Listings: Shanghai

China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-24 08:20

STAGE

Terence Kohler's full-length ballet is based on the great Russian author Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina. Dancers from the young but highly acclaimed dance company, Ballet of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, will present their interpretation of the great novel.

7:15 pm, Oct 24-26

Shanghai Grand Theater, 300 Renmin Avenue

021-6386-8686

The Hong Kong Ballet Company features local ballerina Tan Yuanyuan in two vastly different lead roles, the powerful and modern Clear and the everlasting romance, Giselle. Known for her beauty and graceful dance movements, Tang has been called "a perfect dancer" and "a dancing angel".

7:15 pm, Oct 26

Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu

021-3842-4800

Director Lin Zhaohua's 1990 version of Hamlet is considered one of the most experimental and avant-garde dramas in China and was staged to wide acclaim on the Chinese mainland and Japan 12 years ago. As part of the Shanghai International Arts Festival, Lin is teaming up with famous Chinese actor Pu Cunxin to present this alternative rendition of Shakespeare's masterpiece.

7:15 pm, Oct 27, 28

Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu

021-3842-4800

CONCERTS

Japanese pop singer Misia is staging her first-ever concert on the Chinese mainland. Known for carrying a powerful voice with an amazing five-octave range, Misia promises to impress the audiences with splendid dance music, plus stage and light designs.

7:30 pm, Oct 25

Zhabei Stadium, 2100 Gonghexin Lu

021-5150-9000

TV game show fans in Shanghai will have a chance to enjoy an amazing orchestra concert of game music, presented by the famous video game composer Nobuo Uematsu and his group Press Start from Japan. This is the first time the group is performing in Shanghai.

7:30 pm, Oct 31

Shanghai International Gymnastic Center, 777 Wuyi Lu

021-6481-2938

Exhibitions

Listings: Shanghai

As the second venue of the ongoing Shanghai "eLANDSCAPES" new media art exhibition, the Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art displays e-artworks that reinterpret the relationship between artworks and viewers.

10 am-6 pm, Oct 18-Nov 10

Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, 28, Lane 199 Fangdian Lu

021-5033-9801

(China Daily 10/24/2008 page22)