Sat, November 16, 2013 at 8pm
tant solos and leading dances in Swan Lake, The Butterfly Lovers, The Last Mission of Marco Polo, Romeo and Juliet, La Sylphide, Giselle, The Nutcracker (the Shanghai Grand Theatre’s production) and Jane Eyre (the Shanghai Grand Theatre’s production. He has also danced George Balanchine’s Serenade, La Valse, and the modern pieces Keep the Length, W.H.Y, La Danse du Stravinsky, Grand Pas du Bac, among others. He won the Best China Audience and Encouragement Award at the 4th Shanghai International Ballet Competition in 2007, and he won the Best Pas De Deux at the 9th Helsinki Ballet Competition in 2009.
Zhang Yao Principal of the Shanghai Ballet National Second-class Dancer Entering the affiliated school, Beijing Dance Academy in 1996, Yao became a dancer of the Shanghai Ballet after his graduation in 2003. He has danced main roles in A Sigh of Love, The Butterfly Lovers, and performed important solos and leading dances in Swan Lake, The White-haired Girl, the Shanghai Grand Theatre’s version The Nutcracker, Coppelia, La Sylphide, Giselle, The Last Mission of Marco Polo, and Romeo and Juliet. He also danced George Balanchine’s Serenade, La Valse, and modern piece Now, Conversation with Chopin, La Danse du Stravinsky, Grand Pas du Bac, among others.