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PKU Student Cultural Acting Troupe
Achieve Successful Performance
Abroad
PKU NEWS 2010--03—08
http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=268152929
Peking University, Mar. 8, 2010: Entrusted by Hanban and the Confucius Institute,
with the support from Chinese embassies‘ in Russia, Germany and Egypt, the PKU
Student Cultural Acting Troupe went to Russia, Germany and Egypt to launch
cross-cultural communication activities. The troupe made nine performances in five
cities across three countries. More than 6000 people were within the audience,
including ambassadors and employees in those embassies, Confucius Institute
leaders, universities leaders, students, and also overseas Chinese. The acting
troupe plays a good role as a cultural envoy by communicating Chinese culture and
achieves a complete success. In addition, their performances received warm
welcomes by foreign audiences and attracted a large number of foreign media.
By accepting this opportunity in November 2009, the PKU Party Committee paid
great attention and immediately organized a working group led by Vice-secretary of
the Party Committee. The teachers and students in the acting troupe overcame a
series of difficulties, including lack of preparation time towards the end of the
semester and designing a set with an atmosphere full of Chinese culture. The whole
performance, themed with ―the idea of harmony‖, is composed by three chapters:
―harmony of universe‖, ―harmony of people‖ and ―harmony of music‖. Under the
background of red peony curtain, they presented profound Chinese culture and
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