October 2005 2005 Next Wave Festival

Mary Heilmann, Last Chance for Gas Study (delail), 2005

BAM 2005 Next Wave Festival is sponsored by:

The PerformingNeonEArts Magazine Altria 2005 ~ext Wave FeslliLaL

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Alan H. Fishman William I. Campbell Chairman of the Board Vice Chairman of the Board

Karen Brooks Hopkins Joseph V. Melillo President Executive Producer

presents Raise the Red Lantern

Approxi mate BAM Howard Gilman House running time: Oct 11-15, 2005 at 7:30pm 2 hours, one interm ission National of China Directed by Zhang Yimou

Composed by Chen Qigang Choreographed by Wang Xinpeng and Wang Yuanyuan Stage design by Zeng Li Costume design by Jerome Kaplan Lighting design by Zhang Yimou Producer Zhao Ruheng

World Premiere: May 2, 2001, Beijing

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BAM 2005 Next Wave Festival is sponsored by Altria Group, Inc. Raise the Red Lantern is part of Diverse Voices at BAM presented by Time Warner, Inc.

Delta Air Lines is the official airline for BAM Dance, which also receives major support from The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Additional BAM Dance support is provided by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Mary L. Griggs & Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, and Capezio/Ba//et Makers Dance Foundation. Additional support for Raise the Red Lantern is provided by the Asian Cultural Council.

Support for the opening night reception is provided by Partnership for New York City and Independence Community Bank. Artistic Director Zhao Ruheng

Principals Zhu Van - Zhang Jian - Wang Qimin - Meng Ningning Sun Jie - Li Jun - Yu Bo

Soloists Jin Jia - Wang Qi Huang Zhen - Hou Qingfeng - Yang Lei - Zhou Zhaohui - Hao Bin

Coryphees Lu Na - Wen Fang - Hu Tiantian - Zhang Man - Ma Yini Deng Mi - Wang Yitong - Li Yiran

Wu Van - Jiang Wei - Li Ke - Zhang Xiangyuan Wang Hao - Cui Kai - Li Nan - Hu Dayong

Corps de Ballet Zhou Wen - Song Xiaoxiao - Wang Lei - Wu Shuming Suo Pei - Yang Chunhui - Yang Zi - Li Jing - Liu Yang - Shang Jiaojiao Liu Qi - Wang Bingjie - Yu Yang - Wang Ye

Hou Pengfei - Wang Wei - Zhang Kai - Chen Xi - Du Jichao Li Ming - Ji Mo - Liu Shi - Wang Hongbo

Peking Opera Performers Zhang Yi - Yu Lei - Gao Chen - Yin Songtao

Musicians Li Jinping (drums) - Xu Jinzhong (large gong) Guo Yi (small gong) - Wang Qingrong (large gong)

The National Ballet of China's international travel and shipping is courtesy of the JF Kennedy Festival of China and the Chinese Ministry of Culture

Casting-Raise the Red Lantern (subject to change)

Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15

Second concubine Zhu Yan Zhang Jian Wang Qimin Zhu Yan Wang Qimin

First concubine Meng Ningning Jin Jia Ming Ningning Meng Ningning Zhu Yan

Peki ng opera actor Sun Jie Hou Qingfeng Li Jun Sun Jie Li Jun

Master Huang Zhen Yang Lei Yang Lei Huang Zhen Huang Zhen

Wife Jin Jia Lu Na Lu Na Jin Jia Jin Jia Synop~si~s _

Prologue Act III 1930s, China. In a quiet courtyard a young girl is The two lovers continue their love affair in secret. forced into a bridal palanquin. She is going to be The first concubine tells the master about their the second concubine of the Master of the house. affair. The master catches the two lovers who Before getting into the palanquin, she remembers bravely confess without hesitation. The first concu­ her childhood lover-a young actor from a Peking bine tries to use this occasion to renew her favor Opera group (Xi Ban). with the master. However, she receives a heavy slap on the face from the master instead. Driven Act I by depression, she grabs the lighting stick, which In the happy and joyful atmosphere of the wed­ symbolizes the master's power over his household ding, the wife and the first concubine welcome the and lights all the red lanterns hanging in her yard. second concu bi ne of the master of the house into With great fury, the master orders his minions to the family, with complex emotional undertones. execute the first concubine who dares to break his The night of the wedding, despite her desperate house law. resistance, the bride is finally overcome by her tragic desti ny. Epilogue The two lovers and the first concubine are taken Act II to the execution ground. Facing death, they forget The master passes ti me with his wives by watch­ their hostilities, and reconcile with each other. In ing Peking and playing mah-jongg. The tolerance and affection, they embrace. Feudalism second concubine sneaks out for a while to meet strangles their young lives and beautiful love. her former lover. But their secret is discovered by the first concubine who has ulterior motives. Who's Wb o _

The National Ballet of China (NBC), the only Chi­ the NBC has over 80 professional ballet dancers, nese national ballet, was founded on December teachers, and regisseurs. Many of its dancers 31, 1959. Originally known as the Experimental have won gold, silver, and bronze medals at major of the Beijing Dance School-lithe international ballet competitions. cradle of dancers"-it quickly grew under the influence of numerous Russian masters. During its The NBC's artistic mission is twofold: firstly, to formative years from 1954 to 1963, Pyotr Gusev introduce Chinese audiences to Western classi- and other Russian artists brought the Ballet train­ cal and contemporary ballet works and ing typical of the Russian School and assimilated secondly, to explore the unique fusion possible it into the Chinese training program. In collabo­ between classical ballet and Chinese culture. This ration, the Russians and Chinese successfully fusion was achieved by choreographing and creat­ staged a number of classical ballets including ing its own ballets. The NBC's repertoire includes , , and from 1958 many such fusion Chinese ballets, which repre­ to 1960. This first generation of Chinese classical sent Chinese characteristics-The Red Detach­ ballet dancers and other artists would go on to ment of Women, Ode to the Yimeng Mountains, help build the company's classical ballet repertoire The Son and Daughter of the Grassland, The and lay a solid foundation for the development New Year's Sacrifice, Lin Daiyu, The Yellow River, of the National Ballet of China. Over the past 45 Butterfly Lovers, The Nutcracker, and Raise the years, the company has attached great impor­ Red Lantern. A number of other contemporary tance to the exploration and the accumulation of ballets have won international acclaim, such as ballet knowledge. Today the NBC has an extensive Coppelia, Fate, Rainbow of the Night, The Chair­ repertoire and has successfully trained many man Dances, Rite of Spring, and Swan Lake (new generations of outstanding artists. This winning version). Each of these ballets is an exploration of combination has attracted the attention and praise the blending between Chinese culture and history of the international world of ballet. At present, with more classical Western elements. Who's Wb~o _

Continuing its education through cultural Red Sorghum, a tragic tale revolving around an exchange, the NBC has worked with a variety arranged marriage, which immediately garnered of foreign ballet masters and choreographers, him much attention in China and abroad. Since including renowned artists Anton Dolin and Rudolf then he has directed the films Operation Cougar Nureyev, to stage classical ballet works including Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, The Story of Qiu Pas de Quatre, Variations for Four, , Ju, To Live, Keep Cool, Shanghai Triad, Not 0n.e La Sylphide of the Bournonville School, Sleeping Less, The Road Home, Happy Times, Hero, and Beauty, Ben Stevenson's Fountain of Tears, and House of Flying Daggers. His films have won him Lycette Darsonval's from the Paris Opera international praise at festivals in the U.S., Japan, Ballet. Included are also George Balanchine's Germany, Australia, Belgium, France, and Italy, Neo-Classical ballets, including Serenade, and among other countries. He is the first Chinese ever other contemporary works such as Rudy van to be nominated for an Academy Award; it was for Dantzig's The Four Last Songs. Over the last ten Ju Dou as Best Foreign Film at the 63rd Annual years, Director Zhao Ruheng and all members of Academy Awards in 1991. He received nomina­ the NBC have been inspired by the spirit of the tions again for Raise the Red Lantern and Hero. company's slogan, "Struggle arduously, keep unit­ Raise the Red Lantern went on to receive the ed and down to earth." They have been diligently "best foreign film" award from the British Acad­ contributing toward their goal of "expansion and emy Awards and the New York Critics Circle. For furtherance of the art of ballet" through numerous live performance, Zhang has directed the opera performances and collaborations. Turandot and created a ballet version of Raise the Red Lantern. Currently, Zhang has just finished The company is further enhanced by the reputa­ production of Lonely Ride over a Long Distance tion of its orchestra. The National Ballet of China and preparing for his next film, a musical entitled Symphony Orchestra consists of 60 classically Impression Lijiang. trained musicians and is the only orchestra in China to specialize in ballet accompaniment. Zhao Ruheng (producer and supervisor), execu­ Also in-house is NBC's experienced house stage tive director and artistic director of the National production team that make all of the exquisite Ballet of China, began her career with the com­ costumes, scenery, props, head-dresses, and pany as a dancer in 1961, after graduating with ballet shoes. The NBC is fortunate to be affiliated outstanding recognition from the Beijing Dance with Beijing's Tianqiao Theatre, which was built Academy. However, a leg injury in 1972 brought in 1953 and recently underwent renovations her dance career, which included principal roles in which were completed in 2001. It is one of the Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Giselle, and The Red only theaters in China built specially to host opera Detachment of Women, to an end. After pursuing and ballet performances. further studies at the Beijing Second Foreign Lan­ guage Institute, she devoted herself to teach ing, Since the day it was founded, the National Ballet rehearsing, artistic research, and external cultural of China has never stopped receiving generous exchanges, even initiating the participation of support from the Chinese government and from its company members in a variety of internationally older generation of artists. Throughout the NBC's renowned ballet competitions and performances. development and to much international acclaim, In recognition of her great contribution to Chinese the Ballet has toured more than 30 countries ballet, she was appointed the interim director of around the world including Great Britain, the U.S., the NBC in 1993 and was promoted to executive Russia, France, Denmark, and Italy. The NBC director the followi ng yea r. She has si nce led the has brought Chinese ballet into the limelight and company on numerous international tours. She garnered deserved praise from the international was also appointed juror of the adjudicating panel ballet world. for the Kwangju International Ballet Competition in Korea (1995), the New York International Ballet Zhang Yimou (director) was born in Xi'an, China. Competition (1996 & 2000), the USA Interna­ He graduated from the Photography Department tional Ballet Competition (Jackson, Miss., 2002), of the Beijing Film Academy in 1982 and became and the Nagoya International Ballet Competition a director of Guangxi Film Studio, where began his in Japan (2002). In 2001 she was appointed the career as a cinematographer. In 1988 he directed chairwoman of the jury of the Second Shanghai Who's WbL...... 3llllllLo _

International Ballet Competition in China. In National Ballet (Adagio, 1999), 2004, she was invited to be a juror at both the van Vlaandern Antwerpen, and National Ballet Varna International Ballet Competition and the Lithuanian (Le Sacre du Printemps and Kontrasts, Seoul International Dance Competition and in 2000). In August 2001, Wang was invited to be 2005 she served as a juror for the Helsinki Inter­ the artistic director of Meiningen Theatre Ballet. national Ballet Competition. There he choreographed Four Seasons, Fire Bird, Petroushka, Cinderella, and Image. In October, Chen Qigang (composer), born in Shanghai, 200I, he choreographed Tan Dun's work Death pursued musical studies at a very high level from and Fire for the Royal Ballet of Flanders. In early childhood in China, where he was able to September 2003, he was appointed the artistic develop in a privileged family setting. He was director of Dortmund Opera House Ballet. In May studying at the Music Middle School of the Central 2004, he choreographed Prokofiev's Symphonies Conservatory of Music, but then underwent the No.1, 3 and 5 for the Opera House and in the rigors of the . Despite his same year choreographed Petroushka for the father's imprisonment in a labor camp and his Royal Ballet of Flanders. own suffering in detention for three years, he doggedly pursued his childhood love of music and Wang Yuanyuan (choreographer) graduated from managed to build a new life after the Revolution. the Beijing Dance Academy with a BFA and from He first went to France in 1984, and until 1988 the California Institute of Arts with an MFA. She studied with Olivier Messiaen, whose last-and retu rned to worked extensively with the Beij ing at the time, only-pupil he was. It is thanks to Dance Academy and the National Ballet of China this immense figure of the 20th century that Chen for many years where she choreographed major became familiar with modern western music. Over works such as Raise the Red Lantern, Rainbow four years, they developed a strong friendship that of Night (Best Choreography Award, Shanghai left a profound impression on Chen's music. Being International Ballet Competition), Fate, Butterfly so deeply grounded in both traditional Asian and Lovers, The Nutcracker, and AI Nur. She was western cultures has benefited the composer by named Best Choreographer by Pointe magazine giving him inexhaustible resources. Having won in the seventh International Ballet Competition in numerous awards and prizes in China and France, Jackson, Miss. (2000). She was honored with he was honored as "Musician of the Year" by the the Award of Excellence for the choreography Chinese press in 1990. He is now guest professor of Attraction at the seventh International Dance at Conservatories of Music in Beijing and Shang­ Competition in Paris, France and the eighth hai. He is the Resident Composer at the Orchestre Moscow International Ballet Competition in Rus­ Philharmonique de Strasbourg. sia. She directed and choreographed large-scale performances with thousands of performers in the Wang Xinpeng (choreographer), born in Dalian, open ing ceremony of the Retu rn of Hong Kong China, studied ballet at his hometown art school Celebration. As a performer she has received from 1970-74. He was trained in choreography the second prize in the sixth Paris International at the Beijing Dance Academy from 1985-89 Dance Competition. In 2003, Wang was a guest and studied modern dance at the Folkwanghoch­ choreographer with the New York Choreographic schule in Essen, Germany from 1989-90. From Institute and has been invited to return. 1991-96 he was a member of the Aalto Ballet Theater in Essen, Germany, and created numer­ Zeng Li (stage designer) graduated from the ous works including Concerto, Looking Back, Scenery Department of the Central Academy Facing-in-between, and Low Version. Since 1996 of Drama, China in 1988. Since 1996 he has Wang has worked as a choreographer all over the cooperated with Zhang Yimou, on all of his stage world. He has created dances for the Hong Kong performances of Turandot, along with Raise the Ballet (Transient-Ness, 1996), the National Ballet Red Lantern and Liu Sanjie. Zeng wrote his first of China (Between US; Red Point, 1997, and libretto for the opera Diary of a Madman, for the to stage Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern, Nieuw Ensemble, Holland in 1994 in coopera­ 2001), Contemporary Dance Festival in New York tion with Guo Wenjin, a famous contemporary (Century Step and Transient-Ness, 1997), Ballet com poser inChina. The opera has become one of Dresden (The Chairman Dances, 1998), the Het the most important modern operas in China and Who's WbL...... 3IE..-o _ has been performed to high acclaim at prestigious the work of Jean-Christophe Maillot and Les festivals in Amsterdam, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Ballets de Monte-Carlo, for whom he has created and Beijing. In 2003, he wrote another libretto the decor and costumes of Naranjas e Citrons, for the opera of The Memory of the Taipin Lak, L'Enfant et les Sortileges, Betes Noires, Home collaborating with Nieuw Ensemble and music by Sweet Home, Dov'e la luna, and the costumes Mr. Xu Shuya, a well-known modern French-Chi­ for Ubuhuha and Romeo and Juliet. In 1997, he nese composer. As a modern artist, Zeng Li has designed the set and costumes for the new pro­ been involved in many fields of creation includ­ duction of Theme and Variations (Balanchine) and ing fine art, installation art, architecture design, Casse-Noisette Circus (J .C. Maillot) as well as the and photography. In 1995 his first installation costumes for Recto Verso and Cendrillon (April, exhibition, Legacy, was held in the International 1999). He designs decor and costumes for the Art Gallery in Beijing. Many of his works were Ballet de Nancy's choreographers, J. F. Druoure selected for large exhibition in and out of China, and R. Orlin. including in 2001 the Transplantation in Situ: A Chinese-French Sculpture Exhibition; the first Feng Ying (deputy director and ballet mistress) Guangzhou Triennial Reinterpretation: A Decade graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy in of Experimental Chinese Art at the Guangzhou 1979 and joined the National Ballet of China the Art Museum; 2002 Shanghai Biennale; Urban next year. In 1982, she was sent to France to Creation, at the Shanghai Art Museum; 2002 study at the Opera National de Paris for one year, Pingyao International Photography Festival; The during which she studied with ballet masters like Metropolis-Fifth San Paulo International Biennial Maurice Bejart and others. Her repertoire included of Architecture and Design, Brazil; as well as the various ballets of the National Ballet of China ninth and tenth Prague Quadrennial, 1999 and including full-length classical ballets Swan Lake, 2003. In 2004, an exhibition of his work was Don Quixote, Giselle, Sylvia, Sleeping Beauty, and held in Jinmen Castle Gallery, Taiwan under the Romeo and Juliet; Chinese contemporary ballet name Eighteen Exhibition. In 2001, under his including The Red Detachment of Women, The coordination, the first Liang Sicheng Architecture Maid of the Sea, and Lin Daiyu, and other ballet Design Biennale was held at the National Art works including Serenade, Pas de Quatre, Helio­ Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing. In 2005, Zeng Li trope, The Dying Swan, Concerto, Four Romantic is participating in the preparation and construc­ Pieces, and Yellow River. She won first prize at the tion of the new Theatre of Beijing Modern Art First National Dance Competition (solo) in 1985 Centre as well as planning and preparing his first and Second National Dance Competition (pas photography exhibition-The Age of Yugong. He de deux) in 1987. In 1999, working with other will also direct his first opera entitled Memory of young choreographers, she created a Chinese Taiping Lake for the Beijing International Music version of The Nutcracker. Since leaving the Festival. He has received scholarships from the stage in 1997, she has begun to concentrate on Asian Cultural Council of New York. training the new generation of dancers. In 2002, she served on the jury of the Asian and Pacific In­ Jerome Kaplan (costume designer), born in ternational Ballet Competition held in Japan. She Paris, developed a passion for the plastic arts was also invited as a jurist for the Sixth National early in his life. He studied at the Ecole de la Rue Dance Competition in 2004. She was appointed Blanche, in the department of stage decoration. the Deputy Director of the National Ballet of China Since leaving in 1987, he has designed costumes in July 2004. and decor for a number of theatrical productions, including Rossini's Barber of Seville, Massenet's Wang Caijun (ballet master) graduated from Don Quichotte, and Vivaldi's Montezuma (all Beijing Dance Academy in 1978 and joined the three operas directed by Ariel Garcia Valdes). National Ballet of China the following year. He Kaplan also designed the costumes for L'Arche de has danced all the principal roles in the reper­ Noe by Benjamin Britten and Journal d'un Usager toire of the company, including classical ballets, de I'Espace written by Georges Perce, with music Swan Lake, Sylvia, Giselle, Don Quixote, La Fille by Didier Lockwood (both pieces directed by Mal Gardee, Romeo and Juliet, and the Chinese Charlotte Nessi and produced at the Bastille Op­ ballets Maid of the Sea, The New Year Sacrifice, era). He discovered contemporary dance through and The Red Detachment of Women. In recent Who's Wb~o _ years, he has been working as ballet master and New Zealand Ballet, and in 2004 by the Hong assistant choreographer. He is overseeing the ad­ Kong Ballet, to perform the roles of Odette/Odile in aptation work on the new version of Swan Lake as Swan Lake. In April, 2004, she performed at the well as the new version of Raise the Red Lantern. Festival of America.

Zhu Van (principal dancer) joined the National Wang Qimin (principal dancer) joined the Na­ Ballet of China in 1995 and has danced leading tional Ballet of China in 1999. She has danced roles in many full length ballets including Swan lead roles in Giselle, The Nutcracker, Raise the Lake, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Red Lantern, the company's new versions of Le Corsaire, La Sylphide , The Nutcracker, Raise Coppe/ia and Swan Lake, Etudes, Sylvia, Le the Red Lantern, Sylvia, The Fountain of Tears, Corsaire, La Sylphide , The Fountain of Tears, and and also Act III of La Bayadere. Her contemporary The Butterfly Lovers. She has danced leading ballet repertoire includes Rite of Spring, The Four roles in Balanchine's ballets, and contemporary Last Songs, Who Cares?, The Butterfly Lovers, ballet works such as Rite of Spring. In 1998, she Etudes, La Bayadere, and others. She has danced won the Special Prize at the Paris International the principal roles in many of Balanchine's bal­ Ballet Competition, and in June 2001, she won lets. She has won awards at major international Gold Medal at the ninth Moscow International ballet competitions including the Special Award Ba Ilet Com petition. In 2004, she was awa rded a at the Sixth Paris International Ballet Competi- scholarship from the French government to study tion (1994), and the Gold Medal and Special at the . Prize for Artistic Performance of the First Lady of Bulgaria at the eighteenth Varna International Sun Jie (principal dancer) joined the National Ballet Competition (1998). At the invitation of the Ballet of China in 1991 after graduating from the and the Royal New Zealand Beijing Dance Adademy. His repertoire includes Ballet, she danced the leading role in La Sylphide , principal roles in full length ballets: The Red and Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. In 2005, she was Detachment of Women, Romeo and Juliet, Don invited as guest artist to dance the principal role Quixote, Giselle, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire, The in La Sylphide with the . Nutcracker, and Raise the Red Lantern, Coppelia, La Sylphide , Sylvia, the new version of Fountain Zhang Jian (principal dancer), following her of Tears, and Act II of The New Year Sacrifice. graduation from the Beijing Dance Academy in He has danced in principal roles in many of 1996, joined the National Ballet of China, danc­ Balanchine's ballets, and other contemporary ing many principal roles in classical ballets, in­ works such as Rite of Spring, Butterfly Lovers, cluding Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Etude, The Yellow River, and Heliotrope. In 1992, The Red Detachment of Women, La Sylphide , he was invited to perform at the third Macau The Nutcracker, Raise the Red Lantern, Sylvia, International Arts Festival. In 1994, 1998, and Le Carsaire , the new version of Fountain of Tears, 2000, he was invited as Guest Artist to Japan. and Act III of La Bayadere. Her contemporary In June 2002 he was invited by the Royal New ballet repertoire includes The Butterfly Lovers, Zealand Ballet as Guest Artist to dance the Prince Etudes, The Four Last Songs, The Yellow River, in Swan Lake. Rite of Spring, and others. She has danced the principal roles in many of Balanchine's ballets. Li Jun (principal dancer) graduated from the In 1997, she won the Gold Medal at the eighth Beijing >Dance Academy in 1999 and entered Moscow International Ballet Competition. She the National Ballet of China in the same year. He was invited in 2000 to dance with the Houston has danced principal roles in full-length ballets Ballet, performing the lead roles in Romeo and including Giselle, the Chinese version of The Nut­ Juliet, Etude, and Three Preludes. In 2001, cracker, the new versions of Coppelia, Fountain of she was invited for the Gala performance of the Tears, Swan Lake, and Raise the Red Lantern, as Second Shanghai International Ballet Competition. well as Sylvia, Le Corsaire, Act III of Don Quixote In September the same year, she was invited to and the modern dance Rainbow of the Night. In perform Swan Lake with the . In 1997, he won the second prize at the Fifth China 2002, she was invited as guest artist by the Royal Tao Li Cup Dance Competition. In 2002, he was Who's Wb o _

awarded the Silver Medal at the seventh USA the Fourth Nagoya International Ballet & Modern International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Miss. Dance competition in Japan. In 2005, he was invited to perform at the Prague International Dance Gala and Competition. Hou Qingfeng (soloist), after graduating from the Beijing Dance Academy in 1996, joined the Na­ Meng Ningning (principal dancer) graduated from tional Ballet of China, dancing the principal roles Beijing Dance Academy in 1996 and joined the of Raise the Red Lantern, and the Prince in Swan National Ballet of China in the same year. She has Lake Act II. He has also danced as soloist in The danced the leading roles in The Red Detachment Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, The of Women, Le Corsaire, Act III of Don Quixote, Nutcracker, Giselle, Etude, The Red Detachment the first concubine in Raise the Red Lantern, of Women, Yellow River, Allegro Brilliante, Theme Zarema in The Fountain of Tears, Diana in Sylvia, and Variations, The Chairman Dances, Before principal role of the New-Year Sacrifice Act II, the Wedding Chamber, Variations for Four, Rite and performed solo roles in Yellow River and of Spring, The Four Last Songs, Butterfly Lovers, many Balanchine ballets such as Who Cares, The and the modern dance piece, Two Hearts Meeting Four Temperaments, Serenade, and the modern in the Air. dance, Salt. In 2002, she won the Gold Medal at

National Ballet of China Administration Zhang Jian Stage Technician Wang Guosheng Stage Technician Management & Touring Luo Tiehuan Peki ng Opera Stage Zhao Ruheng Director and Artistic Director Technician Huang Minxuan Deputy Director Jiang Lianqi Peki ng Opera Stage Feng Ying Deputy Director, Ballet Technician Mistress Fang Li Makeup Wang Caijun Ballet Master Zhou Feng Wardrobe Xu Gang Ballet Master Wang Quanxing Director of Marketing U. S. Staff for the National Ballet of China on tour Wang Jishu Assistant to the Directors E. John Pendleton Company Manager Wang Qixian Doctor James Alexander Production Supervisor Yu Guohua Coach James Thomson Props/Scenery Supervisor Wang Minghua Pianist David Whittaker Wardrobe Supervisor Qi Jinsong Interpreter, Secretary Shi Wei Interpreter, Secretary ICM Artists, Ltd. - North American Management Zhang Shuang Project Manager Staff for ICM Artists, Ltd. David V. Foster President & CEO Technical Staff for the National Ballet of China Jane Hermann General Management on tour Annette DiPerno General Management Zhang Bingzhi Technical Director Ma Weimin Stage Manager The National Ballet of China wishes to thank the Chen Yuem ing Head Carpenter following individuals and organizations for their Han Jiang Lighting Designer support-Perennial sponsors: Hutchison Wham­ Chen Dehai Lighting Technician poa Limited, Madam Ina U.C. Chan, Sinopec Cheng Zhanheng Propman Corp., OCT Real Estate; and Sponsors for Raise Liu Bo Soundman the Red Lantern: Mr. Richard Li, USB Warburg, Zhang Jianhua Stage Technician China Construction Bank Zhang Yi Stage Technician Sun Nanpu Stage Technician