Tang Yin ballet gets first foreign staging

WARSAW - Invited by the 26th Bydgoszcz Opera Festival, China's Suzhou Ballet Theater troupe performed its original ballet Tang Yin in Poland on Monday, giving the audience a taste of ballet with Chinese artistic elements.

Tang Yin is about the life of the eponymous protagonist, a talented and romantic scholar who was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, about 500 years ago during China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

This ballet applies freehand brushwork to the stage dressing, such as shadows on the wall and a flower beside a pillow, to strengthen its aesthetic effect. It also uses the music of Arvo Part, an Estonian composer, and combines traditional and modern dances.