The Third Chinese Dance "Lotus Award" was held in Kunming, Yunnan Province from April 28 to May 18, 2002, which opened with a mass square dance carnival of Chinese folk dances for all, a ribbon-cutting of the Dance Art Fair, and the first-ever Golden Lotus International Friendship Cup Chinese Dance Competition for foreigners. The third China Dance Lotus Prize (solo, duo and trio) competition was held on May 18th, followed by an awards banquet to bring the curtain down on the whole China Dance Festival.
The third China Dance "Lotus Prize" *** divided into folk dance, classical dance, ballet, modern dance, contemporary dance and national standard dance and other mass dance, focusing on the display of the majority of the audience over the years and won the award for the dance boutique, which is representative of the works are: "The Spirit of the Sparrow," "Spirit of the Yellow River," "Dance of the bowl," "the stream, the river, the sea," and so on nearly all of the works. River, the river, the sea" and so on nearly 100 works; at the same time also held the most authoritative, professional third China Dance Lotus Prize competition, *** there are 87 programs from all over the country shortlisted to participate in the competition, after five days of fierce competition, by the experts composed of the jury *** assessed nearly 30 gold, silver, bronze award works, in our art stage, and a large number of new people and new works have emerged.