Listings: Shanghai

STAGE

The Moscow Theater Ballet Troupe was established in the 1960s and has a deserved reputation for excellence. In the past 50 years it has produced such classics as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Gisele, Don Quixote, Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet.

7:15 pm, January 5-6

300 Renmin Avenue, Shanghai Grand Theater

021-6487-5703

Shanghai Grand Theater's version of the classic drama The Peach Blossom Land tells the story of a double-booking that leads to two theater groups rehearsing their plays on the same stage. One group is to perform a tragedy, while the other is rehearsing a farcical piece. The show stretches the limits of its actors' abilities by combining melodrama, verbal comedy and slapstick.

* 7:15 pm, January 7-12

* 300 Renmin Avenue, Shanghai Grand Theater

* 021-6487-5703

Lido de Paris is an artistic, technical and human tour de force, covering the history of Parisian cabaret. More than 25 dancers wearing more than 250 sumptuous costumes will perform. In accordance with the tradition of cabaret, each of the four tableaux in the show will end with jugglers, acrobats or illusionists.

7:15 pm, January 10-13

* 425 Dingxiang Road, Shanghai Oriental Art Center

* 021-6854-1234

A multimillion-dollar acrobatic extravaganza, the first of its kind in China, ERA is a multimedia odyssey inspired by a combination of traditional Chinese acrobatic arts and modern technology.

7:30 pm, until January 31

2266 Gonghexin Road, Shanghai Circus World

021-5665-6622

CONCERTS

Performing for a dozen years or more has polished Ma Xiaohui's extraordinary musical skills. This month the young musician will, for the first time, perform traditional erhu works at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. A wide range of traditional Chinese instruments, including erhu, flute, vertical bamboo flute, yangqin and koto will be played.

2 pm, January 12

425 Dingxiang Road, Shanghai Oriental Art Center

021-6854-1234

Some research has shown that classical music can enhance the development of a fetus' brain as it matches the beat of its mother's heart. Concert for Unborn Babies is good for mom and the babe-to-be.

2:30 pm, January 13

523 Yan'an Road E, Shanghai Concert Hall

021-6386-5772

A carnival for clown and orchestra. Petter Vabog, from Norway, has developed the musical clown character, Melvin Tix and will play special instruments on stage to bring happiness to Shanghai audiences. Melvin Tix premiered in 1984.

7:30 pm, January 5

523 East Yan'an Road, Shanghai Concert Hall

021-6386-2836

Exhibitions

Works by He Saibang and Qing Yifeng, representatives of Chinese contemporary art, are displayed at Eastlink Gallery. Having studied Western modernism for many years, the two Shanghai natives add new elements to create a unique art style.

10 am-6 pm, until January 6

F5 building 6, 50 Moganshan Road, Eastlink Gallery

021-6276-9932

A video gadget called Little Assistant to Santa Claus, produced by an inventor Cheng Hangfeng will show visitors around a small village in Zhejiang Province, where most of the world's Christmas decorations are produced. The exhibition aims to help visitors reflect on the effects that an international Christmas has brought to China, culturally, economically or environmentally.

10 am-10 pm, until January 6

Lane 199, 28 Fangdian Road, Zendai Museum of Modern Art

021-5033-9801, ext 2002

(China Daily 01/04/2008 page20)