Carmina Burana is the most complete and artistic medieval poem ever known. For centuries, it was buried deep in a monastery south of Munich, Germany, and then made public, shocking the world.

 

 

The Guangzhou Ballet’s contemporary version of ballet Carmina Burana is not a classical ballet in the usual sense, but an exploration and attempt of ballet and medieval poetry, aiming at the perfect integration of medieval poetry and music. Moreover, western poetry and music is performed and interpreted by the Chinese ballet dancers which integrating different cultural essence.

 

Within a unique range, it expands the bridge between different cultures, reduces the estrangement between different cultures, and makes this work full of appreciation of culture and promotion.

 

 

 

Founded in 1994 by Zhang Dandan, a former dancer with the National Ballet of China, the Guangzhou Ballet is a classical ballet company based in Guangzhou, China. Currently, the Company has a wide repertoire of 18 large-scale dance operas and more than 70 smaller programs. Guangzhou Ballet has performed many standards from the classical Western ballet repertoire, such as Coppélia, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, La Sylphide, and Balanchine’s Theme and Variations and Serenade.

 

In addition, it has staged works of classical and contemporary Chinese ballets, including Lanfang Mei; The Butterfly Lovers; That Day, This Moment; Lan Huahua; Goddess of the Luo River; The Dream of the Red Chamber; and The Yellow River.