Introduction of recent events

Stage

Oriental charm

The original dance drama by the Nantong Art Theatre of Jiangsu Province tells ancient Chinese legends in five parts, including how Pangu broke the enclosed darkness to create the world, how Nvwa patched the leaking hole on the sky, and many more.

7:15 pm, July 31

Shanghai Grand Theatre, 300 Renmin Avenue

021-6372-8702

50-380 yuan

Symphony concert

The Shanghai Philharmonic Symphony will give a concert, conducted by Tang Muhai. Featuring pianist Xu Zhouxi and organist Xu Weidong, the concert marks the conclusion of the 2009-10 music season for the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. The concert program includes Internet Symphony No 1 - Eroica by Tan Dun, Piano Concerto No 1 in B minor by Tchaikovsky, and Symphony No 3 in C minor, Organ Symphony by Saint-Saens.

7:30 pm, July 18

Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Road

021-6854-1234

80-580 yuan

Exhibitions

Elementary Spectacle

The Small Production: Elementary Spectacle, an exhibition by Shi Qing and Shao Yi, presents different artificial landscapes. More precisely, it defines ecosystems specific to each of the two artists. Shi Qing's "geographic system" is composed of polyurethane foam, gypsum, flour, bricks, and other low-cost daily materials that are ephemeral, fragile, ancillary and modifiable. "Geographic system" isn't a mere reproduction inspired from nature, but a rejection of a landscape by the artist's visual political system.

1 pm-6 pm (closed Mondays), until Aug 20

ShanghART H-Space, Building No 18, 50 Moganshan Road

021-6276-2818

A game with ink

The exhibition at Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum features calligraphy and water-ink paintings by Wang Xiaoming. Through his works, viewers can easily feel his passion for traditional Chinese ink and wash. To him, it's more like a game with ink where what matters the most is the enjoyment of a world drawn in pure ink.

Until Aug 16

Shanghai Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum, 222, North Street, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District

021-5033-9801

Man-made Jungles

From numerous predators and countless prey to exotic wonderlands filled with beauty and danger, man has not only been bound to the jungle, but also consumed by the mere thought of it. Life in this frail yet fascinating "man-made jungle" has inspired numerous contemporary Chinese artists from Chen Geyi's dark yet eerily luminous wasteland paintings, to Feng Dakang's bright, misshapen, abandoned buildings. Man-made Jungles is an exhibition of some of today's contemporary Chinese artists displaying life as it changes and evolves in urban China.

10 am-6:30 pm (closed Mondays), until July 31

Art Scene Warehouse, 2F, Buillding No 4B, 50 Moganshan Road

021-6277-4940

Phoenix and Dragon

French artist Katarina Hallback Monnier is holding a solo exhibition, Phoenix and Dragon, in the garden museum at Yuyuan Garden. Inspired by her many travels and many years spent in Asia, the artist tries to reflect the confrontational forces regulating the Earth, our life and nature's balance through rich color combinations and transparency effects in her works. Her art has been exhibited many times in Hong Kong, London and Paris since 1993. She is the first Western artist to hold an exhibition in Yuyuan Garden.

Until Aug 8

Yuyuan Garden

218 Anren Street

021-6386-3395