Ballet’s living center is shifting eastward, with more and more of the most exciting arts and artists coming out of China, Korea and Japan. New and truly modern productions are being exported ...

The famous Chinese ballet performing group, Shanghai Ballet, gave their performance of “Butterfly Lovers,” a Chinese ancient love story, at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 28 and 29.

China Arts and Entertainment Group and Hong Kong Ballet present the New York Premiere of The Butterfly Lovers from August 22- 24, 2025 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing ...

The Shanghai Ballet came to the Tryon Festival Theatre at the Krannert Center on Jan. 28-29 for two performances of the ballet “The Butterfly Lovers.” I attended the first of these performances. The ...

Shanghai Ballet, one of China's major classical dance companies, visits Houston for the first time Tuesday. It will perform "The Butterfly Lovers," a tragic love story that involves a disguised ...

Last week, Cal Performances brought the internationally renowned Shanghai Ballet to UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall in a night of drama, elegance and class. The company danced “The Butterfly Lovers,” a ...

The story of young lovers kept apart by familial politics is an old one. A variation on the theme dates goes back a millennium to folklore from China's Tang Dynasty. "The Butterfly Lovers," performed ...

It’s known as the Chinese “Romeo and Juliet” — though it predates Shakespeare by centuries. “The Butterfly Lovers” is a traditional Chinese folk tale, dating back more than a thousand years. In it, a ...

For more than three decades, the Shanghai Ballet has been dazzling international audiences with its unique repertoire of folk-infused Chinese ballet and classical Western masterworks. For the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Shanghai Ballet upheld its reputation as one of the world’s finest dance companies with the visually stunning ballet “The ...