Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Folk Dance Drama 'Dream of the Red Mansion' Debuts
Dancers perform in a newly created drama based on the Chinese classic,"The Dream of Red Mansions," at the closing ceremony of the fourth Lotus Awards of the China National Dance Competition in Shanghai on Monday.
Dancers perform in a newly created drama based on the Chinese classic,"The Dream of Red Mansions," at the closing ceremony of the fourth Lotus Awards of the China National Dance Competition in Shanghai on Monday.
The dance is divided into five parts and tells the tragic love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, adapted from the classical novel.
The performers have been preparing for some three years and the dance movements and stage lighting and dress style are well designed.