National Ballet of China

2020 New Year Ballet Concert

 

Performance by National Ballet of China

Artistic Director: Feng Ying

Music Performed by National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Zhang Yi

Concertmaster: Wang Xiaomao

Stage Production: The Stage Production Department of National Ballet of China

 

Program List：

 

1. Polonaises (Excerpts from Onegin Act III) by the Orchestra

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Arranged and Orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze

 

2. Excerpts from Swan Lake Act II

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Production Conceived and Directed by Natalia Makarova

Choreography by Natalia Makarova

after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

Additional Choreography by Natalia Makarova and Sir Frederick Ashton

Performers:

"Odette (White Swan)" by Xu Yan

"Prince" by Li Wentao

"Four Little Swans" by Wang Ye, Zhan Xinlu, Sun Xiaoqian, Xie Huan

 

3. Excerpts from The Crane Calling Act I

Production by the National Ballet of China

Chief Director, Producer: Feng Ying

Composer: Shen Yiwen (Guest)

Choreographers: Ma Cong (Guest), Zhang Zhenxin

Performer: Zhang Xi, She Zhaohuan, Wang Jiyu, Li Zhuangzhuang, Sun Haifeng, Chen Zhuming

 

4. Changqing Showing the Way (Excerpts from The Red Detachment of Women Scene I)

（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

Performers:

"Qionghua" by Li Jie

"Hong Changqing"by Zhang Tiao

"Xiao Pang" by Hou Xulei

 

5. Balcony Pas De Deux (Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet Act I)

(Ballet in three acts after William Shakespeare)

Music by Sergei Prokofiev

Choreography and produced by John Cranko

Performer: Zhan Xinlu, Ma Xiaodong, Wang Ye, Zheng Yu

 

6. 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)

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

 

Intermission

 

7、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, Sun Haifeng, Li Wentao, Wu Sicong

 

8、Youth by the Orchestra

Composer: Shi Wanchun

 

9. 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 Fang Mengying and Chen Zhuming

 

10. Excerpts from The Light of Heart

Director, Librettist: Fei Bo

Composer: Guo Wenjing (Guest)

Composer's Assistant: Chen Xinruo(Guest)

Choreographers: Fei Bo, Wang Sizheng and Wang Qi

Performers:

Kalaviuka by Hou Xulei

Huxuan Dance by Liu Xuechen, Wang Jiyu, Hou Ya'nan, Zheng Dudu, Zhang Qianqian, Wu Huahua

 

11.Rubis Pas De Deux (Excerpts of the second part of Jewels)

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Choreography by George Balanchine

©The George Balanchine Trust

Performed by Wang Qimin, Ma Xiaodong

 

12. Excerpts of Diamonds (The third part of Jewels)

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Choreography by George Balanchine

©The George Balanchine Trust

Performed by Zhang Jian, Sun Ruichen, Xu Yan, Li Wentao, etc.

 

13. Radetzky Marsch

Composer: Johann Strauss I

 

(Programs and dancers are subject to the change.)