Elegant, sensual and captivating, the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company melds ancient Chinese forms with modern dance in an artistic and inventive marriage of styles.

The Company bridges the continuum from past to contemporary -- from spectacular court dances of Chinese dynasties to contemporary works fusing classical Chinese and ballet, complemented by dazzling costumes, original music, and multi-media designs.

Established in 1988 by Lily Cai, the Company performs and tours extensively throughout California and the United States, appearing at performing arts venues, festivals, university theaters, schools, community centers and special events.

"...a meld that could only happen in America -- ancient Chinese techniques blended with modern dance in a marriage that was artistic and inventive." Anchorage Daily News "In an extraordinary fusion of ancient and modern dance, the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company embroiders filigrees of dance across the sands of time with wistful, magical enchantment." Nevada Events/ Jack Neal's Dance Reviews "...there were moments of great beauty and some truly beautiful dancing in the evening's first half. That was when Lily Cai Chinese Dance took the stage with Cai's uniquely American melting pot of traditional Chinese stage pictures, international pop and the cutting edge of post-modern dance." San Francisco Chronicle "Lily Cai and her dancers were charming, smashingly visual amid their swirling color of silk scarfs, sweetly enticing, petitely slim, supple in movement requiring amazing muscle strength, and wonderful interpreters of a mysterious 5,000-year culture we're eager to understand." Redlands Daily Facts "Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company brought the tradition to new heights in 'Strings Calligraphy,' with long fluttering silk ribbons evoking the rhythms of writing..." San Jose Mercury News