However, they absolutely loved "TC 2000," with its emphasis on extreme, continuous martial arts displays.
Featured at the free festival, sponsored by the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americas, will be music, dance and arts displays by groups from around the city.
In addition to the races, which run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, there will be food and demonstrations of Chinese culture, including dance, crafts and martial arts displays.
The more standard-issue "exotic" sights include waterborne martial arts displays, shadow-plays, and dramatic bamboo pole-climbing gymnastics – the latter classed by Unesco as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
258 St . Nicholas Avenue at West 123rd Street, Harlem, (212) 222-3060, dwyercc.org.20100422 ELEVENTH ANNUAL WORLD TAI CHI-QIGONG DAY Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m., demonstrations of this ancient Chinese form of exercise, along with martial arts displays.
The department of decorative arts displays the treasures of the French kings bronzes, miniatures, pottery, tapestries, jewelry, and furniture while the department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities features architecture, sculpture, mosaics, bronzes, jewelry, and pottery.
Montauk Art Show The annual fine arts display on the Village Green is sponsored by the Montauk Artists Associationn.
Curator Nelson comments that seeing fine and decorative arts displayed together in museum settings is common for items made before the 20th century.
From opera, ballet and traditional Korean dance to high-wire circus routines, gymnastics and martial-arts displays, a virtual encyclopedia of theatrical forms is deployed to stunning and always seamless effect".
NORWALK "Step Into Art," interactive art displays and activities.
It includes a basketball court and interpretive art displays.
