Event

Summer Latin festival

Phoenix Dance Company is organizing a four-day Latin festival, which includes the theatrical show For the Love of Salsa, featuring 20 world-class dancers and musicians. The festival is also presenting workshops by New York dance instructor Sekou McMiller, which is open to all levels. For festival schedule and ticket prices, visit phoenix-dance.com.

Where: Phoenix Dance Company, Room 1701, Building 4, 15 Zhenzhi Lu, Chaoyang District
When: July 29 – August 1, 9 am – 11 pm
Tel: 13910975179
Cost: 50-360 yuan

Talk: Broadway in Beijing

Legendary Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, who wrote Madame Butterfly, and award-winning director Leigh Silverman will discuss their collaborations on and off Broadway at Capital M tomorrow. Hwang and Silverman recently worked together on Yellow Face, a humorous memoir of Hwang’s 20-year search for his Chinese-American identity, and which earned two Off-Broadway Theater (OBIE) Awards and was short-listed for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. The talk will be moderated by Ken Smith, performing arts critic for the Financial Times.

Where: Capital M, 3/F, 2 Qianmen Buxing Jie, Dongcheng District
When: July 31, 4-6 pm
Tel: 6702 2727
Cost: 65 yuan

Short Films on Indonesian Reform Era

Electric Shadows, a Beijing organization committed to the promotion of public cinema, will be presenting the 9808 Anthology in August. The event will feature 10 independent short films to commemorate the post-Suharto Indonesian Reform era (1998-2008).

Where: Penghao Theater, 35 Dongmianhua Hutong, Dongcheng District
When: August 1, 2-4 pm
Tel: 6400 6472
Cost: 30 yuan, 27 yuan for members

(By Liang Meilan)