Ballet: Moon reflected in two springs
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China.org.cn, June 5, 2008
Time: 2008/7/22-2008/7/25
Venue: Tian Qiao Theater
The ballet Moon Reflected in Two Springs (Er Quan Ying Yue in Chinese), composed by a gifted street musician called Hua Yan Jun (or A'bing, as the native people always called him) who wrote more than 300 works during his lifetime, is considered one of the foremost and treasured ballet productions in China. Ever since its inception, it has received tremendous and continuous applauds both from the audience and experts, and has been considered as a major break through of indigenous ballet. The work for erhu, Moon Reflected in two Springs, acclaimed and interpreted by several international maestros, so impressed President Jiang Zemin on the occasion of the 1st Anniversary of the Establishment of the MSAR that he asked for an encore of this inspiring music.
Synopsis:
The performance is based on a four-act love tragedy. It depicts the pure love of the two lovers A-Bing and Yue Er. But their pure love was ruined by a local landlord who forced Yue Er to be his concubine. Yue Er chose to throw herself into the lake and left A Bing alone. He was so heartbroken that he became blind...