Encore for Lady of the Camellias

Alexandre Dumas the younger's classic tale gets a fresh lease of life in the sparkling ballet by choreographer John Neumeier. Chen Jie reports

In China it is expected that lovers of art and literature should have read The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas the younger in high school, watched Greta Garbo's Camellias at college, before seeing Verdi's classical opera La Traviata as an adult.

Now, there is the ballet adapted from the story, The Lady of the Camellias, choreographed by dancer/choreographer John Neumeier and performed by his Hamburg Ballet.