6th Stop, Toronto - the RETURN of the Orchestra

Toronto, Canada
Toronto Centre for the Arts
January 19-20, 2007

I am heading back to NYC. The tour continues but my part is done. So this will be one of the last updates of the tour. It has been a GREAT experience on the road with these dancers. Their energy, their youth, their willingness to learn and help each other out. It has been three of the best weeks in my life... I will see them again in Boston and NYC, and after their tour is done, which is not until May.

In Toronto the Tian Yin Orchestra returns. It's great to have them back. Having a live orchestra just pushes the whole thing to a totally different level. If any of you are going to be in NYC, check it out in Radio City, Feb. 14th to 17th.


Toronto Centre for the Arts

The RETURN of the Tian Yin Orchestra

5th Stop, Montreal, Canada

Montreal, Canada
Place Des Arts, Théatre Maisonneuve
January 13-14, 2007





In case you are wondering, the Chinese lady spoke in French, and the white guy spoke Chinese

Audience

4th Stop, Ottawa

National Arts Center
Jan 12, 2007

3rd Stop, Los Angeles

Kodak Theatre
Los Angeles

3rd stop of the tour. We had a wonderful night and, packed, Tuesday on Hollywood Blvd!


Kodak Theatre

Right next to Kodak Theatre. I visited this place before when I was stuck in LA because of a snow storm in New York two years ago

2nd stop, San Francisco

2nd Stop of the tour

War Memorial Opera House


Dragon dance in the front

War Memorial Opera House

Audiences

Entertained by lion dance

The show starts

Some pics from the first day of the show to kick start the tour. I am on my way to San Francisco and found some time to post.

Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, Canada
January 3rd, 2007



Lion

Theater

Tang costume receptionists

1st stop, Vancouver, Canada

First stop of the tour is Vancouver. The show starts on January 3rd, 2007.


A few images while I was pacing the general area and between taking my naps.


sound technician

props

projector technicians

New Tang Dynasty's projection designers and staff are awesome. In fact they were so awesome, Radio City of New York fired their old staff and hired a bunch of totally new people after seeing our show in their theater last year; they didn't realize how much potential those projectors can do. The NTDTV people basically made animated movies to compliment the dances/performances from these projections. You have to see them in real person to know what I mean; they are just awesome.