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Disney on Ice in Shanghai

Date: Dec 1-3 - 3:00/7:30 pm

Venue: Mercedes-Benz Arena

Price: 180-980 yuan

The two-hour live show, produced by Feld Entertainment, will feature more than 50 timeless Disney characters, including the stars of Frozen, The Lion King, Zootopia, Beauty and the Beast and Finding Nemo. Additionally, audiences will be offered singalong scores to melodious masterpieces, such as Hakuna Matata, You've Got a Friend in Me, Let It Go, At Last I See the Light and A Whole New World, among the stunning choreography, beautiful costumes and intricate sets. "This is a show, more than any other. It is truly for everybody," said producer Kenneth Feld. "When I sit with the audience members, I see those who are grandparents, like I am, enjoying a lot of the classic Disney stories, while young kids and young parents really respond to Frozen and all the latest Disney stories and animation."

Contact: 010-8209-9175

Kooza in Beijing

Date: Dec 15-Feb 1 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Chaoyang Park

Price: 280-1,980 yuan

As a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil, Kooza tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of his place in the world. Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, Kooza explores world with audiences in a light and delightful atmosphere, and also offers a nice family time together. As the largest theatrical producer in the world, Cirque du Soleil stands out for its theatrical, character-driven approach and the absence of performing animals. It combines two circus traditions to Kooza: acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. Kooza has Balancing on chairs, Contortion, High wire, Hoop, Unicycle duo, Wheel of death and more to develop the storyline. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Richard Clayderman Piano Recital Concert

Date: Dec 16 - 8 pm

Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall

Price: 280-1,380 yuan

Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music. Clayderman has recorded over 1,300 melodies, and has created a new romantic style through a repertoire which combines his trademark originals with classics and pop standards. He has devoted much of his time to performing concerts, going as far as playing 200 shows in 250 days. He has clocked up worldwide record sales of approximately 70 million, as of 2006[update], and has 267 gold and 70 platinum discs to his credit. He is popular in Asia and is noted by the Guinness Book of World Records as being "the most successful pianist in the world".

Contact: 400-610-3721

Leon Random Run 2017

Date: Jan 6 - 8:30 pm

Venue: Mercedes-Benz Arena

Price: 380-1,680 yuan

Leon Lai-ming, BBS, MH is a Chineseborn Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. He is one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong. He uses the stage name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming" which literally means "dawn". Lai was born in Beijing, China as Lai Chit, initially, but opted for Lai Ming instead. He is of Hakka ancestry. His family was originally from Meixian. His parents divorced when he was four. He migrated with his Indonesian Chinese father, Lai Xinsheng to Hong Kong during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76) in China. At the age of 15, he attended Lewisham College in the United Kingdom and returned to Hong Kong at the age of eighteen in 1984.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Chinese Young Choreographers' Works

Date: Nov 28-Dec 3 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 120-240 yuan

The dance theater Bejing-Hong Kong Correspondence, which was co-created by young artists of the two places, was launched by the Young Artist Program with the Hong Kong Arts Festival. The most active young choreographers and dancers in the mainland and Hong Kong acted out three different versions of love, friendship and domestic affection in the contemporary artistic form of expression under the theme of "Man and City" through the exchange and collision among different cultural backgrounds, knowledge structures and creative ways.

Contact: 400-610-3721