On October 27th, the National Ballet of China symphony orchestra staged a special symphony concert with the music of the large-scale original ballet The Crane Calling at the concert hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. The musicians of National Ballet of China symphony orchestra shared the stage with ballet artists and made the ballet on the stage of the symphony orchestra.

The Crane Calling is a successful exploration of the National Ballet of China over the years to seek innovation on the basis of inheritance and strive to tell Chinese story in the western artistic language. The ballet is based on the true story of Xu Xiujuan, a young girl who sacrificed herself for protecting the crane. It is a perfect combination of body language and true sincere melody, drawing a touching scene of love between human and crane. Since its premiere in 2015, it has received widespread praise at home and abroad.

This performance in the National Centre for the Performing Arts is one the educational weekend symphony concerts, which was conducted by The Crane Calling composer -- Shen Yiwen. His conduction was described by the New York Times as "fresh, concise and lyrical in style, like a colorful painting". Shen Yiwen, who conducted the concert for the first time in the concert hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, had a very tacit cooperation with the musicians of the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra. The composer's emotion in the creation of music was passed to the artists through the baton, which made the music of The Crane Calling more sincere and touching.

The highlight of the concert on that day came from the super luxurious cast of National Ballet of China: the Prima Ballerina Wang Qimin, Premier Danseur Ma Xiaodong and excellent dancer Fang Mengying. Wang Qimin and Ma Xiaodong played respectively as Mengjuan and Zhiyuan gave the audience a wonderful version of a love pas de deux. While, Menghe (the Crane Queen) played by Fang Mengying showed the creative team's enormous effort in the mimicry of the crane. And the performance of the three dancers in the "Pas de Trois" accurately conveyed the hope and light of the harmonious co-existence between human and nature, which had pushed the performance to the climax.