On the stage of the 2019 CCTV Spring Festival Gala Evening, artists of National Ballet of China attracted hundreds of millions of audiences by the wonderful ballet dance piece Dunhuang Flying Apsaras. In the four-minute gorgeous performance, the elegant, aesthetic, graceful, shocking, dignified and brilliant Dunhuang art presented in the dance is unforgettable.

The Light of Heart

Huxuan Dance in the ballet The Light of Heart

Huxuan Dance in the Dunhuang Frescoes

Sacrifice providers in the Dunhuang Frescoes

Sacrifice providers in the ballet The Light of Heart

The Kalaviuka in the Dunhuang Frescoes

The Kalaviuka in the ballet The Light of Heart

The magnificent Dunhuang art is carved in the divine caves of Dunhuang,

in the form of great beauty by humanity;

After thousands of years, empires rose and fell, cities thrived and perished…

Some have been eroded by sandstorms in the desert;

Some have been lost in overseas after thousands of years; 

However, generations of Dunhuang protectors living in the simple and lonely life with great love,

have devoted themselves in reserving the unique and mysterious art treasure for descendants,

in the past thousand-year;

And make this shimmering civilization relic,

still showing the brilliant and profound Chinese culture today.

On April 28th to 29th, the large-scale original ballet The Light of Heart will once again be performed on the stage of Beijing Tianqiao Theater. Then, on May 15th, National Ballet of China will go to Shanghai Poly Grand Theater to participate in the 12th China Art Festival with this ballet. Let,s once again, under the guidance of "the light of heart", appreciate and feel the magnificent beauty of Dunhuang art across a thousand years.