Among dozens of vividly dressed performers in white frilly dresses and outfits, a shining dynamic crystal lamp on the ceiling above them integrates perfectly to help push along a tragic story and maintain a balanced harmony on stage. Senior ballet choreographer Fei Bo, now the chief choreographer at the National Ballet of China (NBC), has again presented one of his most remarkable works to an audience: a medium-long adaptation of Shakespeare s Hamlet.
After Beijing announced the reopening of cultural venues on Monday, the National Ballet of China (NBC) also announced new performances at the National Centre for the Performing Arts to kick off its latest performing season. Three performances, Dunhuang, Onegin, and Giselle will be performed from June 9 to 19, covering realist and romantic ballet.
The National Ballet of China (NBC) wrapped up its performance Onegin in Beijing on Sunday, bringing the inner contradictions of the 19th-century characters from Alexander Pushkin s novel Eugene Onegin onto the Chinese stage.
Seen as a classical interaction of Asia and Europe by audiences, the National Ballet of China (NBC) will once again kick off a ballet performance of Don Quixote in Beijing in early September.
The performance at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center will star NBC dancers including Qiu Yunting, Ma Xiaodong and Zhan Luxin, while the NBC orchestra will perform the classic music under China’s well-known conductor Liu Ju.
ARTS / CULTURE & LEISURE
By Global Times Published: Apr 29, 2021 05:18 PM
Promotional material of National Ballet of China worshop Photo: Courtesy of National Ballet of ChinaThe National Ballet of China will perform seven original ballets at Beijing s Tainqiao Theater on Thursday and Friday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The show is set to be one of the largest ballet performances to be held during the COVID-19 pandemic. The seven ballets were created during the National Ballet of China s 11th workshop and are themed on original aspirations and creativity. Most of the music is based on the works of world famous classical musicians including Ludwig van Beethoven, Arvo Part and Max Richter.