Only 4 days left to the online premiere of the 10th Ballet Workshop on May 12!

 With everyone's expectation

We have received lots of supports and encouragements through the platform.

Thanks for all your concern

for the Ballet Workshop of National Ballet of China!

Besides, we have also seen netizens' concern

for the creating and rehearsal process.

Today, let us get the first glimpse of it!

About Creation

A Lesson

Choreographer: Wang Sizheng

Photo by Li Zhong (a student from Trainee Class 2015 of the Dance School of NBC)

Wang Sizheng, a young choreographer growing up from the Workshop is the general director of the 10th Ballet Workshop as well as a modern dance teacher of the Dance School of National Ballet of China. He presents the video work A Lesson to inspire our reflections on what is life and what is time.

Leaves in the Rain

Choreographer: Li Yang

The young choreographer Li Yang aspires to commemorate every life lost in this pandemic with his work Leaves in the Rain on this special day, May 12th.

Waiting for You

Choreographer: Su Yang

Another young Choreographer Su Yang tells the story of the great patents of those heroes leaving homes to fight against the pandemic, to show their love and perseverance in this battle.

Guardian Angel

Choreographer: Zheng Yu

For the first time to work in Ballet Workshop as a choreographer, the Principle Dancer of National Ballet of China Zheng Yu is inspired by those touching moments in the pandemic. The medical workers in the frontline of the battle against the pandemic are just like angels, guarding everyone from danger. Therefore, Zheng Yu expresses his reconsideration on his attitude toward life in Guardian Angel.

36.2

Choreographer: Hu Yang (Guest)

Hu Yang, from China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater, presents his work 36.2 as a guest choreographer. Focusing on the "ordinary people" in the pandemic, this work expresses that everyone who fights against the pandemic is a hero in the face of the common challenge for humanity.

Embrace the Spring

Choreographer: Peng Jie

The same as Zheng Yu, this is also the first time of the young choreographer Peng Jie to work in the Ballet Workshop. Embrace the Spring is also performed by Peng Jie. Spring represents warmth and hope. When facing the difficulties, we use our own special way to fight it to meet the spring sunshine in our hearts.

About Rehearsal

We have already seen in the live broadcast "Practice Online" as well as trailer of Ballet Workshop that dancers of National Ballet of China all practice with masks. Some netizens are concerned that whether wearing masks will affect rehearsals.

The answer is YES! During the pandemic prevention and control period, the Company strictly manage the hours of using time and number of people in the rehearsal hall, sterilize regularly and every dancer is required to wear masks during the rehearsal. You can imagine that sitting indoors in a mask for half a day will make us suffocating, not to mention that dancers have to finish highly complex dance movements. During the 12-day rehearsal of this workshop, the choreographers and dancers overcame various difficulties and polished every movement and expression in rehearsal, just to present the best ballet to audience.

About Production

The form of online performance might be familiar to the audience, while it is a trial and challenge for the young choreographers of National Ballet of China who are trying to present the art of ballet in the form of video for the first time. In order to reflect the choreographers' intention as much as possible in the video images and reduce the weakening of the aesthetic feeling of the dance while giving full play to the advantages of the lens language, the choreographers tried learning to write shooting script, discussed and created with the film production team. After numerous modifications, we are witnessing the works from concept to formation to fullness and vividness, which condensing the painstaking efforts of all workshop members!

At 19:30 on May 12th

The 10th Ballet Workshop will meet you online on time!

Live platform and address links will be released in the following news.

All members of National Ballet of China

pay respect to all the workers and heroes fighting against the pandemic

and pay homage to life!