At the time of celebrating the coming Chinese lunar new year of Gengzi, a dancers team of more than 100 artists from the National Ballet of China, led by Director Feng Ying, once again came to the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. They dedicated the new year's blessing, the joy of new year and the unique beauty of ballet in The Nutcracker (Chinese Version) to the Shanghai audiences.

On the evening of January 8th, on the stage of Shanghai Oriental Art Center, the Beijing quadrangle, temple fair during the Spring Festival, new year's dinner for reunion, new year's gifts from distant guests, and the dream trip following the "Nutcracker" were all presented in The Nutcracker (Chinese Version).

January 8th

"Foreign Friend" by Hervé Palito

"Yuan Yuan (Kid)" by Zhan Xinlu

"Tuan Tuan" by Teng Jiankai

"The Crane Queen" by Lu Na

"Yuan Yuan" by Wang Ye

"Nutcracker" by Wu Sicong

"Leading Crane" by Qiu Yunting

The role of "little gold ingot" in The Nutcracker (Chinese Version) is always one of the highlights of the whole performance. In every performance of The Nutcracker (Chinese Version) at home and abroad, the National Ballet of China invites a dozen local children aged 4 to 6 to perform together with dancers of the Company. The innocence of children, the excitement and joy of their debut on the stage, and the practice and edification of ballet stage are the beautiful and happy moments in ballet popularization of the National Ballet of China. This time, the joyful appearance from the "adult gold ingot" of 13 children, who came from the children's ballet class of Shanghai Oriental Art Center, surprised all the audience and won rapturous applauses.

During the first performance of The Nutcracker (Chinese Version) in Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Zhao Ming, the chief choreographer and director of the ballet, also came and watched the performance together with more than a thousand audiences. After the performance, he stepped onto the stage, greeted the dancers, and said emotionally: "when I was just watching the performance under the stage, when the curtain opened, every little bit of the rehearsal 20 years ago appeared in front of my eyes, and every dance movement and scene immersed in my memory was particularly clear again! I hope you will make further efforts, and congratulations to all of you! "

On the evening of January 9th, another performance of the new-year ballet The Nutcracker (Chinese Version) was staged in Shanghai Oriental Art Center. The wonderful live photos will be reported later. Please keep your attention!