Turkish recital gets New Year festivities off on the right foot

ISTANBUL - A Chinese modern dance show received a standing ovation on Monday after a performance that was held as part of the "2018 Happy Chinese New Year" events in Turkey.

Oath - Midnight Rain by Beijing Modern Dance Company premiered in Venice, Italy, in 2006.

It tells the story of a bride who died during her wedding and sought to be reborn. But she could not be born again as a human, only as a flower, bird, fish, insect and then a blade of grass.