Tickets for the 33rd Macao Arts Festival (MAF), themed “The Long Artistic Journey,” will be on sale from Sunday. Featuring 20 selected programmes covering theatre, opera, dance, music and the visual arts, the event will be held from April 28 to May 28. This year, the MAF will commence with the Rite of Spring by renowned Chinese dancer Yang Liping, who seeks to make artistic breakthroughs by combining inspiration from East and West. In On Substance of Time, dancers from the Portuguese Contemporary Dance Company make life sparkle through their bodies and movements.