"Farewell My Concubine" is based on the legend of the ancient hero Xiang Yu and his beloved Yu Ji. As the story goes, Xiang Yu lost the battle for the throne, and the couple killed themselves at the riverside, besieged by their enemies.

 

 

 

Founded in Jun 1979, Shanghai Dance Theatre (SDT) completed the enterprise restructuring of state-owned art troupes in Nov 2009. SDT is committed to creating Chinese national dance dramas, contemporary dances, vocal music productions, instrument music productions, etc.

Since its foundation, SDT has accumulated a large number of high-quality artistic productions. Also SDT has received many awards and honors including China Five Projects Award, China National Stage Art Fine Works Project Award, Splendor Award by China Ministry of Culture, gold prize of Lotus Award of China National Dance Competition, gold prize of Chinese National Minority Dance Competition, first prize of Professional Dance Competition of East China, award of Shanghai Fine Art Creation, and so forth.