening and connect to an overhead trellis of crisscrossing steel pipes. The trellis supports the sound system, which spans the 4,000 fixed seats and the Great Lawn, which accommodates an additional 7,000 people.
The event begins here with a colorful procession of lion dancers, musicians, ribbon dancers, and all other performers who move between sites throughout the park between acts.
Millennium Park was simply a perfect backdrop for this story. The story opens at Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, representing the Heavenly Court. At the northern end of the Park, Wrigley Square fountain basin serves as the sacred pond where the cowherd and weaver princess meet while the two Towers of the Crown Fountain at the southern end of the park dramatically enhance the separation of the two lovers. The final scene takes place back at the Cloud Gate, again representing the Heavenly Court.
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