The Guangzhou Ballet is world-renowned for its outstanding artistic performance, characterised by excellent technique and passionate style. And now, Maltese audiences have the opportunity to experience this artistry first-hand during a performance of Ballet Poetry, which is being held on December 30 at 7.30pm at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta.

The Guangzhou Ballet has persistently pursued practices to attain high standards and diversify its ballet operas, inviting some world well-known ballet masterpieces such as La Sylphide, and rehearsing excellent works of contemporary choreographers such as Serenade.

Currently, the company  has a wide repertoire of 17 large-scale dance operas and more than 70 small- and medium-sized programmes, and its unique artistic style inherits fine cultural traditions. It is known for creating and performing a series of original operas, such as Anchor and Lanfang Mei.

The Guangzhou Ballet has persistently pursued practices to attain high standards and diversify its ballet operas

Ballet is particularly of fine form, visual magnificence and elegance and can best show the strength in high-level artistic activities. Guangzhou Ballet won 42 international awards and 159 awards in various domestic artistic competitions.

The dance opera Return on a Snowy Night was conferred the Wenhua Award, testimony to the excellence of Guangzhou Ballet.

The company  has always been a major driving force in performances for international exchanges and domestic first-tier cities, and has held cultural exchange performances in more than 20 countries and regions, such as Russia, the UK, the US, Canada, France, Australia, Germany and other places. Their performances on European and American stages caused a sensation, evoking high praise from mainstream media and local audiences, greatly expanding the influence of the arts and culture of Guangzhou around the world.

Since its establishment in 1993, it has striven to make its mark in international exchanges and major cultural events, as well as aspired to enrich people’s cultural and spiritual life, so that it is a token of pride for the people of Guangzhou, a culture symbol of the region.

The event is endorsed by Valletta 2018. Tickets are available online.

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