CULTURE

By Cathy He NEW YORK—A time for renewal and reflection emerged as a key theme for adherents of the spiritual practice Falun Gong who participated in the Lunar New Year parade to usher…

The world’s premier classical Chinese dance company, now in its eighth season, revives ‘the beauty and goodness of China before communism’ As the Shen Yun Performing Arts 2023 season began last week,…

BY MARIA HAN Dancers with Shen Yun Performing Arts live their lives under bright stage lights, but it’s not just on the stage that they shine. Their beauty comes from within, and it’s…

By Andrew Benson Brown It is no secret that music has a special attraction for young people. It is often an integral part of their identity and the primary source…

BY ANITA L. SHERMAN I saw a recent interview with author Alex Joske and was immediately struck by his professional demeanor and his youth. Turns out he was the youngest-ever analyst…

By Arleen Richards  NTD announced the winners of its International Piano Competition in New York on Nov. 2. Antonii Baryshevskyi from Ukraine won the Gold Award, Jiusi Zhang from China won the Silver Award, and Evangeliya…

BY EPOCH VIDEO NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is set to take place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of…

An award-winning film is hitting big screens across the United States. Through animated illustrations, it captures a daring confrontation that happened 20 years ago—between a small group of citizens and…

Reaching Within: What traditional art offers the heart BY ERIC BESS Daniel was a devout Jew during the time of King Darius’s reign. Darius, the king of Persia around the sixth…

BY KELLY SONG NEW YORK—The finals of New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television’s 8th International Chinese Vocal Competition were held on Oct. 2 at the Merkin Hall of the Kaufman Music Center in…