2008中国先锋音乐节 / Beijing

Welcome in Spring 2008 with a cacophony of noise and music.  On March 15 and 16 Sally Can’t Dance brings together some of China’s most challenging and innovative performers, widely admired both at home and abroad, for a two-day festival dedicated to the burgeoning noise, experimental and improvised music scene in China.  Conceived as the first of a series of annual events that will highlight the contribution of China-based artists to the world of new music, the festival kicks off this year at Beijing’s renown D22, before going on to other venues in Beijing and around China over the next several years.  

From the anarchist ravings of Mafeisan and Torturing Nurse to the visionary compositions of Yan Jun, Xiao He and Shouwang to the improvisational wizardry of Li Tieqiao and the Diversionary Manoeuvre Trio, the festival will feature the current and future legends of China’s avant garde music scene.  Including performers from Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Dali, and Hong Kong, as well as American and German performers residing in China and Chinese performers based in Norway and Sweden, Sally Can’t Dance will showcase the full range of China’s new music scene.