National Ballet of China - Zhang Υimou
Raise the Red Lantern
Investing in the talent of Zhang Yimou, the National Ballet of China has commissioned the famous director to transfer his award-winning film, Raise the Red Lantern (1991), to the stage. This most demanding of undertakings required first and foremost a dramaturgy which would make the story easy to grasp for audiences, and which incorporated dance and exploited the unique possibilities of that art form to the full. A combination of Chinese opera and classical ballet, the story is set in the early twenties and centres on a young woman who falls in love with an actor from the opera despite being conjugally bound to a powerful lord. The envy of others ensures a tragic finale for the secret lovers. An intense lyricism and a phantasmagoria “à la chinoise” enhanced by the music make for a spectacle which incorporates both Western dance and the incredible riches of the Chinese tradition.
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Duration 1 hour and 32 minutes with one interval
Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall (Alexandra Trianti Hall)
- 20/06 until 22/06/2007 at 21:00
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Opera | Cinema | Greek Music | Music | Theatre | grape | subset | Dance | Education | Αναβίωση | Διεθνής Συμπαραγωγή | Classical music | Performance | Contemporary music | Talks | Contemporary Ancients | Premiere | Greek Debut
Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus | Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus | Peiraios 260 | Odeon of Herodes Atticus | Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall | Sotiria Hospital | «THEATRON» | Cultural Center «Hellenic Cosmos» | Icthyoskala Keratsiniou | Athens Conservatoire | Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre Pireos 254 Tavros
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