Shanghai Ballet in The White-Haired Girl
Shenzhen Grand Theatre (深圳大劇院), China October 20, 2016 Joy Wang X. Y. Sometimes all that remains of an era is the art it leaves behind and sometimes it is dance that provides its enduring image, a symbolic memento both rooted in time and the transcendental. Watching the Shanghai Ballet (上海芭蕾舞團) in The White-Haired Girl (白毛女) … Read more
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