From May 10th to 11th, a new form of performance "Ballet and Music" by National Ballet of China will be staged at Beijing Tianqiao Theater.

"Ballet and Music" Program List

Prelude

Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Choreography by Ben Stevenson

Performed by Xu Ziyu, Wu Dianyu

Piano by Yin Le

The Butterfly Lovers Pas de Deux

(Excerpts from Chinese Ballet The Butterfly Lovers)

Music by He Zhanhao, Chen Gang

Choreography by Par Isberg

Performed by Wang Yi, Bian Chentang

Ou Mengru, Wu Ziheng

Sun Jinjin, Bi Ruxin

Violin by Zhou Jing

Piano by Yin Le 

Canon in D Major, Pas de Trois

Choreography by Jiri Bubenicek

Music by Otto Bubenicek, Johann Pachelbel

Performed by Guan Chongzheng, Yan Hualong, Shen Mengfan, Qi Haohan, Chai Yansong, Lu Chenqi 

Excerpts from The Red Detachment of Women Scene IV

（Adaptation from the movie with the same name, which was screenplayed by Liang Xin）

Choreography by Li Chengxiang, Jiang Zuhui, Wang Xixian

Composed by Wu Zuqiang, Du Mingxin, Dai Hongwei, Shi Wanchun, Wang Yanqiao

Theme Song, "The Song of the Detachment" Composed by Huang Zhun

Stage Design by Ma Yunhong

Lighting Design by Liang Hongzhou

Cast:

Qionghua by Ning Long, Zhang Yizhu

Hong Changqing by Wu Siming

Company Commander by Jing Xinyu

Xiao'e by Li Mengfei, Ou Mengru

Excerpts from Cinderella Act II

Music by Sergei Prokofiev

Choreography by Ben Stevenson, O.B.E

Waltz

Performed  by Wang Yi, Cheng Xinran, Yu Zeyuan, Wu Dianyu, etc.

Cinderella and Prince pas de deux

Cinderella by Li Mengfei, Ou Mengru

Prince by Yan Hualong, Guan Chongzheng 

The Dying Swan

Music: Camille Saint-Saëns

Choreography by Mikhail Fokine

Performed by Ning Long

Cello by Wang Shuyi

Harp by Shi Qin

Excerpts from Yimeng- A Ballet in Three Chapters chapter III Passions of Yimeng

Composer: Liu Tingyu

Librettists: Liu Tingyu, Xu Gang

Director and Choreographer: Xu Gang

Vocal Solo: Wang Qingshuang (Guest)

Choir: China National Opera House Choir (Guest)

Premiere:  April 19th, 2019, Beijing Tianqiao Theater

Cast:

Sister Ying: Xu Ziyu, Zhang Yizhu, Ning Long

Platoon leader: Wu Siming, Yan Hualong, Su Yang, Bian Chentang

(Programs and dancers are subject to change.)

         If you love ballet and music, then you should not miss this performance, because "she" can make you "see the music, hear the dance"!