Welcome to Guelph Chinese Performing Arts

贵湖华人艺术团简介 

Introduction of the Guelph Chinese Performing Arts  (GCPA)

贵湖华人艺术团于2017年8月经安省政府正式批准为非营利组织，并且是获得安省政府拨款资助的表演团体，9月份已经正式加入贵湖舞蹈协会。

她是由几个常年活跃在贵湖的艺术团队组合而成，是一个非政治、不分宗教信仰、团结友爱的群众性艺术团体。

各团队一直致力于丰富贵湖华人业余文化生活，传承和推广中华文化。历年来参加贵湖华人春晚、贵湖多元文化节、圣诞新年晚会的表演和慰问养老院、老人公寓等公益关爱演出。

团队坚持走创编之路，近年来创作了多个优秀作品：少儿舞蹈《小小的梦想》、《大家恭喜》、《我也想当兵》、《我要飞》等， 2017春节期间参加了世界级品牌晚会《欢乐春节》、多伦多华星艺术团春晚和安省新春团拜会的大型表演。成人部分的作品有《飞天仙子》、维吾尔族舞蹈《掀起你的盖头来》、藏族舞《洗衣歌》、古典舞《梅花泪》、男子群舞《纤夫的爱》等，节目深受观众喜爱。

在加拿大成立150周年庆典活动中，艺术团广场舞队先后参加了《唱响大瀑布》、《多伦多千人快闪》以及《安省西南部地区第一届广场舞展演》等。广场舞四月底组队，六月初，首次在贵湖多元文化节上精彩亮相时，演员的阵容、动作的整齐划一，震撼了在场观众，表演非常成功。

艺术团将致力于声乐、器乐、舞蹈等中国传统文化的传播和发展，欢迎热爱文化艺术的朋友加入我们，在这里修炼您的艺术气质，展现您的艺术才华。

GCPA is a non-profit organization officially approved by the Ontario government in August 2017 and is a performing arts group funded by the Ontario government. It officially joined the Guelph Dance Association in September 2017.

GCPA is composed of several very active performing arts groups in Guelph, that are active all year round.  It is a non-political, non-religious, united and inclusive performing arts and cultural group.

The groups comprising the GCPA have been dedicated to enriching the amateur cultural life of the Chinese in Guelph and promoting Chinese culture. Over the years,  the GCPA has participated in the Guelph Chinese Spring Festival Gala, Riverside Park Multicultural Festival, Christmas Party, New Year’s party,  and performances for the elderly in senior homes and other charity performances.

During the Spring Festival of 2017, our groups participated in several well-known concerts and TV shows, such as  “Happy Spring Festival”, the Toronto Chinese-Star Spring Festival Gala, and Ontario New Year’s Day Gala.  

GCPA has been creative and has designed and played many performance in the past years, such as the children’s dances: “Little Dream”, “Everyone Congrats”, “I Also Want to be a Soldier”, “I Want to Fly”, etc.  Adults’ dances are “Flying Fairy”, the Uighur dance “Set Off Your Hijab”, the Tibetan dance “Laundry Song”, the classical dance “Plum Tears”, and the men’s group dance “Trackers Love.”

In Canada’s 150th anniversary celebration, GCPA’s square dance group participated in “Singing Waterfall”, “Toronto Flash” and the first square dance in Southwest Ontario show. The Square Dance Group was only formed at at the end of April and delivered a beautiful performance in early June for the first time at the Guelph Multicultural Festival. The performers’ talent and their beautiful costumes impressed the audience. 

GCPA will devote itself to the propagation and development of Chinese traditional culture such as vocality, instrumental music and dance.  It welcomes all Chinese in the Guelph community who love culture and art to join us to practice her/his artistic temperament here and show her/his artistic talents!