The National Ballet of China was founded in December 1959, bringing together first-rate artistic talents from professional schools and colleges.Under the auspices of the government and different sectors of society, the troupe builds on the Russian School of Ballet while keeping learning widely from diverse schools styles. It has introduced an array of world classical works.

 

 

For more than half a century, the troupe has made remarkable achievements in cultivating talents, building repertoire, as well as popularizing and educating on the ballet. Some of its ballet, musical and stage design artists have even won prizes in diverse international competitions to join the ranks of world-class stars.

 

As a renowned ballet company with international prestige, the troupe serves as a cultural ambassador and an important gateway to Chinese artistic sensibility facing the outside world, and is sparing no efforts to give finer performances at home with outreach activities on campuses, in communities and at middle and primary schools. The Chief Executive and Artistic Director is FENG Ying.

 

 

Act I
Scene 1. Mysterious Forest, outside the Fane

Scene 2. Royal Palace

Scene 3. Garden of Royal Palace

 

Act II. In Solor’s Tent

 

Act III. At the Fane

 

 

Cast（for referrence）
Nikiya, a temple dancer: QIU Yunting/WANG Ye
Solor, a warrior: MA Xiaodong/WU Sicong
Gamzatti, the Radjah’s daughter: XU Yan/FANG Mengying
The Bronzed Idol: ZHENG Yu/HOU Xulei
The High Brahmin: LI Ke/LI Zhuangzhuang
The King: CUI Kai/LI Ke
Magdaveya, the Head Fakir: ZHANG Xi/TENG Jiankai
Solor’s Friend: LI Wentao
Aya (Gamzatti’s maid): SHI Liyang
Dancing Scene: ZHAN Xinlu, SUN Xiaoqian, XIE Huan, BEI Shacai, LI Jie, HOU Shuang, YU Xiaoting, CHEN Haibei, GUO Fengbai, SUN Haifeng
Soloists: HOU Shuang, LIU Xuechen, QIU Yunting, LI Jie