The Beijing College Student Dance Festival kicked off at the Beijing Dance Academy on May 27. Eight original dance works were staged, including Sparks of Fire by the Tsinghua University dance troupe, Echo of the Earth by the Beijing Normal University dance troupe and the first episode of the dance poem, The Spring of Yangjialing, by students of the Beijing Dance Academy.

Over 19 days, the festival will feature 110 performances from 54 colleges, including 48 contemporary  works and 54 classic Chinese  works.

Dance videos will also feature during the festival, displaying the creative ideas of dance works which are different from those staged at traditional theaters.