Piano prodigy Lang Lang will spend less time touring and more working on charitable and educational projects.

The terms kaixiang (opening the box) and fengxiang (sealing the box) refer to the first and the last performances of traditional Chinese folk artists before and after the Lunar New Year. Comedian Gao Xiaopan, one of the most promising xiangsheng, or cross-talk, performers, wants to continue this tradition.

Movement's philosophical and physical forms animate American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier.

A growing number of soldiers-cum-singers have been going from troops to troupes, with salutes from the charts.

Pop queen Avril Lavigne shows how she's been transforming from girlish to womanly as she tours the Middle Kingdom.