Keepers Of Time

This weekend, Beijing Modern Dance Company will present a show on animals of the Chinese zodiac. Chen Nan reports.

On a recent humid afternoon in a rehearsal room of the Beijing Modern Dance Company, some 100 people sit on the floor chatting. Then they start to move under the guidance of 12 dancers.

"You tell me how you feel about this after the lesson," Gao Yanjinzi, the troupe's artistic director, tells the audience.