Culture Creatures

07/02/2024

Attn: Sydney Peeps
The Powerhouse Museum in Castle hill will be holding a Family day on Lunar New Year Day (Sat 10th of Feb)
Our lion dancing friend Garrett Pon from Pon’s Traditional Arts 龐藝社 will be running lion dance workshops all day using our Kwan lions (which you can make and keep too). Details below:

Lion Head Workshop with Garrett Pon 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm
Join artist Garrett Pon and create your own cardboard lion head costume. Each kit includes mask, tail and story about Nian — the legendary beast. Learn more about how traditional lion costumes are made. Limited spots available, registration available on the day. Duration 30min.

Powerhouse Castle Hill presents a free day of demonstrations, guided workshops, tours and drop-in hands-on activities to inspire people of all ages, focusing on architecture in the Powerhouse Collection.

07/02/2024

Check out this performance by children from Kiddie Point Preschool in Malaysia using our percussion music and dance instructions which can be found here:
https://www.culturecreatures.com/learn-to-lion-dance

We love seeing other children from around the world learning about lion dancing and having a go! If you have a video of you or your children doing a lion dance with our Kwan or your one lion, please share it with us! 🤩

Maybe you can perform a lion dance for your family or school to celebrate the coming Dragon Year 🐉🐲!

16/05/2023

Come see us this weekend at Federation Square, Melbourne for Buddha's Day & Multicultural Festival and plenty of other family friendly activities and delicious food!

We'll be doing lion dance workshops with our friends from Chinese Youth Society of Melbourne - CYSM

Proposed times as followed.

20/5/23 Saturday:
Children's Lion Dance workshop:
11am, 12:30pm, 3:30pm
Children's Dragon Dance workshop:
2pm, 5pm
CYSM performances at 1pm

21/5 Sunday:
Children's Lion Dance workshop:
12:30pm, 3:30pm
Children's Dragon Dance workshop:
11am, 2pm, 5pm
CYSM performances at 6pm

Weather permitting.

See you there 😁

Lion Dance workshops? Face Paintings? Origami Station? Chinese Calligraphy? Scouts Group and a Children Cinema, all at the Buddha's Day & Multicultural Festival? You heard it right. Gather the troops to Fed Square this weekend!

Let you in a little secret, Face Painting is only from 11.30am to 5.00pm across the weekend👀

24/09/2020

06/04/2020

I hope you are all doing well and are making the most of this time to make some fun, quality times with the family! If you have young ones, you may struggle to come up with activities. Fortunately, there are plenty of ideas around! (Thank you internet!)

Natalie Hutton (an educational psychologist in South Africa) contacted us to include our 'Learn to Lion Dance' video in her activity pack which aims to give parents/guardians structured activities for their young children around specific themes, and to tap into a variety of skills to keep them active, engaged and motivated to support them through the COVID-19 lockdown.

You can find our Learn to Lion Dance video via link below:
https://www.culturecreatures.com/learn-to-lion-dance

Our dance is included in her 'Big 5 Activity Pack!' which includes activities for foundation phase learners.

So if you parents/guardians out there stuck with ideas for the little ones, check out Natalie's activity pack or visit our dancing link and get the children moving!!

Together, we'll get through this!!
Take care!

22/02/2020

In Darwin! Come say hi if you are in Darwin! There's food and lots of great activities and shows! (and it's indoors with plenty of seats!)

Chung Wah Society Dragon & Lion Dance Troupe - 澳洲達爾文中華會龍獅團

21/02/2020

Getting ready for tomorrow!

02/02/2020

Come down to Cohen Pl (in Chinatown near Chinese Museum) to feed the Chinese lion bean bags! Just donate a gold coin for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal in CYSM's collection tin to play! If you get 3 in you get a prize 🏆!

Chinese Youth Society of Melbourne - CYSM Chinese Museum 澳華歷史博物館

31/08/2019

This is what it's all about when culture is passed onto the next generation. Thanks to all you supporters of Culture Creatures! Our little fans, Emily & Sophie, did a school project on Kwan the Chinese Lion!! Absolutely love this!

Never underestimate a child's ability to grasp agile concepts to plan and organise a school project. Meet Emily. She is 6 years old. Recently she used a Crea...