National Ballet of China
Raise the Red Lantern
After sell out seasons in London, New York and Washington the National Ballet of China makes its first visit to Australia. This prestigious company of 70 dancers will present the internationally acclaimed classical ballet Raise the Red Lantern for 8 performances, in their only Australian appearances, at the Capitol Theatre Sydney from 28 March to 2 April 2006.
Raise the Red Lantern, directed by Zhang Yimou, is one of the most sublimely beautiful and openly controversial films of the 1990’s. Zhang’s unique method of story telling – seen in his House of Flying Daggers and Hero combines an almost choreographic use of image with a powerful narrative. Raise the Red Lantern won him an Oscar nomination and universal acclaim.
Zhang brings cinematic and passionate vision to the dance stage with his stunning adaptation of one of his most acclaimed cinematic creations.
It is an event of cultural significance an internationally acclaimed classical ballet, featuring an original score by Qigang Chen and choreography by Xin Peng Wang in the first ever Australian tour of the National Ballet of China.