Keeping pace with global shifts

Foreign guests pose for pictures with local artists after a performance. [Photo provided to China Daily]

In Tianjin, the artists have seen a better, more influential summer forum every year.

"Economy and culture are two wheels of the wagon and no one can miss them. Tianjin's economy has grown rapidly these years, and the culture needs to keep pace. To better serve the Summer Davos, the troupe will continue to create better programs that represent Tianjin and China's characteristics," Gao said.

Chen Xi, a dancer in the troupe, said she was a classical dance student at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music in 2012 when she took part in Summer Davos and later, as a member of the troupe, she was lucky enough to be in the show in 2014.

She said from a student to a performer, she has matured apace with Summer Davos.