The Guangzhou Ballet (Mainland China)
Friday, March 26, 2004 20:00
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
Swan
Lake, Act 2 by P. Tchaikovsky/ Lev Ivanov
Pas de Deux from Sleeping Beauty by P.
Tchaikovsky/ Marius Petipa
Beauty and Tranquility by Wang Fujian/ Zhang Jianmin
Grand Pas Classique by Daniel Auber/ Victor
Gsovsky
Tied in Knots by Elton John/ Jonas Kage
The
Yellow River by Yin Chengzong/ Fu Xingbang
The Guangzhou Ballet (Mainland China)
The Guangzhou Ballet, one of Mainland China’s most youthful,
innovative and technically grounded ballet companies was formed in 1994 and is
the most recent dance company in China. Artistic Director Zhang Dandan is a
former Principal in the Central Ballet of China (now the National Ballet of
China), and a National Class One Performer. Winner of numerous dance awards in
China and abroad, the Guangzhou Ballet has a wide-ranging repertoire which
includes such western classics as Swan Lake, Lady of the Camellias, Romeo and
Juliet and The Nutcracker, and original ballets on Chinese themes
Mei Lanfang, The Yellow River, The Butterfly Lovers etc. The Ballet has
toured the United States, France, Japan, and Singapore, winning critical
acclaim.