The Red Detachment of Women, the National Ballet of China at the Canal Theaters. | Dance News
The National Ballet of China visits Spain
The National Ballet of China continues its visit to the 33rd Madrid en Danza International Festival with its show El destacamento rojo de mujeres (The Red Detachment of Women). This time the show can be seen at the Sala Roja of the Teatros del Canal, on December 5, 6 and 7, at 8.30 pm.
About the show
The National Ballet of China visits Spain for the first time as part of the 33rd Madrid International Dance Festival with one of its most legendary creations, The Red Detachment of Women. Based on a heroic legend from the 1930s, the play captures the spirit of the Chinese women’s revolution, the story of Qionghua, the way she escaped from the house of night and the world. . With the help of Hong Chang and her comrades, this young peasant girl, who lived in bitterness and thirst for revenge, became a resolute soldier of the revolution.
Classical dance
Country: China
Duration: 120 minutes
Premiere in Spain
Artistic data
Artistic Director: Feng Ying
Adaptation of the original film of the same name, with screenplay by: Liang Xin
Choreography: Li Chengxiang, Jiang Zuhui and Wang Xixian
Music composition: Wu Zuqiang, Du Mingxin, Dai Hongwei , Shi Wanchun and Wang Yanqiao
Song: The Detachment Song, composed by Huang Zhun.
Set design: Ma Yunhong
Liang Hongzhou ] Cast (subject to change): [19659006] Qionghua: Zhang Jian, Lu Na, Li Jie, Hou Shuang
Hong Changqing: Ma Xiaodong, Li Ke, Ella Zhaohuan, Zhang Tiao
China Commander: [1945900] Jie, Lu Na, Liu Xuechen
Xiao’e: Sun Xiaoqian, Xie Huan
Xiaopang: Wang Hao, Zheng Yu, Guo Xiaotia
Companion-in-arms: , Lu Na, Qiu Yunting, Hou Shuang
Lao Si: Jiang Wei, Li Jun, Liu Kai
Nabatian: Li Ke, Jiang Wei
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About the company
Founded in 1959 by Russian choreographer Pyotr Gusev, the National Ballet of China has toured in more than 40 countries with its most popular activities on stage, including France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Russia. From classical inspiration, the prestigious formation has not only limited itself to media such as Swan Lake, Don Quixote or The Nutcracker, among many others. Considered one of the ten best ballets in the world, a long time of its history, a better knowledge of the world classical dance and determine their own style, maintaining the rigor of the classical discipline, but without losing the peculiarities of their own culture. millennia.
The result of a successful fusion of Eastern and Western cultures in the 1960s, The Red Detachment of Women was published in the Lincoln. New York Center. This “classic red” drama tells the story of a woman who will turn her fortune into great individual growth. As art director Feng Ying explains, “Qionghua, the protagonist of the drama, wanted to free herself from oppression, but she did not have the ability to do so, until she joined the revolutionary army and fought alongside many other men and women who, like her, wanted to change their fate”. He adds: “The piece addresses a universal theme and our company takes advantage of body language and action to convey all kinds of feelings during the show. And the public finds it wonderful.
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