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CCTV's Spring Festival Gala comes to San Francisco, first time outside of China in 20 years

The Spring Festival Gala traveled outside of China for the first time in 20 years and featured Bay Area Youth alongside native performers

Lunar New Year celebrations continued Friday, February 3rd at the Spring Festival Gala, where time-honored Chinese dances, costumes and acrobatic performances were on full display. Traveling outside of China for the first time in 20 years, the show featured Bay Area Youth from Pleasanton-based Xiaopei Dance School and the Cupertino-based Silicon Valley Dance Academy alongside internationally-acclaimed native Chinese performers who previously participated in the Beijing Opening Ceremony.

The show took place Friday night at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.

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