iconic ballet set to return
a scene from the legend of the white snake. china daily
white snake romance classic will thrill audiences anew, chen nan reports.
with a four-decade-long career as a ballet dancer, zou gang, who danced with top ballet companies, including the liaoning ballet and the national ballet of china, has a dream of adapting for ballet the well-known folk tale, the legend of the white snake.
the tale has been adapted many times in various forms.
longing for human life, its protagonist, bai suzhen, who is a white snake turning into a beautiful woman, and her romance with her husband xu xian, a respected doctor, has been inspiration for generations of artists.
now, as the head and artistic director of the guangzhou ballet, zou is about to fulfill the dream.
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