Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Celebrates Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company celebrates Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse with a lineup of performances in NYC, New Jersey, and beyond.

The company, with artistic director Greta Campo, will present two world premieres by choreographers Lawrence Jin and Zhongmei Li.

Audiences will experience the powerful Lion Dance—a centuries-old ritual invoking good fortune and driving away evil spirits —and the spectacular Dragon Dance, historically performed to summon rain, prosperity, and good luck—and associated with imperial authority, wisdom, and auspiciousness.

The program also includes live music on authentic Chinese instruments and a lobby display of Lunar New Year cultural crafts, offering a multi-sensory immersion into Chinese traditions.

Area performances include:

■ Jersey City Theatre Center, White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, on January 18

■ College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY, January 26-27

■ Kupferberg Center for the Performing Arts, Queens, NY, February 1

■ Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts, Toms River, February 4-5

■ Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, Bronx, NY, February 7-8

■ New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, February 14–15

■ Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, February 25

To learn more and purchase tickets, visit www.nainichen.org/events.