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Russian ballet to open Poly’s new season
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TONIGHT, the Shanghai Poly Grand Theater in suburban Jiading District will launch its New Year’s season with offerings from classical and popular music, theater, dance, and traditional Chinese opera.
The 42-show season will open with the Igor Moiseyev State Academic Ensemble. Founded in 1937 by the late master choreographer, Igor Moiseyev, the troupe is also known as Igor Moiseyev Ballet. The troupe is returning to China after its last performance in Beijing six years ago.
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Yang Liping, one of China’s best-known dancers, will perform “The Peacock” — a production by Academy Award-winning art director Yip Kam-tim.
Befitting the holiday season, Tony-nominated pantomime, “Slava’s Snowshow,” will run from the end of December through the New Year’s Day, offering seven shows over five days.
“‘Slava’s Snowshow’ is a very family-friendly piece,” says Xing Jun, manager of the Poly Grand Theater. “All audiences aged from 8 to 100 years old are welcome to come and enjoy the show.”
Created and staged by Russian performance artist Slava Polunin, “Snowshow” is a dreamlike spectacle of music, stage effects and visual gags, and has toured in more than 30 countries since 1993.
“What sets ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ apart is its remarkable audience interaction,” Xing adds. “Prepare to be blown away by a blizzard of 10 billion snowflakes.”
The season includes a concert series that runs from December to February.
On December 20, Goettlicher Philharmonie Hamburg, led by Hollywood-born conductor Gregor DuBuclet, will present a repertoire ranging from Franz Schubert to John Kander.
The Belarusian State Academic Symphony Orchestra, with a history of almost 90 years, will perform Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 9 in E minor” among other classical melodies on the second day of 2017.
The concert will be directed by Russian conductor Alexander Anisimov, who was principal conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland from 1998 to 2001.
In addition, the Poly Grand Theater will have performances by several local ensembles.
A Chinese folk music concert by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, an interpretation of Mozart by Shanghai Rainbow Chamber Orchestra, as well as a selection of spring-inspired classical pieces, including Vivaldi’s “Spring” and Schumann’s “Spring” Symphony, from the Shanghai Xin Tian Symphony Orchestra are on the schedule.
Zhao Yinyin and Song Siheng will give two piano recitals in January and February.
For theater lovers, Shanghai Songhu Opera Theater will stage “Thunderstorm,” a four-act tragedy written by Chinese dramatist Cao Yu in 1934, and a string of comedies and musicals are set to bring mirth to the cold winter.
The Poly Grand Theater has three plays in store for children.
“Pepco” tells the story of piglet Pepco’s treasure-hunting adventure; “Billy Goats Gruff” and “The Three Little Pigs” are both works by the London-based composing duo, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.
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