PIROUETTE IN THE CITY

Beijing is set to see half a dozen spectacular ballet performances, coming in from areas as diverse as Minsk and Manila in May, Chen Nan reports.

In 2018, Xu Gang, the director and choreographer of National Ballet of China, went to Minsk, Belarus to watch performances by the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. One of the biggest theaters in Europe, the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre turned 85 last year.

During his trip, Xu watched classic ballet pieces, such as Swan Lake, Le Corsaire and the theater's original ballet, Spartacus, by famous choreographer Valentin Elizariev, who is also the art director of the theater.