San Francisco Ballet Thrills (And Puzzles) Shanghai Audiences
"Chinese ballet aficionados like the classics: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty are all routinely performed here." But they're "also used to uniformity, in the way their dancers look, dress and move." So when the company gave a mixed program, including modern ballets, for its first performance in Shanghai, viewers weren't sure what to make of it at first. San Francisco Chronicle 09/29/09

Posted September 29, 2009 09:58 PM