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Chen Lin, Wu Man, Huayin Old Ture and China NCPA Orchestra

Date: July 30 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 80-480 yuan

Chen Lin is one of the most promising, talented female conductors that China has brought to the world. In 1996, she entered the Central Conservatory of Music where she studied conducting under Yu Feng. She is currently a professor in the conducting department of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.

Recognized as the world's premier pipa virtuoso and leading ambassador of Chinese music, Grammy Award nominated musician Wu Man has carved out a career as a soloist, educator and composer giving her lute-like instrument - which has a history of over 2,000 years in China - a new role in both traditional and contemporary music.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

NLGX: Flower and Bird: Butoh, a Way of Life

Date: July 23-24 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Penghao Theater

Price: 150 yuan

Butoh was a post-war Japanese reaction to the flood of Western influences and a nation in trauma; Butoh founders Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno created a new kind of movement that eschewed the fine, "pretty" body language of Western influenced dance, in favour of more organic movements, such as squatting to farm, bending over under bundles, and so on. Performer is Yoshito Ohno, son of Butoh founder Kazuo. In Japanese; Chinese subtitles, part of the 2016 Nanluoguxiang Arts Festival.

Contact: 010-6400-6452

Neither Man Nor Woman

Date: July 22 - 5 pm

Venue: Tianqiao Performing Arts Center

Price: 99-380 yuan

Spanish company CobosMika has picked up prestigious awards from around Europe and has been preparing this piece for over a year, sending a sample duet out to test the critical waters. But they saved Neither Man Nor Woman's world premiere for Beijing. Here the quintet of dancers examine beauty and relationships and how nothing is balanced if the two elements don't meet an equilibrium.

Contact: 400-635-3355