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Pudong arts gala to stage Red shows

The 2021 Pudong Festival of Culture & Art will raise its curtain on July 5, presenting 22 productions with 37 performances through October 11.

In celebration of the Communist Party of China鈥檚 centennial, this year鈥檚 festival will stage 15 鈥渞ed鈥 productions, including the popular acrobatic play 鈥淏attle of Shanghai.鈥

After debuting in 2019, the play, presented by the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe and Shanghai Circus School, proved to be a successful exploration of combining acrobatics with dance and drama.

Described as the first acrobatic drama of its kind, it tells the story of soldiers who fought for Shanghai鈥檚 liberation in 1949.

The festival will also stage performances by renowned artists. Tan Yuanyuan, prima ballerina of the San Francisco Ballet, will perform with some of China鈥檚 top contemporary and classical dancers to bring famous paintings back to life in her latest work 鈥淢agical Night at the Art Museum.鈥

China鈥檚 most famous ethnic dancer Yang Liping from the Bai minority people, known as the 鈥淧eacock Princess,鈥 will present 鈥淯nder Siege 鈥 The Full Story of Farewell My Concubine.鈥 The unique performance is a dance drama set against the backdrop of an epic battle between the Chu and Han kingdoms more than 2,000 years ago.

Tickets priced between 20 (US$3.1) and 80 yuan go on sale today at damai.cn.


 

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