The University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) Students Art Troupe, one of the leading University Performance Troupes in Beijing, will perform at the University of Central Arkansas on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in Reynolds Performance Hall.
The “Chinese Spring Festival Gala” features a dazzling variety of traditional Chinese performance arts, including Chinese folk musical instruments, Peking opera, Martial Arts, Acrobatics and Chinese dance.
The event is free to the public. It is sponsored by UCA Confucius Institute for Arkansas, Hanban, University of International Business and Economics.
“We want the UCA community to have the opportunity to learn more about Chinese culture,” said JingJing Li, deputy director of the Confucius Institute.
The group is performing at five Confucius Institutes in the United States.
The troupe’s members are Elite Students with varying majors including economics and finance, along with traditional performance majors, Li said. There are 17 students in the art group and seven teachers in the delegation of the UIBE delegation group.
For more information, visit Confucius Institute or contact Ms. Jingjing Li at jli@uca.edu or (501) 852-5219.
