Join us for a Chinese New Year Flash Dance!
To celebrate the year of the Rat, we’re recruiting members for the China Exchange troupe taking part in the Chinatown New Year parade on the 26th January – be part of something special!
Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival at China Exchange
In China, Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important holiday after Chinese New Year. Traditionally, this festival marks the harvest and celebrates the harvest moon – seen to be the brightest and fullest moon of the year. For many Chinese, the moon symbolises prosperity, peace and reunion. Join us to celebrate this traditional Chinese festival with a variety of fun-packed, family-friendly events at China Exchange!
Project New Sun
Project New Sun: Sinosynthesis, is a double bill performance exploring feminism, masculinity and stereotypes in British Chinese culture through dance, live music and comedy. The performance consisted of two parts and performed by Julia Cheng and Chris Chan respectively. In the first part, Julia Cheng performed Orlando Warrior, a solo performance drawing on contemporary […]
Square dancing: how do you guangchang wu?
On 7 October our dancers performed at Southbank Centre’s China Changing Festival after five free guangchang wu (public square dancing) workshops at China Exchange. Wearing a specially designed uniform, our dancers wowed the audience with their performances of the songs Rather Be and Zui Xuan Min Zu Feng.
It’s hip to be square – free public square dancing available in Chinatown through China Exchange & Southbank Centre
Londoners will get a taste of China’s square dancing craze through a new project “Square Dancing: How do you guangchang wu?” led by China Exchange in partnership with Southbank Centre as part of the China Changing festival.
Mid-Autumn Festival 2016
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋节快乐！中秋節快樂! The Mid-Autumn Festival is held every year on the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar calendar and is celebrated with a three day holiday in China. The second most important holiday after Chinese New Year, traditionally this festival marks harvest and celebrates the harvest moon – seen to be […]
Darcey Bussell
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow charmed the China Exchange crowd with a witty and wide-ranging conversation on philanthropy, film, feminism and of course her newest project – Goop.
China Exchange Dancers join hundreds to perform in Trafalgar Square
The team of China Exchange dancers, coached by Goldsmith’s Confucius Institute for Dance and Performance, joined hundreds of other groups on Saturday to perform in Trafalgar Square. Following the experience of learning the Chinese-infused version of the Big Dance Pledge choreography, the group were keen to take on the additional challenge of learning an extended version of the dance and to join other dancers – of […]
Akram Khan surprises dancers at China Exchange
Dancers performing in the special China Exchange and Goldsmith’s Confucius Institute of Dance and Performance were given a surprise last Friday when it was revealed that acclaimed dancer and choreographer of this year’s Big Dance Pledge routine, Akram Khan watched them as part of the audience. The performance was part of the Big Dance Pledge […]
Big Dance Performance
Dancing in the Street with Akram Khan Dancers performing in the special China Exchange and Goldsmith’s Confucius Institute of Dance and Performance were given a surprise last Friday when it was revealed that acclaimed dancer and choreographer of this year’s Big Dance Pledge routine, Akram Khan watched them as part of the audience. The performance […]