A Co-production Dance Drama of the NCPA and Ningbo Performance & Arts Group XIAN Xinghai

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About

Faith is as eternal as the sea of stars.

Composer XIAN Xinghai’s life was transient but brilliant. He lived a noble life as a CPC member, growing from an artist to a musician for the people. His classic work The Yellow River Cantata is a favourite for choreographers. On the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the CPC, we choose to present the story of XIAN Xinghai with a contemporary dance drama featuring an orchestral narrative. Through the deepest and noblest emotions, we strive to shape a great artist with the strongest faith.

Executive Presenter: WANG Ning

Chief Producers: LI Zhixiang, ZHAO Tiechun, ZHU Jing, WANG Cheng, GONG Jicheng

Chief Executive Producers: ZHAO Tiechun, LIN Hong

Creative

Chief Stage Director: XIAO Xiangrong

Playwright: XU Rui

Composer: GUO Sida

Set/ Lighting/ Video Projection Designer: HAN Jiang

Costume Designer: ZOU You

Hair Style Designer: JIA Lei

Deputy Stage Director: CHANG Xiaoni

Choreographers: LI Chao, WEN Xiaochao, LYU Zimin, FAN Lu, LAN Mingming

Scriptwriter: SUN Yixi
Sound Designer: LIU Limin

Cast

XIAN Xinghai: WEI Shenzhou (Dec.16-18/22)/ XIA Tian* (Dec.19/21)
Destiny: LI Yu
XIAN Xinghai’s Wife: WANG Jinge (Dec.16-18/22)/ WANG Yu* (Dec.19/21)
GUANG Weiran: HE Jiang (Dec.16-18/22)/ WANG Zheng* (Dec.19/21)
Mother of XIAN Xinghai: WANG Yu* (Dec.16-18/22)/ LIN Ye* (Dec.19/21)
YUAN Muzhi/ Baikadamov: SUN Rui (Guest) (Dec.16-18/22)/ LI Yaojie* (Dec.19/21)
SAI Ke: YAN Hanyi (Dec.16-18/22)/ WU Wei* (Dec.19/21)
ZHANG Shu: WANG Zheng* (Dec.16-18/22)/ DU Boyan* (Dec.19/21)
XIA Zhiqiu: XIA Tian* (Dec.16-18/22)/ QIU Zhehao* (Dec.19/21)
SHA Mei: YANG Fengshan*
Danash: LIN Ye* (Dec.16-18/22)/ ZOU Baoyi* (Dec.19/21)
Dukas: WANG Zheng* (Dec.16-18/22)/ WU Qi* (Dec.19/21)
XIAO Youmei: HE Wen* (Dec.16-18/22)/ DUAN Bowen* (Dec.19/21)
Kalia/ XIAN Nina: LIU Guzexin

*Artist from Ningbo Song & Dance Theatre

Synopsis

In 1945, Moscow was blanketed with snow. XIAN Xinghai was ill and failed to return to China. He looked back on his life and his thoughts flew like the snowflakes.

He had drifted on the “sea”, trained in the crucible of society, and let his musical dreams fly in the bitter cold winds. He loved his motherland without reservation. He once marched in the midst of the “torrent”, sang with the strongest voice in the squares and the streets, explored the way to save China, and dedicated his heart and soul to the CPC in the company of his beloved and comrades. He lived outside of his homeland, struggling to survive in turmoil. He pined for his homeland, longing to see his newborn daughter and the revitalized China. He was unswerving in his faith.

The roar of the Yellow River echoed in his heart. Though his life is gone, his faith remains eternal.

Prelude

Moscow is blanketed with snow. XIAN Xinghai is seriously ill and alone, but he is not dispirited. Although he is in a quiet and cold world, his heart is burning with passion. There is an unfinished Chinese Rhapsody in his mind, the final movement of which is played between heaven and earth.

Act I: The Sea

Born on the sea, XIAN Xinghai seems destined to spend his life wandering. He has travelled to Singapore, Shanghai and Paris in pursuit of his musical dreams. His early life is filled with hoarse work songs of labourers and the red-hot fire of the coals on ships. His artistic career is supported by his mother’s devotion and his mentor’s recognition. A song called The Wind earns him fame in Paris and a place in a prestigious music school, but the death of his mentor grieves him. At this point, the trials and tribulations of his homeland beckon him to return.

He is a wandering artist.

Act II: The Torrent

After returning from his studies, XIAN Xinghai is at a loss for opportunities to serve his country. He and his like-minded peers go out into the streets, seeking a way out for China. He writes rousing songs that become torches to guide the masses in the Yangtze River Delta region, gathering a majestic revolutionary torrent. He meets his wife in the midst of the torrent. The two of them go to Yan’an together towards the rebirth of China, and they give birth to a new little life there. He composes the immortal The Yellow River Cantata and writes his application to join the CPC with great affection. From then on, he is given a new start in life.

He is a patriot who fights for the future of his country.

Act III: The Homeland

After bidding farewell to his wife and infant daughter, XIAN Xinghai leaves for the Soviet Union to compose music for a documentary on Yan’an. Unexpectedly, the war destroys the films and cut off his way home. He moves to Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he is warmed by his landlord and his lovely daughter. However, he always remembers that his home is on the other side of the border. Countless times he wanders along the path back home, missing his homeland and his newborn daughter. He runs against the clock as he plunges into his music with an illness. His faith remains rock-solid.

He is a great revolutionary.

Finale: The Stars

It’s snowing in Moscow. XIAN Xinghai is alone and ailing. The snow is flawless, the starry sky boundless. He waves his arms as he conducts The Yellow River Cantata to a non-existent choir, which resonates into the heartbeat of all Chinese people, reverberating through the heavens and the earth and turning into a glorious light.

He is a musician for the people forever.

Creative

XIAO XiangrongChief Director

XIAO Xiangrong

XIAO Xiangrong is Dean of the School of Arts & Communication, Beijing Normal University (BNU), a professor and Director of the Art and Technology Innovation Center of BNU. He is “China’s Most Beautiful Teacher” named by the Publicity Department of the CPC and Ministry of Education, and one of the “Top Ten Newsmakers” of Beijing.

As chief director, he has directed many large-scale national theatrical performances. He was chief director of the artistic activities held on the Tiananmen Square to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, the director of the large-scale situational epic The Great Journey, the chief director of the mass pageant held to celebrate the 70^th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the chief director of the theatrical gala held to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of the Return of Macao, the director of the theatrical gala held to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy, a core member of the production team of the opening ceremony of the G20 Leaders’ Summit and the chief director of the indoor version, the director of performances given at the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and a core planner of the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games. His work Red Leaves in Fragrant Hill drew attention and praise from the global media.

His work Ode to the History won the Wenhua Award for Creation and Performance, the highest national prize for dance; Never Leave You Alone won the Gold Award in the CCTV Dance Competition; The Voiceless won the Gold Award for the Best Modern Dance in the Rome International Dance Competition. He has appeared at many world-class artist festivals on invitation, including the Opening Ceremony of Korea International Art Fair, the Taipei Guandu Art Festival and the Macao Arts Festival. He is an artistic consultant to the Macao Arts Festival, a contributing choreographer at the University of South Florida, a contributing choreographer at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and a visiting scholar of modern dance to the Conservatoires Nationaux Supérieurs de Musique et de Danse de Paris et de Lyon. He has created a series of excellent dances.

XU RuiLibrettist

XU Rui

XU Rui is a professor, doctor of dance, creative set designer, playwright and Vice President of the Beijing Dance Academy. He is also a doctoral supervisor at the Chinese National Academy of Arts, a visiting professor at the Nanjing University of the Arts, a visiting professor at the Middlesex University London, Vice President of the China Musical Association, and Vice President of the Beijing Literary and Art Critics Association. He once won a full scholarship for visiting scholars from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC). He has been selected for the Ministry of Education “Programme for New Century Excellent Talents in University”, the Beijing “One Hundred Talents Project” and the “Young Top-Notch Talents Support Programme”.

XU Rui is engaged in both academic research and artistic creation. He has published monographs including Aesthetics and Consciousness of Contemporary Chinese Folk Dance Creation, etc., as well as many critiques and theoretical articles. He once won the First Prize for Literary and Art Criticism by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. His representative stage productions include dance dramas Red Sorghum, Anhui Opera Troupe, Evening Breeze in Arcade, Youth in Gobi, Norma Ami, The Chinese Orphan, Five Stars out of the East, Waves after Waves in Honghu Lake, Landmine Warfare, and Fortune; dance theatre A Moment, musicals Great Hurry and Dance 678, etc. He has won awards including the “Five-One” Project Award, the Wenhua Award, and the Wenhua Award for Creation. ArtsCross/Danscross, founded by him as a co-host, is an internationally influential project of research on contemporary dance creation.

GUO SidaComposer

GUO Sida

GUO Sida is a composer active on the Chinese music stage. He used to be the director of Creative Studio, Military Band of the Chinese PLA. He is good at composing many types of works including symphony, film and TV music, stage music, etc. His dance drama Dance Together won the Best Music Composition Award at the 9^th China Dance Lotus Award. He composed March of Might Blowing East Wind and March of Eagle Hitting Out to celebrate the 70^th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. He also served as music director of the mass pageant held to celebrate the 70^th anniversary of the founding of the PRC.

His representative works include musicals Jasmine Flower, Qingcheng, Flower and Youth, etc.; dance dramas Goddess and the Dreamer, Crested Ibis, Deep in Memory, Tide of Era, Dance Together, Menogga’s Garden, Butterfly Lovers, The Moon Opera, Qifeng Futian, etc.

His representative symphonic works include Twelve Moments in the Dream of Peony Pavilion, The Monument, The Great Celebration, etc.

His representative film and TV music works include The Wasted Times, Cloudy Mountain, Nice to Meet You, New Version of The Dream of Red Mansions, Storm Eye, Palace of Devotion, My Huckleberry Friends, TANG Dynasty Tour, Exclusive Memory, etc.

HAN JiangSet/ Lighting/ Video Projection Designer

HAN Jiang

After his graduation from the Department of Stage Design, Central Academy of Drama, HAN Jiang joined the National Ballet of China in 2002, and later joined the National Theatre of China on invitation in 2016. As an outstanding stage visual artist, he also works on set design and lighting design. He is engaged in stage visual art creation for various artistic scenes including dance, drama, traditional opera and opera. He has developed an aesthetic style of his own during the cooperation with different directors.

His representative works include ballets Peony Pavilion, Sparkling Red Star, Xishi, TANG Yin, etc.; modern dance dramas Lotus, Wild Grass, Early Spring, Elegy to Wilderness, Lady White of West Lake, etc.; national dance dramas Mulan, ZHU Ziqing, Singing with Hot Blood, etc.; dramas Master Architect, White Deer Plain, The Lady from the Sea, etc.; operas A Madman’s Diary, The Wilderness, Winterreise, etc.; traditional operas The Golden Cangue, Courtship, Broken Silver Zheng, The Pretender, etc.

He has created hundreds of stage plays over the past 20 years, and won many national awards (Wenhua Award, Lotus Award, etc.). His works are displayed at various top international art festivals every year.

ZOU YouCostume Designer

ZOU You

ZOU You is a professor, doctoral supervisor and Deputy Director of Academic Council at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, and holds a doctoral degree from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He was the chief planner and chief designer of the mass pageant held to celebrate the 70^th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the chief planner and chief designer of the artistic activities held on the Tiananmen Square to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, a member of the Expert Committee on Uniforms and Equipment for the 2020 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, a director of the China Fashion Association, and Chairman of the Arts Council.

JIA LeiHair Style Designer

JIA Lei

JIA Lei is a famous hair style designer. He has won the title of “China’s Top Ten “Make-up Artists” and “Asia’s Top 100 Hair Style Designers”. He served as the chief hair style designer for solo dance Flying Apsaras at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, and at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in 2008. He designed body paintings for Butterflies in Love with Flowers, a dance performed at the 2009 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, winning the First Prize for Programme Most Popular with the Audience. He was the chief hair style designer of the 2005-2010 New Year’s Opera Party. He served as the chief hair style designer at the opening ceremony of the Minority Arts Festival of China 2006. He served as the chief hair style designer for dancers at the 2008-2010 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. He served as the chief hair style designer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 9^th China Art Festival in 2010. He was invited to many competitions, including the CCTV Dance Competition, “Taoli Cup” Dance Competition and National Dance Competition, as a hair style designer from 2004 to 2010, and made designs for more than 110 events, more than 20 of which won gold awards, and more than 30 ones won silver awards.

He has served as a hair style designer for dance dramas including The Dream of Red Mansions, Confucius, The Past of Shawan, Goddess and the Dreamer, DU Fu, Fenmo, Mulan, The Silk Road, The Eternal Wave, etc.

CHANG XiaoniExecutive Director

CHANG Xiaoni

CHANG Xiaoni holds a bachelor’s degree from the Choreography Department of Beijing Dance Academy and a master’s degree in film studies from School of Arts & Communication, Beijing Normal University. She is a teacher at the Dance Department of School of Arts & Communication, Beijing Normal University.

Her work Ode to the History won the “Wenhua Award” for Creation and Performance; Fleeting Time won the Third Prize in the “Taoli Cup” Dance Competition; The Voiceless has won the Third Prize in the “Rome International Dance Competition” and awards in many other dance competitions at home and abroad. Her compositions The Monkey King’s Enlightenment, Room, Tuesday and Asian Copper were shortlisted for lots of international art festivals including the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, Yokohama Dance Festival, Athens Video Art Festival, Amsterdam International Theatre Festival for Youth, and “Sino-Italian Year of Cultural Exchanges” in Italy. Her works Mirror and Everyone’s Elephant were performed at the China Biennale of Contemporary Dance on invitation. Everyone’s Elephant was also performed at the 47^th and 49^th Hong Kong Arts Festival on invitation.

She has attended large-scale performances including the China Huabiao Film Awards, Hundred Flowers Award, Beijing College Student Film Festival, and Premier ZHOU’s 110^th Birthday. She is also a chief director, dance director and choreographer.

LI ChaoChoreographer

LI Chao

LI Chao is the founder of Nomoreplay, and a member of the China Dancers Association. He holds a degree in modern dance from the Department of Choreography, Beijing Dance Academy.

His representative works include Gargantua, Don’t I Know You, Go, Our Home Needs Slow, Travel, and For ex. He has created and participated in the creation or performance of artistic works including NCPA production of Rossini’s opera Cinderella, martial dance Door, a stage play made out of the martial arts and dancing art, Sidi Larbi’s modern dance work Genesis, the China National Opera & Dance Drama Theatre’s dance drama The Chinese Orphan, NCPA Intellectuals’ Style for Chinese Dance for 12 Days, Letters from Two Places, a dance jointly composed by the Young Dance Artist Training Programme and a choreographer from Hong Kong, Work Song · Dye, Season 2 of 2047 Apologue, directed by ZHANG Yimou, Southern Music · Love and Story Chant · Dye, Season 3 of 2047 Apologue, directed by ZHANG Yimou, etc. He created the dance No More Than Two Circles for the Beijing Normal University at its invitation. He is the director of the dance video Pain; the choreographer and a main performer in Jianchang Studio’s short song and dance film Girl With A Thermal Gun; the choreographer of Ode to the Motherland.

WEN XiaochaoChoreographer

WEN Xiaochao

WEN Xiaochao holds a degree in modern dance choreography from the Beijing Dance Academy. He went to New Zealand for exchange and study in 2012 at the public expense.

His work Shadow won the First Prize for Choreography and the First Prize for Performance at the Beijing Dance Academy “Academy Cup” Awards. His work Box won the Gold Award for Modern Dance Choreography at the 10^th China Dance Lotus Award. He played the hero in Love Has Been Here Before, a large-scale modern dance drama commission by the Beijing Dance Academy. He cooperated with modern American dancers in performing the modern dance drama Invisible City. He is the chief director and choreographer of the modern dance drama Jianghu. His dance video Chao was invited to the Ireland Arts Festival; Looked In was invited to the Auckland Tempo Arts Festival; Awa was invited to the Auckland International Art Festival; Peer Forever won the Gold Award for Choreography in the 13^th Moscow International Ballet Competition. He has joined the Young Dancer Training Programme, and his creative work 32 Chapters has toured China.

LYU ZiminChoreographer

LYU Zimin

He is a freelance choreographer.

FAN LuChoreographer

FAN Lu

FAN Lu is a graduate of the Minzu University of China. She used to be a dancer at the BeijingDance/LDTX, and now is a freelance choreographer.

Her representative works include Manjusaka, Three’s a Crowd, Choke, Return, Inside the Game, Outside the Rules, and Life is Like a Play.

She has played a part in stage plays including Faded Monologue, Circle, First Ritual, Overspeed, Treading On Grass, Standing Before Darkness, Long March: A Narrow Escape, The 306^th Seed, Source, Beyond the Horizon, Waiting, Empty Room, Solar Terminator, Idol, No Man’s Land, a dance commission for the “Young Dancer Support Programme”, and Don’t I Know You, No Island and Gargantua, dance commissions for the “Young Dancer Training Programme”.

She appeared at the opening ceremony of the 4^th Minority Arts Festival of China, the closing ceremony of the 11^th National Games, the closing ceremony of the Lotus Cup Dance Competition, Season 3 of 2047 Apologue, directed by ZHANG Yimou, the immersive art exhibition She · Symbiosis, and the dance drama Singing with Hot Blood. She has also participated in the creation and performance of many national theatrical performances and large-scale activities. She was invited to the USA, Lebanon and other countries or regions for artistic exchanges and performances.

LAN MingmingChoreographer

LAN Mingming

LAN Mingming is a choreographer and dancer with an academic agree from the Beijing Normal University.

Her representative works include Twilight Song, Letter from an Unknown Woman, THE MOMENT, Our Farmland, and Follow the Light.

She has starred in MAY B, a classic work by the contemporary French dancer and choreographer Maguy Marin; 2047 Apologue, directed by ZHANG Yimou; Catalyst, created by Bliss Kohlmyer, a professor at the University of San Francisco, Last Goodby, created by Kynan Hughes, a choreographer at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts; The Monkey King’s Enlightenment, created by choreographer CHANG Xiaoni; Shadow Person and Consoling Ghosts, by dancer YAN Beini.

She was the choreographer of The Great Journey, a large-scale situational epic produced in order to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the founding of the CPC. She was a member of the chief directing team of the mass pageant held to celebrate the 70^th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. She was director of the programmes performed at the awarding ceremony of the 26^th Beijing College Student Film Festival. She was also the executive director of “Young Days” on the night for international students in Beijing.

SUN YixiScript Writer

SUN Yixi

SUN Yixi is a screenwriter and director. She holds a bachelor’s degree in radio and TV directing from the Communication University of China and a master’s degree from the Royal Holloway University of London. She is a member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB) and a member of the British Film Institute (BFI). She used to be the director of WildAid in the UK, produce documentaries and public-interest ads that had won many international awards, and the producer of many British stage dramas including New Moon and New Earth. In 2018, Susu: Secret Castle, the first film to be produced by her as the playwright and director, was shortlisted for the Montréal World Film Festival and other international film festivals held in Beijing, Seattle, San Diego and Pyongyang, and won the Best Film Award at the Cardiff International Film Festival. The film has been sold to North America and Southeast Asia and will be released on Netflix in 2021.

In 2018 to 2019, her copyrighted screenplays They are on the Hanging Island and The Joy of Remarriage were shortlisted for the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, London Film Festival, etc. In 2020, she served as the editor of Yanagawa, a theatrical film directed by ZHANG Lyu. In 2021, she wrote and directed Legend of the Ocean, a theatrical film themed “Happy Family”.

LIU LiminSound Designer

LIU Limin

LIU Limin is Senior Director of the Sound Group of Stage Technology Department, NCPA, responsible for the sound design of NCPA’s productions, as well as the construction, acceptance inspection and operation of the sound reinforcement system.

She has got involved in many plays and important performances as a sound director, including the large-scale music & dance epic The Road To Rejuvenation, Peking operas Red Cliff, You and Me, dramas Wangfujing and Returning Home on a Snowy Night, and Hunan TV music competition programme I am a Singer Season III. She is also responsible for sound production and playing in more than ten operas produced by NCPA including Visitors on the Snow Mountain. She is the assistant sound designer of NCPA national dance drama commission The Railway to Tibet and the sound director of NCPA’s newly-produced drama February.

Artist

WEI Shenzhouas XIAN Xinghai

WEI Shenzhou

WEI Shenzhou is a principal dancer of the Hangzhou Opera and Dance Drama Theatre who graduated from the Department of Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dance of the Beijing Dance Academy (BDA). He is one of the fifth batch of top talents of the Department of Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dance of BDA, a member of the Zhejiang Dancers Association, a director of the Hangzhou Dancers Association and a member of the Wenzhou Youth Association (Shanghai).

He appeared in the dance Collide by CHI Dongdong, a work from the Young Artists Platform of Dance 2018, and became an outstanding dancer of Hunan TV’s Dance Smash in 2019. His masterpieces include the Korean folk dance Missing Home, duo dance Brothers, and modern dance Nonsense. In 2020, he acted as SIMA Qian in the drama Confucius directed by ZHANG Jigang, and won the gold medal in the 17^th Seoul International Dance Competition for his dance Meng Da Ling. In 2021, he appeared in the world premiere of the work Fusion choreographed and directed by SHEN Wei. He has also participated in many performances at domestic and international art events.

XIA Tianas XIAN Xinghai

XIA Tian

XIA Tian is a principal dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre who graduated from the Department of Chinese Classical Dance of Beijing Dance Academy (BDA). He is among the “Six Kinds of Talents in the First Batch” of Ningbo City. He has won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award for Dance Drama, the Orchid Award for Outstanding Solo Performance at the 14^th of Zhejiang Opera Festival, the Gold Award in the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival, and the Top Ten Works award (the highest award) in the 2^nd Zhejiang Jiangnan Dance Competition.

He has starred in many excellent dance dramas. His representative works include the dances Empty Mountain, Losing a Soulmate, Lanting Dream, Homesickness, and The Power of Faith; the dance dramas and dance poems Two Street Craftsmen in Wartime, Happy Life on the Flower Mountain, The Red Dress, Mulan, The Railway to Tibet, Ode to China, and Colours of Ink; and the dance & music theatre performance TAN Yuanyuan and Her Friends: Empty Mountain.

LI Yuas Destiny

LI Yu

LI Yu graduated from the School of military culture, National Defense University of the PLA of China (formerly PLA Academy of Arts). He was a dancer of the Song and Dance Troupe of Political Department of the Chinese PLA Air Force and is an independent dancer.

Among his works, The Box has won the Gold Medal in the 10^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern Dance; A Feather has won the Gold Medal in the 4^th CCTV Dance Competition; and We Are on the Banks of the Yellow River has won the Gold Medal in the 8^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern Dance.

He has participated in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. He also appeared in Wanwan Tune from ZHANG Yimou’s 2047 Apologue Season I and Divine Drum: Shadow from 2047 Apologue Season II. He is one of the most popular dancers of Hunan TV’s Dance Smash in 2019.

He has starred in the dance dramas and dance theatre performances including Ode to the Plum Blossoms, Songs of Qi: Fields, Our Sky, Dreams of Zen, The Tea Spell, Escaping from the Temple, The Material Dance, Our Home Needs Show, X, Don’t I Know You, 32 Chapters, Best Before, and Magical Night at the Art Museum.

WANG Jingeas Bayie’s Wife

WANG Jinge

WANG Jinge graduated from the School of Military Culture, National Defense University of the PLA of China (formerly PLA Academy of Arts) with her undergraduate and master’s degrees. She is a young dancer of the Dance Drama Troupe of Beijing Opera and Dance Drama Theatre.

She has won the First Prize in the National Army Dance Competition, the Gold Medal in the 9^th China Dance Lotus Award for Chinese Classical Dance, the Gold Medal in the 10^th National Army Art Festival, the Gold Medal in the 10^th China Dance Lotus Award for Contemporary Dance, the Wenhua Award for Dance Drama in the 16^th China Arts Festival and an award for Dance Drama at the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award.

She has been invited to perform at the Gala for 2014 APEC and participate in cultural exchange programmes in New York and other places. She was a dancer in ZHANG Yimou’s film Shadow.

She has starred in dance dramas Dream of the Red Chamber, Deep Bonds, Seeking Immortality in Kongtong Mountain, Yellow River, Cavalry, The Railway to Tibet, Kubuqi, and Fat Tang, Thin Song; the dance theatre performances The Flowing Dance from Tant Poetry and Glory; and the dances From Here, Satire on Fair Ladies, Rainbow Bridge, and Red Salt Road.

WANG Yuas XIAN Xinghai’s Wife/ XIAN Xinghai’s Mother

WANG Yu

WANG Yu is a principal dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre who graduated from the Department of Chinese Classical Dance of Beijing Dance Academy (BDA). She was a winner at the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award, the Orchid Award for Outstanding Solo Performance at the 14^th of Zhejiang Opera Festival, the Gold Award at the 14^th Beijing Dance Competition, the First Prize at the 3^rd Ningbo Youth Dance Competition, and the Second Prize at the Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival.

Her representative dances include Broken Bridge in the Misty Rain, The Sad Consort YU, and Mother’s Battle. Her dance dramas include Mulan, Dream of the Red Chamber, The Red Dress, Farewell My Concubine, The Silk Road, and A Woman in the Autumn.

HE Jiangas GUANG Weiran

HE Jiang

HE Jiang is a freelance dancer who was a member of the Song and Dance Troupe of Political Department of the Chinese PLA Air Force. He graduated from the School of military culture, National Defense University of the PLA of China (formerly PLA Academy of Arts). He has won numerous awards in national dance competitions such as the Taoli Cup Dance Competition, China Dance Lotus Award and CCTV Dance Competition.

He has appeared in numerous dance dramas as a leading actor. His main works include Pomegranate Blossom, Ode to the Plum Blossoms, Railway Guerrillas, YANG Jingyu, Ginseng, Children of Rainbow, Our Sky, The Manner of Literati, and Best Before.

SUN Ruias YUAN Muzhi/ Baikadamov

SUN Rui

SUN Rui is a young Chinese dancer and the founder and artistic director of DHT Dance. He won the First Prize at the 8^th Beijing Dance Competition in 2003, the Gold Medal at the China Dance Lotus Award in 2005, the Wenhua Award, Gold Medal for performance and Gold Medal for production in the National Dance Competition in 2007, and the First Prize for modern dance in the International Dance Talent Competition Italy in 2008. In 2009, he won the First Prize for Audience’s Choice in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for his dance Butterfly Loves Flowers. He was principal dancer of the Beijing Dance Academy Youth Dance Company and the Beijing Dance Theatre.

His major works include the classical dance dramas Heming Lake, TANG Wan and Song of Wind; the modern dance dramas Stirred from a Dream, Indeterminate Domain and Haizi; and the folk dance poems The Heavenly Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Story of the Yi People. He has visited many foreign countries for exchange performances and has gone to the US for dance training. He is dedicated to the training of Chinese dancers and the development of dance.

YAN Hanyias SAI Ke

YAN Hanyi

YAN Hanyi is an independent dancer and choreographer. He graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy with a degree in Modern Dance from the Choreography Department. He was a performer with the Beijing Dance LDTX and they have participated in nearly 30 productions of the company and attended major art festivals around the world.

He was choreographer of the dance drama Pomegranate Blossom and played the male lead role of Old Orchid, which won the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award for dance drama. He was assistant director of the dance drama Canal and a dancer of the modern dance drama Best Before. He won the Sixth Body Radical Award for Audience’s Choice by National Dance Theatre of Budapest, Hungary, and the highest award by Touchpoint Arts Foundation.

WANG Zhengas ZHANG Shu/ Dukas

WANG Zheng

WANG Zheng is a principal dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre who graduated from the School of Dance of Shanghai Theatre Academy, majoring in Chinese dance. His dance Heroic Soul won the Award for New Talent and New Work in the Shanghai Dance Competition; his dance Freedom won the First Prize in the Professional Group of the 5^th Ningbo Youth Dance Competition; his dance The Power of Faith won the Nomination in the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance; his dance Naren Chaoke won the First Prize for Performance in the Inner Mongolia International Dance Competition.

His representative works include dance dramas The Red Dress, Mulan and The Railway to Tibet, and dance theatre performance In the Distance, in Here by TONG Liya.

YANG Fengshanas SHA Mei

YANG Fengshan

YANG Fengshan is a solo dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre.

His dance drama Mulan won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award for Dance Drama and the Orchid Award at the 14^th of Zhejiang Opera Festival; his dance Homesickness was selected for the final round of the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance; his dance The Power of Faith won the nomination for the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance and the Gold Medal in the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival; his modern dance The Long Road won the Second Prize in the 4^th Ningbo Dance Competition; his duo dance work Longing won the Excellent Prize in the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival; his modern dance Silent Bubble won the First Prize in the 5^th Ningbo Dance Competition.

LIN Yeas XIAN Xinghai’s Mother/ Danash

LIN Ye

LIN Ye is a solo dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre. She graduated from the Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dance Department of Beijing Dance Academy. She won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award and the Orchid Award at the 14^th Zhejiang opera Festival for her performance in the dance drama Mulan and the Second Prize in the 5^th Ningbo Dance Competition for her dance Rouge. She has represented the theatre in many exchange performances in regions including Hong Kong SAR and Korea. In 2020, she visited Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, to have cultural exchange with the local people and teach them Chinese ethnic and folk dance.

Her dance dramas include Mulan, The Red Dress and The Railway to Tibet. She played the second female role Xing’er in the dance drama The Red Dress.

HE Wenas XIAO Youmei

HE Wen

HE Wen is a solo dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre. He graduated from the Jiangxi Vocational Academy of Art. He has won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award for Dance Drama, the Golden Medal in the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival, the Top Ten Works award (the highest award) in the 2^nd Zhejiang Jiangnan Dance Competition, the Third Prize in the 4^th Ningbo Youth Dance Competition and the Second Prize in the 5^th Ningbo Dance Competition. He has performed with the theatre frequently in Bulgaria, France and other countries.

His representative works include dances The Power of Faith, Homesickness, Torch and The Tailor; and dance dramas Mulan, The Red Dress, and The Railway to Tibet. He played the second male role Alin in The Red Dress.

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LIU Guzexin

LIU Guzexin is a student of the Primary School Affiliated to the Normal School of Xicheng District of Beijing.

In July 2021, she acted in the stage play Cinderella by Beijing TV as Little Fairy. In August 2021, she filmed Douyin marketing videos for the Huanqiu Media Group, Bravo Kids and Downton Family. In August 2021, she filmed a clip of the children’s play Wonderful Childhood for Beijing China Child Stars Cool International Culture & Media Company. In October 2021, she took part in the National Ballet of China’s dance drama The Story of the Ugly Duckling, playing the lead dancer as a small bee.

LI Yaojieas YUAN Muzhi/ Baikadamov

LI Yaojie

LI Yaojie is a dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre who graduated from the Shandong Youth University of Political Science. His dance drama Mulan won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award for Dance Drama and the Orchid Award at the 14^th Zhejiang opera Festival. His dance The Power of Faith won the Gold Medal at the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival and the nomination at the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance. His dance Torch has won the Top Ten Works award (the highest award) in the 2^nd Zhejiang Jiangnan Dance Competition.

His representative works include dances Torch and The Power of Faith, and dance dramas The Red Dress, Nanny, Mulan and The Railway to Tibet.

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WU Wei

WU Wei is a lead dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre who graduated from the School of Theatre Arts, Shenyang Normal University, majoring in dance performance.

His dance A Family’s Spring Festival won the Silver Prize in the 3^rd Northeast Dance Competition; his dance drama Mulan won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award and the Orchid Award at the 14^th of Zhejiang Opera Festival; his dance Homesickness was selected for the final round of the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance; his dance Torch has won the Top Ten Works award (the highest award) in the 2^nd Zhejiang Jiangnan Dance Competition; his dance The Power of Faith won the nomination for the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance and the Gold Medal in the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival; his dance Long Journey won the Second Prize in the Professional Category of the 5^th Ningbo Youth Dance Competition.

His representative works include A Family’s Spring Festival, Torch, Homesickness, and The Power of Faith; dance dramas The Red Dress, Mulan (as Rou’er), and The Railway to Tibet (as the little Sichuaner).

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DU Boyan

DU Boyan is a dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre who graduated from Shenyang Normal University.

His dance drama Mulan won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award and the Orchid Award at the 14^th of Zhejiang Opera Festival; his dance Homesickness was selected for the final round of the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance; his dance The Power of Faith won nomination at the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance and the Gold Medal in the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival; his dance Comradeship won the gold medal in the Northeast Dance Competition. His choreography work Long Time No See won the Third Prize in the 4^th Ningbo Youth Dance Competition; his choreography work Save Me won the Third Prize in the 5^th Ningbo Youth Dance Competition.

QIU Zhehaoas XIA Zhiqiu

QIU Zhehao

QIU Zhehao is a lead dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre. He graduated from the Zhejiang Vocational Academy of Art.

His dance Red Boat was included in the 12^th National Dance Competition; his dance A Flower in the Haze was selected for the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance; his dance Torch has won the Top Ten Works award (the highest award) in the 2^nd Zhejiang Jiangnan Dance Competition; his dance The Power of Faith won the nomination for the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance and the Gold Medal in the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival.

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ZOU Baoyi

ZOU Baoyi is a dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre. She graduated from the High School Affiliated to School of military culture, National Defense University of the PLA of China (formerly PLA Academy of Arts).

Her dance Bamboo Hats of the Dai People won the First Prize for solo dance in the 11^th Shandong Youth Dance Competition; her dance Heavenly Encounter won the Gold Medal in the 12^th Shandong Youth Dance Competition; her dance Letter to My Wife won the Second Prize in the professional group of the 5^th Ningbo Youth Dance Competition; her dance drama The Kite won the 9^th Shandong Taishan Literary Award; her dance drama Mulan won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award and the Orchid Award at the 14^th of Zhejiang Opera Festival.

Her dance dramas and dance poems include The Red Dress, Mulan, The Railway to Tibet, The Kite and Memory of Yan’an.

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WU Qi

WU Qi is a dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre who graduated from the School of Theatre Arts, Shenyang Normal University, majoring in dance studies.

His dance A Family’s Spring Festival won the Silver Prize in the 3^rd Northeast Dance Competition; his dance drama Mulan won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award and the Orchid Award at the 14^th of Zhejiang Opera Festival; his dance Torch has won the Top Ten Works award (the highest award) in the 2^nd Zhejiang Jiangnan Dance Competition; his dance The Power of Faith won the nomination for the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance and the Gold Medal in the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival.

His representative works include dances A Family’s Spring Festival, Torch and The Power of Faith; dance dramas The Red Dress, Mulan, and The Railway to Tibet.

DUAN Bowenas XIAO Youmei

DUAN Bowen

DUAN Bowen is a dancer of the Ningbo Opera and Dance Drama Theatre who graduated from the Shandong Youth University of Political Science.

His dance drama Mulan won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award and the Orchid Award at the 14^th of Zhejiang Opera Festival; his dance The Power of Faith won the nomination for the 12^th China Dance Lotus Award for Modern and Contemporary Dance and the Gold Medal in the 11^th Zhejiang Music and Dance Festival; his dance Torch has won the Top Ten Works award (the highest award) in the 2^nd Zhejiang Jiangnan Dance Competition.

His representative works include dances Torch and The Power of Faith; dance dramas The Red Dress, Nanny, Mulan and The Railway to Tibet.

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Ningbo Performance & Arts Group Co., Ltd.
The Ningbo Performance & Arts Group Co., Ltd. was founded on December 21^st, 2011 with a registered capital of 70 million yuan. The Group consists of seven first-tier subsidiaries, including the Ningbo Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe Co., Ltd., Ningbo Opera Troupe Co., Ltd., Ningbo Song and Dance Theater Co., Ltd., Ningbo Modern Drama Troupe Co., Ltd., Ningbo Tianran Stage Culture Development Co., Ltd., Ningbo Tianran Stage Design Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Kaiyan Culture Development Co., Ltd., two second-tier subsidiaries, including Ningbo Yanjie Culture Development Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Children’s Art Training School, and two theatres, including Tianran Stage and Baiyun Experimental Theatre.

The Group has more than 360 employees, many of whom are artists with senior professional titles, including those who enjoy special allowances from the State Council, “Four Kinds of Talents in the First Batch” by the National Publicity and Culture System, and Advanced Workers in the National Culture System. The Group also has a large number of excellent stage art works, which have won awards including the “Five-One” Project Award by Publicity Department of the CPC and China Dance Lotus Award. The Group has visited many countries, including France, the USA, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Madagascar, as well as Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Over the past ten years, the Group has produced 52 plays on the basis of national resources and local materials, including 25 commissioned ones. Many of them are masterpieces, including the dance drama Mulan, national opera Deer’s Call, modern dramas Eastward Flows the Yangtse River and ZHANG Renya, Yue operas Women in Mingzhou Are All Crowned and Library, Ningbo operas Dream Building and Red Azalea, children’s plays Magical Vivipara Shell and Legend of Three-Character Classic. It has won five national awards and 13 provincial awards, ranking first in terms of both number and quality among sub-provincial cities and cities specifically designated in the state plan, and ranking top nationwide.

Adhering to the idea of “serving the people with arts”, the Group has delivered more than 500 performances every year, on average, and has visited more than 30 cities in more than 10 countries including France, the USA, Germany, Russia, Austria, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Madagascar and Bulgaria. It has won the honourary titles of National Advanced Unit of Cultural System Reform, Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Industry Demonstration Base, Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Innovation Management Team and Key Cultural Enterprise of Zhejiang Province.
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