AN ancient Chinese dance has been brought to life for a special exhibition taking place in Colchester later this year.

In July, 43 miniature terracotta figures from the Xuzhou Museum in China will be arriving in the town for an exhibition at Colchester Castle.

As part of Guardians to the King, Colchester and Ipswich Museums service has produced a video, which will show a traditional Chinese long sleeve dance.

Last week at Colchester Town Hall, a team from Signals Media Centre, based in Colchester, filmed professional London dancer Yan Mei Wu performing the traditional dance.

  • Guardians to the King is at Colchester Castle from July 19 to November 2.
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