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National Ballet of China in Raise the Red Lantern

A Ballet in Three Acts Based on Su Tong’s novel Wives and Concubines Adapted from Zhang Yimou’s movie of the same name Librettist/Director/Artistic Director: Zhang Yimou The ballet Raise the Red Lantern was created and premiered in 2001. Lead by National Ballet of China’s former director Madam Zhao Ruheng, the company invited a diverse group of world renowned artists, including the film director Zhang Yimou, composer Qigang Chen from France, choreographer Xinpeng Wang from Germany and Wang Yuanyuan, stage designer Zeng Li and the French costume designer Jérôme Kaplan. This international creative team conceived and produced this modern ballet fusing cinema, shadow play, Peking opera and all sorts of Chinese culture elements with western ballet vocabulary. Apart itself from other ballets, this is a diverse creation with strong visual impacts and dramatic force. In over 50 years of the company history, Raise the Red Lantern was a new experiment and fresh model of collaboration, which provide precious experiences for further creative works of the company. Since its premiere the ballet has been presented all over the world for more than 400 performances. It was selected in the “National Program for Excellent Stage Art”, and has become an internationally acclaimed Chinese ballet.