Arts in focus at capital's cultural fiesta

Law has acted in nearly 100 movies since the 1990s, such as Crime Story in 1993 along with Jackie Chan and Future X-Cops with Andy Lau in 2010, but he says that his aspirations are rooted in Cantonese Opera.

As for the other highlights of the Spring For Chinese Arts festival, there will be a concert, in which the China Film Orchestra will perform music from Hong Kong films on April 1; a show by Peking Opera artists of the Zhang Huoding Arts of the Cheng School Inheritance Center on May 6 and three contemporary dance pieces - Dreams of Zen, The Tea Spell and Escaping From The Temple - performed and choreographed by Zhao Liang over April 4 to 15.

Speaking about the festival, Li Jing, vice director of Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, says: "Every spring, we have artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland to share the stage. It's a great opportunity for them to meet and communicate."