Ballet Gala

to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of

the Founding of National Ballet of China

 

Performed by National Ballet of China

Artistic Director: Feng Ying

Music by National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra

Conductors: Bian Zushan, Zhang Yi, Huang Yi, Liu Ju

Concertmaster: Wang Xiaomao

Stage Production: Stage Production Department of NBC

 

Hosts: Cao Shuci, Momchil Nikolaev Mladenov

 

The Years of Intense Emotion

Music by Guan Xia

Conductor: Zhang Yi

Performed by all the dancers of NBC and students of The School of NBC

 

Excerpt from Swan Lake Act II

Music by Peter Tchaikovsky

Production Conceived and Directed by Natalia Makarova

Choreography by Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

Conductor: Zhang Yi

Performed by Zhang Jian, Sun Ruichen, Wang Ye, Sun Xiaoqian, Xie Huan, Yin Yingyan etc.

 

Excerpts from Le Corsaire Act II

Music by Adolphe Adam, Léo Delibes, Cesare Pugni

Original Choreographer: Marius Petipa

Choreographer: Pyotr A.Gusev

Conductor: Liu Ju

Performed by Zhan Xinlu, Li Wentao, Guan Chongzheng

 

Excerpts from Giselle Act I

Music by Adolphe Adam

Libretto by Thephile Gautier, Jules- Henri Vernoy de Saint- Georges

Originally Choreographed by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot ,Marius Petipa & Sir Anton Dolin

Production Conceived and Directed by Feng Ying

Conductor: Liu Ju

Performed by Wang Qimin, Zhang Xi, etc

 

Excerpts from The Red Detachment of Women

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

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

Theme Song, “The Song of the Detachment” Composed by Huang Zhun

Choreography by Li Chengxiang, Jiang Zuhui, Wang Xixian

Conductor: Bian Zushan

Performed by Ma Xiaodong, Lu Na, Xie Huan, Zhang Xi, Du Jichao etc.

 

Passions of Yimeng Pas de Deux (Excerpts from Chapter III of Yimeng- A Ballet in Three Chapets)

Composer: Liu Tingyu

Librettists: Liu Tingyu, Xu Gang

Director and Choreographer: Xu Gang

Performed by Hou Shuang, Wu Siming

  

Memories

Conductor: Zhang Yi

Excerpts from La Fille Mal Gardee

Music by Peter Ludwig Hertel (based on fifty-five popular French airs)

Choreographer: Jean Dauberval, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov

Performed by Ou Mengru, Yu Zeyuan

Excerpts from The Mermaid of the Sea

Music by Wu Zuqiang, Du Mingxin

Libretto by Li Chengxiang, Wang Shiqi, Li Chenglian, etc.

Original Choreographers: Pyotr A.Gusev, teachers and students of the Second Choreographer Training Class of Beijing Dance Academy

Choreographers: Li Chenglian, Li Chengxiang, Wang Shiqi

Performed by Wang Yi, Bian Chentang

Excerpts from Lin Daiyu

(Adaptation from Cao Xueqin’s novel named The Dream of the Red Chamber)

Libretto by Chen Xiang, Li Chengxiang, Li Shiqi

Music by Shi Fu

Choreographers: Li Chengxiang, Wang Shiqi

Performed by Zhang Yizhu, Xu Ziyu, Wu Ziheng

Excerpts from The New-Year Sacrifice

(Adaptation from Lu Xun’s novel of the same name)

Music by Liu Tingyu

Choreographer: Jiang Zuhui

Performed by Chen Haibei, She Zhaohuan

Excerpts from Little Blue Flower

Music by Liu Tingyu

Choreography by Shu Junjun

Performed by Lin Xingbei, Zhang Tiao

Excerpts from Son and Daughter of the Grassland

Music by Ge Guangrui, Cheng Kai, Shi Fu

Choreographers: Wang Shiqi, Wang Xixian, Li Chenglian

Performed by Ning Long, Sun Jinjin, Wang Ziwen, Qu Man, Wang Xue’er

 

Butterfly Lovers Pas de Deux (Excerpts from The Butterfly Lovers)

Music by He Zhanhao, Chen Gang

Choreography by Par Isberg

Conductor: Huang Yi

Performed by Fang Mengying, Chen Zhuming

 

The Forth Movement of The Yellow River

Music by Yin Chengzong, Liu Zhuang, Chu Wanghua, Sheng Lihong

Choreographer: Chen Zemei(Guest)

Conductor: Huang Yi

Piano Solo by Xiaotang Tan (Guest)

Performed by Ning Long, Wu Dianyu, etc

  

Excerpts from Diamonds (The Third Part of Jewels)

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Choreography by George Balanchine

©The George Balanchine Trust

Conductor: Zhang Yi

Performed by Xu Yan, Li Wentao, etc.

 

Excerpts from Prelude

Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff (Prelude in B Minor, Op.32 No.10)

Choreography by Ben Stevenson

Performed by Guan Wenting, Wu Dianyu

 

Excerpts from La Sylphide Act II

Composer: Herman Severin Løvenskiold

Choreographer: August Bournonville

New Staging: Eva Kloborg and Frank Andersen

Conductor: Huang Yi

Performed by Zhang Yan, Sun Ruichen, etc.

 

Excerpts from Don Quixote Act III

Music by Ludwig Minkus

Music Arranged by John Lanchberry

Choreography by Marius Petipa, Rudolf Nureyev

Libretto by Marius Petipa (Based on the Novel of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

Conductor: Liu Ju

Performed by Qiu Yunting, Fang Mengying, Wu Sicong, Chen Zhuming, etc.

 

Excerpts from Spring and Fall

Music by Antonin Dvorak

Choreography, Scenery, Costumes and Lighting by John Neumeier

Conductor: Liu Ju

Performed by Wang Ye, Ma Xiaodong

 

Excerpts from Firebird

Music by Igor Stravinsky

Choreography by Maurice Béjart

Conductor: Huang Yi

Performed by Zheng Yu, Bi Ruxin, etc. 

 

Excerpts from The Nine-Colored Deer Act II

Executive Editor, Producer: Feng Ying

Composer: He Siyang (Guest)

Librettist, Director: Yu Daxue (Guest)

Choreographers: Yu Daxue (Guest), Chen Qing (Guest), Liu Xiaomian

Performed by students from The School of NBC

 

 Excerpts from The Crane Calling Act I

Production by National Ballet of China

Chief Director, Producer: Feng Ying

Composer: Shen Yiwen (Guest)

Choreographers: Ma Cong (Guest), Zhang Zhenxin

Performed by Wu Sicong, She Zhaohuan, Wang Jiyu, Li Zhuangzhuang, Sun Haifeng, Chen Zhuming

 

Permanent Yesterday

Music: Permanent Yesterday, from the album Little Grace by Yasushi Yoshida

Choreography by Fei Bo

Performed by Liu Xuechen, Li Wentao

 

Excerpts from Canon in D Major, pas de trois

Music by Otto Bubenicek, Johann Pachelbel

Choreography by Jiri Bubenicek

Performed by Guan Chongzheng, Shen Mengfan, Yan Hualong

  

Dance of Porcelain (Excerpts from The Nutcracker (Chinese Version) Act II)

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Choreography and Direction by Zhao Ming (Guest)

Choreography by Wang Yuanyuan (Guest) and Feng Ying

Additional Choreography by Wang Qi, Wang Sizheng and Zhang Yixiang

Performed by Xu Yan, Guan Wenting, Chen Zhuming, Sun Haifeng, etc.

 

Bedroom Pas de Duex (Excerpts from Carmen)

Music by Georges Bizet

Ballet by Roland Petit After the novel of Prosper Meromée

Conductor: Huang Yi

Performed by Wang Qimin, Sun Ruichen

  

The Third Movement of Song of Life

Music: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.6

Originality and Structure by Ying E Din

Choreographers: Ying E Ding, Yang Minjian

Conductor: Huang Yi

Performed by Yan Hualong, etc.

 

Onegin Pas de Deux (Excerpts from Onegin Act III)

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Arranged and Orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze

Choreography and Libretto: John Cranko

Conductor: Zhang Yi

Performed by Zhang Jian, Jason Reilly (Guest)

 

Dunhuang Flying Apsaras

Music: Li Cangsang

Choreographers: Fei Bo, Wang Qi

Performed by Qiu Yunting, Lu Na, Wang Jiyu, Hou Xulei, Wang Yuxuan, etc.

 

Curtain Call Dance

Performed by all the dancers of NBC and students of The School of NBC

(Programs and Dancers are subject to change)