Ballet Moon Reflected in Er-quan Spring July 22, 2008

Time: 2008/7/22-2008/7/25
Venue: Tian Qiao Theater
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The ballet Moon Reflected in Er-quan Spring, composed by a gifted street musiciancalled Hua Yan Jun (or A'bing, as the native people always called him),is considered one of the foremost and treasured ballet productions in China. And the work for erhu Moon Reflected in Er-quan Spring,acclaimed and interpreted by several international maestros, soimpressed President Jiang Zemin on the occasion of the 1st Anniversaryof the Establishment of the MSAR that he asked for an encore of this inspiring music.

Synopsis:

Theperformance is based on a four-act love tragedy. It depicts the purelove of the two lovers A-Bing and Yue Er. But their pure love wasruined by a local landlord who forced Yue Er to be his concubine. YueEr chose to throw herself into the lake and left A Bing alone. He wasso heartbroken that he became blind...

Performed by Liaoning Ballet Troupe
The Liaoning Ballet Troupe (of Northeast China's Liaoning Province), is one of China's best-known professional groups dedicated to ballet. The troupe wasfounded in 1981.Since its founding, the Troupe has produced on stage anumber of classic ballets, including the "Swan Lake", "Le Corsaire","Unlockable Daughter" and selected Scenes from "Don Quixote", "Carmen","Cinderella and "Romeo and Juliet. "The creations by the troupe includegrand ballet "Butterfly Lovers" (the 1986 annual award winner of theexcellent work prize issued by the Government of Liaoning Province),"Geda Meilin", "Peacock Bile (Excellent Ballet Award winner in the 1992National Ballet Demonstration Performance Competition), "Moon Reflected in Er-quan Spring(winner of 6 prizes in the 1997 National Ballet Demonstration Performance Competition). The Troupe has also beeninvited to visit the former Soviet Union, Malaysia, Japan and the regions of Hong Kong and Macao to participate in art festivals.

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