Dance, and the Jade Buddha Temple Photo 4

Dance, and the Jade Buddha Temple

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August 24th 2008
Saturday afternoon started with a cab ride into a part of Shanghai we hadn't yet been in the search of a dance studio I'd researched while in Canada. Jazz du Funk is where I'll be keeping up my dancing while here in Shanghai. It sounds like a great assortment of classes for a mix of expats/locals, at a slightly higher price than I'd pay in Toronto, but not exorbitant ($15 for an individual class ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more