Chinese New Year at the Walters Art Museum
2015 Chinese New Years celebrates the Year of the Sheep. This past Sunday the Johns Hopkins University Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe paid tribute to the event at the Walters Art Museum in Mount Vernon. They donned paper maché Southern style lion heads and thrilled their audience as they juked and jumped and brought the costumes to life as they danced to warn off bad spirits. There were several dance demonstrations from the Baltimore Chinese School from the cultural dance group and the school’s ballet class.
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- Members of Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe, from Johns Hopkins University, performs during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum to welcome in the Year of the Sheep. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Some children get a close up look at one of the members of the Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe, from Johns Hopkins University, during a Chinese New Years performance at the Walters Art Museum to welcome in the Year of the Sheep. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Surprised audience members watch a performer from the Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe, from Johns Hopkins University, dance during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum to welcome in the Year of the Sheep. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Wen Hui Li, of Baltimore Chinese School, demonstrates Tai Chi fan style during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum to welcome in the Year of the Sheep. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Baltimore Chinese School’s pre-ballet students perform during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Bennett Cheung, 3, of Catonsville, takes a close look at a papier mache Southern style Lion head used in lion dance to warn off “bad spirits” during Chinese New Year celebrations. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Baltimore Chinese School’s Tai Chi instructors Wen Hui Li, left, and wife Miao Lian Li, right, lead their students in a demonstration of Tai Chi using broad swords during Chinese New Year celebration. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Sara Razuri, from right, and sister Clara Razuri, who are visiting from Peru, enjoy a close encounter with Johns Hopkins University ‘s Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Miaolian Li, of Baltimore Chinese School, demonstrates Tai Chi sword style during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Amelia Vitek, 6, of Baltimore, makes loud clashing sounds with a pair of cymbals to warn off “bad spirits” during Chinese New Year celebration. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Mira Cheung, 2, of Baltimore, led by her father Kevin, feels the fur decorations of a papier mache Chinese lion head after it danced to warn off “bad spirits” during Chinese New Year celebration. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- The drum and cymbal line of Johns Hopkins University’s Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe performs during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum to welcome in the Year of the Sheep. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Members of Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe, from Johns Hopkins University, performs during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum to welcome in the Year of the Sheep. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- A view from above as Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe members, from Johns Hopkins University, perform during a Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum to welcome in the Year of the Sheep. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- A drummer keeps the beat as members of the Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe, from Johns Hopkins University, performs during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum to welcome in the Year of the Sheep. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Members of Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe, from Johns Hopkins University, performs during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum to welcome in the Year of the Sheep. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Erika Alamo, 7, of Baltimore, performs with her Baltimore Chinese School ballet classmates during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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- Dancers from Baltimore Chinese School’s cultural dance group perform during Chinese New Year celebration at the Walters Art Museum. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)
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