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Nederlands Dans Theater 1 Shoot the Moon

Date: Oct 27-29 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-680 yuan

Nederlands Dans Theater 1 (NDT 1) is one of the world's leading contemporary dance companies, under artistic guidance of Paul Lightfoot. The Dutch troupe is based in The Hague, but performs for over 115,000 visitors in Europe as well as in the United States, Asia and Australia. Since its founding in 1959, the top company has built a rich repertoire of 600 ballets by master choreographers Jirí Kylián and Hans van Manen, renowned house choreographers Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, associate choreographers Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Alexander Ekman and Marco Goecke and high-profile guests such as Gabriela Carrizo, Hofesh Shechter and Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

NCPA Peking Opera Commission Red Cliff

Date: Oct 30-Nov 1 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-500 yuan

In the winter of the thirteenth year during the reign of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty (208 AD), a navy and army of 830 thousand soldiers invades the Kingdom of Wu under the command of Cao Cao (the Kingdom of Wei). Hearing the news, the ministers of the Kingdom of Wu gets into a panic, some advocating fighting back, some advising to surrender, leaving the king Sun Quan unable to make a final decision.

Contact: 010-6655-0000