Ballet keeps Polish seniors on toes
2011-12-22 15:21:01
Dressed in white tutus, seven pensioners from a village in southern Poland love to get on their tiptoes to dance ballet classics like Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
From art house to box office
2011-12-21 07:57:02
Director Xu Jinglei stepped out of the art house and explored commercial filmmaking territory with her 2010 romantic comedy, Go Lala Go!.
Strings attached
2011-12-21 09:36:50
The China National Symphony Orchestra's leadership ponders how its New Year concert fits into the country's changing views of classical music.
Threads of tradition
2011-12-20 08:05:10
Aqi Duzhima often visits the unused land behind her house - a place the 47-year-old Mosuo woman calls the "land of my dreams".
Tragedy produces a sublime musical
2011-12-20 08:05:10
Embracing the dead body of Esmeralda, Quasimodo roars with all his strength.
Beginning with a bang!
2011-12-20 08:05:10
After a series of thunderous sounds, a huge black circle appears in the sky, shaped like the coil of an Arab man's headdress.
Many kinds of best-sellers in 2011
2011-12-20 09:38:29
There were many kinds of best-sellers in 2011 and they sold in different ways. Some were meant for success, some were surprises, and some thrived on the Internet alone.
Book clubs start a new chapter
2011-12-19 07:56:20
Every last Tuesday of the month, a group of women lay claim to the long wooden table at 12sqm bar on Beijing's Nanluoguxiang.
Looking to her roots
2011-12-16 07:35:53
Chinese-American writer Yan Geling has written about various legendary women. Now, she has created a legendary man in Inmate Lu Yanshi.
Monkey see, Monkey do
2011-12-16 07:47:26
Traditional Beijing handicraft that mimics real life continues to delight in modern times.
Prosing the question
2011-12-15 07:57:11
A Japanese poet, who says he'll turn down the Nobel he's likely to win, wonders about humankind's place in the universe.