Bangkok--2 Oct--Image Impact
Shanghai Ballet is making its first ever appearance in Thailand on October 4 and 6, 2009 during Bangkok’s 11th International Festival of Dance & Music at the Thailand Cultural Centre.
Recognized as a strong regional dance company, Shanghai Ballet is respected for upholding a classical ballet discipline. Their repertoire includes updated versions of classic favorites, along with a growing number of works which combine a traditional Chinese element, such as A Sigh of Love and The Butterfly Lovers.
The company will perform Romeo and Juliet, a classical ballet choreographed by Derek Deane, OBE and former Artistic Director of the English National Ballet, on October 4th, and August Bournonville’s version of La Sylphide, choreographed by Jean Paul Gravier, a recipient of the National Order of Arts and Letters award from France, and former Director of Ballet National du Rhin, on October 6th. In a review of this Romeo and Juliet production, London’s Financial Times declared: “This may be the most theatrically detailed, daring and amatory of Romeo and Juliet ballets”.
While Romeo and Juliet is regarded as one of the world’s most moving love stories, La Sylphide is a romantic ballet based on a fairy tale by Charles Nodier, which also relates of unappeased and tragic love for the ethereal Sylphide.
Tickets can be purchased at ThaiTicketMajor’s call center 02 262 3456, outlets or on www.thaiticketmajor.com. Bulk purchases of 10 tickets and above will be entitled to a 10% discount, and students presenting their ID’s will be entitled to a 20% discount per ticket per performance. Tickets purchased using Bangkok Bank credit or debit cards will be eligible for special discounts. Please contact ThaiTicketMajor for purchase conditions.
Bangkok’s 11th International Festival of Dance & Music, sponsored by Bangkok Bank Plc, B Grimm, Dusit Thani Hotel, King Power Group, Ministry of Culture, Post Publishing Plc, SCG, Thai Airways International Plc, The Government Public Relations Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand and Toyota Motor Thailand, is being held at the Thailand Cultural Centre from September 7 — October 17, 2009
For the full Festival program, please visit www.bangkokfestivals.com.
For further information, please contact Image Impact Ltd:
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