One week and a half! That's how little time we had to prepare, but we did it! Thanks to years of training and experience! Normally we work on these types of large projects for 2 to 3 months, and yet Shinji team managed to put on a strong performance at the 2024 Chinese New Year parade in The Hague!

It has been a great honor and milestone for us to be able to do this in the municipality of The Hague during the official celebration!


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Chinese New Year Parade The Hague 2024

This year too, Shinji Entertainment was able to provide the street program on the Kruiskade in Rotterdam during Chinese New Year.

Of course we were also present at Katendrecht!

Happy new year!

Xīnnián kuàilè!
新年快乐

monkey koord

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Happy New Year of the Dragon!

Chinese Newyear 2024 Rotterdam

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Chinees Newyear Festival 2023

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Shinji Entertainment was invited to provide entertainment for the dinner show that took place in Museum Rotterdam. The dinner show was organized in honor of Chinese New Year, the year of the pig. The huge hall in the middle of the museum was transformed into a chic VIP dining room, which was only intended for invited guests. The atmosphere in the room was set by lanterns and long tables that were placed in the shape of a dragon. In the middle of the hall were three narrow platforms, on which the performances took place.

Important guests were present, such as the municipality of Rotterdam, alderman Barbara Kathmann and the embassy of China, Thailand and Indonesia. A total of 8 courses were served with a performance performed between each course. The guests could enjoy the very diverse shows while enjoying the delicious dishes. Different types of shows were offered such as martial arts, lion dance, tightrope walk, magic, guzheng, dragon dance, Monkey King and a kung fu flag show.

The team put on a fantastic show on this evening. It was a wonderful opportunity to start the New Year in this way!


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The Brabantse Parade took place on September 16, in which the dragon dancers were participants. The Brabantse Stoet is a unique festival of the walking and driving culture from North Brabant and Brabant in Belgium. A characteristic form of folk culture in Brabant. The Brabant Stoet is composed with current culture from North Brabant as well as Flemish and Walloon Brabant and the province of Antwerp.

The dragon dancers walked a total of 3.5 kilometers through the center of Bergen op Zoom in sweltering heat. It was a great experience for the artists. In addition, the audience of the Brabantse Stoet was also very surprised. They have never experienced a dragon during such a procession.

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In the Belgian city of Maasmechelen, the municipality organized a New Year's party with China as the theme. Shinji Entertainment was invited to provide the entertainment for this evening. Upon arrival, the team was escorted to the changing rooms where everyone could change and warm up. The artists were eager to provide another exciting show. After doing some good rehearsals in the weeks before, the team was ready to perform at a top level.

The evening started with a martial arts show provided by our artists. The show featured five performers, including the Chinese mythical creature the 'Monkey King'. During the performance there were demonstrations with various weapons such as spear, halberd, stick and swords. The Monkey King was the crowd favorite. With his mischievous character, flexible body and martial arts he was a real spectacle to watch.

The guests were surprised in the main hall by a lion dance performance, where they were having a networking drink. The lion dance was performed by two lions. Accompanied by the live music, the lions stormed into the hall. The lions danced in sync to the music and played with the audience. The act was a wonderful end to the evening.

When the lion dance performance was over, it was over for everyone. After the artists had finished their meals, the road trip back home started. It was a successful event for both the guests and the team.



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Various acts were provided for the grand opening of Soma Ramen restaurant on January 18, 2020. The restaurant is located in the Prinsestraat in The Hague. Soma Ramen is a new addition to the already busy street.

The grand opening was started with drums, hard cymbals and gong. After 5 minutes the street started to fill up with a crowd. The loud music has caught the attention of shoppers who heard it a few blocks away. The lion hopped around the corner after the head of lettuce hung on the door ready to be eaten. Arriving at the restaurant, the lion carefully moved to the door accompanied by the live music. After finally analyzing both the environment and the lettuce for 10 minutes, the lion started to move towards the lettuce with great strides. The lion devoured the head of lettuce and then spat it out again in three steps. The owners caught the pieces of lettuce, which means good luck and prosperity for the entrepreneurs and the restaurant.


The lion hopped around the corner after the head of lettuce hung on the door ready to be eaten. Arriving at the restaurant, the lion carefully moved to the door accompanied by the live music. After finally analyzing both the environment and the lettuce for 10 minutes, the lion started to move towards the lettuce with great strides. The lion devoured the head of lettuce and then spat it out again in three steps. The owners caught the pieces of lettuce, which means good luck and prosperity for the entrepreneurs and the restaurant.




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Shinji Entertainment has performed at Holland Casino! The team gathered at Shinji's headquarters not long after the Flag Parade occurred hours earlier. With the planning for CNY Rotterdam in full swing, the Shinji artists could use a break. After a pleasant road trip of 2.5 hours, the Shinji artists arrive in Holland Casino Enschede.

After arriving well in time, the team first started with some dinner and discussing the performance. 30 minutes before the performance, the team started changing clothes, warming up and rehearsing briefly. At 0.00 it was time. The lion entered with a greeting and began his journey through the casino. The audience was surprised! Some of the guests continued to play, others had their picture taken with the lion. What if the lion didn't get any attention? No problem! Then the lion sought attention itself by playing with the staff and seducing guests.

After 15 minutes it was over. Change clothes, pack, tidy up, discuss some more and it's time to leave. After loading, the long journey back began. Just like the outward journey, the atmosphere was super cozy. About 3 a.m. home, that's the artist life. Busy week, preparations for CNY, everything continues, and so do we! On to the next!




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Holland Casino Show

During Chinese New Year 2023, in addition to the entertainment at the Kruiskade, Shinji also made a stop at the Markhal.
It remains a beautiful and interesting location to perform at!

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Every year in connection with Chinese New Year there is a celebration in Delft of the Tai-Peng foundation. Shinji Entertainment was allowed to perform for the foundation for the 4th time. Usually a delegation from the Chinese embassy is present, and this was also the case this year.

Delft is nice and close to home, so the demo team didn't have to travel far. At least, anyone can make a mistake in a turn, and unfortunately we missed ours. After a 10-minute detour and finally finding a parking space, the Shinji Entertainment team arrived on time and started preparing. The hotel/restaurant where the performance took place was already quite full and one of the halls had a group seated at a table with mini mouse ears. At first sight this was different until we realized that the coming year will be the year of the mouse. We thought it was rather original.

We were still on schedule and we are making that a priority. However, it is possible that the client itself is behind schedule. And that can sometimes be annoying in the artist's life if we have multiple assignments on the same day. And in this case, this also applied to some artists. But with a good planning we had enough time, so no stress for Shinji Entertainment. An hour after planned it was time, we were allowed on.

After a powerful performance of 15 minutes it was time to go. Good exercise for the coming weeks. With a week and a half to go until the Chinese New Year celebration at the Kruiskade in Rotterdam and many assignments that week, the Shinji Entertainment team continued.




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Nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst in Delft

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Rotterdam is a cultural capital where more than 120 different cultures meet. The Opera Days bring together the culture of opera with the culture of many others. Within classical opera, many old well-known poems have been transformed into pieces of song, dance and drama for the theater stage. The Opera Days 2019 brought the pieces Laila & Majnun, and Orfeo & Eurydice to life throughout the city and were translated by different cultural backgrounds. Shinji Entertainment was part of both Laila & Majnun, and Orfeo & Eurydice.

The play Laila & Majnun took place on Kruisplein. After Majnun was rejected by Laila's father, he went to live in the wilderness. He felt familiar among the animals. Here the groups were representative of all animals, that of the Dragon, the Monkeyking and the animals of the brass band. Under the guidance of Spoken Word poets, the dragon and monkey king from Shinji Entertainment, together with all the animals of the brass band, were connected together in the middle of Kruisplein.

For the piece Orfeo & Euydice, the parking garage under Kruisplein was used. This symbolized the underworld where Euydice is imprisoned. The Guzheng artist from Shinji Entertainment provided the music that accompanied Orfeo in his journey through the underworld.




Preparation

To prepare for the dragon dance, Shinji's choreographers visited the SKVR in South Rotterdam, where the brass band normally rehearses weekly and now also for the opera days. A special concept, combining a Chinese dragon with a brass band. The interaction therefore also had to be coordinated well in advance. Meanwhile, in the weeks leading up to the opera days, Maison M'elise has been busy making our guzheng player's dress in preparation and the Guzheng artist has started putting together a piece of music in collaboration with the organization.
Spoken word: Dragon & Brass

When Laila and Majnun last meet they pass out. While the messenger Majnun tries to awaken them, they are protected by the animals. The dragon started together with the monkey king on the Kruisplein / station square side and walked to the middle. There they gave their own performance of about 10 minutes. This was then supplemented by the poets of Spoken Word who told the story of Manjun. After the story, all the animals celebrated and the dragon and monkey king went between the brass band and the animals of the brass band.
Guzheng in the underworld

In the story of Orfeo & Euyduce, Orfeo travels into the underworld in search of his beloved Euydice. He is led by the voice of Euydice. The music of the guzheng artist in this piece symbolizes the voice of Eurydice trapped in the underworld and accompanying Orfeo and other dancers. Below an impression of the underworld.


Final

After performing the performance 3 times over the entire day, Pathé was closed in the evening on Schouwburgplein. Here all dancers, singers, musicians and artists came together to bring the entire opera pieces together in one piece and to record a group moment at the end. It was a long day with a lot of preparation and a good atmosphere with good weather! After the performances, the dragon and all the outfits were loaded and all the artists left for the Doelen, where the final celebration was for the participants. There the Shinji members were able to gain their necessary energy by dining and participating in the gala afterwards. A great event with a great ending!



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Every year, the Chinese New Year is celebrated in the Malaysian restaurant Kampong Kita. The team of Shinji Entertainment was invited to perform a lion dance performance for greater happiness and prosperity in the new year.

The restaurant was filled with enthusiastic and curious diners eager to admire the yellow lion up close. The lion started sleeping outside the door, after which the children were given the task of waking the lion quietly. Once the lion awoke, the lettuce ceremony officially began. The head of lettuce hung high from the ceiling in the center of the restaurant. To get there, the lion carefully moved in through the door.

Once at the head of lettuce, the lion jumped up 2 meters to get to the lettuce. It had worked and the lion had got hold of the lettuce. The lion tore up the head of lettuce in his mouth and then spit it on the seated guests.

The guests were so excited that everyone gave a small envelope with money to the lion for extra luck. The performance ended with 3 bows from the lion and a closing bang from the live music team.

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Celebration Malaysian Embassy

Following the performance at the Chinese embassy in The Hague, the performance was filmed by CCTV-13 (television channel of the Chinese public broadcaster China Central Television). This video made headlines worldwide.

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On January 29, 2020, several lion dance and dragon dance performances were provided by the artists of Shinji Entertainment in the Bijenkorf in Rotterdam. A VIP dinner was organized on this day especially for the Chinese New Year. Dinner took place in the Bijenkorf restaurant. While enjoying several courses prepared by Chinese chefs, the guests could enjoy the different performances.

Before the dinner started, the shoppers of the Bijenkorf were surprised with a lion dance performance. The loud drums, cymbals and gong created a festive mood in the department store. The lion made it appear everywhere and frequented a number of brands such as Valentino, Louis Vuitton and Gucci.

After the surprise act, the VIP dinner could start with a latuce ceremony. After everyone had taken their seats, a dragon dance performance by our professional artists followed. Despite the narrow paths and round tables, the dragon managed to put on a real spectacle. The dinner ended with a lion dance couple. The orange and yellow lions walked past each table, giving all the guests full attention. The guests had a great time and the dinner was a great success.




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Every year, the board of the organization of the Rotterdam Chinese New Year (RCNY) celebration in Rotterdam kicks off with a kick-off at the Rotterdam flag parade at Boompjes quay. The flag parade was founded to symbolically bring together all citizens of all nationalities in Rotterdam. The parade has 260 flagpoles and flags of 174 nationalities.

During events and celebrations, the flags of the event are flown on the other masts. For the Chinese New Year, this was the RNCY flag and as part of the celebration, Shinji Entertainment's lion was allowed to bless the largest flag and eat lettuce from it. The Shinji lion was up for that!

The preparation took place in restaurant Guliano. After the blessing, the group of board members returned to the restaurant to exchange some speeches. Again a cozy and good-natured atmosphere for the coming week. A full week. A busy week. Not only the week but also this day specifically.



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In honor of the multicultural society of Rotterdam, a lion dance performance was performed in the Wereldmuseum. At the time, there was also an exhibition in the museum called 'Power Mask', which, among other things, reflected the diversity of cultures in Rotterdam.

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The team had prepared a performance with two lions, the red and the rainbow lion. With a loud drumbeat, visitors to the museum were drawn from all corners of the building to the lobby, where the performance was taking place. A lettuce ceremony was held, with the lions moving cautiously but determinedly towards the head of lettuce. The lettuce was torn into pieces by the red lion's mouth and spat on the bystanders. The performance ended with confetti shooting from the mouths of both lions.




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Every year since 2019 we provide the entertainment for Chinese New Year in Rotterdam. This was again the case this year. With still uncertainty in the planning due to Due to corona, the parade and entertainment on the Kruiskade was unfortunately canceled again this year. But together with the organization we also did a tour in Rotterdam this year, where we visited a number of locations, especially elderly houses and schools and housing complexes, in order to be able to bring the Chinese New Year to the spectators. In our program we brought Traditional Sleeve Dance, Traditional Chinese Dance and the Lion Dance to the people.






Despite all the restrictions that still apply in Rotterdam at the beginning of February 2022, Shinji was able to put on beautiful shows for the Chinese New Year. We sincerely hope that next year we can put on a full show again and see you all again at the Kruiskade in Rotterdam.

Chinese newyear in Rotterdam

CNY tour Rotterdam

Chinese New Year Parade The Hague 2024

Chinese Newyear 2024 Rotterdam

Chinees Newyear Festival 2023

Diner show at Museum

Dragondance at Brabantse stoet

Municipality Maasmechelen

Grand opening Soma Ramen

Holland Casino Show

Markthal Rotterdam

Nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst in Delft

Opera days Rotterdam

Celebration Malaysian Embassy

Broadcasted on CCTV

VIP-dinner at Bijenkorf

Liondance Flagparade 2020

Wereldmuseum

CNY tour Rotterdam

Chinees Newyear Festival 2020

CNY Rotterdam 2019

CNY Katendrecht 2020

Liondance tour Katendrecht 2019

Leeuwendans at the Bijenkorf

Chinese Embassy

Care4Tina performance at theatre Zutphen

Kung Fu Workshop at AnimeCon

70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Republic

Interview with FunX