China for the senses

A series of performance arts shows will bring a splash of culture for the eyes and ears of American college students, Amy He reports in New York.

For the 35th anniversary of the United States and China establishing diplomatic ties, and in celebration of the opening of its Shanghai campus, New York University is celebrating China by spotlighting the country's performance arts in the school's annual Visions + Voices program.

For the next three months, NYU's Skirball performing arts center will present a number of Chinese stage performances, including TAO Dance Theater's contemporary dance and the National Theater of China's US debut of a Chinese production of William Shakespeare's Richard III.