Editing National Asian Heritage Month Videoconference 2012 (section)

=== Montreal Event Details ===
[[File:Acess_Asie_Montreal.jpg|125px|thumb|left|Festival Accès Asie]]
[http://accesasie.com/?lang=en/ Festival Accès Asie]
<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">3 pm to 5 pm (Eastern Daylight Time EDT, Montreal time)</FONT>
<br> McGill University
<br> Burnside Hall, Multimedia Room 107
<br> 805 Sherbrook West
<br> Free admission

<br> From Montreal, a performance by acclaimed Beijing opera group, Jing Ju Canada. 
[[File:Jing_Ju.jpg|170px|thumb|left|Jingju Canada]]
<br><i> Jingju Canada </i>
<br> [http://jingju.ca/ Jingju Canada]. is a theatre company which is dedicated to maintaining and sharing the tradition of Jingju in Canada.  Jingju has a rich heritage and is a truly complete art form combining athletics, character, dance, storytelling, singing, and design in one holistic theatrical form which is rarely seen on the Western stage.

<br>With the artistic direction of Shijia Jiang – a graduate of the directing department of the [http://international.nacta.edu.cn/en/index.asp/ National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts] with over 17 years of training and experience working professionally in China – Jingju Canada maintains a company of performers from a variety of cultural backgrounds.  These performers specialize in specific archetypal character roles so as to keep with traditional training techniques and perform Jingju in its traditional form complete with authentic costumes and makeup.

<br>Biography of the Montreal Asian Heritage Month representative:
<br> <i>Janet Lumb</i>, co-founder and artistic director of Festival has designed this project to enable encounters between three Canadian cities. “Reaching Out” continues the Festival’s objectives to create and meet, despite the distances, allowing the public to discover the talents of Asian artists in Montreal and in Canada. Inspired to defy Canada’s geographic boundaries, she brings artists, audiences and communities together from across the country.