Ballet finds its funny bone
China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-10 08:42
The Stuttgart Ballet 2009 Beijing Tour will kick off at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) with a performance of The Taming of the Shrew, the first time a comic ballet has been staged in China.
The first performance was on Friday and shows continue until Sunday. There will be a ballet gala mixed bill on Tuesday.
Created by choreographer John Cranko and first staged in 1969, the familiar Shakespeare story is exaggerated and tailored to the dancers.
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