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OAEC Students Won Overall 1st Place at 2014 StageOne (Regional) With Amazingly Choreographed Dances
2014 Stage One (Regional) was held at Stafford Centre during Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2014. OAEC students presented with great beauty and confidence dances choreographed by talented and inspirational teachers at OAEC and won overall prizes at the competition.
The trio "resonance" by Michelle Wan, Daisy Lin and Irena Wan achieved very high score and won Double platinum high score award, Folkloric 1st place, Overall 1st place and Special achievement entertainment award at the competition.
Solo dance “Green Destiny - Love Theme” by Olivia Wang won Overall 2nd place and Double Platinum prize.
OAEC Students played leading roles at HISD Chinese New Year Celebration
Organized by Houston Independent School District and Confucius Institute, a Chinese New Year Celebration was held at Sharpstown International School on Saturday, Feb 22, 2014.
OAEC students from different level participated in most of the performances at the event. Their programs, including solo, duet, and group dances, were highly appraised and left very deep impressions on the officials, principals, parents and students from HISD schools, including Bellaire High; Furr High; Houston Academy for International Studies; Kolter Elementary; Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School; Pin Oak Middle; Sharpstown International School; Westside High, and more.
We are glad to share with you some screenshots from the HISD website homepage.
OAEC Won HUGE at StarQuest Regional Dance Competition
Congratulations to our 10 dancers, who took platinum, high gold, first place overall awards this past weekend at Starquest Dance Competition. Altogether, OAEC won 3 overall top First Place, 2 overall top Second Place, 4 high gold. The judges raved about the fantastic performances by all our dancers.
"Song for Viola" performed by Vicky Weng won top prize, platinum and the 1st Place Overall at the most competitive Classical Level.
Sharon Li received a High Gold and the 1st Place Overall at the senior Nova Level.
Modern dance “Home” by Barbara Sun won a High Gold and the 2nd Place Overall at the senior Nova Level.
Alice Ma won a high gold and awards for the best music.
Sophie Zeng won platinum at the folklore dance category and the 2nd Place Overall for the 6 to 8 age division.
Group Ballet “Neapolitan Dance” by Ella Wu, Joline Sun, Lia Chen, Michelle Zhu, Nocole Zeng, Sophie Zeng received high gold and the 1st Place Overall for the 6 to 8 age division.
All teachers at OAEC will spare no effort in further providing to our students the professional training, inspirational and tasteful chirography to help them achieve their best at future performances and competitions.
Congratulations To Miss Chinatown USA 2014 - Karen Li
Karen Li, an OAEC molding class student, crowned Miss Chinatown USA 2014 and Miss Talent at 2014 Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Pageant at Palace of Fine Arts Theater, San Francisco, CA, on Saturday February 8.
For over 55 years, young women from throughout the United States have come to San Francisco to compete for prizes and scholarships in the annual Miss Chinatown USA Pageant. The winners become goodwill ambassadors for the Chinese community throughout the New Year.The newly selected Miss Chinatown USA and her court will be crowned at the annual Harrah's Coronation Ball. The black tie dinner/dance, attended by many community leaders, promises to be a highlight of the Lunar New Year festivities.
Warmest Congratulations to Miss Chinatown USA 2014 and Miss TalentKaren Li
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Oriental Impression 2013 a Huge Success
December 7, 2013, Saturday, Houston On this early winter evening, though the weather was beautiful with a touch of pleasant coolness, there was no star visible on the sky as they all gathered at the Stafford Center, ready to shine against the dark backdrop and velvet curtain at a variety entitled “Oriental Impression 2013” organized by OAEC. The show turned out to be a great success and very inspirational.
The whole performances were packed with dances, from ballet to folk to modern, both western and traditional Chinese instruments, and mixtures of theater plays and vocal programs, as well as modeling, and all together, the evening provided an outstanding visual and audio feast for audiences.
Guests of honor, Mme. Xu Erwen, Consul General of Chinese Consulate in Houston, Mr. Zhang Chuanbing, Deputy Consul General, Mme. Cai Lian and Mr. Yang Song, Cultural Consellor, highly appraised the show after watching the performances.
The performances hit audiences in waves. The first wave was from OAEC dance troupes. Led by experienced and professional teachers, the young dancers became experts at moving their arms around gracefully and skipping around on their tiptoes in glamorous costumes. The highlight of dance team and probably the favorite part of the night to many viewers was the solo “In Memory” from teacher Mr. Liu Chang. Mr. Liu did it in the style of his own. It was not just one dance, but an inspirational journey that he took people on.
The night proceeded with presentations from the instrument department, performing wonderful music pieces popular in both China and the US. Piano teacher Ms. Zhou Yiming, and Guzheng teacher Ms. Wei Shiwei performed with such beauty, passion, and skill that almost took audiences’ breath away.
The third wave was from the theatre play and vocal group. Parents and guests were deeply delighted by the innocent voices and performances. It took courage and practices for these very young performers to present such lively show onstage.
The show ended with the stunning and rather professionally modeling practices by the teen model queens. All viewers were truly impressed by their beauty, elegance and confidence. To parents’ great satisfactions, all kids onstage this night have elevated themselves from unexpected to expected, and then to extraordinary. They were the brightest stars tonight. It was also an excellent example of what students can achieve given ample practices and encouragement by professional mentors from the OAEC.
Reaction to the show was enthusiastic. Nancy Henderek - OAEC Honorary Adviser commented through SMS, “What a wonderful production! Thanks you! Dancers looked good, costumes & background pictures beautiful, music & choreography designed well! Great Job!”
Parents and audiences either “enjoyed every minute of it”, or were proud of the kids “did it!”, or beamed at “great programs, wonderful lights and stage, beautiful costumes.”
It’s the best time of the year. While people are enjoying everything the season brings – family, love, celebration, it’s a great honor for OAEC to present its gift box with superb performances, lots of smiles and laughers, and maybe a little bit of tears, and most importantly, great memories to all our families and friends. Thanks to all of the students, parents, teachers, backstage staff and audiences, who helped make the performance such a great accomplishment. Without your support, the OAEC wouldn't be able to present this cheerful night with all kinds of wonderful presentations. While “Oriental Impression” has become a tradition for this holiday season in Houston, the journey for OAEC has just begun! We are about to plan for our next events . . . stay tuned!
【东方印象2013】: 传统与时尚交相辉映
东方艺术教育中心综艺晚会将于12月7日在斯坦福中心精彩上演
一年一度的东方艺术教育中心大型综艺晚会<<东方印象2013>>将于12月7日（星期六）晚在斯坦福中心隆重上演。本届晚会将舞蹈、器乐、声乐、戏剧、时装表演等多种表演形式巧妙串连，节目新颖、充满朝气，会给观众带来更具感染力的视觉与听觉的享受和震撼。
本次综艺晚会节目形式多样、精彩纷呈。新近加盟的古筝老师魏诗维，从六岁开始学习古筝，师从沈阳音乐学院闫俐教授。她小学五年级就获得了古筝八级证书，并于2004年考入沈阳音乐学院古筝表演专业，多次获得民乐比赛一等奖及二等奖。在校期间曾代表学校出访日本及新加坡等地演出，受到热烈欢迎和好评。2009年赴美留学，主修学习作曲以及钢琴。凭借出色的基本功和深厚的音乐修养，魏诗维演绎的《高山流水》处理细腻,表现丰富。观众既能感受到高山雄伟壮观的景象和无与伦比的气势，又将体会到流水的细腻、绵长柔韧与坚持。这传承了古老哲思的经典古曲，以及千古流传的伯牙与子期那种知音难觅、知已难寻的故事，定将给观众带来心灵的洗涤、留下美好的回忆。同时也将激发孩子们学习音乐的兴趣，让他们未来在艺术的空间中尽情翱翔、驰骋。
古典的琴声仍在耳边回荡，宋笑琳老师又带领她的模特队伍步上舞台,将东方的含蓄温婉与西方的热情奔放揉合在一起,尽显时尚魅力。16位婷婷玉立的美少女，端庄的仪态,内心的自信在举手投足,驻行顾盼中彰显无遗。魅力四射、 五彩缤纷、美不胜收。 而这一切， 都来自于中心提供的专业正规的训练以及音乐舞蹈等综合艺术的熏陶。OAEC模特艺术表演班通过音乐、步态、形体、舞蹈以及演出实践的综合训练，提高学员们的音乐感知能力、身体协调能力、表现能力、审美能力， 旨在培养学生的内在修养、 高雅品味和自信。这份优雅的气质和充满自信的美丽，一经形成, 便将永远伴随她们的人生。荣冠2013休斯顿华埠小姐的Karen Li 和休斯顿中国新年小姐Kathy Wei也将和老师同学们一起，与观众分享她们的收获。
东方艺术教育中心广揽艺术贤能，以一流的教师团队，充分发挥综合艺术师资资源的优势，不断创新拓展，为学生提供全面的艺术与美的熏陶和培养。中心的全体老师相信：与艺术为伴，孩子们的人生将更加丰满。东方艺术教育中心已蓄势待发，将让我们携手迎接一个充满希望、美丽、乐趣和艺术气息的2014年！
为孩子、为艺术、为未来，2013年12月7日，斯坦福中心，我们不见不散！
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